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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Snack-time


You held them to me
I snatched them in haste
But your words of flattery
Left a stale after-taste

You kindly offered
Some much-needed advice
Truth may first taste bitter
But the ending is nice

I’d rather snack
On truth’s celery
Than a great Big Mac
Of flattery

Janet Martin

http://poetryblogroll.blogspot.com/2011/09/midnight-snack-002.html?m=0
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4 comments:

  1. Lilac & LavenderSeptember 16, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    So true! I've learned this over and over from my parents, as they give me the straight up truth!

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  2. Janet MartinSeptember 16, 2011 at 9:18 PM

    Yeah, sometimes it's those things hard to swallow which end up being the best.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2011 at 2:29 PM

    you make me hungry.

    convincing words.
    well done.

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  4. Janet MartinSeptember 17, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    Thank-you so much for your kind encouragement! Why do I find it so much easier to assume failure?
    I would love to try a short story slam and try another genre of writing.
    thank-you for the invite
    and Happy Autumn to you!

    I book-marked your site the first time I found it! Really like it!

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