Haunted House
...I don't see anything on cable,
so I sit down at the table -
another night alone I think.
I guess I'll have another drink.
What? The doorbell rings, and there
some ghostly figures then declar...
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Categories:
highballs, halloween,
Form: Rhyme
Old Dogs, New Tricks
...It's hard to beat the old age inventions
When our bodies refuse to meet our intentions,
Those top shelf items you simply can't reach,
The ones at the bottom inaccessibly deep!
I can't squeeze t...
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Categories:
highballs, age, fun,
Form: Rhyme
Where Do We Come In
...Where do we come in
in medias res not knowing nor caring when
doesn’t everybody pine being number one we leave behind our lives in pages pictures or else make for images of what we saw d...
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Categories:
highballs, caregiving, character, humanity, leadership,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
The Clubbers Blues
...I was at a club in New Jersey, watching nonsense on the flat screen, looking for love at the bottom of highballs and shot glasses. I'm hoping to find that special guy who can show me a good time, cha...
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Categories:
highballs, blue, loneliness,
Form: Lyric
T'Was the Night Before Christmas
...A Very Merry Christmas
T’ was the night before Christmas
And all through the house
Spoons were stirring the drinks
Held by every souse
The shot glasses were filled
With three kinds of whis...
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Categories:
highballs, christmas, drink, family,
Form: Verse