in seeking
out and to
the future
calls and holds
a mystery
made mysterious
more when times
are with complexity
so be elated
when that chance
of better more
comes all
the more easily
and just imagine
the employer who
seeks those
who seek be
so seeking work
want so
and do so want
work much more
lackadaisically
around
of note be
to folders
the snips
lighted
sticky
to share, see
report
across’n
webby
the quest, a path made of shoes, the eager, desirous, did choose.
as many journeys are paved, with hardships reduced, they so raved.
with free shipping for each and all, growth, there was, quite substantial.
and so, a target, they made, a most noticeably bright shade.
but …
on they did pursue, expanding outward, beyond simple shoe.
until one day, so great became, their entice, and their great fame.
yet, even when coupled with an asking price most enormous,
the biggest did not even blink, and snapped it up in a wink,
amidst various rumors around, VC pressures abound.
and…
forward carried by shoes golden, tale of time and time again.
with customers along, for now, ’til found be good, or be wrong.
This coffee, now in hand, so starts today,
Like many other, here, in this cafe,
It starts, a wink, a nod, "thank you," and "bye,"
An act to grow the good in great supply,
And then, from here, a walk so does commence,
Along the way, a man, seen, asks for pence,
In turn, given a few and five more pound,
Anon, the journey goes ’til steps but sound.
Of late in day with mug, the fourth, now bare,
A perfect time to stretch, depart this chair,
To from and down the hall a whimper faint,
Investigate, make sense of this complaint,
So found a pup with paw ensnared in twine,
Once freed, its happy yelps and hops benign,
Made friends from desks most near the "puppy zone,"
And brought to next much needed, lighter tone.
For were they grave, the numbers being shown,
And as from hand the twine to slab fell down,
Those fingers quickly then began to move,
And calculating what they must now prove,
Idea struck, and now was clear enough,
Although just calculated off the cuff,
That extra costs could cut by half be done,
Remove the risk of loss of anyone!
With all and each, together, winding down,
Approached the time to leave, depart, this town,
Alas, delayed by meetings overrun,
So forced, rescheduled plans of coming fun,
With judgment made for situation here,
To fill the newly minted time with cheer,
So share a drink, a tale, with common friends,
Right after organizing odds and ends.
Upon reflection, most so pleasing learned,
Is it to know how good be good returned,
By chance, as if a store of will exists,
That can accumulate with plus interest,
Returned, so done, it was to the cafe,
To roaring shouts reserved for top celebrity,
For being guest of thousand times ten be proud,
Enjoy the coffee "it’s free" exclaimed the crowd!
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blowing in
to returned |
self ascribed
traits too few
clouded
in within
whence the need
many massed
revealed
through rank and trial
placed affix
marks and tags
so knowledge
be not divided
as parts to a whole do order, 
as oxygen, as floors, as path, to air, and buildings, and way, of right.
alone —- but parts, lost, disconnected.
distance — no supports, disparate, wreckeded.
and salved,
do the wounds,
more nuisance
than plight
bother the whole,
until held just right,
in tight knit
bound of box and of board,
to supply and make
ready, the
just right cord.
though simplicity can elate,
a little bit, can be great,
of such which by for each,
to see, be seen, and with speech,
all within a humble browser,
and yet, debate, it does spur,
with all and many, so be gone,
more important, new direction,
for future’s hold, tenuous, at best,
the new people, new ideas, the test,
many so now have gone without,
from this box so pours fresh doubt.
many a now frozened pleas
on a path as yet uncast
to a place too known for cheese
all amassed so very fast
so was this conflagration
this with strong pull-gravity
(an) offer uniting (a) nation
on (a) scale sub-planetary
in end, of what fruit it bore
all will have to wait and see
except for those six plus four
who must (all) be saying, Whoopee!
eyes tricks or so they’ve been played
of through a mist mingling
diffusing edges and lines
reds, blues, greens merging in to
the in-betweens were too be
the flickers and much others
should been remained ‘n unseen
were more than the mist where the
colors escape the regions
were visions unwanted but
persist only so long as
does this miserable stage
take heed to – nay – bend to will
the of the wisdom of gauge
and only so long as with
until with luck so loads this page
The Web Laureate 