Funny Allegory Poems

Yes, Justice aspires to be blind,
But Cupid is not far behind.
His aim is so loose,
A moose and a goose
Once found that their stars were aligned....

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song of the mattress


 she slept, wrinkled and small
 on satin sheets, a band-aide covering her mattress,
 knees tucked tightly beneath her chin
 and legs...

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I cut my finger 
to the bone 
and cauterized the 
wound with 
melted chocolate. 

I rather enjoy 
the taste of 
pain. 
...

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My father was born,
Late on the eve of St. Patrick’s Day,
Inspiring nurses to insist the babe’s name be Patrick,
To which, my grandparents laughed and chose...

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Mangoes, golden and full, their scent~
a whispered promise of mischief.
My fingers sticky, my heart pounding.
My mother’s eyes—wide, unblinking.

“Where did you get these?”
Her voice, a blade...

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when a funny guy
happy tears would flow from sky
never pass him by...

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I want someone like that in my life.
One who is encouraging and has an empathetic ear.
I want someone who has business sense.
Very exciting, funny, and...

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Beauty has an expectation.
It can be damaging and filled with infactuation.
Growing up in a world of a certain dedicated beauty, It can be confusing.
Beauty is...

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His purpose is deeper than what
lies at earth's core
For what it's worth the more he rises
to the surface the more
he breaks chains &
curses
He's layered like...

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The moon being long heroic tonight 
     and somehow empamper 
    and duped and chopped and patted and...

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I haven’t heard from you in a few days
My heart is certainly ablaze
And you’re probably acrazed
Somewhere.

My gosh, you haven’t changed your ways
My friend, frankly, I...

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Clever in my literacy 
Impaired in my itinerary 
Noted for variety 
Daunting in my propriety 
A jaunting of notoriety 
For wanting serenity 
exempted from purity
Quaint...

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Sometimes I'm just a clown hanging around
making others happy when I make funny sounds
Jokes they tell at school that often break the rules
Pretending to be...

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air rockets skyward
uppercutting inside
plastic neon flesh
contorting at inhuman angles
what does my body language spell?

ankles anchored into the Earth
to stay grounded as the wave
of time and...

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Grab Bag Poems and Epigrams

POEMS

Less Heroic Couplets: Dark Cloud, Silver Lining, Dupes
from “Love in the Time of the Coronavirus”
by Michael R. Burch

Every corona has a...

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