here comes a poem that is a snowfall with each flake a different color
here comes a poem that will wrinkle your nose and smooth out your tongue
here comes a poem with a chip on its shoulder but if you knock it off it will cry
here comes a poem that will hop around your front lawn looking for worms
here comes a tough, hard-bitten poem with a cigarette dangling from its lip
here comes a poem looking for its Mommy
here comes a poem as powdery as saffron sherbet and rosewater tea at dawn
here comes a poem with its wife kids grandma and Uncle Jake they will eat all your food break your computer and stay with you forever
here comes a poem written by the little man on the walk light it says Go
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But He Sure Did
Make A BIG DEAL
Out Of It
That One Time...
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So Incessant:
Knocking, Knocking,
Knock-Knock-Knocking...
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Knock It Off!
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Haha Funny...
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Please Shut-Up!
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Thanks For Sharing!
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Thanks For Nothing:
POE.
-Gray Squirrel
09-09-2025
Doesn’t that cat curtain give you the creeps? Overnight guest asked.
Morticur looked toward the wall. No, never bothers me, he told her.
But it looks so real, the way its eye is roaming about, like a real cat.
I am a real cat! The curtain said.
The eye blinked.
The woman screamed.
Morticur rolled his eyes.
His cat pal Tomkins did this to amost all of his guests.
It was his clever way of getting them to run into Morticur’s arms.
Knock it off Tomkins! He yelled to the curtain.
The creepy cat curtain disappeared.
You are pretty brave! The female said.
Not knowing that Tomkins hated the taste of mice.
Morticur opened his arms for his desert.
The earth is twirling,
oh, God, make it stop.
If it keeps on spinning,
I think I’ll throw up.
The way Earth orbits the sun,
it's dangerous and thoughtless.
can we just knock it off?
It's making me nauseous.
IT has become so popular in our daily language
But do we really know what IT is? Well...
Even though I'm not sure what IT is
I am definitely not afraid of IT
Just because I don't have IT yet
Doesn't mean IT is not mine
I often wonder is IT time?
Right now I am trying to figure IT out
And at times IT can be hard
Because IT is a lot to deal with
Sometimes I just want to leave IT alone
And knock IT off
I wonder - Is IT all that?
Well, I know I can conquer IT
I know I want IT
Yet I don't even know where IT is
Who IT is
Or when IT will be
But in my mind, I see IT
I can feel IT
I hear IT
IT helps me to know
When I get IT
IT will be all good
Therefore, I'm going for IT
By working for IT
I am determined to get IT
I don't care how much IT cost
I know IT is possible
For I know I can do IT
Well guess what yall? I got IT... And IT is amazing!
It's way twirly, do my eyes deceive me
Is it dandruff from the gods, Santa's idea of funny?
Knock it off old man
Is this some kind of scam
Get back on your sleigh, you fat old chubby
It's way too early for snow, do my eyes deceive me
Must be dandruff from the gods, or Santa's idea of funny
Knock it off old man
Is this some kind of scam
Get back on your sleigh quick like a bunny
I don’t know if his one cold mouth is itchy,
His voice of tot is incredibly catchy.
I don’t see if he’s tired of making crash talks,
Seeing him is a joke when he seriously walks.
He makes sure that everyone listens,
One crap of jape is not much and lessens.
Is he ashamed when he made mistakes?
Is he aware that he can’t get any of those stakes?
I wonder why he’s so much but a trouble talker,
He’s funny but a fool when he chats so over.
T-A-L-K-E-R is his freaky old known name,
Hearing that talker is always and so much and same.
Mr. Trouble Talker can’t knock it off,
He can’t be like prim so why he’s off.
You can’t be as formal as anyone else.
Mouth of worthlessness is rot as every guy smells.
" That's not my elephant!"
Ella yelled at the zoo-keeper...
walking slowly on her hands and feet
scaring the second grader away;
and making a funny face
she added, " She doesn't eat spaghetti!"
with a strong southern accent.
" Young lady, don't make fun
of people and animals...
they have feelings like you!"
but she, with little respect
for the middle-aged man replied,"
Read The Bill Of Rights...I can do
what I like...I have got freedom of speech!"
" I do too, little punk!" Ray answered in rage.
" If you don't knock it off,
you will not see your baby elephant today!"
" Listen, old man I may be a tomboy,
but you have a foul smell and you need a shower!"
" I need a shower...you need to wipe off
that ugly, fat face of yours...what are you trying to do
with all that make-up: look like a cover girl?"
They finally got into a physical fight...
she splashed a bottle of water on the zoo-keeper,
and he wiped the heavy make-up off her face...
"Oh, this fun" she said with excitement...
" Yes, I am having fun too!" he confessed.
And they laughed hard at each other...
while the elephant and second grader danced.
Enveloped in the moonlight
The moon reflects her eyes
She'll never understand it
Even though she tries
She sits beside her window
Lost is distant thought
She ponders, ever waiting
For the answers that she's sought
She wonders about the dinosaurs
"Where did all of them go?"
"Why do we believe in global warming
Because Al Gore told us so?"
"How many licks does it take
To get to the center of a tootsie roll pop?"
"When the aliens land in a farmer's field
Who pays them for their crop?"
"Why are they always asking,
Do you want fries with that?"
"Why do all those Derby Jockeys
Have to were those funny hats?"
"Why is that purple dinosaur
That's on tv. still alive?"
She's seen a Butterball turkey
But what kind of turkey is jive?
She wanders why George Washington
Really cut down that tree?
And why are all the best programs
No longer on tv?
A question mark appears
And hovers over her head
Her husband says, "Knock it off, already,
And bring your butt to bed!"
The chip on my shoulder, was the missing piece of the cross ---
Jesus took it off on that day, I accepted Him as my Holy Boss ---
People often told me that someday someone would knock it off ---
All I would do is smile, when they lectured me with their scoff ---
The Lord was waiting for that joyous and special day ---
When I accepted for my salvation the life, the truth and the way ---
I felt a heavy burden of sin being lifted from my troubled soul ---
On that day, when that chip of wood made the cross complete and whole.
Im crying so hard
Asking you not to leave
Im holding you back
From going out that front door
Demanding you stay with me
You stop and turn towards me
You tell me to knock it off
I smack him across the face
For telling me what to do
He puts his hand to his cheek
He looks up at me
And chases me into the bedroom
He slams the door and locks it
He starts to yell at me
I ask him if Im pretty enough to be seen with him
I run into the bathroom and bring back makeup
I put lipstick over my lips and eyeshadow over my eyes
I ask him again if Im pretty enough
He stands their with his head down towards the ground
I walk over towards him and hold his head up
He stares at me
I stare at him
I hug him with all my might and he hugs me back
I asked why he was going to leave
He said he had to go do something
I asked him what
He said it didn't matter because it was too late
I just hug him harder
He tilts my face towards him and we kiss
A slow, warm kiss
It felt so good
He whispered in my ear
You are too pretty for me
I dont deserve you
Then we look at each other once more
Then he says it
I love you, Allison
I reply back to him
I love you too, Ace
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