Brandy
Was deliciously dandy
And her curtsies
Were quite randy
Which made it all
Very handy
For the boys who enjoyed
Eating candy
© 2018 Michelle Cook
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Hickory and Dickory
Hickory and Dickory
Raced through the room
Light on their feet
Sat on their brooms
Laughter filled
That once bleak place
Smiles abundant
On each young face
Each free to imagine
Permitted to run
Full of happiness
Teeming with fun
Pretending to be
All they could envision
Not even minding
The occasional collision
Young and certain
Contented as could be
Childish antics
Filling them with glee
Cowboys one second
Witches the next
Other times a monster
No one would expect
The beauty of imagination
Pervading young minds
Makes the rest of us wish
We could press rewind
And although we can’t go back
We can still stay young at heart
We just have to rein in
All those lost images from the start
© 2018 Michelle Cook
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Hobnobbed
She hobnobbed
With the very best
Passing the pageantry
Of acceptance test
Now the poor darling
Has been laid to rest
The slanderous dagger
Still embedded in her chest
© 2018 Michelle Cook
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The century of certainty
The days slipped away
Melting into the backdrop
And the past became the past
Fading into the indistinct landscape
A purple haze silently settled
Over this strange new horizon
And yet only a chosen few noticed
The significance of the change
It was the beginning of a new age
Soon to be known as the century of certainty
And the fragrance of newness
Infused the land with vitality and rebirth
Victory was on the threshold
Just waiting for her opportunity to pounce
Gushing with foresight
Trembling with anticipation
And in oblivious disarray
And also in light of all that was occuring
The commoners of this neoteric society
Blindly marched ahead
They stumbled in the dark
Towards an unknown fate
As the world made preparations
To swallow them whole
Mother-nature flashed an approving grin
And the earth shook in eagerness
For the end was finally near
A look of pleasure crossed both their faces
© 2018 Michelle Cook
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Failing
I’m failing
Falling hard
Into a funnel
Of finality
Fully aware
That fortitude
Is finally
Failing me
© 2018 Michelle Cook
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