#riddlepoems — Public Fediverse posts

Riddle:

In brightly-colored clothes I went
About till my imprisonment
And subsequent recovery.
A crumbling house bequeathed to me
Along with a small plot of earth
Became my home. All things of worth
And fancy raiment cast aside,
Fair Poverty became my bride.

Who am I?

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#MastoPrompt #doll

My mommy’s only five years old.
My lifeless body’s stiff and cold
Though swaddled in a blanket snug.
I don’t return her loving hug,
And I’m forgotten as she grows.
Articulated in this pose,
I give illusion that I’m real
And skew her sense of sex appeal.

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#SciFiPrompt "Goblin"

While possibly an allegory,
My poem tells a children’s story,
Critiques the mores of the times
With vivid and irregular rhymes,
Alludes to lust, forbidden fruits
And flesh force-fed by groping brutes
That’s purchased in a plethora,
Refused by Lizzie, craved by Laura.

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