Uncle, tell me a bedtime story!
Promise me sleep right after that?
Bearded myths say there’s a purgatory
Right after death, right after begat.
Its goddamned inmates are forever doomed to
Never succeed in finding ease of breath,
Getting sick with chronic, emotional flu,
Insides torn ‘tween flame life and ice death.
No way, Iron Uncle, do they still have human pith!
Godspeed, Tiny Tin. People are just a silly ancient myth.
by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2018
unbolt me 
Beautiful is the word
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Aw, shucks! Thank you!
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If you like composing ‘oddly restricted’ poems, have a go at a Fibonacci poem.
If you’d like to see my attempt, while crossing the North Sea, it’s in the following post:
https://wp.me/pkm0h-1cR
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Ooh! I like the look of that! 😀
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Nice poem and the way to walk away to put old sayings to logic and task was enjoyable!
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Thank you very much!
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Love it! (For what it is)
Love it! (For what it makes me think)
And my uncle was more of a father to me (never forgotten, just late in life with what my own anticipation held)
And can you guess what I gained? (My heart’s desire).
[Yay].
And love to you. 💖
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Thank you for your kind words. Seriously. We’re so glad that this silly poem resonated strongly with you! 🙂
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“insides torn ‘tween flame life and ice death”.
loved this! well written.
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Thank you so much! We’re kinda proud of that line ourselves. 😛
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as a former preschool teacher, I was lol-ing at “Promise me sleep right after that?”
as opposed to the typical “I promise to sleep right after!”
In the future, the little robot babies will have a cute little button their “parents” can push to put them to sleep. Aww..
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Hee hee! That button will become more precious than gold, I’m thinking! 😛
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Upbringing, avunculation, hell and droids! Were you trying to fit as much as is humanly, sorry robotly, possible in such a small poem?
That last line was so amazing. #MuchRespect
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Aw, thank you, sir! And, yeah, we tried to cram in a kitchen sink too, but it just wouldn’t fit. 😛
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What a way to start the day
I love the smell of fresh brew
Bye bye….so long …….farewell
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Thanks, Sheldon, for everything! 🙂
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