Face Value Poem by John Sensele

No dull moment in my college
No loss in purifying knowledge
Smiling, filing, styling
As long as I don't worship bling.

Not a bad choice to wear a mask
Not a sad voice to dare a task
Planning, thinking, researching, performing
As long as I don't forget editing and reforming.

Not a bad idea to reject second best
Not a sad concept to perfect the time test
Defining, refining, sticking to a deadline
Fighting to the bitter end on the frontline.

Not every potential solution grows into a panacea
Not every road in my gloss leads to Nicosea
Where my dainty dreams come true
If real opportunities my prevarication doesn't rue.

Not every partner becomes a prince charming
Not every man comes woman disarming
Whispering soft nothings
In ears ready to hear tender things.

Not every cover dignifies a book
Not every woman typifies my hook
Weighing me in every dimension
To determine needs for hex-tension.