Long Butlers Poems

The train sits on the track covered in a splendid  frock; the seats are adorned with golden sashes and a sweet aroma splashed all over the passage, it’s  getting ready to go on...

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Though out of breath,
she ran through the crowd
Muscles contorting,
showing her determination and strength
"I can't wait to show him off" she thought out a loud
The sisters would be green with envy
I will show them
yes! Gato can...

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I watch the days roll by and my vision explodes in the sky, morning and noon is merging in one and my energy is spilling all over the land. Seagulls of assorted colors parade on...

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An Unwelcome Surprise at the Family Reunion

By Elton Camp 

“We certainly do hope that all his descendents will choose
To attend the reunion of the family of Grandfather Hughes.”
The newspaper announced the gathering’s time & location
To...

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Old McDonald had a farm
I visited one fine day
Coerced the animals into my van
Then quickly drove away

Drove them all back to my house
To be Butlers and Maids
Now doesn't that sound much better 
Than domesticated animal...

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SLIDING FROM THE MOUNTAIN TOP
   (APROPOS MLK: 3)

Lingering in the spaces of time, standing
On the muddy banks of reality, wandering souls
Chase the dream of Moses: the gleamed glory
From the mountain top veiled by...

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This is for all you trampled and forgotten
freezing in a hell not of your making
inching your way up the ethereal gangway
jockeying for rank and recognition
among the heavens the aristocracy
the drooling two headed priesthood 
cheap seat...

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Turkeys in November
the horrors they remember
The definite dinner plans
that turkeys just don't understand
This dining for a cause
Thanksgiving a regretable clause
a life that finds a sudden pause
And yet one turkey in wait
may avoid the dinner plate
And...

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Little Tufty Dore Mouse.

Little Tufty Dore Mouse lives on the Butlers farm.
He spends his day a scurrying between the house and barn.
But Mr Butler farmer got tired of Tufty's mess.
So he got himself a big...

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What is there too say now?
What is there to do this evening?
Nothing for I am without you,
I remember you, when my eyes first looked upon your brow and beautious eyes,
Your luxurious features and a heart...

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Of 
splendid 
thrones of 
gold
Of 
treasures 
manifold

Of Sultans 
and Shahs
Of Emirs 
and Rajahs

Of 
jewelled 
caskets
or lavish 
banquets

Of 
sparkling 
crowns
and 
flowing 
gowns

Of kings 
and queens
Rulers and 
emperors

Of their 
subservient 
stewards 
and 
obedient 
butlers
Or the 
servile 
knaves...

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It is 1954, and the sun is shining brightly with feeling.
I am lying in my room, staring at the bland white ceiling.
Go out and do something! My mother urges me again.
There is nothing to do,...

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Big red buckets and yellow elephants
Standing on mice wearing pink flared pants
Oil filled puddles of many rainbow hews
And crocodile upholstered chapel pews

Armies of platform shoe wearing dogs
Wearing wigs made from living frogs
Thick carpets made of...

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Sails of snow
Hoisted
To the roar of northern wind

Wires wild
Leashed to masts
Banging like spoons on pots and pans

Sea of Earth lurching
Beneath
The creaking planks of our house

On we go
Tossed and turned

The bow of our kitchen
Cutting through slaps...

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If I was a doggy in a rich family ~ most certainly I’d be pedigree   

crowned in robes of exquisite luxury ~ diamond studded collars  

chauffeur driven  Bentley's  

Butlers would...

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Here is the sad tale of the moronic bullfrog king
He may be royal, but he is a ding-dong-ding-a-ling.
He cannot tie his shoes, drive a car or even sing.
Whistling is out, he is a lackadaisical old...

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While Walking Through The Meadow.

While walking through the meadow I heard the strangest sound.
What can it be? I cannot see, is it underground?
There it goes again I feel it drawing near
is it coming after me?...

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A company wants naked butlers,
all handsome, well toned, looking tough,
to carry out duties around people's homes
besides apron, they'll be in the buff.
I've not filled out an application,
my chance of success being slim,
unlike, I must say...

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Years of weary travel, sojourn soon to end
the time passed unseen, in elixir of youth.
Now sunset awaits, a shadow to descend
faded twilight greets, the inevitable truth.

Diminuendo of some whistling songbirds
vanish somewhere inside hearing aids.
Arthritis and...

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'Twas at the home of Governors
with pink champagne in hand
I asked them all to take their chairs
still restless, I did stand

I began to speak on modern times
and Pinner's mind to tax
and laughing as they sipped...

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Drama centered on an aristocratic British family in
Old times- early twentieth century
Waited on by butlers, footmen, maids and valets
Noble families lived wrapped in luxury, night and day
Tale of young suitors, attractions, loves and marriages 
Of...

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How terribly and awfully English was he 
Stopped everything for his afternoon tea 
Crumpets for his breakfast covered with jam
Sandwiches for a light lunch mustard and ham 

He lived in a mansion in the country...

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Fell out of a limousine
Drunk out of mind
Spoiled
Filthy rich
Child
In time


He loved
All his toys
Then a woman
Showed him other joys
Sweet, just close your eyes

On champagne dreams
Wearing butlers shined black laced shoes
Away they went
From here to the moon
In...

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Blood shall ring the butlers call    


Step into the parlor
the fires spent, still burn
Painted in the faded tint,
nightmare shades to turn

Broken slabs of conscience,
rotted to the core
Splintered in a thousand words
never heard...

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There are no gentle movements
into a calm goodnight


there is a rage 
of intemperance
in the stupidity
of attempting to mark, 
as to be in memory


there is no remembrance


as one I arrived bare
maggots my butlers,
devouring each and every
shedding,
eventually...

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