Daver Austin Poet Free verse

You Gotta Be Kiddin?

"They are a perfect couple
Never fight
Never a derogatory word
ALWAYS together
Home    neat as a pin
ALWAYS time for the kids
Church every Sunday"

This is what neighbor Jones says
An old saying goes -
"If a couple are always together
One is a collie dog"

Never fight?
Then    both are brain dead
Rule is - 'Never both get angry at the same time'

Never a derogatory word?
Even J.C. couldn't manage

Then there is the 'Hughes sickness' -
Home neat as a pin
Masks
No pets
EVERYTHING antibacterial

If they ALWAYS have time for the kids
It's made time
"Those damn    rebellious kids!"

Church every sunday?
OF COURSE
There has to be someplace to catch up on sleep

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Andrea Dietrich May 5, 2010 at 4:07 PM hahaha. good humor. they sound amazingly dull!!! Luv, andrea ps Love reading this kind of poetry

Colin Mitchell Williams May 9, 2009 at 8:19 AM I liked this one very much Daver.... kind of side ways on... your style is unique

Ernilando Tugaff May 8, 2009 at 12:02 AM I enjoyed readng your poem. Funny but it is true. Congrats for this. I have aslo a featured poem this week. Ernilando

David Smalling May 6, 2009 at 7:21 AM Funny, investigative, philosophical, and a balance flow of imagery ... well done again, poet and genius. Thanks for always inspiring me with your write ... love always

Debbie Guzzi May 5, 2009 at 8:11 AM Perhaps, a good verse for "Something Wicked This Way Comes Contest"..(tickle) Light & Love

Laurie Ginn May 4, 2009 at 7:10 AM Gazooks this I LOVE, perfection is mental illness in disguise. I learned that in MOM 101.

Charlene Bird May 3, 2009 at 9:49 PM I think we all know the perfect couple, which usually means they are as fake as the 3 dollar bill. An interesting write here Daver, thanks for the laugh, it was needed.

Corinne Curcio May 3, 2009 at 2:46 PM Thanks for the chuckles Daver. Even J.C. had a word for them - Hypocrites and whited sepulchres :-D

Alley Poe May 3, 2009 at 2:41 PM Wow that would be a sight to see!!!

Barbara Gorelick May 1, 2009 at 12:46 PM See soup Mail BG

Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen April 30, 2009 at 7:40 PM Daver, OK you got me laughing. I enjoyed your comments and sayings. It all fits into the grass looks greener on the other side of the fence. Very entertaining. But what really cracked me up was your last line. (I'm still laughing.) Thank You, D S-J

Carrie Richards April 30, 2009 at 2:34 PM boy oh boy.....I could name these people....but wouldn't want to embarrass them....but geeze....what a coincedence that you know them too....those perfect folks....with their antibacterial ways!! Clever and fun read!!!

James Marshall Goff April 30, 2009 at 11:10 AM Daver, really love the social commentary! your poems are... must read!!! and thanks for your cool comments!! Jim

Barbara Gorelick April 30, 2009 at 10:32 AM this is so clever..and so true. ZZZZZZ. BG

Carolyn Devonshire April 30, 2009 at 9:18 AM Incredible poem, Daver! Love the "collie dog" humor. Having been raised in an "antibacterial" environment, I can relate well to the "Hughes sickness." (Think Mom was obsessive/compulsive like Monk.) But my late husband and I never did fight. He was spiritually (not religously) above anger. As for the Dutchman, what instrument(s) do you play? You must be a multi-talented Renaissance man! Love, Carolyn

Carolyn Devonshire April 30, 2009 at 9:10 AM Incredible poem, Daver! Love the "collie dog" humor. Having been raised in an "antibacterial" environment, I can relate well to the "huges sickness." (Think Mom was obsessive/compulsive like Monk.) But my late husband and I never did fight. He was spiritually (not religously) above anger. As for the Dutchman, what instrument(s) do you play? You must be a multi-talented Renaissance man! (And my Atlantis novel has been converted to Word!! I can revise and publish it now.) Love, Carolyn

Emily Kroeger April 30, 2009 at 8:24 AM Hahahaha wow I love it.