Salty (an acrostic poem)

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Seasoning was the key to all great cooking

And he wanted to be known as a Master Chef

Leaving the galley kitchen, he went on deck and breathed in the sea air

That’s when one of the junior officers made a snide remark about breakfast

Yelling obscenities back was probably not a good idea, he realized, as he washed all the dishes

Key (an acrostic poem)

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Knowing how to unlock his potential would have been ideal

Everyone could see that

Yet somehow he never found the …

Key (an acrostic poem)

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Knock and it will be opened they say

Except what happens when everyone is asleep behind the door

You may want a different solution for occasions like that

Mystery (an acrostic poem)

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Maybe you think you know what is going on

You think you have the solutions to life’s final exam

Still I wonder if the answer key has even been made yet

There seems so much chaos and disorder

Every time I turn around, I find that my current guess was not quite right

Really most of the time I was flat out wrong.  It gets quite frustrating

Yet still every day I get up and try to solve my little corner of life’s …

Radio (an acrostic poem)

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Rock ‘n roll blaring out the speakers

As her convertible rattled down the old dirt road

Determined to enjoy one of the last warm fall days they sang along

If her and her girlfriend were off key, they didn’t care

Only thing that mattered was what song was next

Key (an acrostic poem)

 

Know that she may be locked up emotionally

Eventually, she will open up

You just need to find the right …

 

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Key (an acrostic poem)

Know how to unlock your future

Enter in and possess it with both hands

You are the master of your destiny

 

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What Matters? (a 50 word micro story)

Elsa looked at the product of her chemistry degree and smiled.  The van was loaded and ready to go.  They were all babbling about black lives matter, or blue lives matter.  She knew better.  No lives matter really.  She would show them all.  She got inside and turned the key.