Long Cali Poems

The Job

I got a plane to catch in the morning.  8:15 AM out of Austin, destination Orange County, CA.  Never cared much for California and I don’t think anything about this trip is...

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“the last of the funerals”

today “the last of the funerals”
takes place &
the killings in CT get placed on the
shelf,
alongside the deaths at Columbine,
Virginia Tech...

those were the “big ones” right?

well, now, Aurora was a “big one,”...

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I have an aunt out in Cali,
we used to visit every year,
she had a yoga studio,
and my grandmother used to cheer

how she was a ‘modern woman,’
could do everything by herself,
and didn’t need to ‘find a...

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OK GIRL WHAT YOU TRYING TO DO TO ME,
FROM THE VERY BEGINNING YOU WERE DIGGING ME
CALL ME UP ONE RAINY DAY,ASK ME TO COME OVER AND MAYBE PLAY

NOW YOU WERE THE ONE WHO REALLY CHANGED...

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There I was just chillen with all my homeies in the big zip block bag. We were all talking about the latest ozome spray, and we were wondering if it would work on us, since...

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December  2nd 2013 4:00 am (o400)

Detoxing from drugs pychotrophically speaking
My couch was an aroma of deadened sweat too putrid to mention
You came to call not long after I thought I was pregnant by my...

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uniting farcical flocks all over the world,
gregarious garments, talismans & 
little good luck charms required by religions
to ward off “evil spirits,” to separate man
from “god,” or to just protect the fuzzy sheep
from the rest of...

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done near got clipped yet even tripped
out on the patio blasting the stereo
my son was inside eating his Cheerios
man that kid don't quick eating some ice cream with another lick
it seems that times like these...

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(APROPOS OF 11/21/2018)

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The fires came and the winds blew;
Nothing remained the same—
If only they knew…praying for the rain;

The floods came the next day
And the flowing mud had its way:
Houses that had remained
Went down...

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IM writing what I call a poem story.
IM writing this poem story,
for all the fathers just like me.
 Who wasnt giving a chance to be a daddy.
 
My first job was working on a golf...

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    "Christmas Dinner Fiasco"



on Christmas Eve, family gathered for "Feast of Seven Fishes"
an old Italian tradition while wrapping gifts with expectant wishes
hubby decided to play Chef Boyardee
complete with hat and apron, a...

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When coming to, 
and arriving in,
Cali, 
August of 2008,
I felt like a refugee.
   Seeking a city of refuge,
   Sacramento,
   wondering if my healing would be allowed here.
Healing from inflicted...

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our beloved P.I.C

how many people in the
good ol’ us of a 
are currently in prison?
how much profit does the
good ol’ us of a need
this year?
how many people does 
corporate america have to
pay at least minimum...

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Society says that what we do is wrong
Their thoughts intermingle subconsciously in our minds
Who’s to say what is wrong and what is right?
The pills dairy doe-boy in the white collar preaches conservative ways to the...

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Touched, Near the Danger Zone

The sun tanned your bod like a toaster
 my heart bounced like a roller-coaster
 each luscious curve drew me deeply in
 my mind smoked in delicious sexual sin

The bikini left so,...

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Angela, Andy, Amber, angels, ambience, attitudes, altitude, all-purpose flour.
Beds, breakfast, brightness, brevity, butter pecan ice cream, bald eagles. 
Cali, Carolyn, Chelsea, creativity, compassion, craftiness, cleverness. 
Dick, Daisy, Dwight, Deborah, dare devils, delightful deeds, designs.
Emily, Elise,...

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Got Love for those hot azz lyrics,
Got Love for those who tryin’ to hear it.
Got Love for my peoples holdin’ me down,
Got Love for the mamis with the booty round.
Got Love for those makin’ moves,
Got...

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1/28/23

It's fact or not
From here to way beyond Camelot
I live it up and laugh a lot
Take off like an astronaut

Took one too many dabs and shots
Moving at the speed of a half knot
I started seeing...

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I STAND WITH ISRAEL,BECAUSE THE SUFFERING IS WORLD WIDE


How mant victims can the concentration forts hold?,
It's unlimited and the morse codes,
for random attacks are short flashes
and in action they deport those,

Who are trapped by the...

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                           The Calidonian Hotel
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You ask me where I've gone to and how I've been,
I stop for a second where do I begin?
It's probably for the best if I don't say what's on my mind.
So I take a deep...

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It started with the freezing rain,
the curse of winter time,
turning all into slick black glass
on every road you find.

Then came on all the pelting sleet,
pins and needles outside,
you can hear it as it hits home,
adding...

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I stare into those bright eyes so blue
You scour these lips with those kisses
I dont know if we'll ever be through
When youre away its you my mind misses

And when its time for one of us...

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Jake was a sweet little boy; sad his mother died when he was two.
He watched for her every night for a month or so.
Daddy remarried a few years later, and this lady became “Mommy”.
Jake was...

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Leonard Cohen 
heavy dusk curtains
blinds choke afternoon sun
arch lamp
low light tangles
plaid consignment couch
hot glass Irish Whiskey

4 days died in February
a moment
remained silent
she stayed home
famous last words
I'll run out in that storm
but I'll let you go...

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