Best Tape Poems

tape measure in hand
soft spoken,"Can't believe it"....
dust upon treadmill  


Inspired by the contest about addictions
not an entry....
Since my back problems and then the surgery,
I haven't been on the treadmill..I got on it 
this morning and there was an inch of dust..
I have spent a...

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i park my car
and i step outside
hoping that the quiet
will help me clear my mind
i always mend this way
but it didn't work this time

cus for a second
i look up at the stars
and it comes rushing in
just how small we are
that kind of self awareness scares...

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I must admit that I ain't very handy with hammer and nails,
And am hopelessly at sea when figurin' technical details.
As to fixin' things with fancy tools, I haven't a clue,
But I'm a whiz at usin' duct tape, balin' wire and super glue!

Tho' it's somewhat unwieldly...

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They go on the attack and inveigh.
Hear the gasp and the utter dismay!
we try hard not to laugh
when they commit each gaffe
No rewind. no delete. no delay....

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Do they make duct tape for a mother's heart
That breaks each time her child's emotions crash
Like waves against a rocky cliff?
A heart pitted by the tears shed
When other kids fling arrows of venomous disdain.
Can you glue a heart split open by
Empathy for the offspring who...

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Silence is Golden – Duct Tape is Silver


Be quiet….
                      
              ...

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It seems it takes reams of paperwork to get things done nowadays.
You can become so snarled in red tape that it'll leave you in a daze!
I wonder how Noah would've coped with such onerous fiddle-faddle,
Had panels and boards been involved to design for him a...

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I thought that this feeling
Of falling/flying and pain/healing
Would all just go away
But there's a gaping hole in my heart
That grows each day

There's always this pulling at my heart
Just listen, you might actually hear it breaking
Each snag is just another crack in my red mirror
No matter...

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No matter how many tears I've shed,
You'll always haunt me.
There's nothing that will stop you
From torturing me.

Every promise you ever whispered
Was spoiled when it passed your lips.
Every lie I always believed.
I held my soul together with duct tape.

When you violated me, when you beat me
I'd...

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In my husband's first pastorite
Had some young married men
Who were full of mischievousness

At a church social late one night
These young men disappeared
Out of everyone's sight

Out on the parking lot 
They did their deed
Duct taped the headlights (Another use for duct tape)

So when we did leave
They...

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Asset rich and cash poor
Farming’s now a constant war
Stupid rules; I’ve had enough
It’s getting hard and bloody rough.
More rules and forms come everyday
A thousand bastards want their say!

Some greenie wants to save my trees
Another thinks I’m killing bees.
Needs records now for spreading  fert
Fence creeks...

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For you
I would
create a mixtape
which I know is an ancient technology but
with me and you it is just that simple.
I race to you like we used to rush into each other's arms in highschool
where our only concern was whether or not we could get the...

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Duct Tape Will Fix Most Anything

By Elton Camp

It’s one of the most versatile products I’ve seen
Duct tape, whether it’s gray, brown or even green
Any cracked tiles you don’t really need to replace
A bit of sticky tape will hold them right in place

Is your radiator hose...

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I am a demo tape 
Maker,
Compulsive Rock and Roll 
Faker,
It is my need,  I pay no heed,

To those who say 
I won't get anywhere,
I have trained myself not to care,
It makes my day less boring,
My future less worrying.

I keep writing the songs
About the rights...

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Turn up the radio and ...
It's the same ol' situation, 
The same songs, same band
That raised my generation 

That was then, this is now
Nothing's changed but my age,
And four numbers, somehow
On a calendar's page ...

It happened again today 
In the store where I shopped,
In the...

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