Music Burlesque Poems

Jamboree

Young catholic people from far-flung places are arriving 
in Lisbon, plain young boys and girls looking sober smiling
and waving to the camera.

Dressed in jeans and...

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Every time I look I see a different face,
As the media gathers pace,
In the influencing race.

No longer in the news business,
No longer bothering to clean...

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Once is never enough when it comes to:
Setting the alarm,
Making the bed, 
Feeding the cat,
Or doing the dishes.

Once is never enough when it comes to:
Choosing...

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Clocks tick on old, wooden walls
shelves of books line the room
suede elbow patches rest on chairs
part of the suit that plays host to 
men of...

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Verse, refrain.
Chorus and cowbell.
Verse, refrain.
Chorus, and cowbell.
Bridge.
Verse, refrain.
Chorus, more cowbell.
Instrumental bridge.
Drum solo.
Verse, refrain.
Even more cowbell.
Fade out.
Applause....

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Well now, isn’t that just dandy?!
Isn’t this some fun?!
Another Christmas cancelled. 
Another party undone.

I’m double vaxed and boosted.
Short on TP, but not of stress.
I stay...

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A writers’ problem

The thing is this when you die; you can’t go back
and write about it.
Those, there are a few, who say they can are...

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I
'She's only a bird in a gilded cage,'
so a well-known song has once told.
She married a man well advanced in years
for the sake of his...

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When the old fellow died,
the cage opened wide,
and a very rich chick
Madov mighty quick.

Moral strictures aren't always a guide....

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IT WAS FIRST WORD OF MOUTH
WE HEARD SOME RAMBLINGS
ON THE RADIO
THEY SPOKE OF THINGS
IN WORDS THAT
ALL COULD UNDERSTAND
WE THOUGHT IT THROUGH
AND REFUSED WHAT WE HEARD
THEIR...

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"TO ME' US IS LIKE" 
WrittenBy: BillyMalloy

?TO ME' US IS LIKE?, that exact moment in time, when two glances meet and every lasting love is...

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from the opera "Quadrosound!"

Posso Avere tua
Sorella incinta
allora ci spooseremo
Andare in cucina e scopare
la cagna
entra raella stanza e fai
l'amore con la tua donna
Bussare fino la signora...

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poetically fractured retractions
   gnashing night prayers, 
scribbling braille,
     written sideways
 dipped in holy water's resolution,
compromising statements
   ...

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Jazz music, feathers fly.
A show of comical wits,
and dancing in the lights.
While you love every stride.

You watching me.
Diamonds glittering,
as I shake around.

My make up to...

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in the church of the latter day pipe dream
the jungle heartbeat settles with the sleeping sun, 
the hightone choir kicks up a midnite melody filled...

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