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Drop the pretense. Stop the nonsense. Get off the fence. Don't be so dense.

K-9

Like the proverbial dog eating scraps
that drop from his master's table
he patiently awaits crumbs
of her time and attention.

Never sour or resentful
ever loving and faithful
he thrives on moments she spares,
their handshakes and her smiling stare.

Pale ale

You're down with post-holiday blues That you numb with seasonal brews Whose bitter yet cool aftertaste Helps you through this trying phase.

Lager

A hundred minute bubbles form and rise from your parched tongue with each pull of chilled amber all sorrows drowned before long.

Lee

Running away from the light at the end of the tunnel not looking back, desperate to escape to the dark bliss of nothingness.

Taglamig

Sinisipol ng hangin Ang niyebeng gatudlok Na nakakapuwing ma'y Pagkurap mo'y tunaw rin.

Westerly

Like an unanchored boat gently pulled
By the ebbing tide of a grey sea
Which draws the cruel and drowns all fools
I feel you drifting away from me.

A whirlwind you were that came and went
Could never be caught, forever free
But I'm grateful for the time we've spent
On that summer tryst and autumn spree.