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Stairs (first draft)

The leopard stairs are soft and furry
The whiskers tickle your feet as you creep upon them
Softly purring, quietly sleeping
You hope they don’t awake

The spider stairs are sticky and flimsy
You never know if you will make it home
They’re always hidden in the dark corners
Waiting for you to approach

The eagle stairs are loud and hard
Dangerously high and perilous
These stairs soar and glide in the thermals
Before rapidly diving downwards

The shark stairs are sharp and raspy
They wend sinuously through the deep
Hunting, you or something like you
It’s best to not take these stairs

The elephant stairs are long and memorable
The gentle, warm wrinkles or repeated journeys
Slow moving but attentive
These stairs are good to take

The human stairs are regular and boring
Symmetrical and repeating
No fun, nor joy in these stairs
We are stuck with the mundane

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A new meme

Today we wrote poetry on our daily group email between friends at work.  It is a simple formula and you’re welcome to borrow it.

Rebecca:
why is it still raining?
I want some dry now
Thanks

James:
Why am I still awake?
I want some sleep now.
Thanks.

Michelle:
why am I still hungry?
I want some noms now.
Thanks

Rebecca:
Why am I not rich?
I’d like some money now.
Thanks

James:
Why is it not the future?
I’d like some spaceships now.
Thanks.

Michelle:
Why are people so stupid?
I want to be left alone.
Thanks

Rebecca:
Why do I have to brain?
I have the dumb
Thanks

Scott:
Why do I have to cheese?
My goat is tired.
Thanks.

Michelle:
Why do I have to write?
My brain is tired.
Thanks

James:
why is it still verbing?
I want some adjective now
Thanks

James:
*sleep sleep sleep sleep*?
*sleep sleep sleep*
Thanks.

Michelle:
Why am I still stressed?
I need some chocolate.
Thanks

James:
Why am I still achey?
I need a massage.
Thanks.

James: (warning puns)
Why is that army attacking?
I need artillery.
Tanks.

Michelle:
Where is my mobile?
I need to text.
Thnx

Rebecca:
Where is my lolcat?
It is hugs tiem now
Kthxbai

Why are people so annoying?
I want my giant robots
Thanks

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