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Sean Thomas McDonnell's avatar

Knotted fingers arched,

hunches over whalebone-smiles

Pipes moan, curtain falls

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Honeygloom's avatar

Oo I like this, it’s a little mysterious. I get hint of some mischief from the musician maybe. Very cool 🖤

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Harold Ember's avatar

Jolly Old Saint Nick

What have you done with youself

Think of the children

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Honeygloom's avatar

😂 So many cookies.

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Iris Shaw's avatar

Ancient beyond thought

It creeps along the old roads

Abandoned by time

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Honeygloom's avatar

I love this image! So haunting🖤

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ClownWorld Shakespeare's avatar

Old, but never die

Eternal, they pass on by

The stars in the sky

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Honeygloom's avatar

Oh, I love this one!

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Leigh Parrish's avatar

"I've seen nations rise

Then fall again. Beware, for

I--"

"OK, Boomer."

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Honeygloom's avatar

😂My teenager always calls me a boomer. This is great🖤

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Jon T's avatar

With a G I’m Gold

And with a B I am Bold

When I stink, I’m Mold

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Honeygloom's avatar

Yes 🙌 I think this qualifies for my poetry type: punku.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

The guy in the photo looks like Rabindranath Tagore.

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Honeygloom's avatar

Oh yeah, kind of! I don’t know who it is really, it was one of the stock photos.

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ClownWorld Shakespeare's avatar

Growing old has charms

My wisdom is now a fount

Yay, senior discount!**

**I don't qualify for the discount. Not autobiographical... yet.

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Honeygloom's avatar

😂Glad to know you aren’t yet 62.

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erniet's avatar

Thor could not beat you;

You are the great leveller.

Why must I succumb?

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