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Professor of Domestication
Please hold the applause and
Refrain from rejoicing
Over my
Fabulous, fantastic, phenomenal
Employment.
Sing songs if you will of my marvelous
Skills honed from days of
Our firstborn
Right down to our last, I'm
Officially tenured
Faculty of the
Domestication class.
Omniscient, omnipotent,
Magnanimous too,
Everything needed to be crowned
Summa cum laude guru.
Towels that need folding? Toast that needs making?
Infinite diapers that need tossing and changing?
Challenge accepted. I won't be outdone.
Add them each to my curriculum vitae, barring none!
The cooking, the cleaning, the shopping - all done.
It's onto the homework, the laundry, the fun?
Okay maybe I'll just rest for a minute or two,
Nah, I have to go write a new Quadru-haiku.
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This is an acrostic I wrote in response to a fun challenge with a fellow creator, Paul Stewart.
You can find his acrostic here:
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Comments (12)
Very clever and fun!!!
I luv this!! It's so good!
I was Rapping the rhythm is sick 🌟🥰😉🎯🎤🙌
Lol! Snap ... Love this, though! :)
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That’s a fun fantastic read, 👍👍
I read this like a rap and the end had a *mic drop* moment. This was awesomeeee!
great fun , and well written
This is so great! Nice job.
hahaha what a poem!!!!!
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Lol. What the heck. This is great fun.
Fun! Loving it!!!
Magnanimous? Absofrickinlutely