Bryan Taplits Poems

I paid her once a compliment
Flattered, she fluttered her eyes,
Yes, I was preparing for another affair-
So I got ready for my new enterprise.
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The thing with age that lets you down-
until you figuratively creep on the ground,
Retrieving what no longer is there
A quest imprinted-no longer found.
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What a store and a delight-
A stratagem which I believe,
A fevered fount
(Where votes all count) -
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A cloud came out, the sun went in
More drizzle was my life
I prayed then hoped-but just got rope-
My heart: All slice and diced!
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They hushed their voice
Wondered, 'What's the fuss?
For both Democrats and
Republicans agreed,
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It's tough to leave what once was so easy
Those choices you nabbed when you were young.
Like chocolate that selection is never missed-
Because you already have had some.
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The walls they hugged me close
A kiss away were they,
Cages without bars,
much too near-never far
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The skies retraced their rainbow hue
All bells would peal, cry out,
My jaunt seemed a bit jauntier
As though every enemy I would rout.
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Bygone sparks have flamed again
Nostalgia reigns supreme,
My limbs hang weak at my kindling's heat
As once again I dream.
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It's so easy to dip into the pond of despond
(And in each day of the week-
It's no treat!
The fronds of life don't sweep the swamp gone
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