Petit Fours Etiquette- The Soupbone Crooners
...rnalism
darning his college days,
he said he found fame and fortune on his debut night as a pro.
After a botched attempt at scoring he had skated 31 laps before the bout had concluded. And was the success of the night!
He told me a story about a guy named "Carny" James a fight guy rassler who was a flute plyer and parttime zylophone player. He gotta jig with this RubMusic crooner.(R$B Singer)
well they were going into the studio
to record this jam: h...
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Categories:
carny, character, culture, film, music,
Form: Ballad
Once upon a rhyme'
...I was, i was the minister prime.!! And in all of Canada I
Held the lines.' I fished the place for 'all it was worth' and
Kept some millions.' And My yacht is still berthed..yes I'm
Still important...
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Categories:
carny, depression, discrimination, education, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
Ob-servant
...klaus says humanity has lost its trust' so i guess to regain
It is his new must??
trump has won and now presides.' As many people are
Opening their eyes.?]
Many Americans phoned and texted when a...
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Categories:
carny, appreciation, conflict, courage,
Form: Free verse
Glooms of Gloomber Unsettling
...She said his grin was as charming
as a Shoebill Stock.
Warning others of his lack of
beauty and handsomeness.
His presence caused others
to feel spooked and haunted
creating a situation hard t...
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Categories:
carny, adventure, character, culture, film,
Form: Bio
Slots poker machines unsolved murders Illinois
...Lake county music company filled with
slots carney folk real carny folk the little
pete's illegal gambling road show throughout
the Midwest gaming like your idol Frank Peter
Balistreiri the ...
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Categories:
carny, allah,
Form: Nazm
Pontius Pilate
...You ask of me silence as I Rome
Saint peters square gathering hymns
beneath Di Vatican where Satan sits
in solitude a prisoner of haste awaiting
a time to live a time to give malice a
wretc...
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Categories:
carny, allah,
Form: Epyllion
Carny Day
...Its wet and drear in London dear, the pomp in on full trope
Though hope is gone, not dead for Jesus is the only hope!
Its foolish to trust in others; dopes.' In robes and words
In fear and force, ...
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Categories:
carny, angst, appreciation, dark, education,
Form: Rhyme
God Money
...dollars dance ...
in the eyes of angels
plates at the ends of pews
passed strategically in tempo
to burnish words
(even more strategic)
pretty sheep
buttered and wagging
like the smooth ton...
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Categories:
carny, analogy, corruption, discrimination, money,
Form: Free verse
Perspectives
...*Image of A Sad Clown by Sponsor.
perspectives
dreams to be a doctor made my carny parents sad~~a clown I am
2023 January 01
*HMS....
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Categories:
carny, angst, depression, fate, sad,
Form: Monoku
Playing the Fiddle
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Riding off into the Ivory Palace sunset,
in a pitch-black limousine, no less
Hear the heavy metallic chariot roar,
leaving exacerbated fumes echo deplored
Aural palette, enamel pes...
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Categories:
carny, allegory, future, history, visionary,
Form: Couplet
Dog Years
...
Man, it’s been four long dog years!
Forlorn doggone tears
of toil
and trouble
It’s a flee collar fact,
this feels like forty years
of Sirius jaw smack:
Loss leader of the pack
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Categories:
carny, leadership, parody, perspective, satire,
Form: Burlesque
No, Not Really
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Gonna miss the days
of those scathing diatribe rants
Gonna miss duh daze
of that diss-gruntled miscreant
Ask me
what is my most fond
memory, silly
Waxing poetically
‘bout the wr...
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Categories:
carny, emotions, feelings, longing, self,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Fraudian Slip
...
Don’t pardon those demockratory quips,
them dishonest mistakes
Unless you love
walking thru a field of verbal cow chips
Beware! Aye lips very often halitosis snip
Here is a rue unpa...
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Categories:
carny, corruption, humorous, muse, word
Form: Rhyme
Blare Witness
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Blow blarney bugle blow
The bogus sound waves echo
bifurcated notes
That hollow sting tone
has a subtil serpentine drone
Toot the tout timbre tune deceptively
Let the stealth vibrati...
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Categories:
carny, corruption, metaphor, money, truth,
Form: Alliteration
Have I Been Too Long At the Fair
...Have I been too long at the fair?
by Michael R. Burch
Have I been too long at the fair?
The summer has faded,
the leaves have turned brown;
the Ferris wheel teeters . . .
not up, yet not dow...
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Categories:
carny, absence, allegory, allusion, analogy,
Form: Verse
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