Best Expendable Poems

A young man carrying a green duffel bag
over his shoulder shifts when he walks.
Off to war for our country and flag.
No military knowledge with little talk.

Enemy troops marched across the bridge, 
with tanks, and hundreds of machine guns led.
As he sat dug in along and...

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The Mets figured they already had a pitching ace.
They badly needed a competent man to play third base.
A righty and a lefty were considered better than dependable.
The management considered another right-handed pitcher expendable.
The Amazin’ Mets felt they had minor league talent galore.
After the win in...

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At certain times
it is comforting to know
that none of us
are necessary.
Life is ample,
blind, unconscious
of any loss,
compensating
for any absence.
For who takes note
of a missing blade of grass?...

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There once was a canary who hung out at the wharf 
It was his fort of sort 
Where there were boats 
A float 
Tied up at the dock 
Waiting for laborers on the clock 
But this canary on the wharf 
Always wondered his worth
Taking a...

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