Long Acquired taste Poems

The Call

For as long as I can remember, I have been phoning my mom. Even before leaving home when I was a teenager. Whenever I had good or bad news, it was just natural for...

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"The In-Between"

I ripped the pages of 
that tired old story 
from the heart, a body of work

buried the misdiagnosed slanders
then wiped their mouths
with the back of my spoon

the feed they found,
passed the disingenuous time;
some found...

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A few weeks ago I had a dream wherein my Chinese wife dyed her black hair blonde; then I woke up and told her I had just dreamt she became a blonde. Well, she was...

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Like a present long waited for that is sealed
I’m in and out of love and don’t know how to feel
Although my love life has come to a yield
Now is the time to harvest the fresh...

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How can I be so aware of where I am yet feel so lost 
Your not here, therefore I’ve lost my direction 
I’ve lost the light and I can’t find the sun 
I’ve searched for...

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Mama and Daddy was always Love-Dovey
She is His Sweetheart – He is Her Honey
First Love… Real Love  -  Forever True
Pa… I Pray to find A Man Like You…

Daddy Laughed and Put His Arm...

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There is no part of life mine alone,
If regarding my whole existence.      
What belongs to me is only flesh and bone,
Therefrom this life has subsistence.

Down on the farm I was...

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(particularly when nursed at room temperature)

I learned that Kombucha
best be kept refrigerated lest
said probiotic drink
served at room temperature
(incorporating live bacteria) erupts
chia seeds flying everywhere
potentially causing
serious damage to consumer
as nearly happened to yours truly,
nonetheless patronizes company(ies),
who...

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This is my story about Menudo, and not the boy band Menudo
Mexican Menudo soup, known as the breakfast of champions
It’s what borracho’s, and Ricky Martin and all el mundo saludo
Chili mix, cilantro and lemon or...

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Line of enquiry :

"God within me is the enjoyer of the aroma,
As also this dopamine boosting flavour I taste.
I surrender all pleasures to the dweller of my heart.
Breath by breath thus that my soul presence...

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Tonight we’ll sit around the table
While we’re reminiscing
Both about the Israelites
And those whom we are missing.

Every Seder takes me back
To those when I was young.
I can hear my Zadie’s voice,
The Hebrew that was sung.

I can...

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The cooks in the Japanese navy
Make a dish of aquatic fly larvae.
Too small to filet them,
They just lightly sauté them
In well-sugared soy sauce as gravy.

That Venezuelans eat spiders may be new to a few,
Though tarantulas...

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You’ve got a key in your pocket, black salt in your hair. Smoke in your whispers, and rust in your stare.  Tears run down your cheeks and your gaze goes cold. Face facts lil’...

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If my daylight transmuted into the night
You taught me to put to the test
I welcome with care a chance to taste the delight 

That in my heart you pressed
At night to bring us together
As we...

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Stamps, perforated passport squares,
Took me oft where I wished to be
On my own low budget world tour
Warm, safely tucked in dad’s armchair.

I loved to dream in dad’s warm chair
A young wallflower who would dare
Brave adventures...

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I grew up in a household that didn’t even drink,
So, it never occurred to me to even start.
Not even in my wildest dreams did I ever think
That, later in life, alcohol would play such a...

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1. 	With things we cannot change,
	it is better to give the appearance of trying;
	for even the smallest effort instills hope.

2. 	Having children has never seemed
	a great accomplishment.
	Even the lowest forms of life
	produce their own with...

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A Vegetable Story

Broccoli, Spinach, yummy fresh Garden Peas,
Cabbages, Winter Greens, Cauliflower Trees.
Runner Beans and broad, Mange Tout so Francais,
Curly Kale, Crunchy Sprouts on a cold windy day.

Onions, Parsnips, Carrots and tall Welsh Leek,
King Edwards, Purple...

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Chalk was bold, pale skinned, and big boned.
A soft souled, porous, sedentary teen.
Bulky, he made a big initial impression,
but seemed to lack in true substance.
And thus, was a temporary friend,
often relied on to help others...

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On a drive thru Mandeville one fall,
My Dad stopped at a roadside stall.
He bought red shrimp in bags of 
paper,
The aroma was the scent of shrimp 
and pepper.
Baked so well, there was no need to...

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It used to be that,
I had no appreciation
for fruit or juice.

Vegetables and their juice, 
on the other hand,
I loved and still do.

Fruit was always, 
for me, 
an acquired taste.

Now that it’s acquired,
I can’t seem to...

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Chopsueycide; They’re gathering for the feast this time; last time it was a roasting. 

Chopsueycide; An acquired taste that’s guaranteed to raise temperatures, but not pulses. 

Chopsueycide; Added ginger will certainly blow your head off,...

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Only thing I could ever say, about the way I felt the day I got acquainted with E N J.
Thick hips skinny midriff, her feminine was undoubtedly… an acquired taste.
Brown coating, hazel perceptiveness, lips regale...

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THE COMMONER

There are different varieties of me
In the azuline light, I swirl and twirl 
And sometimes become dim.
Some favour Bellis Perrenis version of me 
In the spring
Some  sophists are partial  to prunnela vulgaris
Not...

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driving with no care in the world
watching her sleep soundly until we get there
i feel Bountifully Blessed Right Here
i am wondering what i did right to deserve her
those who know me know that i am...

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