Long Chauffeuring Poems

AntiPoem 36
“Silent Mercies”

(Poet’s Instruction: Softly play in the background Mario Lanza singing
“Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen” from Puccini’s La Boheme, while reading this AntiPoem)


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Look over there.
See the stunned grandmother knitting,
Not speaking a word neither, nor...

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The blueberry vine climbs steadily upon the giant tree
swarming vineyards with thick shrubs and laden branches
succulent berries stacked together in massive vineyards
Feeding the mass and nourishing hungry appetites. 
Luscious blueberry vines span all over the...

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I was little but had a crush on you
your rubbery funny faces is what got me through
singing off key about your little turtle dove
whose your little whose-y, my first comedic love,

Having boundless energy while bounding...

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Too Beautiful to be Re-used



Used and abused
Like a borrowed book from the library 
Put me back on the shelf without another look
Like you’re dancing with the enemy…
Do this and do that
I’m Cinderella now scrubbing your...

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Felix walked through waist-high grass
allowing the ends to skim his fingertips;
to quell an anxiety that he knew was
after all, unwarranted

Our empire of glass and smoke and plastic
amused him, transfixed him
and with a cool grin he...

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Times when one had right to stop one's Beloved
From leaving on a trip, urgent but uncovered
For these times. Omicron has made Africa notorious
But Level 1 Lockdown prevents me being imperious
So, freedom still reigns in my...

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Feed our love,
Let it blossom,
Feed our love,  
Fan its embers.

A garden of purple beauties is my delight, 
A radiant and clear sky is my desire,
A night sheet embellished with dazzling lights is my longing.
A...

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