tail light smile
held by tiny screws
never discarded
adorning restaurants
made into a purse
showing your state
wearing sticker
a car label
clue for policeman
Dakotas
Ohio
Iowa
I.D.
license
plate
DO NOT LIKE YOUR NEWS
BRENDAN CARR SAYS CHANGE YOUR VIEWS
OR LICENSE YOU LOSE
poetic license
writers can be dangerous
tongues stretching and snapping gum
back and forth carriage
sardonic eyes…lies, lies, lies
Wolf’s truth sandwiched imagery
TIME TO CHANGE THE TERRORISTS THREATS ON.LICENSE PLATES UDED IS OUT DATE SENSELESS DOMESTIC TERRORISTS THREATS J68 M69 J64 A72 M99 J98 U84 PBU 88H 89H 77HO ALB RHO 9HOP67 D33 D37 THE VENEZUELA DREADFUL MEXICAN HARD DRUG MANUFACTURER BREAKING INTO HOME ANOTHER ONE DLB NO DEAL WILL EVER BE MADE WITH YOUR DOMESTIC TERRORISTS IDENTITY FRAUD GROUP CHANGE THE PLATES SOME OF US DON'T CHANGE OUR PLATES EVERYDAY LIKE RENEE NICOLE GOOD IT'S ALL GOOD ON ALL GOOD STREET MARIETTA GEORGIA BACK OFF SCUM
The world's a safer place...
There's one less driver on the streets.
My small gift to society.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: 2nd place 2026
We give each other license
To justify the violence
We relate to satisfaction
Relegating our inaction
To a higher power
The fashion of the hour
Changing with the time
The constant's our reflection
That the state of our perfection
Disdaining all inspection
In the state of our connection
To the mantle of the Don
But will it ever dawn
That ground shifts all the time
Like the mantle underneath us
Somethings should be beneath us
Croesus wouldn't be the one
That would or could impress Solon
Just as fool and all his money
Are destined to part company
All that matters is the time
So just as a marriage license
Recognizes loves' instransigence
Romancing love as love of power
Is but convenience of the hour
And the short term satisfaction
Will result in but the fraction
As it's turning on a dime
Before it expires in April,
I thought I would get it renewed.
I made an appointment and filled out the form
Which the motor club people reviewed.
The eye test, one line, was real easy;
I smiled for the photo, then paid.
It will come in the mail’s what they told me,
But I saw the receipt, which displayed
When the new license next will expire –
The year plainly said ’34,
Which I laughed at, for those with my papers
Were certainly not keeping score!
Reckless
when imbibing
He lost his right
to drive
For those infractions
time proscribed
A Poets
D.U.I.
He far
exceeded limits
His influences
blamed
Now doomed to ride
as passenger
In literary
— shame
(Dreamsleep: October, 2025)
We give each other license
To justify the violence
We relate to satisfaction
Relegating our inaction
To a higher power
The fashion of the hour
Changing with the time
The constant's our reflection
That the state of our perfection
Disdaining all inspection
In the state of our connection
To the mantle of the Don
But will it ever dawn
That ground shifts all the time
Like the mantle underneath us
Some things should be beneath us
Croesus wouldn't be the one
That would or could impress Solon
Just as a fool and all his money
Are destined to part company
All that matters is the time
So just as a marriage license
Recognizes loves' intransigence
Romancing love as love of power
Is but convenience of the hour
And the short term satisfaction
Will result in but the fraction
As it's turning on a dime
There’s an
Energy tag on my big toe
“Zapped to death:” it says
I’m a “John Doe”
A lightening bolt
Sent my soul a jolt
Into the next dimension
Permanently disabled and
Unable to be grounded, you see
Living life on the edge can be fatal
I don’t even know who I am
I think I’m fried forever
But I can tale you this
I still have destiny's will
I’ve felt the power of the gods
I’m all charged up; that was some vitamin pill
Electricity is 1 + 1 = 1
Electricity is one by one to freedom
I feel it deeply in my bones
In the gap in between gods’ ganglia
Perhaps, I do got stinky bits for brains
I’m letting go now
Finally, slipping into oblivion
I finally remember
Yes, I remember
who I am.
Poetry is an art.
The possibilities are endless...
With everything seemingly possible
Including style, form and space.
Requires inspiration, little education but it helps
Intense imagination, a vast vocabulary
Loose interpretation, creativity
Private investigating, entertainment value
And massive amounts of attention and admiration.
Please feel free
To stop by my office
To obtain your official license.
Special Agent,
ARt MEdDler
You are indeed sad ISIS American terrorist sending threats on license plates to promote your intimidation and fear Jhore JIHAD jay Townsend Johnson Henry truly sad your ISIS can never ever impersonate me sadly your isis identity fraud abuse of power exist in America as I expressed before after severe identity fraud upon my family by persons of power obsessed with my American poetry I know my only peace is to end my own life to be truly rid of your TERRORIST THREATS ON LICENSE PLATES until the next time you slam into a crowd for now I will enjoy Fredrick douglas book of letters to his slave master I will never fear domestic American isis working for gargano crews fraudulent product liability claims at Ford motor company defective airbag bombs you twisted scum
.
“
Do
You
Know
Phrase
POETIC
LICENSE
Now that
I’ve used
So much
They call
Me . A
Poet
Licentious.
In shackles, the angler stands accused,
His reel now silenced, dreams diffused.
Caught by the law, his freedom at stake,
No fish to take home, just fines to be paid.
An unlicensed cast, is the price he pays.
Two fresh plates to adorn my humble chariot.
The one on top had the honor of being mounted at the front,
as my customary parking pattern
is to back into a space on the far side of the garage.
But soft ... was it an honor?
To be figurehead, first to see, noble vanguard,
and yet,
bombarded for countless hours by suicidal bugs,
dust, gravel, and mud.
The rear plate will soon be far cleaner,
and has the quiet, reflective view of what has passed.
Though it might wish for the electric thrill
of seeing things first.
I wonder which the plate on top would prefer,
if it had more claim than its fellow below.
But fate granted me judicial clarity.
Top is front; bottom is back.
Different fates - each with their own charm.
Grow not envious, o plates.
Your positions both have great beauty.
18 November 2022
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