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‘Leaving room for errors always seems wise, until there are mistakes sleeping on every sofa in your house.’
Write a poem that begins with this line.
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Leaving room for errors always seems wise until there are mistakes sleeping on every sofa in your house
You said you’d never let me go
Some errors can be forgotten like a bruise
You said it would never happen again
Some errors can be hidden like a broken bone mended
You said give us one last chance
Leaving room for errors can leave a door open in the middle of the night
You said you’d never let...
leaving room for errors always seems wise,
until there are mistakes sleeping on every sofa in your house.
the first slip up was three months in college.
we thought it was nirvana,
and so we named her so.
he only said goodbye to her when he left.
the second misstep was my first boss.
we thought it felt clandestine,
so when named her secret.
i left him when she knew the new assistant.
the...
Leaving room for errors seems wise until there are mistakes sleeping in every sofa in your house
You’re not alone
Just like everyone
I like the odds of the only us
Leaving room for errors while I leave the door open
To all the swirling and twirling
It’s turbulent
Turbulent
Life keeps spinning and spinning
While the world sits still
I keep on spinning and spinning
With only time left to kill
...
Leaving room for errors always seems wise,
Until there are mistakes sleeping on every sofa in your house,
And regrets stuffed in the letter box or slipped under the door.
There will be unwashed thoughts swimming with the dirty dishes,
And sharp edged words in the cutlery drawer.
In the end your keys will be duplicated ten times over,
Until every corner of your home is overcrowded with unwa...
Leaving room for errors,
Many men advise,
When you lack life experience,
May come across as wise.
Tiny errors tiptoe in
Unnoticed, like a mouse,
And soon they’ll be asleep
On every sofa in your house.
They’ll skitter through the words of every manuscript you write,
They’ll patter through your musings in the middle of the night.
They’ll burrow in your brainmeats and across your bedroom floor,
Th...
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