Best Straights Poems

In the heart of the blackest abyss, down, 
Down, in fathoms deep crypt, where light
Does not penetrate, and the structured protective hauls,
Of men, are crushed beneath pressures massive
Weight, of the oceans deepest depth.
This is truly inner spaces aquatic zone of the
Unknown, a realm of stilled...

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Staring, vapor locked, at my Hammond B-3 console organ, which dominates my 
kitchen.  Surely a symbol of my madness.  I can't help, but think, if the keys were 
the days of my life, and the black ones represented the bad days, are there...

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Dark denizens of the night
    gathering in ill-lit backrooms
      haunts of the night
 
  They tease each other with
    rouged cheeks, their mascara
      their pimply breasts, shaved legs

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Down deep beneath fathoms icy keep, where deadmen’s
Scream in utter silences aquatic hell, amongst the devils
Graveyard of wreckage's carnage, there exists a ghostly harbor
Of phantom ships!
Anchored are the souls of the undead, and vessels craft for which
These commended rode upon, tethered by chains forged in...

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Have you swam the forests      under the seas
glided it's waters             wandered it's keys
watched the gray giants            ...

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We were a poor Yacht Club, lacking prestige, but with knowledgeable sailors who believed in one another and more importantly, our club.  We also had the best boat.  A 65'  two masted Schooner named S/V "Apparition" and with her we would attempt...

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I met the old gent as his last nickle was spent
In a seven card game of stud poker
You could see he had skill by the straights he could fill
He never even needed the joker

He lost just the same and said he knew who to blame
He'd...

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Help Me, Help You, Help Them, Help Us, Help Men, Help Women, Help Rich, Help Poor, Help Blacks, Help Whites, Help Asians, Help Latins, Help Europeans, Help Africans, Help Animals, Help Plants, Help Earth, Help Parents, Help Children, Help Young, Help Old, Help Disabled, Help...

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OK then, it’s really a postulate
Which means that it cannot be proven
Instead is, now this you may rue,
Just fact that’s “supposed” to be true.
But let my math brain try to formulate
If right, then what sense can be woven?

Ideas that wind up emerging are 
Quite new...

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There's gonna be a Freaker's Ball,
tonight at the Freaker's Hall.
Everyone's invited one and all,
so come on ladies grease your lips 
grab your hats and swing your hips
and don't forget to bring your whips. 
I'll take you to the Freaker's Ball.
Blow your whistle, bang your gong,...

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We the redeemed were sitting together amongst a celestial 
crowd whom had gathered outside the front of the main castle.  
Pavilions had been set up, benches had been erected 
for the massive crowds to sit on.  Beverage carts were plentiful 
yet all the...

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Oh my god is this 1787,
Was the constitution just written today?
Because the WiFi is down,
And I don’t know what to say,
I’m about to perform a *****-face frown.

If I were frowning much harder my lips would secede,
As did America’s west from Mexico,
Back when Mexico was actually...

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Life got so real so fast
And I've forgotten a lot of my past
But was reminded tonight
Of the innocence and light 
I once had

Over the years too many fears
Met with too many tears
So I'm jaded, faded, and torn
With the fury of woman scorned

Everyday it's the same...

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So few know
The mile posts past.
Happiness
Laughter
Shadows cast
The roads
Together tread upon
Times apart
Far too long
Understanding and love
Through the straights and bends
Precious few
Are my friends...

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The Scales of Justice didn't tip my way,
I figure from the dues I've had to pay.
While thumbing down to Shaky Town 
I thought I turn my luck around, 
At a drugstore in Salinas on a cold September day.

The Wheel of Fortune, rolled out the door...

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