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Harvest and Halloween, over and done
Autumn trying to hang on for some fun
November arrives, but what you say?
Christmas music begins to fill the day
Black Friday “Preview Sale” beckons us
To be shopping, without all of this fuss
Right on schedule, Thanksgiving arrives
Eating far, far too much, we’ll all survive
But wait . . . Pre-Black Friday calls
Following our feast, off to the mall
What’s absolutely annoying with this scene?
Leaving family to shop, a dreadful scheme
Oh! My frosty enthusiasm, definitely not humming
This longer shopping season; totally mind-numbing
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Hold on to your horses! There’s more to come
Political campaigns rolling, like a beating drum
Elections are months and months away
Too many candidates, with little to say
The rhetoric ramps up, the speeches too long
Hoping laryngitis will quell voices, with a gong
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Buried with mindless literature in the daily mail
Sales flyers and candidates’ bios, tip the scale
At least, there is one good thing with this mess
Plenty of excessive paper to start a fire, no less
While warming myself and trying now to relax
Please accept my apologies for all of this flak
Enough is enough, these changes are too extreme
Wishing now for more simple times, I shall dream
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The last two lines, though! Well expressed!
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Diana, thank you for sharing. I will admit the poem shares humor and a bit of sarcasm.
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Like you, I am tired of all this rhetoric… and the stuff that’s unsolicited that fills my mailbox. Yes, enough is enough! Well penned.
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Jan, I appreciate your views. Hidden in the humor and a bit of sarcasm is some truth.
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Excellent.
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Amen
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Thanks for sharing. I sort of thought you might like this.
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Man this poem is on fire! It capture well all the distractions!! But I’m glad we’re on December now…
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Yes, I sort of went on a roll. I was able to use some humor and a bit of sarcasm through poetic prose. Hopefully, I didn’t burn up too many bridges.
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Absolutely! Enough is enough!
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Thank you John. Even chickens have had enough, and they cannot even vote. Take care.
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Yes simpler times are best! We can dream right? 🙂
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I plan to keep breathing, and making conscious efforts to keep my life simple and focused.
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