Silly Notion

I had a silly notion

To jump start a creation

I should have used a potion

Not used enumeration

Thesaurus was my resource

To generate a word list

Close eyes, flip pages, odd course

Then point to word to enlist

The final list was absurd

I wanted to throw list out

"Challenge!" old poet's heart heard

This brought an end to my pout

The lyric written follows

Bolded words are from the list

I hope words do not wallow

For the tale may take some twists

Men's Shirts

There was a young woman

Whose life held little joy

World held so much danger

She felt like a decoy

Dirt smudge she put on cheek

And acted like a boy

Shelter was a challenge

Derelict home a find

A careful check required

A part of safety grind

For she must be alone

Others often unkind

Risk of city's hoopla

And prima donna scorn

Drove her to a rural life

Where old clothes often worn

She found a rusty hoe

And she grew her own sweet corn

She worked the dirty jobs

And slowly she found hope

And built her confidence

As she found ways to cope

And her life got better

Although she walked tightrope

Folks figured out her need

And with a nod began

They helped her find a room

Donated an old van

She then revealed to them

That she was not a man

When their shock was over

They all went back to work

Folks thought about their lives

And how assumptions lurk

What drove a young woman

Each day to wear men's shirts

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