Bryan Taplits Poems

I paid her once a compliment
Flattered, she fluttered her eyes,
Yes, I was preparing for another affair-
So I got ready for my new enterprise.
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The thing with age that lets you down-
until you figuratively creep on the ground,
Retrieving what no longer is there
A quest imprinted-no longer found.
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What a store and a delight-
A stratagem which I believe,
A fevered fount
(Where votes all count) -
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A cloud came out, the sun went in
More drizzle was my life
I prayed then hoped-but just got rope-
My heart: All slice and diced!
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Esteemed and stately
A woman to gladly fete
If only she wouldn't change-
Oh, I think its too late.
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The woods they gather so confining
The trails so long and without glee,
They gallivant and they groan-as if they have no true home,
but with a penchant for where they want to be.
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The woods are filled with showy blooms
The sky adorned in blue
But there's none like you, my dear-
when you are near-
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Nowhere" is where I
am right now-
Entombed echoes so weary-
Though I found my heart;
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When young it was so easy-
Life was so breezy-
Like chicks who use the gusts to soar-
but those once flying days
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The kneecap that's inherent
Is not the quite new play
And dislocation from its leveler
Is certainly not a matinee.
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