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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Once long ago
Through sand and snow
We sought our breakfast table,
We were strong-
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I took a breath; the dance near done-
For I had already heard that song,
It sang to me in shades of grey
I thought of it again today.
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My soul once shivered for years-
but now I am alone
Yes, buried in the ground-
dis-integrating under stone.
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Four Seasons are there still
for me to still enjoy
Four seasons have met me
since once I was a boy.
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It doesn't bite but it does nip
The snows of cold November,
It wasn't ever so when I was young
At least so far as I remember.
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(Sherman was the kind of man-
when he drifted from consciousness
to sod-
It's unlikely that he ever took offense
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