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Premium Member Rum n Raisin 14 Pt 1 - The Flight Before Christmas Pt 1
There’s an old village green where a marquee was seen
I don’t do ‘Bah humbug’, don’t want to be mean
A little fake snow ain’t a Christmassy scene
But the reindeer and Santa Claus might well have been

But two little kittens and one manic pup
Made those arrangements all...

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Categories: go belly up, cat, christmas, dog,
Form: Narrative
Humoring Me Part 1
Oh muffin they say
suck it up princess
not knowing I'm a drama queen
they tell me happily 
Life isnt fair

Gag me with a spoon already
look at your sense of humor i get attacked with
at dirst caked with love
and then if i protest a fetish
and not interested in...

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Categories: go belly up, angst, life, people, social,
Form: Free verse
The Economy
The Economy

Burning bed, the mattress, afire; under it I had two thousand Euro,
as banks can go belly up any time bolt their doors and call the law
to keep the screaming multitude at bay.

Too late, my poor man´s saving burnt to ashes. I shall not cry,...

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Categories: go belly up, funny,
Form: Blank verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



Easter Island Goes Belly Up
Easter Islanders Go Belly-Up

By Elton Camp

It’s the most remote inhabited place around
In the far past, with residents it did abound
Then some catastrophe the natives did befall
And death then overtook them, just about all

Nobody knows what trouble brought demise
Some think they didn’t treat their island wise
Perhaps...

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Categories: go belly up, angst
Form: Rhyme

Book: Reflection on the Important Things