Long Advertises Poems

This year's Halloween edition....





"Pale Horse and the Yellow Submarines"



There approaches 
One

Light bringer
rides a dead pony

albino 
red eyed, no gun

or so 
the story goes

pale 
as death

hear its 
Netherworld neigh

beetles 
dig deep 

pigeons coo 
novocained

ignorant 
messages fixed

dull...

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Real Estate Jargon Explained

By Elton Camp

When a house is for sale there’s good reason why
Trouble can come to anyone who advertises a lie

If the sellers certain expressions carefully choose
It will become easy the careless buyer...

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I remember the man.

He is the best friend that one could ever have,                     
he truly...

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You came upon me
Late last night
  Whimpering,
     Whistling,
        Whispering.

Threatening those I love
I know it was you
    I still
  ...

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behind of a supposed strong & mature “adult”
who advertises to others their ability to
“discipline” their child,
lies a great fear stirring,
which comes out in the actions taken to make
that little child submit to their will
from early...

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Anxiety went into overdrive regarding...
"check engine light" being on

I desperately clutched
(the Peanuts stuffed animal) Woodstock
to help me absorb shock.

What invisible agent
provocateur née ghost in the machine
sinister force hell bent
to rob me of every red cent,
whereby...

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He's in the line for a quick pick up,
it's early in the morning and not much of a line

and he needs some milk and toilet papers, says
“I've had better days, this shall pass.”

He's said that...

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'Tis purty easy to size up a feller by the cap he wears,
By glancin' at the message that on his cap he shares.
Boldy emblazoned is a logo bright and clear,
Revealin' his dubious tastes and facts...

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I feel it in the morning dim,
when I head out to drive to work,
a bite of chill that saps the vim,
tough now it seems just a flirt.

Again, when I drive home later,
auburn fringe of a...

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Lady bird, lady bird, why thou sings so beautifully
When other had got their voice cracked in the noon?
Do you sing of peace or lost love?
You have bottled my heart with your adverbial voice
Tending the grains...

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I believe that I "know" what I "know, "
And I think that I "know" stuff I don't, 
But the feelings I feel don't melt snow, 
And the futures I would mostly won't.

Like most folk, I...

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Betrayal My Love

Honor your own cold blackened heart 
You filthy dirty whore
Demonic pagan worthless piece of godless wonderment 
You stealing thieving thing             ...

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When youthfulness is booming, 
And beauty is live streaming;
While she tops her elegant eighteen 
Assured she’s no more a teen
As she advertises like a slay queen:

World class comments on Facebook,
Nighttime parties inbox booked,
The men will...

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The nurse said, “ This will soothe your pain. “
My left hand was connected with Iv. 
And, I was observing how 
The blood flows through the narrow pipes
A playtime for my very own blood!

The nurses...

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For females over 40,
There’s a magazine called More.
At least that is the age group
It was first intended for.

So many periodicals
Are aimed at people younger.
This magazine was perfect
For that over-40 hunger.

In articles the focus was
On older...

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The News changes seconds after seconds
                             ...

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SHORTEST     DAY    TRICKERY


Again  December 23 is almost here 
Frost’s darkest evening of the year,
Ok.  But what really bugs me
Is that it is the date when we...

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The title captures the reader’s attention,
It's like bait on a hook that draws the reader in.
Let it be clever and creative; your own invention.
It supports the message expressed within.

A title can be like a magnet;...

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Squatting next to a garbage bin,
she dons a fake smile that doesn't fit.
And though track marks tattoo her skin,
her addiction won't let her quit.

Abused by pimps and those she serves,
each encounter has left its mark.
And...

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While looking down from my balcony view
a depressing sadness washed over me.
And I wondered what our world would look like
when we no longer have the honeybee.

The fake facade of civilization;
advertises a neon paradise.
But that illusion...

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I am ME.
And this is who I am 
No one can take my identity from me.
Clone me, Kill me
It still won’t do
Cause I am just me.

I am tall and slim and very black
With big black...

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It's a two-wheeled cruising machine -
alloy spokes, bent handlebars, 
custom seat and paint job...
yet, I get these very odd looks
and wild laughter when I pull my bike up
to an establishment that advertises:
"Tonight is bike night...

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