GRANDMA'S GOULASH
asks for a VERY short story
SNORKLED!
Hair done, smart-style;
Lipstick applied, great smile.
Then it all came to grief!
They went snorkling on the Reef.
Lost chance!
No romance!
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BROKEN KALEIDOSCOPE
There was a time
When I looked at life
Through my kaleidoscope.
Everything was neatly segmented.
The blues revolved around the edges,
The greens drew neat triangles,
The pinks and reds merged
Symmetrically.
Make a turn
And everything fell into place
Predictably.
I knew where I was going.
I knew it was all up to me;
I was in charge.
I would decide what, when, where.
It would all work out.
Those with messy lives
Had only themselves to blame.
And then you left me.
And my kaleidoscope
Broke.
The beads are there
But the patterns are misbehaving.
And a broken kaleidoscope
Can never be fixed.
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