Long Chinchilla Poems

Since the begining of days when my heart became an advocate of concrete paths, I have 
come to understand the joys that are unprecipitated fears and the fears that are purpose. 
For so long I...

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and lastly I'd like to thank my agent
Shifty Placard unkempt as they come
nutty as squirrel cheeks at the Ritz
a little like Santa Claus and Nero
Shifty made me walk the line
between the rolling green hills of...

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"The softness of the summer day like an ermine paw."- Anais Nin

Soft is a tissue or a cotton ball.
     Soft was my old teddy bear I recall.

Soft are some foods like...

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My life is so fine
In the valley of bliss
In the trees of pine
Wife to hold and kiss,
No moments amiss,
Rachel is her name,
My hearts true flame.

The river doth glimmer
With its bed of glass
A positive shimmer
Banks of...

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I sat with rum and Joan Baez the other day
Writing up three poems in Bombay
One short  another crooked
Yet not quite a disaster
The other long and sad
Not very bad but still not much more
Than a...

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It’s funny;
I can never tell how much someone means to me
Until they’re walking out of my life.
I take everyone for granted:
Write their stories 
But forget their presence.
Praise their company
But forget to thank them for it.
I...

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Zila 'the killa' chinchilla as he was known
Sat in his villa on his golden throne
He was a marvel a maverick a real joker
A prancer, a chancer, a lifelong nonsmoker 
Our boy 'the killa'.
Never mediocre, always...

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Rickity Ragity  by James Edward Lee Sr.
 
Rickity risked
rags while rolling rolls
role playing rogues
rose roused rubbing
rubbish right handed
ricochet retained objective

Rickity Ragity is his full name
He is a rabbit who ain't ashamed
Sewing and gambling is...

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An average human lives around seven dog lives,
four to six cat lives, over twenty gerbil lives
but only three or four chinchilla lives, 
if our lone chinchilla who died at twenty 
is typical and you’re not...

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Bubble gum? Nay, methinks a box of dark chocolates, 'tis best,

A daisy? Nay, methinks a bouquet of velvet red roses, 'tis best,

Pants outfit? Nay, methinks a full-length strapless white silk dress, 'tis best,

Brown coat? Nay,...

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Goddamn Cat
Fuzzy and fat
You stalk the night
And my feet
Now fleshy shredded wheat
Was it love you were after

Goddamn Cat
Orange and black
You crap in a box
Litter on my socks
Do I hear kitty laughter

Goddamn Cat
My wife’s cuddly gem
You...

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Alpha cash warren,
isn't real Ralph Lauren.
It's like sayin pleather,
is some kind of leather?

Vanilla Chinchilla,
is only a dream.
Guess, Miss Diller,
would have loved it.
She was a Scream.

See, Barack Obama,
is not, Ali Baba.
But they knew the Guru,
Those Dudes,...

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"A chinchilla and a chimpanzee walked into a bar," my
grandson says, smugly, with that smile.

Where? I ask.  The U.S.? England? The Neverlands?
He gives me a slow head shake ‘no’.

Kenya? The Isle of Man? Timbuktu?
South...

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