Contronym
By Baltimore County Poet Richard Baldwin Cook
The accretion of broken promises,
Like a whetstone, has fashioned the cleaver
for its work.
The cleaver has cleaved two
who had promised to cleave
to each other.
Contronym ~ En Español
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La acumulación de promesas incumplidas,
Como piedra de afilar, ha formado el cuchillo
por su trabajo.
El cuchillo ha escindido dos
que había prometido escindir
uno al otro.
Wide Application Obit for the Mini Fridge
By Baltimore County Poet Richard Baldwin Cook
After a flurry of interest
Your presence was assumed
Day in, day out for decades
You did maybe two things well
In on a lot of the better times
You stood to the side
Routinely uncomplicated
by all appearances
Uncomplaining until near the end
Yes you will be missed
for a little while