Jaywalking
...This is when the old and the young,
beasts and confraternal drunks
damn the consequences of death
lying porous on crossroads upon
bifurcated paths, fractured junctions
and ceremonial cul-de-sacs...
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Categories:
jaywalking, car, city, travel, urban,
Form: Free verse
When in Manhattan
...One way to tell a tourist
In the New York City scene
Is if someone on a corner waits
Until the light turns green.
For natives look both ways, of course,
And if no traffic’s there,
They cross ...
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Categories:
jaywalking, new york,
Form: Rhyme
Another Imitation
...Around around around iwe igo
more fake poems fraudsters show
autistic infamy
the ability to see patterns and queues
who do you think you really fool?
other than old farmers who do not care
his ...
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Categories:
jaywalking, art, corruption, giggle,
Form: Free verse
DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE
...Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Jovial Dr Jekyll played for juvenile Justice
a just jaspered journey
jokingly jumped a joyride
to juicy jukebox jabber...
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Categories:
jaywalking, 12th grade, extended metaphor,
Form: Alliteration
Gun Laws Freedom and Jaywalking
...jaywalking laws, can’t cross the road
but you can own the gun you load
shooting bullets and taking lives
can’t cross the road from left to right
so gun laws would put your freedom at stake ...
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Categories:
jaywalking, america, perspective, usa,
Form: Rhyme
Geese, Goslings and the Bridge
...Geese, Goslings and the Bridge
Sometimes, when you least expect it, Mother Nature makes a u-turn and draws you into the ridiculous. Such was the time recently as I was returning from a friend’s h...
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Categories:
jaywalking, bird, family,
Form: Metrical Tale
Third World America
...I lived in Shenzhen, China, for my 6th and 7th grades - China was AMAZING.
In China, blond hair is unusual, I stood out like neon and touching blond hair was considered good luck.
In a...
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Categories:
jaywalking, 11th grade, angst, city,
Form: Free verse
Meeting Miss Baylis
...I landed in slammer with Trixie, a red-headed prostitute with hilarious stories.
Pretty soon her friend Lulu was tossed in. They sat in the corner giggling.
I sat on the opposite side of the cell,...
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Categories:
jaywalking, hilarious,
Form: Prose Poetry
Jaywalking Is In His Genes
...Sure I jaywalk he said. It’s in my genes.
I inherited this trait from my father.
I cannot help it.
He always jaywalked too.
I was astounded.
We had known each other for ten years.
I had never h...
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Categories:
jaywalking, humor, humorous,
Form: Light Verse
Jimmy Jeevers
...Jimmy Jeevers jaywalked
on Jefferson on the last
day of January while wearing
his jaunty jester hat which
slipped over his jolly eyes
when a speeding Jeep jammed
him between two parked
cars, a...
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Categories:
jaywalking, character, humor,
Form: Free verse
Dancing With the Plague
...A nurse takes time
To hang a DNA rainbow strain
Of Christmas bulbs
Along my gray window ledge
He plugged them in
Bringing a campfire glow of embers
Under my lids
And to the shirking corners
...
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Categories:
jaywalking, dance, depression, fear, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
The Jaywalker
...The city has evacuated the streets at this hour,
and vacancy has given his unsteady feet
right of way at every intersection.
The traffic lights, sticklers for rules, continue
color-coding prio...
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Categories:
jaywalking, betrayal, drink, growing up,
Form: Free verse
Second Avenue
...In the experience of a great love, everything that happens becomes an event related to that love. ~ Romano Guardini
As I drive by the place you last breathed,
suddenly I am just a heart behind t...
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Categories:
jaywalking, black african american, car,
Form: Free verse
Traduce Tis Trademark Trump's Traitorous
...transmitted trashy talks
(partially presented pablum pertaining
particularly - president ***** (PAC -
phallic action cum mitt tee)
portfolio playboy philandering)
baneful bo...
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Categories:
jaywalking, 12th grade, anger, change,
Form: Free verse
No Signs of Life
...No jaywalking,
Instead use the overpass;
No loading and unloading
Of passengers male or lass.
No parking
Of the cars old and new;
No overspeeding,
Eyes watch from the view.
No tailga...
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Categories:
jaywalking, life,
Form: Verse
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