Elena Plotkin Poems

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11.
Not All Fathers Will Get A Chance To Celebrate Father's Day

Not all fathers will get a chance to celebrate Father's Day.
Some are too quick to run while others are quicker to stay.
Some are prone to neglect while others can't help but care.
Some are always absent while others find ways to be there.
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12.
Best Friends Forever

You need to be at an event and you have nothing to wear,
And guess who'll lend you anything short of their underwear.
You've lost your job and can't seem to get off unemployment,
And guess who's leading the search for your next appointment.
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13.
Gold Digger Need Not Apply

Your eyes hunger for money,
Hoping some would magically appear.
Your words flow like honey,
Trickling sweetly down my ear.
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14.
My Grandbaby

My dreams for you are one of many,
You are after all my grandbaby!
One of my happiest days on this earth,
was the day your mother gave you birth.
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15.
Time Is A Runner

Time is a runner who runs every race.
But he never runs in just one place.

You can’t hide from him; he’s everywhere.
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16.
Enigma

Time is a promise that can't be kept.
The sun does not rise nor does it set.
Dreams are the lies we conjure up in bed.
Tomorrow is supplanted by today instead.
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17.
Dear Mr. Saggy Pants

Now if you knew me well you would know,
I would watch anything but a fashion show.
I am definitely not at all into Haute Couture,
I never could understand the great allure.
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18.
Lonely

How can I explain,
the sunshine that has rain,
the clouds that never disappear,
even when you are near.
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19.
Tiger, Tiger (Not Kipling)

Tiger, Tiger, up a tree.
Tiger, Tiger come to me.
Tiger, Tiger locked in a cage.
Tiger, Tiger placed in a rage.
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20.
Mother

You never made it easy.
But then you never took it easy.
You worked tirelessly your whole life.
Both as a mother and as a wife.
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