do you see connect?
between big nose and bigmouth
some sort of connect
I come from a family of fishermen.
Mitchel 300 open-faced reels
Size 6 hooks, 10 lb monofilament line
Colorful bobbers and spinners.
Dreaming of bigmouth bass
and golden-sided muskie.
We cast over a thousand lakes and streams
I even had a subscription to a fishing magazine.
Now in this lost year of 2020,
The year of the Chinese rat -the mask-
police brutality and uncivil disobedience.
Not to mention the crazies released from prison.
Rioting, looting, and defunding (the peace)
My attention has shifted toward
38 specials-9mm Glocks and A.D.T
I have a subscription for a more serious type of magazine.
Big foot
barefoot
In mouth
bigmouth
Rude word
now blurred
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March 3, 2018
Poetry/Footle/I Put A Footle In My Mouth
Copyright Protected, ID 03-1000-945-03
All Rights Reserved, 2018, Constance La France
Written for the contest, Put Your Footle Out Your Mouth
sponsor, James Edward Lee Sr.
First Place
It’s Just A Band-Aid
By Joeysguy
When I was small my mother had some tricks
She would say the band-aid was a quick fix
Using a band-aid to cover a scrape or cut
Keeping out the dirt and any smut
Some places I have trouble putting a band-aid on
It’s only me, my wife is gone
Recently a wasp had stung me
Confused, I looked to my wife to help me
I then remembered she is not here
Not sure of what to do gave me a little scare
I can put a band-aid on anywhere in front of me
I can’t put it on my back a place I can’t see
My wife wanted a band-aid on my mouth
Even my daughters say I have a bigmouth
I wish my mom taught me her tricks
I would swallow a band-aid, my heart needs a fix
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