Tasting but not eating
sipping yet not drinking
Following the reading
of the book about slimming
Calorie counting
fallacies digesting
Swallowing pills
intoxicating chills
A Lying Mirror
lo’ and behold
Litany of lies
being told
The bulging hips
The sagging belly
Get those pills
and don’t leave any
Self esteem
that is diving
in a pool
that is conniving
Opening
the locked basket
scary casket
of pandora’s trinkets
Smitten and bitten
by the snake in the kitchen.
Daily Prompt: Hyperbole
Copyright © 2015 Joys of Joel by Joel F. All Rights Reserved.
A beautiful poem! Simply loved it.
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Thanks Shana for that lovely words. Thanks too for stopping by.
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Powerful poem!
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Thanks Joyroses. Have a great week ahead.
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I wish you a great week as well! Election day is this week so we will see.. LOL! Honestly I just will be glad to have it finally over with!
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Whoever gets elected, congrats on your new president. I know USA will always be a beautiful and powerful country. Take Care.
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Thank you for those kind words!
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You’re welcome. Thanks too for stopping by.
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Great poem- I bypass those lying mirrors myself.
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Those lying mirrors do nothing but lies. 🙂
Thanks Chez Shea for sharing your thoughts. Thanks too for dropping by.
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Well written!
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Thanks Cynthia.
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You’re welcome.
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Thanks for dropping by. Have a great week ahead.
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Oh goodness, a scary snake indeed!
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Thanks Marissa for that scary thought. 🙂 Thanks too for dropping by.
Have a great week ahead.
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Whew! so well said!
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Thanks Daal. Have a great week.
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I’ve met that snake and been bitten.
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Yes, at one stage in our life, we’re bitten….bitten but not beaten. 🙂
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Thanks Kim for sharing your thought.
Have a great week ahead.
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tasty &
less filling 🙂
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🙂 Thanks smilecalm for that dietary thought. Thanks too for dropping by.
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hahahha found it nice and hilarious Joel cause this is the real who we are but always hiding from ourselves. Simply fun loving and beautiful.
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I’m glad i made you laugh. Thanks Kamal for stopping by. Have a great fun and loving week ahead.
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Thanks Joel same to you. Have a nice day.
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You’re welcome. Thanks again.
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Nicely done…hyperbolic…
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Thanks Maniparna. Thanks for dropping by too. Have a great week ahead.
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Beautiful poem! 🙂
I believe we all go through that stage in our lives when we start believe the lies the mirror tell us 😀
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and the mirror exaggerates like an ultimate hyperbole. Thanks Paola for stopping by. Appreciate it.
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You are right! Maybe the mirror doesn’t lie… It only EXAGGERATES 😀
Hahahahaha 😀
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Yes, when they do that, i consider them the broken mirror. Lol. Thanks Paola.
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Hahaha!
Crap! I’m “a bit” superstitious 😀
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lol,, That’s funny and witty.
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