Lost Burlesque Poems

It may come as a shock to most,
But texting is not communication in real time, 
And seldom saves time,
Often not getting to the sender on...

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Some of us grew up with words that made us think,
Words that on the blackboard came alive,
To change our lives.
The day soon came when pencils...

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In a little town, where stories flew,
Lies and whispers, oh so untrue,
People gossip, secrets they betray,
Drama's stage, where troubles play.

Fingers point, friendships break,
Trust gets lost,...

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When I was young I thought I thought I could Fly,
Off the roof of the garage without a jet pack.
Life experience taught me different.

But even...

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Oil jackpot 

When coming home from the ship, his coastal town
was in an uproar from every window, people shouted
and banged pot pans together
People danced in...

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Like Adam in the Garden
Before he’d lost his rib…
Pinocchio in springtime
Who yet had learned to fib…
Perfection’s just a symptom
Of dreams we wish would be.
What can...

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Roses can be green

The globalized world is a grey blanket
the common language and culture (consumerism)
A haze of foul jollity and hollow laughter
lost minds, save elephants...

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When think tanks run dry,
Will the people ask why,
Bullets are bouncing off the tanks, 
That were once intellectual banks.

When the think tanks run dry,
Is there...

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The locks cut off, 
Power dissipates,
empty, he walks along, 
as mere mortal without  purpose. 
A man of destiny, 
grinding in the mill,
revelling to stupor,
...

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My baby has bi-lateral bonbons.
She modulates her rhythm side to side.
She’s a twenty-mule team moving violation,
Her motives pure as borax, her methods bona fide. ...

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I’m passing by a festive window. 
Had to stop and scratch my chin. 
Feelin’ lost and disenfranchised. 
Wish I knew some next of kin. 
I’m...

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Ghostly 
I sold my house to a Moldavian family
the drawback was they had two small children
the house came with two ghosts
as everyone knows, only children...

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The colourblind scientist 
He was from Pakistan, always wore a blue suit
we were walking away from a ship that sank.
So, I said, what are you...

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Tell me, my friend, when can I send 
My spirit gently into that good night? 
How many times do I have to die 
Before I...

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All this time building something that’ll be washed away by the slightest wave. 

No matter how cherished

No matter how beautiful

It will be washed away. 

Time...

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