Carry The Can Poems | Examples


Peter's Plateau

Always following company policy
you set a good example and it showed
qualified at your level of incompetence
while rather than carry the can
you continued to kick it down the road
and I'll be the first to say I'm last in line
on the lower echelon boot-licking list
but please trust and do keep in mind
by me the cheeks of your behind
are not about to be bussed or kissed
I know at work I am junior-most man
on the promotion ladder totem pole
but on the whole you've surrounded yourself
with employees who are quite inferior
and tho' overall you may be the boss
no you are not my superior
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Husband and Hubbard

l ron hubbard, aimed amiss at  Coronado islands.soon captain no longer, relieved of command' Also Husband E Kimmel
For Pearl. Had to carry the can! From fiasco to disaster.'
Either didn't really plan' one trained  'guns willy nilly'
The other got caught' with terrible life tolls' all ships trapped
In port! So retribution was given (under maritime law) as I
Understand things? Anything else would be poor.' So what
Of the actions.? Of commanders in chief.? Should they
Endanger their charges, and their country in breif' can there be
No reprecussions? No treasonous charge? In my estimation i find (such a proposition) too hard' to hard for
Comprehension 'specially should there be willfull intent' in
Knowing of disaster yet never to relent.! I have heard so
Much of the gravitas of Admiralty law! Part of the base of
The governance for co-hesion and so much more.' If you're
Prime minister or even President grand' can you carry out crime withought compunction
Let treason be planned.? denigrate your own citizens? And
Care not one bit.' Cause murder and destruction yet think
You will not pay; not one whit..!
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member Cancelling T

Iv'e heard there are some, who wish to do
A cancelling of 't' the very first letter; at the 
Beginning Of true.'
I got into a puzzle of thought; and guess.?
Till upon inquiry there was help no less'
It seems,  there is afoot?
A sort of plan' if it's removed from 'treason'
Some won't carry the can!
Form: Rhyme

No Accounting For Taste and Manners

Taste is a mystery 
Forged by your upbringing and history
What I like 
You may hate 
You are a Taurus 
I am a Scorpio 
You take lunch
I eat breakfast
You enjoy soap's 
I love sport
You believe 
I don't 
You are happiest preaching
While I prefer to listen
You are never wrong
Whereas I readily admit when I am
I carry the can 
You pass the buck
You are blessed with endless good luck
I often come unstuck 
You fly 1st class
I take the bus
You drink champagne 
I like a pint
You think success equates to money
While paying me minimum wage
You rely on self
I depend on family

I will open a door 
And say please and thank you
As you blindly walk on past me
Never stopping to thank me 

Yet you are the benchmark 
People wish to aspire to
Manners must cost nothing 
Because otherwise if they did

You would be just as broke
As every other common folk

And you will still have to learn the value of manners

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