No drama in life
Unless you eat endlessly
Acid persimmons. 

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Walking Wounded tramp
Through life’s forest Yeti-like
Thrilled they have survived.

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When fragile larkspur
Bloom, they like where they’re planted.
Do the same for friends.

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Fix what you can fix.
Weave with joy a spider’s web.
Call it Private Fate.

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Pretend yours is an
Antic Spirit overfilled,
Breaking all records.

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When horror strikes you
In your bad dreams, try this trick.
Escape! Walk backward.