Satirical Published by Members Recently Online Poems
#satirical
Satire is no Joke
I can take a joke
If you can take reality in reply.
I can laugh at myself for being wrong
If you can admit when I am right.
It is easy to hide behind a joke,
But "truth be told in jest,"
And I admire the role of satire
In pointing out the worst and best
But when its context has faded
And the honest purpose was never stated
You cannot blame the audience
For thinking its claims intended.
If you can take reality in reply.
I can laugh at myself for being wrong
If you can admit when I am right.
It is easy to hide behind a joke,
But "truth be told in jest,"
And I admire the role of satire
In pointing out the worst and best
But when its context has faded
And the honest purpose was never stated
You cannot blame the audience
For thinking its claims intended.
#satirical
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Bitch on the Bridge
I lose track
of all your memories
like shadow souls
they sail away
I journey back
to where we started
on that fateful
summer's day
Up on the bridge
across the river
I held you close
and kissed your lips
And as we gazed
into the sunset
you jumped on to
a passing ship
How I wish
that I'd gone with you
holding hands
to land on deck
But when a sailor
broke your fall
you smiled
and grabbed him
round the neck
Now...
of all your memories
like shadow souls
they sail away
I journey back
to where we started
on that fateful
summer's day
Up on the bridge
across the river
I held you close
and kissed your lips
And as we gazed
into the sunset
you jumped on to
a passing ship
How I wish
that I'd gone with you
holding hands
to land on deck
But when a sailor
broke your fall
you smiled
and grabbed him
round the neck
Now...
#love
#rejection
#heartbroken
#breakup
#satirical
252 reads
1 Comment
Bitch on the Bridge
I lose track
of all your memories
like shadow souls
they sail away
I journey back
to where we started
on that fateful
summer's day
Up on the bridge
across the river
I held you close
and kissed your lips
And as we gazed
into the sunset
you jumped on to
a passing ship
How I wish
that I'd gone with you
holding hands
to land on deck
But when a sailor
broke your fall
you smiled
and grabbed him
round the neck
Now...
of all your memories
like shadow souls
they sail away
I journey back
to where we started
on that fateful
summer's day
Up on the bridge
across the river
I held you close
and kissed your lips
And as we gazed
into the sunset
you jumped on to
a passing ship
How I wish
that I'd gone with you
holding hands
to land on deck
But when a sailor
broke your fall
you smiled
and grabbed him
round the neck
Now...
#love
#rejection
#heartbroken
#breakup
#satirical
252 reads
1 Comment
Bitch on the Bridge
I lose track
of all your memories
like shadow souls
they sail away
I journey back
to where we started
on that fateful
summer's day
Up on the bridge
across the river
I held you close
and kissed your lips
And as we gazed
into the sunset
you jumped on to
a passing ship
How I wish
that I'd gone with you
holding hands
to land on deck
But when a sailor
broke your fall
you smiled
and grabbed him
round the neck
Now...
of all your memories
like shadow souls
they sail away
I journey back
to where we started
on that fateful
summer's day
Up on the bridge
across the river
I held you close
and kissed your lips
And as we gazed
into the sunset
you jumped on to
a passing ship
How I wish
that I'd gone with you
holding hands
to land on deck
But when a sailor
broke your fall
you smiled
and grabbed him
round the neck
Now...
#love
#rejection
#heartbroken
#breakup
#satirical
252 reads
1 Comment
Bitch on the Bridge
I lose track
of all your memories
like shadow souls
they sail away
I journey back
to where we started
on that fateful
summer's day
Up on the bridge
across the river
I held you close
and kissed your lips
And as we gazed
into the sunset
you jumped on to
a passing ship
How I wish
that I'd gone with you
holding hands
to land on deck
But when a sailor
broke your fall
you smiled
and grabbed him
round the neck
Now...
of all your memories
like shadow souls
they sail away
I journey back
to where we started
on that fateful
summer's day
Up on the bridge
across the river
I held you close
and kissed your lips
And as we gazed
into the sunset
you jumped on to
a passing ship
How I wish
that I'd gone with you
holding hands
to land on deck
But when a sailor
broke your fall
you smiled
and grabbed him
round the neck
Now...
#love
#rejection
#heartbroken
#breakup
#satirical
252 reads
1 Comment
Bitch on the Bridge
I lose track
of all your memories
like shadow souls
they sail away
I journey back
to where we started
on that fateful
summer's day
Up on the bridge
across the river
I held you close
and kissed your lips
And as we gazed
into the sunset
you jumped on to
a passing ship
How I wish
that I'd gone with you
holding hands
to land on deck
But when a sailor
broke your fall
you smiled
and grabbed him
round the neck
Now...
of all your memories
like shadow souls
they sail away
I journey back
to where we started
on that fateful
summer's day
Up on the bridge
across the river
I held you close
and kissed your lips
And as we gazed
into the sunset
you jumped on to
a passing ship
How I wish
that I'd gone with you
holding hands
to land on deck
But when a sailor
broke your fall
you smiled
and grabbed him
round the neck
Now...
#love
#rejection
#heartbroken
#breakup
#satirical
252 reads
1 Comment
Beam Me Up Scotty
Blindsided by flying monkeys extorting your
mind with their self-made crack. Mooching
on fears with a nod and wink. Something strange
came my way unrestrained wearing a crown too
heavy for their head. Thinking Cream of Wheat
is Crème brûlée and I'm thanking a wizard
on the loose from the asylum. Spooning my
chowder with ibuprofen thanking from the
wrong end of a memory stick. "Beam me up,
Scotty."
mind with their self-made crack. Mooching
on fears with a nod and wink. Something strange
came my way unrestrained wearing a crown too
heavy for their head. Thinking Cream of Wheat
is Crème brûlée and I'm thanking a wizard
on the loose from the asylum. Spooning my
chowder with ibuprofen thanking from the
wrong end of a memory stick. "Beam me up,
Scotty."
#satirical
#WritingPoetry
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Beam Me Up Scotty
Blindsided by flying monkeys extorting your
mind with their self-made crack. Mooching
on fears with a nod and wink. Something strange
came my way unrestrained wearing a crown too
heavy for their head. Thinking Cream of Wheat
is Crème brûlée and I'm thanking a wizard
on the loose from the asylum. Spooning my
chowder with ibuprofen thanking from the
wrong end of a memory stick. "Beam me up,
Scotty."
mind with their self-made crack. Mooching
on fears with a nod and wink. Something strange
came my way unrestrained wearing a crown too
heavy for their head. Thinking Cream of Wheat
is Crème brûlée and I'm thanking a wizard
on the loose from the asylum. Spooning my
chowder with ibuprofen thanking from the
wrong end of a memory stick. "Beam me up,
Scotty."
#satirical
#WritingPoetry
120 reads
2 Comments
Keybored
I've searched for you all over
through concrete and clover
I know you're the one
my mission is done
I give my life to your pleasure
thrills beyond any measure
I have so must lust to share
it just isn't fair
how long you made me wait
for this lovely fate
This poem is so dumb
it's making me numb
the ending words match
but here's the catch
you may be gleaning
a trace of meaning
but I'm just being flirty
with my qwerty
through concrete and clover
I know you're the one
my mission is done
I give my life to your pleasure
thrills beyond any measure
I have so must lust to share
it just isn't fair
how long you made me wait
for this lovely fate
This poem is so dumb
it's making me numb
the ending words match
but here's the catch
you may be gleaning
a trace of meaning
but I'm just being flirty
with my qwerty
#satirical
#WritingPoetry
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11 Comments
Keybored
I've searched for you all over
through concrete and clover
I know you're the one
my mission is done
I give my life to your pleasure
thrills beyond any measure
I have so must lust to share
it just isn't fair
how long you made me wait
for this lovely fate
This poem is so dumb
it's making me numb
the ending words match
but here's the catch
you may be gleaning
a trace of meaning
but I'm just being flirty
with my qwerty
through concrete and clover
I know you're the one
my mission is done
I give my life to your pleasure
thrills beyond any measure
I have so must lust to share
it just isn't fair
how long you made me wait
for this lovely fate
This poem is so dumb
it's making me numb
the ending words match
but here's the catch
you may be gleaning
a trace of meaning
but I'm just being flirty
with my qwerty
#satirical
#WritingPoetry
83 reads
11 Comments
Be Nice to Mice
Be nice to the mice family living within your walls
Quietly wandering, not as bothersome as a louse’s calls
Sneaking food to survive, though they leave crumbs for you
It’s not much, but they thought it’d be kind to leave a few
They’ve tried to be more than pests, offering a song
While you poison their food, they sing “Le Festin” all along
But they couldn’t, pushed away like a burden on your chest
Not worth a breath, let alone sharing a heart with an unwanted guest
To you, they remain outsiders, undeserving and small
They’ve...
Quietly wandering, not as bothersome as a louse’s calls
Sneaking food to survive, though they leave crumbs for you
It’s not much, but they thought it’d be kind to leave a few
They’ve tried to be more than pests, offering a song
While you poison their food, they sing “Le Festin” all along
But they couldn’t, pushed away like a burden on your chest
Not worth a breath, let alone sharing a heart with an unwanted guest
To you, they remain outsiders, undeserving and small
They’ve...
#sadness
#satirical
#grief
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Be Nice to Mice
Be nice to the mice family living within your walls
Quietly wandering, not as bothersome as a louse’s calls
Sneaking food to survive, though they leave crumbs for you
It’s not much, but they thought it’d be kind to leave a few
They’ve tried to be more than pests, offering a song
While you poison their food, they sing “Le Festin” all along
But they couldn’t, pushed away like a burden on your chest
Not worth a breath, let alone sharing a heart with an unwanted guest
To you, they remain outsiders, undeserving and small
They’ve...
Quietly wandering, not as bothersome as a louse’s calls
Sneaking food to survive, though they leave crumbs for you
It’s not much, but they thought it’d be kind to leave a few
They’ve tried to be more than pests, offering a song
While you poison their food, they sing “Le Festin” all along
But they couldn’t, pushed away like a burden on your chest
Not worth a breath, let alone sharing a heart with an unwanted guest
To you, they remain outsiders, undeserving and small
They’ve...
#sadness
#satirical
#grief
49 reads
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