Long Clothing store Poems

Lake county music company filled with 
slots carney folk real carny folk the little 
pete's illegal gambling road show throughout 
the  Midwest gaming like your idol Frank Peter 
Balistreiri the mad bomber stops Metropolis...

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There is always something to write about
I don’t know what you are talking about
There is always something to write about
So take out your pen and spell it out
I was trying to book a ticket for...

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Miss Kelsey Louisa is only 5 years old.

but she’s figuring out a lot of things about life.

		she knows more than when she was only 4 years old.


Kelsey knows about love.

	it’s the way her dog Sandy...

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To be brutally honest it feels great to be employed
But it wears off quick and I start to feel annoyed
Manager abuses authority
Women work there as a majority
In fact it feels like a sorority
The cycles
The emotion
Cure...

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Baby I keep dreaming of you
Walking down this lonely avenue
Well I saw a picture of you in a clothing store on the wall
You had your famous beauty with you and all
The tangles in my mind...

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In St. Pete 
Where there is heat 
They will compete 
In a game that may not be so sweet 

You see there are these knights 
Who must fend off the herd and all their fights,...

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I loved that old man. 
A weirdo, and the biggest snob 
I have ever seen,  in my entire life.
 
To be honest, 
he is the stingiest person 
that ever tried to present me 
in...

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Platinum blonde, gray eyes like the polluted clouds over a Kiev sky,
heavy black coat covers the dress her mother hated, 
a young woman in heels and hidden flapper dress,
its fringe brushed the skin above her...

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"Parvati and Oxum" or "The Last of Us"
is the concern of a whorish woman
who grew up with five brothers 
and five sisters. Her father and mother bought an Old
barn and made into a home ,"and...

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I listen to the screaming, squabbling, slapping and the slamming
I am perched on the edge of their couch as a non-honored guest,
Refusing to buy into their circus. 
A child rolls on my feet but I...

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Shopping


Will see in every shopping mall
Men waiting out side clothing store
Because their wife or girl friend
Goes in to shop some more

Women will try on every pair of shoes
Before they find the right one
And when they...

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A young man once asked of God,
“What is the value of a life?”
God answered him,
“Take this shiny stone,
Determine its value without ever giving it up,
And you will get your answer.”

The young man took the stone...

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For all these years
How have you been the only one
who has never escaped my memories
What is it about you
What is the secret beyond you
which draws me so very close to you
Silver Winter
was it my chance...

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The height of science and the width of commerce
in my dwelling place they merge
with the ambassadors of understanding
giving me their pledge.
Capturing the seat of the wise
and sitting over it,
covering its edge
as I wear the garment...

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We arose early the next day, the sun not yet up.
Coffee? Yes, we both had a few.
Without a word for each other, we got ourselves ready,
Knew exactly what we had to do.

The bank would not...

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The Bedbugs Come to Call

By Elton Camp

All my life I’ve heard of this pest
In filthy houses they come to nest
Bed bugs you will never detect
Where people have self-respect

It seems now, that’s no longer true
Several things...

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The Bedbugs Come To Call 
  
By Elton Camp

All my life I’ve heard of this pest
In filthy houses they come to nest

Bed bugs you will never detect
Where people have self-respect

But now we find that...

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Comfort

Oh, Lord, is this how it will be? Placid as a frozen lake – savvy as the silver serpent
that moves beneath it surface? 
Must I be the same?
This is simple lucid dreaming is it not?
To...

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I Want It And I Want It Now

By Elton Camp

If the above in e-mail subject line does appear,
That the sender is a loser couldn’t be more clear
Disaster awaits any foolish enough to try to meet
Thus,...

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You're passing by the window
Of a fancy clothing store
Eyes popping in surprise
As your jaw drops to the floor
All you've ever dreamed of
All of this and more
More than enough can't believe your luck
As you hit the...

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Of Spinach and Women

By Elton Camp

Any lover of spinach it has to be feared
Has a taste for women that’s also weird
About his girlfriend, it’s easy to see why
Since the sailor seems to have but one...

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"Too young!" were the words that everyone said,
while working so hard to get a degree.
First time on our own, and fresh newlyweds,
seeking employment, yet happy were we!

In a strange new town, now, a brand new...

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Chilly the Penguin reached his shop and checked his bunch of keys
He opened up his clothing store and hoped that he could please
A spider came in from the cold, some winter wear to choose
He told...

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Phones are dinging. Pinging. Singing.
Different melodies, some loud, most proud.
Skinny girls are walking around, not eating lunch.
Maybe they have not eaten lunch for months.
They are all taller than I am, probably thirteen or fourteen.

It is...

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