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Burnt Coffee

Flameouts there  

and thereabouts     while

tigers watch     old thoughts 

dismay young whipperwills


Another train got  hijacked     last scene 

heading-south new-tracks  

laying wherever 

you look    if you do     how 


about that road we're on    

Is it all  left 

turns     colored red

Does a rat bastard really ruin it


for everyone     Does living 

have anything to do

with it     can you think 

more than one 


at-a-time     is opportunity 

the incredible shrinking 

meme   slash    #hashtag

cloudshoverthoughts@ 


rattle-like     loose change 

in tin-cups      revolving 

planets 

and Doors


charge accounts too

meanders just 

do     why 

usually wonders     


Flat feet 

get caught     tiptoes 

rarely smile    if 

this itsy-bitsy 


piece and 

that itsy-bitsy 

piece are

supposed to


fit     why don't they

just     depends on 

the measure of

Can a judge not be

 
judged    wood-a-chuck

if-he-could    So 

it goes
 
this year of time
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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Vinson Avatar
April 4, 2017 at 3:53 PM
It has a good beat, and you can dance to it.
Smith Avatar
December 18, 2016 at 4:33 PM
It sure does...Some great stuff John
Flats Avatar
December 18, 2016 at 7:24 PM
brain freeze!
Hoffman Avatar
December 18, 2016 at 4:09 PM
I'm trying to understand your deep poem John; I hope Judge Judy and all those hoity toity judges get judged; but who am I to judge?~Che
Flats Avatar
December 18, 2016 at 7:23 PM
you got it! poop or broccoli - all the same:-) just me being sillier than usual, without drugs;-). cherubims! ~ j
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