1095 - Lambs to the Slaughter

A ’stock’ photo seemed appropriate.
Apologies to OS readers - an Oz-centric limerick.

Lambs to the Slaughter.

There once was a fellow called Dutton,

With the charm of over-boiled mutton,

His tiny heart would seek

Ways to torment the weak

And he delighted in keeping them shut’n.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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1094 - Equilibrium

Equilibrium

We receive honours.

Criticism will come too.

Treat them both the same.

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1093 - Upside Down

Upside Down

Are we upside down?

From what we’re told: Our feet smell

And our noses run.

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1092 - One Word.

One Word.

You try to be nice,

But then you are ridiculed.

One word sums it up.

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1091 - Shed a tear.

Midweek Motif prompt:  mask

Shed a tear.

Are we like onions?

Layer upon layer,

With no real centre?

Just the layers.

Protective.

They can sometimes

Be peeled back,

One after the other,

Finally ending—

Nowhere.

With no heart

to be found.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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1090 - That didn’t hurt, did it?

Irked by a number of

self-important prats at work

who email you a request

but, once you send them what they want,

never deign to say 'thank you'.

That didn’t hurt, did it?

Does it hurt to thank

When someone has tried to help?

Corporate rudeness.

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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017

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1089 - Take Away

Cartoon by Judy Horacek

Take Away

God, of course, has the power to compel,

As the apple corps knew only too well.

His advice to the brave two:

“A good coffee may save you

But a soy-latte will send you to Hell.

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1088 - Nature, and Witches, Abhor a Vacuum.

Cartoon by Judy Horacek

Nature, and Witches, Abhor a Vacuum.

As if witches could get much meaner,

Try putting them on a vac-cleaner.

Just how do you ride?

Side-saddle or astride?

And how do you maintain your demeanor?

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1087 - Safety Barrier

Safety Barrier

The sky’s enormous!

Not when looked at from afar:

Just a thin blue line.

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We fill it with muck,

As if it doesn’t matter.

Will we learn in time?

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1086 - Medicant of the Mind

Medicant of the Mind

To believe in it,

When logic says it’s not there—

Homeopathy.

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