Trick or treat, sweat or sweet?
Think thrice ere you compete.
Each seat is labeled with a price,
And you've to pay duly for your slice.
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(continued) ... if you have a response [you want me to see] to any comments i leave on a poem, please send as a message, or i probably won't see it; i rarely return and if i do it is not to look for responses. (to continue) ..
(continued) ... i am having difficulty accepting the wording of the last five lines, especially the first,2nd, and 3rd. i have suggestions, but i think you may get some good ideas if you read it again. i believe i understand what you mean to convey, but........... good luck. (continued) ...
(continued) : more re stanza 3: At any time you'll be tongue-tied silent....i'm thinking choking OR dead. hmm? i sometimes like to be completely spoon-fed in a poem (so i completely understand the meaning) , but here it is nice to be able to speculate a bit about what the above line means. (to continue) ...
(continued) ...stanza 3: i'm guessing that the kettle is dry; perhaps toads and spiders each will catch a fly! [i recently read, online, about when one 'should' use will and shall. hmm. THE 'rules' seem too restrictive; nobody is paying attention anyway. oh! i see fear is the given topic. fear can be 'good'. [and PH is rather restrictive about what topics are acceptable; there were no rules several years ago! [but PH is FREE! ] (to continue) ...
ok, i checked out the ere; it's 'good', though archaic. Archaic is good sometimes, especially in poetry! :) stanza 1: i'm liking the rhyming and alliterations. stanza 2: yes, i guess there IS light shade and dark shade. i'm wondering what sort of workplace is being portrayed. a haunted house? ? [i only used to get the triple-alliteration! honest! ! ] (to continue) ...
Thank you so much for your time, Bri. This is a kind of complaint i wrote nine years ago about the injusticeI had observed/experienced in my college concerning evaluation and employment of academic titles...No longer bothering me now.
(continued) ... you make the workplace SOUND scary. yes, it can be; i was never really scared, BUT sometimes I WAS apprehensive when entering into a new job, needing skills and knowledge new-to-me. but, given a good atmosphere and enough time to learn/'adjust', i think most jobs are doable if the employee has the aptitude for the work. bri :)