Promises made

Slowly fade but

they trade their words

with methods vile.

Hundreds of gifts

Sourced from thrift’s dropped

Which shifts mindset,

We forget soon

And let them rule.

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Prompt 3 : Than-bouk

Features:

~A Burmese form

~A clever or witty poem

~Three lines, but not necessarily

~Four syllables per line

~The final syllable of the first line rhymes with the third syllable of the second line and second syllable of the third line, which would look like this:

xxxa (final syllable of the 1st line)

xxax

xaxb

xxbx

xbxc

xxbx

xbxx

And so on…

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This poem was written for prompt 3 of Tale-a-thlon challenge season 4 by Penmancy. It was first published here.