triumph Are sinew
winnings are much
Twisted is doubt
wait your head touch
blaming in keep
doubting and too
yourself all theirs
make you hurt you
tired on can
waiting for lies
master when lied
when talk don’t wise
build ’em you give
again you gone
hated you breathe
men make “Hold on”
about make friends
losing you spoken
knaves But good Earth
virtue their broken
If If If If
If If If If
If If If If
And If my son!
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I don’t think it makes much sense either. You can try it, for the Terrible Poetry Contest this week. You’re to craft a cento on the subject of compassion. …Mine has compassion in that I didn’t continue mixing up the rest of the words to Rudyard Kipling’s “If” into more stanzas…
©2022 Chel Owens
Chel Owens 
When I started reading this, Chel, I thought you taken inspiration from Rudyard Kipling’s IF and then I read the end.
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Wow; you’re good! I read through it and thought, ‘I should have at least tried to make it sound like its origin.’ 😀 It’s fun. You should try it.
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It makes as much sense as mine 🙂
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Oh, good! 😀
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Girl, you have too much mind on your hands! I am not worthy…
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Literally cut and paste, Annette. Try it; it’s calming.
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See, it is possible to be terrible when using other people’s words…mine makes too much sense. I should have rearranged the words as well. Kudos to you.
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I will not claim genius with that, but thanks! I just had fun cutting and pasting.
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No one said anything about genius…if anything you’re a great HACK
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Works for me!
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so having a sense of confusion is ok after reading this? 🙂
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If you DON’T have a sense of confusion, I would be worried.
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👍😊
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Oh! My brain hurts, too hard for me!! 💜💜
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Pshaw. You’re not supposed to make sense of it.
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But my brain hurts at the thought of it!
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The solution is not to think.
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Okay I shall clear my head 😜
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I got Kipling before the end and before reading that you said! Well done you!
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Oh, good. There was some order to the madness.
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Oh how terrible!!
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Thank you. 😀
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😊
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If.
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Ding ding ding
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