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# The Rise and Fall
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/the-rise-and-fall/
- Published: 2025-11-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: But not of empires...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

But not of empires...

I gained ten pounds on that vacation,  
Late fall, Caribbean, a cruise.  
Buffet, dessert, the ice cream station,  
I didn’t have that much to lose  
but now I do. Oh, cursed voyage!  
As we sailed by both beach and buoyage  
so did I sail past mat and gym  
and now the picture’s sad and grim.

But fear you not: I hear the calling  
of treadmill, bicycle, and weight  
I know, I know, it’s not too late  
to get that dial falling, falling…

Wait, what? Turducken!? You will bring?  
Perhaps it's best to wait for spring.

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