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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Never again will I see such a dream
In that brook that traversed space along the way,
To see her reclining, inviting, amazing,
So I dipped toe in brook
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A dying man-too brief, so sad,
His gravestone read: 'I wish I had.'

Heretofore when alive
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Just when you've reached all your goals
And accomplishments galore,
And envied lips all breathe your name-
You've seen your stature soar.
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I like to think and enjoy-
while walking in the woods,
A lark it is to prance, sashay-
And also
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'Don't look my way, ' the poet said to me,
He sneered and sobbed
at this unbidden clod,
Before my strangled plea.
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Ah. Those rose colored days of long ago
Where everyone remembered our names,
We both skipped to tunes of unforgettable times-
And soon my fire kindled into a flame.
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