A New Gospel
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Drugstore parking lots these days are far
more crowded than houses of religion!
And with more people suffering legions
of physical and mental problems, are
we justified to ask the question...
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Categories:
drugstore, dark, humor,
Form: Didactic
Clout: Vital Elixir - Take Only as Prescribed
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To make it on the stage, in this day and age,
I'm convinced, Contacts and Clout are what it's all about.
Woke up this mornin', feelin' all washed out,
went down to the local drugstore, f...
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Categories:
drugstore, fun, humorous, silly, word
Form: Rhyme
Ariana Lynn Portillo
...Wedding dress rides bicycle.
She cracked ribs staring in my window.
Crocodile teardrops jail cell.
Peat shale lignite.
Venus squaw bean.
Police car m...
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Categories:
drugstore, adventure, allegory, america,
Form: Concrete
Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky
...Harriet Harris née Kuritsky...
Despite being a nineteen year old bride
she wed Boyce Brandon Harris
half a decade her senior,
(where I ranked less than a twinkle in their eyes)
during the mont...
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Categories:
drugstore, america, anniversary, celebration, death,
Form: Rhyme
Harriet Harris nee Kuritsky circa November 13th
...Harriet Harris née Kuritsky circa November 13th,
1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005
(untimely death sentence ordained ~ early February 1935)
I trot out a poem acknowledging birthday
of dear ole mom, who s...
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Categories:
drugstore, absence, age, america, anniversary,
Form: Rhyme
The Drugstore
...I stole a garden hid it from flames,
to try and keep just one thing alive;
Collateral carnage of war games,
a single bloom of evolution won't thrive;
Detonation of everything but peace,
so car...
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Categories:
drugstore, emotions, introspection, war,
Form: Quatrain
Harriet Harris Circa November 13th, 1935 - May 4th, 2005
...Harriet Harris circa November 13th, 1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005
untimely death sentence ordained
approximately six months prior
to mother dearest celebrating
her seventieth birthday,
though the ...
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Categories:
drugstore, absence, age, anniversary, birthday,
Form: Rhyme
Let's Take a Walk
...In my own microcosm of the world,
myriad blessings are daily unfurled.
To claim them, I don’t need my car, just my feet.
My frequent walks don’t end with my little street. ...
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Categories:
drugstore, pride, thanksgiving,
Form: Rhyme
Scientific Method
...Hypothesis:
Hurt is
Whether you want it
Or not
Experimental Design:
In whatever a day is
And while appearing sane
I will work my way through
One bottle of...
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Categories:
drugstore, anger, drug, hurt, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Quandary
...Quandary
I bought a zoo - a magic place
With extinct animals - maybe lost in space
Now in a quandary - what to do
I have an ailing Jurassic Zoo!
My Stegosaur snores with loud zings
My Ptero...
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Categories:
drugstore, animal,
Form: Free verse
Ye Ole Cradle Phone
...Here's a phrase you don't hear anymore
“Gotta get to a phone, there's one in that drugstore”
Can't even take pics
No clicks of chicks
Only clicks when she hangs up, then shed tears galore...
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Categories:
drugstore, tribute,
Form: Limerick
Cold September Day
...The Scales of Justice didn't tip my way,
I figure from the dues I've had to pay.
While thumbing down to Shaky Town
I thought I turn my luck around,
At a drugstore in Salinas on a cold September...
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Categories:
drugstore, corruption, prison,
Form: Ballad
Ye Ole Cradle Phone
...Here's a phrase you don't hear anymore
“Gotta get to a phone, there's one in that drugstore”
Can't even take pics
No clicks of chicks
Only clicks when she hangs up, then shed tears galore...
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Categories:
drugstore, memory,
Form: Limerick
A Stroll Along Memory Lane
...Images cascade before us
Strolling 'long memory lane
Lithe and supple were we back in those days
Before decades of stresses and strain
I jump high, pluck a leaf from a tree
You twirl abo...
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Categories:
drugstore, cute love, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme
Hemp Health
...Last year selling hemp was banned
~ Now it's on your drugstore stand...
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Categories:
drugstore, drug, health, irony, time,
Form: Epigram
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