Glamma Grinch will be here soon!
Original Grinch was over the moon
Not so much his sister Sue
She never likes me, she always likes you
Glamma Grinch came in wearing fur
She turned to Original Grinch and began to purr
Sister Sue tried to get her attention by squeaking.
“Be quiet,” said Glamma.”My boy is speaking.”
the twins had specific likes and were vocal about them
Their names were Carmella Annie and Jeremy Jim
Carmella liked trucks and soldiers, Jeremy wanted dolls
We call the action figures, yelled his Uncle Walls.
Okay, action figures them, Jeremy agreed that day.
But if he was getting trucks, he would run away.
Carmella wanted to be in the Air Force when she grew up.
She would also take a race car complete with loving cup.
Laughter, heard for
A tickled heart!
Love's magic touch! As fingered
By sprite-filled air.
Betrays whose face
What reflects in
Your wish has been granted's look
A fairy's stare.
favorite
preferred, esteemed
prizing, revering, adoring
blanket, color, wasp, pain
hating, dooming, damning
scorned, despised
nuisance
Should I trust the government?
Was what I asked,
I forgot to tell her,
My history test was NOT passed,
She asks me to pray,
Before our meals,
I am NOT that religious,
What is the big deal,
I know we are all human,
She is like a god to me... What the heck?
Should I trust the government?
Was what I asked,
I forgot to tell her,
My history test was NOT passed,
She asks me to pray,
Before our meals,
I am NOT that religious,
What is the big deal,
I know we are all human,
She is like a god to me... What the heck?
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My vacuum cleaner likes cookies
Sometimes it makes sounds like Wookies
It eats crayons too
And a lace from a tennis shoe
It hums along with this suction song
Eating up all in its path
It does a good job cleaning
But it can't do math
It caresses carpets and rugs
It invites in bugs
Cobwebs and corners
There's no hiding from this hoarder
There is nothing too tough
And my vacuum stays buff
By sucking at what it does for a living
So if you get the unction
And you see me just standing around
Plug me into the circuit
If you know how to work it
There are goldfish lying on the floor
Snippets and paper punches galore
Glitter strewn and clumps of play dough
And a foreign object....God only knows
So here's to my vacuum
And all you consume
Going from door to door
And room to room
We glide across the floor like Rogers and Astaire
We brush everybody's hair
And after you have done your best
I will put you away for another night’s rest
the girl who likes poetry.
Though all may break, one certainty.
the girl who likes poetry.
She read and wrote herself, you see.
the girl who likes poetry.
Once shared the world with me.
the girl who liked poetry.
She sits there ever fidgeting
Her heart beating faster with each glance
The words simply not coming
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no one was saying anything to the bully.
some people were laughing uncomfortably
the woman was berating and belittling her six-year-old boy
my four-year-old daughter walked up to her and said,
“This is why no one likes you. You are mean and you are a bully.”
the woman burst into tears and ran home.
Another mother and I made eye contact.
Ashamed that only a child had stood up.
But I was proud that she was my child.
pressure to conform
prissy Dorothy liked dresses
impractical though
burned rear on park bench
showed pink panties in the wind
she favors slacks now
There's this fine girl
In my street
She said I'm very sweet
She licks me like ice cream
When the play starts
She gives me high screams.
Her body shape
Just like the coca cola bottle
She said she likes my muscles
She likes the way I grab her
She got the best styles and wine
When we start to ride
Then I ride her recklessly, she says faster.
This fine girl in my street
Don't play with anyone else
She always runs to me
Whenever she's bored
She said she likes my play and the vibes I give.
There's this fine girl
In my street
She said I'm very sweet
She licks me like ice cream
When the play starts
She gives me high screams.
Her body shape
Just like the coca cola bottle
She said she likes my muscles
She likes the way I grab her
She got the best styles and wine
When we start to ride
Then I ride her recklessly, she says faster.
This fine girl in my street
Don't play with anyone else
She always runs to me
Whenever she's bored
She said she likes my play and the vibes I give.
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