Let’s do the hang in your grudge gallery –
that marble nausoleum where we all
Frame, gild, and geld our hurt,
preserve our trophy bruises
Under halogen lighting like glitter
of broken glass.
Your panoramic grievances – Waterloo,
you glory-horsed Napoleon you!
Or that day you bravely crossed the street
like Washington crossing the Delaware.
Show me your modern art of insults
more pointed than mustachios,
Your curated vandalism, subway car panels
grifted and tattooed,
And your Renaissance room’s priceless Titian –
taking Jesus down from the cross.
But it’s closing time,
and my feet are tired.
The guidebook says tomorrow
we should visit the zoo.
For The Sunday Muse
qbit 
The “nausoleum” where we can view every grudge in a new way. I have to admit that your poem made me smirk.
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Ahahaha! Thanks.
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The nausoleum grudge gallery is fantastic! I enjoyed the ironic tone in this.
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The nausoleum grudge gallery is fantastic! I enjoyed the ironic tone in this.
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Thanks! LOL!
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Quite genius … this.
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Thank you!
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These days I think we all love our grievances more than ever…
I am sure it won’t be long before you see it at the zoo after all. After all the lions have even more reasons to carry a grudge than any of us.
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Yes, Agreed!
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I guess we all have a room reserved for all our tears, shed and unshed. It is best we rarely visit it! I love th4e tongue-in-cheek sassiness of this poem!
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Lol! Thanks!
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Loved this. Playful yet deep. My cup of tea, that.
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Thank you!
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I love “glory-horsed” and crossing the street as if it were the Delaware. Yes, the zoo sounds like the place for this bungle in the jungle!
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Hahaha, yes. Maybe could have landed on “Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!”, but Tull certainly has that staked out pretty well.
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Yes there those that do just that, preserve their trophy bruises. Love this Qbit and yes that ending is priceless!! 🤩
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Lol! Thanks!
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Your panoramic grievances – indeed – sorrow from every direction.
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Good one.
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I think the zoo will be boring after such excitement today second guessing the eyes.
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The lovely sarcasm in this…just biting. 🙂
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Nausoleum – incredible word! This is a biting, with a wonderful ending.
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The nausoleum imagery is beautifully well expressed.
Every single line is shining incredibly good my friend. 🙂
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Thanks! And at least a little less-than-perfectly-obvious language usage, lol!
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You are welcome, Qbit. 🙂 No worries my friend. Language is infinite. 🙂
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Perhaps the zoo will leave you with a different feeling? Someone told me it’s all happening at the zoo.
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