Clichés
I'm truly amazed
At the amount of clichés
Heard in conversation
Said with no reservation
Symptoms of cliché malaise
It's a fact
"Opposites attract"
My wife's a she
I'm a he
Can't argue with that
"Like a henpecked husband"
Another over-used cliché, and
Keeping most men crazed
It needs to be reappraised
Then conversationally banned
It's a long leap
From "beauty is skin deep"
To "love is blind"
"Just blows my mind"
That leap's too steep
"Let your conscience be your guide"
Another cliché ride
They like to flout
It's really "petered out"
And just conversational bromide
This cliche banality
Has no linguistic personality
Clichés I ardently dislike
Should all "take a hike"
Give way to originality
by Stan Cooper...8/21/08 graphic by Don Hunt
Poetry by Stan Cooper
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Editors' choiceWritten on 2008-08-25 at 02:37
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