Knock Off Poems

Bunch of limericks and other funny tricks II

...I hate it when a girl rolls her eyes,
because that means she's on to my lies.
And then it's harder to get her
to let me under her sweater,
and then on to the ultimate prize.

I REMEMBER my yesteryears

...I REMEMBER (1)

Candles & nightlights
   flickering bright
blackout curtains
    shutting out light

Dripping setting
   from Sunday's roast
spread  thick
on Monday's toast

Paper chains
...

Designer Mini Dog People

...Are you one of them, that never fails
to disgust me, sitting across from me
on public transportation, talking trash
to a dog's head, sticking out of a
knock off over-sized Louis Vuitton.

Are y...

Peppers and Eggs

...Jodie Foster is frying peppers and eggs ~ it is late and her legs
ache as she scrambles the yokes, sautés jalapenos.
Today a jerk again compared her to the movie star ~a life she
never wanted keep...

Rough Draft part2

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   Soak in the palmolive snake oil tonic.
The cool stalk of my ebonics on hydroponics.
Get stuck in the matrix of my convicts, of hooker phonics.
Get high off of my knock off water on the br...

Ancient Art

...
Let me put it in Quotation marks!!!
This is not for the faint of heart
A world full of fakes and farce
Always on opposing sides many remain apart
Meanwhile the news is sad still breaking hearts...

Fossil Fuel Row

...The windows are closing in, and gaps are getting thin, mankind has paid the sacrifice for useless pollution on the surface of the earth and their lungs are filled with dirt. 

 I look above the ben...

Midweek Recitation

...the class
   of summer fifty five
left to ply
   their business lives

the office     partners just two
pens   pencils nearly-new

clerking the lowest
                of the low
daily drudg...

The Team

...The Team.   

Here we are in Gayndah town, 
The parks are all filled up. 
With Caravans and Motor homes,
‘N’ Backpackers trying their luck.

The pickers are around the trees,
And filling Gayp...

Independently Un-Wealthy

...Getting to know the canned goods aisle
in the dollar store was fun,
the ladies have been most helpful
in finding Chinese knock-off junk.
The Senior Center makes a passable Salisbury steak
and wh...

Happy Hound Grogs Day

...Happy Hound Grog Day! Happy Hound Grog Day!
At noon all the hounds sing a song of dance and play.
They will be let loose at a quarter ‘til three.
And they’ll dance with you, Uncle Sammy and me!

...

My Grandparents Garden

...From the age of three, I do remember,
The kitchen window, in mid December.
My grandma and grandad, would let me stand,
By the window to view, a garden so grand.

In December I’d see, a blanket o...

To Thine Own Self Be True

...“ Care about what other people think,and you will always be their prisoner.”

                           ~Philosopher, Lao Tzu~

So dying to be adored!
Empty as dried out lakes.

Oh, how tragi...

What You Say To a Cat What a Cat Thinks

...What you say to a cat what a cat thinks

I want to lick everything you look at everything there’s nothing over there for you that’s a bookshelf I know you think you could jump up that’s a picture w...

A Hero Is Dishonored

...Alas, a US Marine saved a baby in Afghanistan.
The USA, as a way to say thank you, puts him 
under investigation?

Yes, a true hero, made the horrid mistake?
Of being honored at a Trump rally,  ...

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