Long Clear off Poems

© 2011 (by Jim Sularz)
(The true story of Frank Eaton – AKA “Pistol Pete”)


There’s a saying out West, know by gunslingers best,
that’ll deep six you in a knotty pine casket.
One you should never forget, lest...

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...It was early fall when the trouble came
to the Sperry’s and the Circle-S Ranch,
a dozen bandits came riding in hard,
shooting their guns in an entrance grand,
they thought none would dare make a stand,
but the punchers...

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I used to be into politics,
I would shout loud, and chant, and march,
believed we could change everything
if only we could be in charge.

Get new blood into hallowed halls,
the old paradigms we’d wreck,
but neither me nor...

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Shirley Brown was a very beautiful girl, 
And her brunette hair 
Hung down her back 
And as the wind blew thru the window, 
It waved around. It waved around.
She was making sandwiches,
And was packing them...

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You bet he's real,
He oft scratches at my door...
Not like Christy's cheesey racoons...
Guess she don't rate the grand tour...
I told him to go stalk Christy...
While she's listening to
Shiveree's "Goodnight Moon"..
(I'd recommend to everyone, on You...

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I squeeze in on the horse’s side,
spurring the mustang to a trot,
he makes his way on this trail ride,
up a hill to a sunny spot.

Three others are along with me,
two strangers and guide, the owner,
there...

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Up but Down…part-5

“Poor place”, the spectral humming of the winds
Seems to tell, “the hills too would have to lose
Their birthright just like everyone of us.
On the way upward, somebody points

To a pitiful mile or so...

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“Step into my office, young novice
Clear off the tears from your face
Because they’re pointlessly burrowing into orifices
Tuning wounds that will bloom into a fixed gear race
Shift from fifth gear to disgrace
And if you don’t have...

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All alone in a bush downstream
Where not a soul was likely to dwell
Pinned against the green grasses, a young girl
Injecting her ruthlessly, a cruel hunk
At my sight, off he fled

A rape victim an innocent soul
Her...

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Architects
-Walter Rossman

In these ruins, a peculiar place
within the rubble, sanctity abounds here
and stand you will, straight, respectful
as you see the shattered idols of a previous people
erased.
one finds an engraved tablet
rustic yet visible enough
sees one, in...

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The frost is in my toes, 
                            ...

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III.
Dan found himself between
the angry mammoth and the cliff.
He had no choice but to retreat,
though the fall his flesh would rip.

Then about six feet down he saw,
a tree growing out of the wall,
at a slanting...

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As an aperitif to understand the essence of thought
Blood of a young tortoise touched my lips
Seldom as it is - pure ichor – I whisper’d in a trot
Let me get drunk on it while deifying...

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My Son

He just doesn’t listen, his mind is not there,
His thoughts are scattered everywhere.
He wants to play, he wants to run,
He cannot be the only one?

The school’s lost interest,
They just can’t cope.
The Senco’s at the...

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I’ve been selfish for a long, long time
Made my excuses then excused my crimes
Didn’t know I was walking ‘long a very fine line
Didn’t see I was after what was already mine

Yes and I don’t need...

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10/26/12
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Deep into the world of mystery I find my heart buried
Until from tear-filled eyes my mind pours deep water
A sprinkled light so distant somehow comes to view,
But I am stuck in miserable muddle and I...

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The kettle, 
Sits and waits
Liquid state, a click, it's on
AWAKE
Like a dormant volcano ready to erupt, it's ALIVE
Turmoil is brewing.
The countdown has started
Panic-stricken I clear off the counter as it pulsates like the heart of...

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There is so much talk about “love”
But none at all about “cherish”
One you can fall in and out of
But the other doesn’t perish

The latter is a decision
You make each and every day
To stay beside your...

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Written: December 12, 2023, For Shadow Hamilton Contest
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People can only thrive on this wealth scale
With undying faith, we admire our flag
Sullen calm and...

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Extension cords like life discordant stretch out electric
Powerless they fail the families stumbling in the dark
Who turned off the lights?!

Late night is no time to have these natural catastrophes
Volcanoes need to respect hard working people...

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Modernism 
Has its roots penetrated deeply into 
Barbarism, 
Or still unfathomable depths. 
  
So is History, 
Lamenting over man’s destiny 
Of blooms with  pollens venomous. 
  
Wonder 
Flashes within, how  has...

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ÀWÈRÓ


Àwèró, the only woman squaring my moon
Your beauty is priceless
Your character is just so perfect.

Àwèró, your lips are like lilies
Dropping sweet smelling myrrh
Your eyes are as the eyes of dove
By the rivers of waters.

Àwèró, I...

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Blow away the morning dew
And clear off the heaviness of summer wetness
Times gone are gaunt, your heart is weary
Unbeat the drums of your sordid story
Emancipate your innocent soul
From this spectral link with old life
You are...

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I will uncover
That which you did
Mute yourself
And go off the grid

Here’s where you keep
Your memento hid
To boost its value
Get off the grid

So you think 
You can beat your taxes
Hunt the landscape
Sharpen your axes
The true survivor
Never...

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Partnered with the light is ever darkness
Where wild boys of dune collect themselves
In chariots of steel inside the mind
Cocooned from what once was but now is gone

They ride clear off the edge of night
Rising to...

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