Best Billing Poems

Love nature programs for they're amazing up close filming
How do they capture those exploits so thrilling
It's beyond my comprehension
Surely grabs my attention
The cheetah, the fastest land animal at 70 mph gets top billing


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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The New York skyline glimmered in the sun
Saw September 8th 2001
was printed on the playbill in her hand
Happily she sought her name written there
At long last she had achieved top billing
Singing an aria she twirled around
Her costume spread in a circular swish
Then picking up a...

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I want to reach 
through the phone
And choke you

Though I know 
I  cannot 

You talk to me 
Like I'm old 
And senile

Because of my age 
You say I must 
Not remember 

I must be mistaken
 I must have sent 
something back 
And forgot 

Because...

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