Spring and autumn
Lend your beauty
Share your vibrant love
Summer toils
For far too long
While winter craves
Your touch
Summer’s days
Will heat things up
A fire burning red
Winter’s nights
Will keep you home
To cuddle up
In bed
To feel complete
Each season needs
The one in front and back
And the seasons’ opposite
Gives to them all
Something the other
Lacks
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How is one to be happy
When they can’t afford to live
Pile garbage on your plate
It’s cheaper than “eating right”
Ignore you children
Someone else can raise them
And kiss them goodnight
While you break your body
Avoiding debt
Only to lose your home
Life is full of disappointment
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The sweet, savory smell
Mouth watering smoke
Benefit or loss?
I just love the taste
Grunting, sniffing, searching
Squeals piercing silence
A sloppy mess to roll in
Ravenous, short-nosed beasts
Bring home the bacon
Leave the pig at work
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