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Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
To a piece of canvas
I would my mind liken
then I should be the artist
and make the painting happen.
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
I would be truly blessed
if I were to have no name
then none would know me
and I would never be held in any shame.
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
Democracy is  a too heavily- laden ship
it allows everyone to step therein even without a ticket
when a heavy storm should blow hard that way
it would sink for the impact and its own weight.
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
As I am fully retired
I am free and to no one
or establishment tied-
in short---my work is done!
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
When a wise person
   is taken for a ride
   by a fool,  it hits harder
   like nothing else upon his pride.
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
Joining your society?
thanks, but NO THANKS
I've enough problems of my own
I don't need this extra angst!
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
By all means
be stupid at the start
what really matters is
you later learn to be smart.
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
Einstein's imagination  stretched
to the highest dimensions of the sky above
(E=MC squared is serious business)
but he was never ever deft at love
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
No one wants you ever around
you are a **** nuisance every round!
Dr Peter Lim Jun 2018
Know what you should not know
that's real wisdom and far you would go
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
For decades with such passion I searched
for a true and loyal friend
one night a figure I saw-my doppelgänger!
my long quest came to an end!
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
The aggressor
is a self-hater
takes on others
he is his own annihilator.
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
He's present
   just because he's silent
   don't discount him
   he could place you in a predicament.
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
You could **** me
     yet,  I count this
     my unequivocal victory
     as the world knows the real story
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
I have no allies
my two hands never
let me down--my tasks
are my own--I depend on none other
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
Wu-wei (non-action) in Taoism
to him  nothing at all I did
he destroyed himself verily
by his own thought and deed
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
I didn't need
to travel far
to see the star
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
I didn't provide him
with the poisoned pill
he rushed to grasp it
as though it were
some kind of elixir
from him I hid
he drank it
hurriedly
he died
sadly
(I'm not to blame)
that's the true story.
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
That which is poison
I 'd not to another extend
not even to my deadliest enemy
or when being let down by my once -best friend.
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
You thought you had seen
the worst of human wickedness?
you had just turned the first few pages
infinitely more you would witness
* is human nature good or bad?  I am a pessimist.
Dr Peter Lim Jun 2018
Of course the critic is jealous
that's why his views are deleterious
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
Verily, cynicism I didn't choose
after my idealistic days of youth
it knocked loudly on my door
I replied:  Your invitation I can't refuse!
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
If nothing
  I wish to choose
  what others desire
  I'm glad to refuse
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
Stupid first, later wise
  the world would stop
  to look--it couldn't believe its eyes!
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
Not even a whit could Grandpa read or write
but his views were too often proven right!
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
It would be totally absurd
that any of my epigrams would be read
when I am dead!
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
When is 'no' intended to be 'yes'?
  and 'yes' intended to be 'no'?
  this enigma has troubled me all my life
after so many decades this still I don't know!
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
In hospital sick-bed nicely resting
Nuisance Number One  suddenly ringing
and this was what he was saying:
heh,  fun who's missing?
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
Did you advise
this pest I should silence?
no, I'll cut off his tongue
too late would be his repentance!
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
Being epigrammatic
doesn't mean
I have to be sinister or sardonic
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
Your boot hurt
  my sore toe
  all you said was:
  had we met before?
Dr Peter Lim Jun 2018
Napoleon wrote lustfully to Josephine:
' I love you too much and my nocturnal thoughts are obscene'
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
So you said
I was nasty
ask your wife then
I know her well---she's Nelly!
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
Neutral
neither centripetal
nor centrifugal
position midway- comfortable.
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
Easier to lie
than pretend
either works fine
if I achieve my end
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
The singers all sang so well
It's hard for us in the panel to adjudicate
In this impasse I have a suggestion to make
We should award first prize to my daughter Kate.
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
You asked: my first impression
of you---what should I say?
you smelled like an over-cooked onion!
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
Family occupations:

Dad's a policeman
mum's a prison-officer
brother's a senior prosecutor
me?   A secret--service informer!
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
No job
hungry
too scared to rob
poor me!
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
Why am I spending all this time in Hello-Poetry
Knowing that writing epigrams brings in no money?
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
Every student knows
as a fact.  The HM's wife steals
chalks from the school
in her skirts such she cleverly conceals!
Dr Peter Lim Jul 2018
The judge lived in  constant marital strife
he had a big row with his wife that morning at five
went to court all confused with a wrong file
and sentenced the poor innocent accused for life!
Dr Peter Lim Nov 2018
Life is an unstable stage
dangerous for those of old age
Dr Peter Lim Nov 2018
One, two....
   nine, then ten
   all *****
   just one hen!
Dr Peter Lim Nov 2018
No one is wise--completely
neither is there a fool in entirety.
Dr Peter Lim Nov 2018
A thief has more merit
than a corrupt politician--to wit
Dr Peter Lim Nov 2018
Life gives less trouble
  than people
Dr Peter Lim Nov 2018
My guest did me wrong
   he stayed much too long
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