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Sisters

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My sisters stroked my girlfriends hair
Saying lovely hair
Then both of them went into
a cupboard under the stairs
Like something a la Burton

Sorry my ex-girlfriend

I am ashamed by my co...

Innuendos Don’t Behave

...Who knows not where a wasp does wear his sting? In his tail.
In his tongue.
Whose tongue?
Yours, if you talk of tails: and so farewell.
What, with my tongue in your tail?
   Nay, come again, Goo...

Dad's Ties: Eulogy

...A signature move
A classical look
Whether shopping down town
Or just reading a book

You would never undress
That space round your neck
A gent to the last
A quick twizzle and check

Your kn...

X Rated - bawdy

...With my girlfriend in tip top condition
To film sex scenes for late television
She got sick in bed
So I went instead
And was heckled with spiteful derision

Well their laughter had made...

Satire in Limerick Acts

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Act One: the stage and scenery are set
I was told the play, I'd not soon forget
But if truth were to be told
More like the game, whack-a-mole
I needed a hammer, not a lorgnette

Thespians w...

Clint's Host ''EPIC''sode's -2-

...Jane right at work as she shares point watch of the front desk's with her equal who ran off to get their hot prepped meals an offering I declined. 

I waited for his return keeping Jane com...

I Survived '75

...KEY - W: Will/Me - F: Friend - M: Mom

Thanksgiving week of '75, as a concurrent student earning multi-degrees from two campuses, and one off. I lived above the Uni, uphill, panicview Hilo ...

Retired VIP Guest Hospitality Specialist: Land Trustee-PS

...A pure Hawaiian of rare birth,
living a life somewhat carefree,
fed farm animals by this squirt,
sticks and stones were real toys indeed,
set trash ablaze, be on alert,
a barefoot countr...

The Maiden-1913 Gustav Klimt -1260

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"Because you've deepened the conviction in my soul. I am woman.” Ray Burton

Restful repose.
Seemingly without clothes,
Yet adorned with a quilt.
Serene, no concerned guilt.
Appearing to slum...

Precepts of the Aegis-Holder

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"Precepts of the Aegis-Holder" 

no gorgons here
but 3 of one, yes?
shields raise 
back the dead 
to life 

and phoenix 
from the ashes
spreads its burning wings
feat...

Butterflies

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“Butterflies” 

Sun shines its burning 
star light into mirrors 
reflecting upwards 
captured and carried
the whispering watchers 
observe poetic candour 
in the flutter...

Missed

...*Image of Lindisfarne Dawn" by Adam Burton


MISSED


MISSED
let slip,
overlooked.

Power's invasive
attributes distort airs,
ignored target riddles peace.

"Great is blinde...

Hows It Hanging

...A sportsman from Burton-on-Trent
Had such a peculiar bent
The kick that he felt
Was below the belt
That’s how his manhood got a dent...

Morning With Clarissa Dalloway

...INSPIRED BY CHARACTER OF CLARISSA DALLAOWAY IN VIRGINIA WOOLFE'S STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS NOVEL "MRS. DALLAOWAY"



                       Today morning - sunny and crisp! 
              went to ...

Salvage

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"Salvage"


Salvage the fixating salvation 
unfurling from the wreckage
of a numb world twisted inside
treasure climbs swimming 
the ladder from the deep of all things 
...

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