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The Writing on the Wall [Free Verse]

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I see the writing on the wall,
 and find it untrustworthy
 because of all the stories
 of valiant warriors 
 framed for treason
 with forged poems 
 scrawled on tavern walls. 

And of the virtuous men
 who did write rancorous poems,
 but did so while blackout drunk.

And I wonder whether the words 
 I am seeing are forged or written
 under the influence
 of intoxicants, 
 or -- possibly -- they are the truth.

But I cannot read them,
 so I find them irrelevant,
 though they may convey
 crucial information,
 such as:
 - the existence of a vampire infestation, or
 - the presence of cholera in the town well.

So, I can see the writing on the wall,
 but I find it neither trustworthy
 nor relevant --
 (though my life may depend 
 on its contents.)

Literally: the Dumbest Poem Ever

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He held half-baked ideas in
his twice-baked brain.

He’d grab his umbrella when they
shouted, “Make it rain!”

–the umbrella he should have left for a
friend stuck home under the weather.

But his glasses were bent out of shape, and
he was hell-bent for leather

So, he couldn’t find his coat, nor gloves,
nor ass-less chaps.

And, thus, was running better late
than never — perhaps.

He couldn’t afford to miss the boat
that had sailed, my friend.

He needed his job, ’cause a penny
earned was one he’d spend.

When told he was skating on thin ice,
he maxxed out the AC.

All his blessings were disguised too
well for him to see.

He’d thought he was okay when told
he had stiff competition.

–the nuns taught him to fix that with six
Hail Marys and an Act of Contrition.

But they said his co-workers were
really on the ball.

He’d have gotten a Pilates chair,
but was afraid to fall.

When he heard the new guy was up-and-coming,
he got up and left.

He wanted to be thick as thieves so he
went out for a supply closet theft.