Tempest (an acrostic poem)

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The look in his eyes forecast a storm of emotions about to hit

Everything to this point had been smooth sailing on calm seas

Mentioning her name, though, had brought a sudden change for the worse

Pushing himself up out of his chair, he leveled a finger

Everyone was quiet, waiting for the lightning bolt of his anger to strike

So when the finger went back down without a word, well everyone thought the worst had past

That’s when he took one step forward and a rain of fists poured down

Atlas (an acrostic poem)

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All of Jessie’s life could be seen in the lines engraved into his face

They told of the many laughs and smiles, the tears and anger, written throughout the years  

Looking in the mirror, he reminisced a life lived hard

As he traced those wrinkles, he wondered about the upcoming Botox injection and smoothing it all over

Soul searching if he really wanted to lose that history…  Jessie left with his map intact

Magnify (an acrostic conversation)

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“More sun, more ants., more fire  More sun, more ants, more fire!”

“And you say you don’t have anger issues?”

“Give me a break.  At least I’m not trying to fry you.”

“Nope, just innocent creatures going on their merry way”

“If it makes you feel any better, these are the ones that ruined your picnic”

“For real?  How do you know?”

‘You look up close.  They’re still suffering from the epic heartburn”

Stakeholder (an acrostic poem)

Simple tasks for the minions, that was her motto

Too bad even that was too complicated for her underlings

As she watched her latest plan dissolve into dust

Killing a few of them would help with her anger

Eventually it might even teach them a lesson

However, that was wishful thinking

Overlords had it really tough these days

Looking over her monitors, she frowned

Didn’t having partners mean you work together?

Even as she fumed, her collaborator completed the task she had started

Really having allies suck, especially when they steal your evil schemes

 

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