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My sister Pat says my words
are too big,
that I lose my audience
due to this.
By far, most people just don’t
give a fig;
Anything over one’s head’s
just a miss. 
My vocabulary’s filled
With nonsense,
And no one bothers to find
the meaning.
No one wants their reading to
be so dense
What I think’s clever is just
Why can’t I just write simple stuff
About flowers and family and life?
Why isn’t that enough
without dredging up 
the dark, unhappy strife?
While I swim through depressing depths,
most people splash and play in shallows.
They laugh out loud, don’t hold their breath.
Real humor doesn’t come from gallows.
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  1. Date: 1/7/2012 9:59:00 AM

    it hurts but they'll always be critics, this I know well. "you'll never make anything out of that writing, but if I succeed by impacting 1 person, I am a successful writer. My reason for writing. Your poem , or shall I say verse is very well expressed, thank you for allowing us to read this. Take good care & God Bless PS can't please everyone....