Best Soap Opera Poems

Dragon wants in the movies. Honestly! He's a great actor! Just look at him!
Doesn’t he look so sweet and innocent... See! Told you he’s a great actor!
No one in the whole wide world has a bigger heart, that continues to swell.
Yeah, his chest does too....

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You called her unmarriable because she fought for her rights
You wanted her to stay home
And cook, clean, wash, iron and bear you children
It was okay with her, you both agreed on five of them
And she loved to cook, wash, clean, iron and even wake up...

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Drama
queens star each day-
in a mirror displayed
reflections feed on ambitions
ego....

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I used to wonder why you almost seemed perfect
But I've gained some insight to put it all in perspective
I was simply auditioning for a role in your show
The one you've rehearsed so many times before
Trying out girls to see if they fit the lead part
In...

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I sat and watched with discernment
As feelings became so fervent
I tried and I tried
To stop, but yet I cried
Smiles were then intermittent...

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I sat down to rest one warm afternoon,
I thought I’d turn the TV on.
To my utter surprise there in front of my eyes
Was a program I thought had long gone!
It captured my thought, I followed it through,
And oh, how it quickly flew by!
It left me...

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A Good Soap Opera

We love a good opera
Which we knew would be a soap;
Never gave up hope.

Jim Horn

PS.

So give me skinny 
And all the information;
Decision can make.

Jim Horn...

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This girl, old so and so
Has an affair with what's his face
Every one in town knows about
Except for what's her name

This guy from somewhere or another
Shows up after years lost at sea
Everyone is so surprised
Except for...you know who I mean

In the middle as my stomach...

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Here we are already in April
        it’s time for new predictions
      A word of warning first
        I used to write science fiction

    ...

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My alto voice sang while soaping up
sudden plumbing problems did disrupt
water turned ice cold
voice soprano bold
soap opera cold shower luck.




9-17-17...

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        After a bubble bath last night
            I left the water running

        ‘O, Soapy Mio!’ 
    ...

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three o'clock soap
the edge of night
spring cleaning done



posted on June 27, 2018...

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("Untitled - The Eye of Jihad", 2019, original encaustic)

Love is Love - and other absurd truisms

“Love is love” is like “Follow your bliss”
a way to deflect the moral agency 
and subsequent consequence of our desires
with vague equivalency.
It’s like all love and bliss is somehow equal,
which...

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