Best Sues Poems

He set up his weekend
By texting Susie
Susan, Sue, Suzette
Suzanne and Suzy

But he mixed up his Z’s
Ettes, ans, and I E’s
They hollered and cursed
So each name he rehearsed

He went out with Suzy
That’s Sue with a Z
Before dating Susie
Ending in I E

Then Susan called up
To go for...

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it started

as fevered

bee sting

on tongue—

then lips

gone

like beaver-gnawed

tree stumps—

then the chin

till like

some ruined

Greek statue

you lay

still

awaiting

a new chance—

the planting

in warm earth

to grow again...

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Sue's possession
You may think that I am crazy,
just cos I talk to the dead,
telepathic works quite well,
dem thought inside your head,
your turn to make the coffee,
Yet, her thoughts inside me say,
she doesn't really waffle,
says almost ought today,
Lizoni says it takes 40 days,
spirit cleansing of disease,
when...

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