The sour taste in his mouth made him spit
All he had to rinse it out was more bitterness
Reaching for a lemon sounded sweeter than what he was experiencing
That’s why it even surprised him when he told his wife, “This is delicious, dear”.
An army to the east and another to the west
That made his position in the middle very problematic
The command had told him to flee and save as many of his troops as he could
And that was tempting, but this was the small town his wife had grown up in
Couldn’t leave her family and friends to become at most a footnote in history
Knowing it was futile, he gave the order to charge. Maybe it would give them enough time to escape.
It all began with the damn balloon animals
Now it was a crazy full-scale balloon house
For goodness sake, at least he didn’t have a balloon wife
Looking back it should have been obvious
As Peter was always obsessive-compulsive
Though this was taking that compulsion to an extreme
Everyone kept waiting for it all to pop
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Until her twenty-third birthday, Abagail thought she was special
She would walk around like the queen she knew she had to be
Everything changed when she met Chuck
Love left her vulnerable, lowered her confidence
Esteem shrunk under Chuck’s manipulative eye
Soon she was relegated to being just his wife and not his partner
She told herself it was for the best. Otherwise, she would be ….
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Jimmy beamed as he handed an envelope to Lauren. “Happy Mother’s Day, Mommy.”
Lauren gave Jimmy a curt smile. She opened the envelope and liberated the card from inside. It prominently displayed a brown rabbit with a folded ear exclaiming “Happy Easter!”. Well, the Easter had a line through it and Mother’s Day was written in a messy, but recognizable, small scrawl that approximated printing.
“Wow, dear,” she said absentmindedly as she opened the card. There, in perfect cursive, was ‘To my beloved son, Jimmy! Love you!’
“You shouldn’t have,” Lauren said in a tone that emphasized he really shouldn’t have.
That bit of sarcasm didn’t seem to phase him. “Well, I wanted to show how much I love you,” Jimmy said, that inane smile of his plastered on his face.
Lauren sighed inwardly. He really thought he was getting away with this one. She couldn’t keep herself from commenting.
“This is the Easter card I gave you honey,” Lauren said.
He pointed excitedly at her handwriting. “I know. That’s why it’s so perfect. You always told me to use, reuse, and recycle.” That grin got even larger. It threatened to swallow up his ears.
Lauren shook her head in disbelief, but she couldn’t keep a wistful smile from her own lips. “Yes, I did tell you that.”
She went to put the card into the recycling, taking her own advice, when he reached out. “Wait, Mommy! Can I have it back?”
She stopped mid-pitch with an uneasy feeling in her stomach. “Why do you want it back?” she asked.
“Well, I figured I could give it again.”
“But I already saw it, dear.”
“But not Suzy’s mom.”
That made Lauren do a double take. “You want to give it to your wife’s mom?”
“Sure. She will love it.”
Lauren smiled a true smile and handed him the card. Yes, Suzy’s mom would love it, and understand totally what had happened. Suzy and Jimmy were two peas in a pod. “Yes, Jimmy. Do you want me to find a different envelope though?”
Jimmy was so happy he practically vibrated. “You betcha!”
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Claire wore many hats. She absolutely loved them, switching between them multiple times every day, but it was always the shoes that she was deathly afraid of. She could be mom, wife, daughter, confidant, friend, enemy, goddess, and demon, but when it came to shoes, well, then she felt she had to pretend to be someone else.
That’s why she decided one day to just go barefoot. It meant sometimes stepping on things the wrong way, freezing her toes, or just having her feet absolutely filthy, but they were always hers, and she could sleep well at night knowing that.
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Couldn’t just walk away
Really he knew he should
Until he took that first step, then he knew he shouldn’t
She was just so darn perfect!
He ended up adopting the kitten. Now to sneak it past his wife
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Kissing his new bride made Gene so happy
Now all they had to do was walk down the aisle
Offering his arm, he escorted his wife down the stairs
Too bad his shoelaces had come undone. He should have tied more than one…
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At one time Riley thought he really cared for Tabitha
Little kisses snuck in when no one was looking
Making those goofy faces when they sent each other snaps
On the outside everything was perfect
Still, it was doomed to failure from the start
Too bad Tabitha was already married
Feelings were hurt when she wouldn’t leave her husband
Even after Riley had professed his feelings
Looking back it was probably all for the better
Leaving her husband would have put doubt in their relationship
It would have festered with Riley, wondering would she do it again
Never fully trusting her though he would try so hard
Little by little Tabitha and he grew apart
Only Jessica being there for him got him through it
Vixen that she was, she showed him what commitment could deliver
Eventually he grew to appreciate the wife he already had over the one he wanted
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All the things were out to get him
Now his wife was in on the mission
Xenon headlights broke the darkness in front of his speeding car
If he could just get across the state line
Eventually, they would give up their chase
Then flashing lights stabbed him from behind
Yanking the wheel hard to the right he crashed through the guardrail
All of a sudden he was in free fall
That was when it finally hit him
They couldn’t follow him here
All they could do was watch
Calm now he accepted the oncoming water with a smile
Knowing he had finally escaped
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