The trade I made
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Time I took stock of the past few days
The things I bought, the trades I had
Some of them iffy, some not so bad!
Sweet anticipations for sweeter memories
Some ugly pains for beautiful stories.
A lotta smiles I got, for a few laughs.. tops
And a softer pillow that cost some teardrops.
Exchanged the romantic defeats,
For a few clinical heroic feats.
It was a good deal I got when I sold off
My old curtain for a bit of new light
And just a bite of my forbearance
For a healthy chunk of the good ol’ fight!
Though I’ve a feeling I got duped off when –
With too much innocence I paid
For the very little wisdom I gained.
Time too might have taken me for a ride
For the longer fuse she said I needn’t pay,
But her offer had a rider I didn’t heed –
A few crow’s feet and a few more grey!
But maybe it hasn’t been all a loss
It seems I have made a slim profit for me.
‘Cause having paid with eighteen,
I’ve come away with a nineteen, you see!
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31st Dec 2018