Best Test The Water Poems

Never test the water with BOTH your feet
To determine the temperature or if it's deep
One pinky at a time
For testing the brine
It's over my head, words I screamed I had to bleep


© Jack Ellison 2016...

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What Parents Should Say
Written by: D. Collins 5/6/16

And We Quote…………

“Go out and test the water, but swim the right way.”
“We relinquished rights on your eighteenth birthday.”
“We’re on vacation enjoying some of life.”
“We can’t get a signal or enough height.”

“Your dad is busy.  He can’t...

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Moldy feet of clay
Wearing smelly moldy feet of clay,
as purity walks slow away,
the attraction of the  pity curse,
a lady solves the verse,
but is she here to play?

Unsent bewitched beguiled I say,
a bird transfixed by serpent gaze,
struggles weakly in the haze,
something in her mind has...

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 I DON'T LOVE YOU (I JUST LIKE YOU)   

You keep staring
From the corner of your eyes.
You look at me,
While I’m looking away.
When I look back,
You shudder and retreat.
Both of us know
What you are doing.

You drop hints about your love for me.
Come close,...

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THE CHECKOUT LINE

I made the phone call
he's holdin got the work. 
We gotta have the "ins" this time, 
said he wouldn't front me dirt. 
What we got between us 
still ain't enough to score
Let's hit some jerk at an ATM 
Or take out a liquor...

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ZEBRA    COMPLAINT

My mom gave me these stripes at birth: 
In the veldt they‘ve proved their worth
For hidin’ from predators
Or National Geographic editors,
But in practice these stripes are a major 
Eye-catcher not to mention privacy-destroyer. 
Even the Budweiser Clydesdales can splash 
In the...

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It's now time for us
to test the water;
see what else is out
there that has something
better to offer.

It is now time
for us to be
separated
but still best friends.

For us to
find how deep
each other's

love runs
in the

heart....

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amen- i pray(ed to you for too) long
faces balanced - broken law
                         broken jaw
[teeny token]   spoken out of 
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Life

I ask to dive deep 
for what purpose would it serve 
to go the breadth in the swallow end 

I ask to be submerged 
not to test the water with my toes
not to splash when it’s at my ankles 
not to be content with it...

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You were such a good dream.
But then you became a reality.
The reality became comfortless.
So I did the best I could.
Because I never wanted to break your heart.
But now you have broken mine.
I miss the smiles that I could attract from you.
And what about those conversations...

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Never test the water with BOTH feet
To feel the temperature or if it's too deep
One foot at a time
For testing the brine
If it's over your head, bad words you'll bleep...

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Everyone told him to come out
His LTBGQ friends anyway
All six of them 
For that is how many lived in his small town
in the Midwest 
in the heart of Nebraska

The pressure was great, 
and part of him yearned 
To say something to his parents
To test the...

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A Rainy Walk

  Me and Bertie's off for a walk,, he isn't very keen,
  He's worried he may fall in a puddle where depths are quite unseen
   But Mum will be very careful and test the water first. 
  Oh...

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Into the love abyss she went
But this time with great trepidation on her part
As she had stood on the side-lines
For far too long
Too scared to test the water
As the fear of being burnt again was in the back of her mind
She would tread cautiously now
and...

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Got to fix the car’s flat tire
the grass needs to be cut
All the gutters need to be cleaned
and fix the gate that won’t stay shut

Winterize the doors and windows
wash the grime from the car
Clean off the garage shelves
just to find where all the tools are

Pull...

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