A sprinkle of balderdash

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A sprinkle of balderdash
Dotted here and there
I’ve come so far
Of that I’m aware

A plethora of insight
Bestowed from the start
Given unique visions
I hope to one day impart

© 2018 Michelle Cook


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Candy curtsies

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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

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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

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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

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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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