Long Cashews Poems

I wrote these lines 7 years ago, slightly edited today. 
Perhaps they have more meaning now than they did then.

"There are so many nuts in the soup!" 
That's what I hear and see and it's...

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Judy Leigh was addicted with a food fixation.
Gorging on fruit, veggies, and any crustacean.
She wanted to stop and yelled, "Damnation!
My overeating is causing me such frustration!"

While grudgingly doing her morning chores,
Judy acquired the bad habit...

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"Nuts are in the soup!" 
That's what I've heard: not so absurd
Some add a pinch of spice now and then,
from wit and the sharpened nib of a pen.
Nutty little writers who like to fill
the soup...

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Have you seen the movie
you know the one
Woody Allen, 
the call girl, son

That’s my favorite
Mango 
sauce, 
sushi 
sashimi 
land of the lost

bad Santa, Will Farrell
Italian singers, 
Bach, 
Beethoven
your little fingers

Try this salad
Thai and sweet
I’m getting...

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I am glad I am with you,                            ...

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The Mother Earth

The fountain of your profound love
Gushing out with presents and gifts
Showering bounties, its treasure trove 
To all mankind your love drifts.

Your rivers and seas, forests and fields
Are full of provisions to banish hunger
You...

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Most people go bananas 
over chocolate
I'm well nuts about nuts 
as well
Stuff them in chocolate
ice-cream or sherbet.

Yeah munch on peanuts
brunch on hazelnuts
Ah lunch on pecan nuts
or crunch on chestnuts

For nuts could never 
drive one nuts
Ironically...

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I baked some yummy cookies and wrapped them up real nice
I was on my way to grandma's, when I ran into some mice
They looked a little hungry and they looked a little sad
So I gave...

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In the land of fairy tales lives a tiny Pixie with golden orbs, etched in detail  
with two pointed ears and pointy hat she is untouchable like the Holy Grail 
In the fairy Kingdom...

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Interruptions

She calls each day at noon, after her 
maple bar and coffee.  
Her only meal for the day.  Whiskey’s 
dinner.
I try to pick up.  Answering machines 
seem to frustrate her.

I want to...

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twenty five steamer clams
 snouts removed and dressed
in a oval pan arrange them.

3/4 cups of clarified butter
2 tablespoons of minced garlic
1/4 cup of minced parsley
1 teaspoon of lemon zest
1 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
or 1 teaspoon...

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I left the convenience store with a bag of cashews,
which I munched on my walk home.
I came upon a squirrel foraging
among the birds on the ground all alone.
I tossed a cashew this squirrel's way,
and the...

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I’m sitting here inside my daddy’s car.
I sure hope that the ocean is not far.

My mom and dad are making such a fuss.
Maybe cause there’s someone new with us.

It’s someone on my Daddy’s side who...

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When I Am Feeling Sad

When the bills come.  When bad news breaks.  When I’m feeling sad.
I simply start eating my favorite things.  And then I don’t feel so bad.
I eat cheesecake and...

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In Nutty Dreams, a world so grand,
A sweet escape, a nutty land.
Nuts Galore, a vision bright,
An ocean nutty, cool and light.

I long to plunge, with joyous cheer,
Into its depths, dispelling fear.
A salty splash, a nutty...

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Christmas comes but once a year
For us all to spread some cheer. 
How we do it is unique 
Others need not critique. 
Your traditions are your own
Don’t let others put them down. 
Our traditions make...

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Entering a contest; don’t want to lose!
But here I sit, abandoned by my muse.
Since I don’t want to be singing the blues,
I keep on writing to see what ensues,
and hopefully I can at least amuse.
Sure...

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Columbus — on a notion —
To find a shorter route,
Sailed across the ocean
And discovered awesome food!

Fantastic avocados,
The corn-grain of the land,
And wholesome sweet potatoes
Delighted western Man.

Peppers — shipped to yonder —
Created a sensation
As potatoes sated...

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BLOOD MORNING.

Writing from the vicinity of
Aluu,
My beautiful taboo.

Here is the hometown of Kalu,
My good friend who resides in
Kano.
Aluu, the popular city wearing
Jungle tattoos,

In this city, atrocity happens every
Afternoon
Innocent blood could be mistaken 
For cashews,
Vampires breathing...

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Am I Nuts?

Chestnuts don’t grow on chests
Walnuts don’t grow on walls
Peanuts don’t come from peas
Cashews come from the fruit on trees
Pecans don’t come from peacock feathers

Pistachios fall from Pinocchio’s nose
Hazelnuts relax in the hazy sun
Macadamias...

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Almonds and nuts in wondrous mix,
Look how feisty such treats and snacks;
Moist cashews jut as flavours fix,
Opt less fatty in tasty packs;
Nuts galore feed a busy munch,
Delight feels good in spree of chance;
Succinct the need...

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Cracked often reminds me of pecan nuts.
Cracked also reminds me of earthquake scars.
Mostly cracked reminds me of Jerry Butts
Who loved driving Italian racing cars.

When he drove, Jerry often munched cashews,
While wildly weaving down roads he...

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DRYERS ROCKY ROAD FLAVOR IS UNAVAILABLE
MOM BOUGHT “SUNNY-SODE FARM PREMIUM CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER ICE CREAM INSTEAD
ITS CPLOR IS BROWN FOR BOTH
LONG FOR ICE CREAM-ITS TASTE IS AMAZINGLY DELICIOUS

PASSION FOR ICE CREAM

HAD SORBET MANGO ICE CREAM...

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Croissant, crisp
buttered farm fresh
marmalade is laid
asking for a taste rape
orange juice, 
just taken
from crop gash
cashews,
fair and smiling
roasted fine
coffee,
musky
and tongue
soothing hot
bacons,
succulent
teeth,
deep sunk
eggs,
laid
by hen
taking
my name
made 
in boil,
scramble
and lette
thin
crust
of pizzaette,
plain and
meatless
green tea,
wafting
by the 
sea
simmering
and naughty
hunger,
in the dews
of morning
after...

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