Shawn L. Bird

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poem-unexpected April 24, 2016

Filed under: Poetry — Shawn L. Bird @ 4:08 pm
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You had plans

expectations

fought to bring them to fruition.

Imagine your surprise

when they were realized,

to find what you’d surmised

to be a paradise, what you fantasized

is actually a ruination

and your frustration forces a

mutation of

your plans.

 

4 Responses to “poem-unexpected”

  1. howardat58 Says:

    I like this one. Only on second reading, which I do as “read aloud silently” did it fully reveal itself.

  2. “Be careful of what you want, you just might get it.” So often true.


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