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Punishment

(7 stories)

Disappointment
Etched on your face
Is the punishment
I try to avoid
It makes me feel
Ten times worse
Than when you're annoyed
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What is the punishment
And will he do time
He posted the wrong word
And put it in rhyme
It must be a crime
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I know it was wrong.
I lied
I cheated
I stole time.
But
Your disdain
Is punishment
Enough.

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Should I have a day off from work? No. No chance. Wife will punish me with a chore list just for thinking about it. #130story

5mins late, foreman calls the Work's Punishment Officer quickly I counter with the Flexi-time Steward. It's war on the shop floor.
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Don't need green grocery
It's fish Friday all day
Drove straight past the chippy
Much to my dismay
Prawn cocktail crisps then
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Dunking. Shaven head. Lose a finger. Stoning. Banishment. All options on our wheel of punishment. Spin it, boy. See what you get. #130story