Dog Candy Poems

The border is broken and ignored.
Mixed in with desperate angels are snakes-demons-gangsters.
The latest game of Chinese checkers
(the fentanyl plague) has taken the place of the...

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The Cat

Sleek and soft, 
with mighty..., fierce claws. 
Not a friend to birds, 
of any kind. 

Mischievous, carnivorous, 
and a wanderer of the dark. 
Yet...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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I asked where is my bag of candy?                 ...

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I'm fuming mad Bobby,
where's my Halloween candy?
 
I'll make you a zombie
so don't try to lie to me. 
I know you took it.

You've got chocolate...

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The Metro

At the metro 
Railroad cars run on steel, metal tracks above and below ground
A narrow pathway in the dark 
A screeching halt
A loud whistle
A...

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There's chewing gum stuck to my shoe
It's acting like tough super glue
I cuss and I scoff
As I scrape it off
I’m lucky it wasn’t dog pooh!

2/26/18...

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Mark was a slo poke but a jolly rancher indeed
his wife Mary and baby Ruth his only family
life was sweet on the ranch called the...

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my humblest apology if you experience addle brained, frazzled, harried, livid with rage akin to bing mad as a hatter gritted teeth syndrome when trying...

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Halloween 

Haunting monsters roam on an October Halloween spooky night

As munchkin stroll dress in their costumes that fright  

Large carved pumpkins laugh as inside...

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Rolled in chocolate sugar powdered tops
White puppies play on baking pans
Change to different colors while twisting
Cotton candy dancing on the trays
While baker slumbers up above
Yellow...

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Potatoes 
I was on old steamer once it was loaded with
Idaho potatoes and bound for Peru it was not much fun
with the potatoes came rats...

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The cloud of Abyss
It was a perfect day cobalt sky and azure, glittering sea
When a stygian cloud came from the east the Lord of Wars
Had...

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Elegant in burnt orange afterglow, 
sparkling starlight opens the show.
Neighbors and strangers appear all aroun’, 
porch lights and car lights enlighten the town.

They arrive afoot...

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Mom don't feed me veggies
Don't put them on my dish
French fries and a hot dog
Is now my only wish
Mayonnaise smothered Tater-Tots
Sure would do the trick
Peas...

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