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    Life Crispies...Come Taste and See Reality Poetry
    Life Crispies...Come Taste and See Reality Poetry
    Life Crispies...Come Taste and See Reality Poetry
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    Life Crispies...Come Taste and See Reality Poetry

    By Sharon Falloon

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    Life Crispies...Come Taste and See Reality Poetry, attempts to bridge the gap between the enthusiasts of deep poetry and the person who wants to be entertained on a less complex level. It explores various topics of interest such as reality television, real life stories and stories stories based on real life situations and the Bible. It includes simple poetry with interesting characters and characterizations. As such, the poems are satirical, inspirational, whimsical and funny.

    The collection is divided into five sections: Crunchibles; Reality Bites; Introspection; Life Hurts But I Rise; and, Only Human.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateMay 22, 2013
    ISBN9780989127523
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      Life Crispies...Come Taste and See Reality Poetry - Sharon Falloon

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      Crunchibles

      blank page

      This blank page wears that come hither look

      Enticing me to embark on a journey

      Come my mind, explode my mind

      To fill it up not with waddle!

      It’s perpetual—ongoing

      Turn the page—it is blank!

      Come my mind, explode my mind

      To write so much more than just drivel

      So that one fateful day

      I’ll be able to say

      I’ve written my best verse of poetry!

      drug fiction

      High on crack or coke or weed

      How do I criticize those on speed

      When I in my little sheltered world

      Have never tried any of it?

      My friend she said she’d tried the weed

      She got so high she thought she could fly

      How do I criticize her adventurous side

      When I didn’t have the courage to try?

      The other guy he said he’d tried

      A little bit of the crack and smiled

      And then he’d tried a little bit more

      To try to regain the magic high;

      Who am I then to criticize

      The raging addiction he epitomized

      When I with my little cowardly self

      Did not have the courage to try?

      On second thought

      With some contemplation

      It seems to me that I may be mistaken

      For certainly it took a lot more gumption

      To resist the appeal of the whole drug commotion

      And stand up tall for my own strong conviction

      To just say no to all the temptation!

      *****

      James 1:12

      Blessed is the man who endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him.

      reality television

      Remember when:

      The Cosbys were the model family; and

      Little Joe and Adam made Bonanza history?

      Remember when:

      That Peyton Place

      Pushed the envelope of risqué; and

      Dynasty’s high drama

      MegaMoguls of their day?

      That’s the past—an old performance

      Long ago, that was the scene

      When Alexis was Delilah

      Not for real—that Queen of mean!

      Comes now the newest genre

      Of what we love to see

      Risqué’s new definition

      Of the brazen and the mean:

      Like Teresa and that NeNe queen,

      Kim W and Vicky G

      The MegaStarring-Housewives

      Brainchild of Andy C;

      Shah Reza’s old grandmother and

      The incomparable Miss GG

      Strong and angry women

      For real—the Queens of mean!

      Finding love is hard to do

      Enter that Patti Stanger

      If you tell her how you roll

      She’ll be your own matchmaker!

      Losing weight—well, who could guess

      You’d do it for television?

      Yet, only for a bit of dough

      You lost your inhibitions!

      But the Kardashians dominate the screen

      With beauty and high fashion

      The new risqué they put on blast

      Everyone’s an icon!

      Even if wack, nothing held back

      They’ll leak the whole damn mission

      Ready, set, all systems go

      For reality television!

      InkArt

      Pazyryk culture

      Polynesian mana

      Japanese magic—full body suit

      Samoan tatau—looks like silk

      Soldiers

      Sailors

      Circus jugglers and clowns

      Otzi the ice man—57 in a row!

      Criminals display it!

      Father Moses embraced it!

      Egyptians ritualized it!

      Ancient Romans, well…they banned it!

      Ye shall make no cuttings on your flesh, Leviticus often pleaded.

      Rude, dirty and covered with pictures Ibn Fadlan – he despised it.

      It’s on necks, tongues, and even faces

      Palms, knees and Tahitian black asses!

      Rebellionation

      Characterization

      Spiritualization

      Religionization

      Fascination

      Medication

      Magication

      Brandation

      Decoration

      Illustration

      It’s

      vashti’s rebellion?

      (From the Bible -KJV – The Book of Esther)

      "I am Vashti, the Queen of your kingdom

      I demand your respect as your wife and a woman

      I will not come before you Ahasuerus

      Until you show me, show me some honor.

      I’m tired of your chauvinistic demeanor

      Of being nothing but your trophy adornment

      I am a person with feelings, a woman of worth

      I’m not here just to, just to do your bidding.

      I do not care if it seems I’m rebelling

      I’m a woman of stature, of presence, of value

      Why don’t you come to me with your personal wishes

      Instead of treating me, treating me like a servant?

      I don’t care that you’re angry or petulant

      That’s your prerogative to be shocked, at my disobedience

      You care more for lords and them arrogant princes

      And their thoughts, their thoughts of my supposed rebellion!"

      Or she could have felt ill – had a case of the blues;

      Had an ocular migraine or even the flu;

      Or maybe she decided she’d tired of queening

      Standing in the shadow of a debaucherous king!

      Or maybe she thought she’d send a clear message

      To women in the kingdom of many provinces

      To fight for their rights and their own upliftment

      Grow tall in their journey and resist domination.

      Who knows what she thought

      No clear explanation

      Of why she was resistant

      To go be with her husband!

      Or maybe it had little to do with Queen Vashti

      It may simply have been the way of The Master

      To introduce a new queen, the one with a mission

      To introduce a new queen, named Hadassah called Esther.

      god man

      he’s sure of himself and his future

      he designed it to be perfect, like him!

      he made himself, he’s convinced of it, he is:

      god man

      judge of all people and jury too

      scientific genius

      dr. who

      atheist

      agnostic, and

      wizard true, he is:

      god man

      he walks the city ‘cause he owns it you see

      chin up, eyes averted: no look lesser beings

      he owns the oilfields and the mines

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