Best Function Poems

I hear a lot of shrill people these days
saying that we should defund the police,
as if these people just disappearing
would somehow make all of our troubles cease.

I could point out things would be a sheer hell
if law enforcement was to disappear,
but that truth is obvious...

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"The function of Prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one 
who prays".

Soren Kierkegaard...

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Does politeness in your family well up like
a seed in jagged rocks in the tundra night?
Do manners brew in the black cauldron
with garlic, onions and eye of newt?
Does your family season its conversation with
gallons of salt, while forgetting to add sugar?
Would you rather season your...

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A dream that passes once is not much worthy of the pen,
but I've seen you so much more; tonight I will again. 
I want to try and trust you, though I pause and hesitate,
even in my slumber, I still tremble at the gate.

You are so...

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pow(x,y)

You can create a function to relate
the value of x raised to power y.
One clever way to exponentiate
is to repeat a simple multiply.

If y is zero, just return a one—
for ev’ry number, that will be the case.
And when y equals one, your work is done—
the...

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It seems that no one really gets it.
The painful truth of my regret.
A life lived unsuccessfully.
The one I love does not love me.

I now am on my final leg.
And find that I'm too proud to beg.
This world is more than I can bear.
Alone, I just...

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Spring is in its prime again
each leaf beautiful
much is edible
birds and peepers are musical at dawn.

The days walk slowly
toward Utah and Italy.
My left nut hurts.
Joy overwrites death.

Well, well. You're well
alone in your brain
only a negligible fraction
escaping as words and actions.

Every leaf that's coming out
is out....

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premise
a one liner
that can bring you to sound
thought or progressively red-cheeked
thinking....

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I burned the crescent rolls,
and then her tears flowed...
We knew they were inevitable,
she was definitely on overload.

Too many people in the house,
and way too much commotion...
“You brought a dish not on the menu?”
Turned her tears into an ocean.

“I’ll just scrape the burned part off,”
evoked another...

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Beyond the loot and entities
There's really only you and me
Dumb bald apes
With brains too big...

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Cheeks were meant for kissing
Hands were meant for holding
Ears were meant for listening
Arms were meant for enfolding

Eyes were meant for ogling
Mouths were meant for stuffing
Hair was meant for brushing
Cheeks were meant for blushing

Minds were for manipulating
Knees were meant for kneeling
Bums were meant for bumming around
Thoughts...

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Earth and its function

earth and its function
dirt and reelection
reflection from a mirror
so much terror
memory of a computer error
robots livid from motion
data starts back the Trojans
Argonauts 
nautical astronauts
leading the sheep to the slaughter
reminiscing when they caught her
tortured terrorists hung drawn and quartered
    ...

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Pride please go in my pocket. Faiths come out and play. Love don’t hate. Real don’t behave fake. Peace don’t bring me war. Pleasure doesn’t bring me pain.  Being rich can’t make me poor. Struggling for something can make you grateful for nothing. Open...

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The brain is an incredibly efficient computer
Compressing trillions of bytes of information,
Registering every impression we encounter,
Analyzing concepts from formation to causation.

Compressing trillions of bytes of information
In milliseconds without hesitation, unrelentingly,
Analyzing concepts from formation to causation
Remarkably, it even functions unconsciously.

In milliseconds without hesitation, unrelentingly,
It processes the...

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I
If each of us is a song
We are not physical
If God sings us into life
We are resurrected beings -
Not physical either

II
You have believed when I talked 'wave'
And 'ocean'
It is the ocean that sings
Waves into existence, rides along
The entire ocean does the 'wave' thing -
Right?
So, too,...

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