A Play On Words

You fell for a punchline
when someone’s telling a joke.
You spoke to an undercover cop
trying to buy some coke.
You like repeating quotes,
spoken words,
You wish you wrote…

You see when a poet speaks
words are spoken.
You listen with your heart,
and your nose is open.
Right this minute preforming my pro’s
the metaphor went over your head,
look there is goes.
Giving you the urge
to daydream, meditate and reflect.
You like the way it tickles your intellect.
Now in retrospect 
it has that effect,
my words put your 
Hearing in check.

But wait!
No disrespect,
with my words
you’re in the zone.
I got your number
and I’m ringing the phone.
Like a businessman 
that became a crook.
Now that you’re a little curious
and want to hear 
A second helping from the book…

You don’t know it yet,
but your mind is hooked.
You fell for a punchline 
when someone’s told a joke.
You spoke to a millionaire
and found out he was broke.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019



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Date: 12/26/2019 6:02:00 PM
Hey Robert you sound like a rapper, very cool writing glad I looked you up!
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Robert Kinard
Date: 12/27/2019 7:57:00 AM
I glad you like the poem, I write to entertain. Thank you very much.
Date: 12/11/2019 8:21:00 PM
Souds like you got a gig going here, Robert. Keep the faith, and keep pressing the keys to the keyboard! Peace and Joy, Gershon
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Robert Kinard
Date: 12/12/2019 12:02:00 PM
Will do thanks
Date: 12/1/2019 6:12:00 AM
Very cool poem, Robert. The hipness is refreshing as morning sunshine ... straight up griot greeting. Woke is the jolt of reality given in infant stringent doses. I'll take that elevator ride up w/you, as I receive cosmic understanding of the true nature of things by someone wiser than me. Love and more love always.
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Robert Kinard
Date: 12/1/2019 9:18:00 AM
Thank you for reading sir. those words came to me and I just put them down.
Date: 11/30/2019 8:22:00 PM
We live in an upside down world. Some rich people I know are the poorest I have ever met. Keep on spreading your ink, it’s good to spread the wealth. ;0)
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Robert Kinard
Date: 12/1/2019 9:19:00 AM
Thank you sir that is one of my plans to spread my ink far and wide.
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