Long Aluminum foil Poems

You didn't go out and just buy a costume
at least not when I was growing up.
You had to be more inventive
than just going out to shop.

I learned that simple things 
can make wonderful costumes, too.
I've...

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It's always a chore to make...and still,
   when Halloween comes, I find the will.

   I don't rent or buy costumes you see,
   but dress myself up like I want...

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In battles of our own

A man will live to advance home
Through a variation in a dream
In faulty idol flowing stream
An ellapsed tongue had tainted my inner vision

In battles of our own,

Shattered silence through scattered temperaments...

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Saddie was alone.
The only child in a family who did not like children.
It was tough at first, but when she turned three, she 
Discovered a magic tunnel beneath the underside of her mattress.
She could get...

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Remember stuck on 
band-aid brand,
Because band-aid 
is stuck on you?
  Remember when
 the furniture was
Made from wicker 
and bamboo?

  Remember three
 on a bike with
the banana-seat.
  Remember the 
Magazine called,
Tiger Beat?

 ...

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The day’s hot-the wind like a convection oven
Blows hot air in our faces.
My cap and gown insulates me
Baking me like a potato wrapped in aluminum foil
I desperately fan myself and look around
My eyes search for...

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I had over planned this meal, but it did not slow me down.
Decided to grill Iowa home grown steaks with my special sauce.
Threw the potatoes into the oven to bake, big ones I found.
Knew this...

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2 yucca roots peeled and diced
3 quarts of boiling salted water
add roots, when softened
remove from water
and smash them while they are hot
allow to cool

measure two cups
add, 3 egg yolks
2 teaspoons of white pepper
 2tablespoons of...

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[ to the tune of My Favorite Things ]

Raindrops on dew drops and ponds formed by puddles,
Praising when phrasing bewilders, befuddles,
Nice sounding lyrics that don’t mean a thing,
This is what too much sun on your...

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My closets and garage overflowing with my stuff,
I couldn't afford to rent a storage unit because of the cost,
putting piles of our old clothes and shoes in various rooms,
one day I wanted to sweep and...

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My crushes are so numerable, it is crazy to try to remember them all.
When I love you it’s in a full blown puppy way, in your lap with Tarzan’s call.
Sky King, Mighty Mouse, Bugs Bunny,...

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Who Am I

The humble bee, it seems, is me,
(Not the drone, but the Queen)!
Unselfishly I'll serve at tea...
Or pack a deadly sting!

I also was a Judge of old...
Held court beneath a Palm. 
Steadfast to God,...

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Quiet Storm

Date: Mon, Dec 21 2015 at 2:11 AM

I'm walking through the Storm
Soaking my Uniform
The other side of the storm
I see the Rainbows & the Unicorns
I'm holding the lightning so be warned
And the water warm
Inside...

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Childlike wonder loves stars, tulips, bumblebees, the beauty of snakes.
Childlike wonder revers truth, peace, God, and faeries’ lightness.
Shh! Soften your heart and remember the days of sheer humbleness
Before you knew so much, before education and...

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My canvas calls for blue today.
A light delicate pretty blue, not the ugly mean ones.
I mix the one I want, a sky blue on an October day.
When it dries I stare at where grass might...

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Playing frees the mind up, and lets it scatter in the wind,
Zooming onto pirate ships, enjoying every single spin.
Playing keeps the heart young, with aluminum foil hats.
Painting, dancing, leaping, skipping, enjoying baby cats.

When work is...

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Pet Rocks And More
(rocks don’t snore)

Pet rocks must be kept refrigerated
Wrapped in aluminum foil for protection
Visitors mistake them for dinner rolls
Butter them up at midnight in the dark
Return them because they are too hard
 
Pet...

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A.) Jiffy white cake mix :  2 boxes

      Dole pear halves : 1 can (no juice)(heavy or light syrup)

      Canola oil: 1/2 cup

 ...

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For several ages 
Our relationship can be compared 
To a benevolence fund 
Always seeking a hand out 
Never offering a hand up 
The scales were never balanced 
On one scale counterbalanced in pure gold 
With...

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Halloween night, and it was crazy dark, raining too.
The doorbell rang, and I thought it would be you.
But I got there in time to catch a glimpse of Magic Squirrel.
He pelted me with candy, his...

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My Covid hat had a mask on the side.
A mask in the front, a mask in the back.
Each mask had a message. Something sassy.
Something that said Goodbye 2020.
Something to say glad you’ve died 2020.

My Covid...

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My friends come home draped in flags 
I pause at the edge of the airplane door
Facing a tunnel leading me to a muffled joy
Strangers tell me I am related to them...
I deny a woman with...

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overprotective
like ink in a scar tissue
you said I'm stuck in a bad version of a life
and gave me your life mask as a present

now I have an owl in my iris

you've cloak me in aluminum...

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a gray day greets
them and there
are no salutations
returned except 
the growls of 
hungry bellies
sighs crystalized
by cold glances
declining temperatures
a home built for 
none housing three
a stream of heat
rises from the 
left corner and
they gather 
a pair...

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Suppose they could email me flower seeds
This would fulfill all of my flourishing needs
In my foreboding back yard and also front
Instead of for my seeds having to hunt.

As I pressed an icon what should appear
Some...

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