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: Making Lemonade by Debi Pick Marquette


Writing about lemons, is nothing new to poetry

 But there are times that lemons can fool you totally

. I don't believe all lemons, should be given equal ranks

Especially when sweetening, the lemon said, 'no thanks' 

 

Looking at a lemon, you can't see the fruit inside

It can be so beautiful, but inside it has died 

People are like lemons, make life sweeter or more sour

  My mom warned me about these, that love or else devour

 

  Lemons can have bad spots, that need to be cut out

 Bitterness stuck in your mouth, like venom there's no doubt

  But "a lemon that's a lemon?" You can't win, I know first hand

  They'll steal from underneath you, so they should all be banned

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  Much like apples in a pail, a few don't spoil the bunch

   Take the good and make yourself, a drink for your next lunch

  Do what you must do, to keep the positive in life

  Don't take the personality, of lemons that cause strife

 

 I have a lemonade stand; a cup of how you choose

  sweeten it with honesty, are just a couple do's

 Serve with a clear conscience, are options we should use

     One more thing that you should know, I don't supply the booze  

 


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Author Notes
This was a little lesson taught to me by my mother. She said, lemons are not all created equal. That you must keep your eyes open to the ones who can make other things in life taste better, those that are just sour by nature, the ones that can make your life miserable without any thought of sweetening, and those that can destroy your vision for life by squirting their juice in your eye. I agree, to choose the ones that you are able to work with and make lemonade with them. All the others, as my mother always said,
Just spit it out and don't be foolish enough to try that one again.

     

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