Long Clunky Poems

You know what I think sometimes?
said Allah to Buddha,
Of course you do
and yet you don't.

I think I gave this gift of language
because you have a uniquely humanurtured gift
of comprehending
and transposing
and translating languages thru-out each and...

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Ramapo, New York, a small town
Was rural ... to say the least
Where simple folks lived a simple life
And most residents could rest in peace 

But, tonight was prom night and
The summer evening was unusually cool
As...

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UNDERBELLIES


What underbelly is this 
          containing quiet grasping greed for
my magical sword gifted to me by St Michael ?
       What...

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Leong's watching TikTok on her laptop (as always) and she asks Lisa (an NYC girl) “Are you familiar with the the “downtown girl” aesthetic?”
Lisa’s dismissive, “Yeah, it just looks like Urban Outfitters grunge to me.”
Leong...

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Can somebody please give this uber muff fuller a lyft?
alternately titled: jump starter for clunky, junky,
quirky, xyz mechanic wanted in tow tow -
chassis what I mean?)

As the proud graduated
honorably rolled 2009 Hyundai
Sonata vehicular property
belonging to...

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I was here when television wasn’t…
Movies in color were still a new thing
Cars were mostly black

I was here when jet planes weren’t…
Telephones were bulky and hung from the wall
Most every town had a railroad track

I...

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the snow was falling ...
         the wind blowing it in drifts ... here and there
        and it was real cold
...

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I waited in the foam, alone on the coast.
You were who I waited for. Give
me songs in every key,
pining and desire; be a messenger
bringing love, and I will empty
my heart of everything but you. Skies...

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No lentil beans before bedtime unless...
(alternately titled: unrelenting flatulence)

Ya wanna count bajillion sheep,
but tween gluteus maximus powerful
natural gas explosions during sleep
(ass suspected source) – courtesy missus
she served me lentil beans piled outsize heap

sinister been off...

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Grammar

When it comes to grammar
I always break the rules
I am from the old school
I never adhere to the “do and don’t
 I am a devious character indeed... oh! guess what!

 My Dali lama teaching
Was never...

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we paraded behind him

he in a fawn casual jacket
military badge right breast pocket
over a maroon v neck cardigan
even in summer 
dark blue trousers
sharp crease
hands behind back
hair neatly slicked down -
  stiffly upright

me next aged...

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Times have changed at such a fast rate
With technology I don’t understand
I feel like an alien in my own world
Im so completely out of date!

Oh, for the simple days of little frustration
When the t.v had...

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'If chronic pain were Olympic sport'

Morning shocks me with a jolt
Night time flies like Usain Bolt
If dream of sleep were 'lympic pride
My pain within I'd win not hide
If feeling tired, was winning gold 
My chronic...

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Bullseye, a faithful companion,
Met Woody at a fork in the road.
He's the ultimate horsey champion!
A child's heart is his abode.

The Prospector, Jessie and He
Were going to live forever on display.
Only through clear glass they'd see
Children...

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Anacondas crush to pieces
Bisons sport long shaggy hair
Cheetahs are the fastest species
Dolphins leap into the air
Elephants have large incisors
Fennec foxes, ears like Spock
Great white sharks unnerve the divers
Hyenas are laughing stock
Indris is a type of...

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Scrounging my barren streets for mental calories
Hands tied trying to eat another temporary solution
Each new moon one eyelet closer to certain fragility

Countless pounds of synthetic leather,
Cork and carbon rubber 
Now among the withered
In the vastness...

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A ship's cook 

The sea is dark, clunky, and calm today
 slowly undulate 
turns white where the ship's bow has plowed a furrow
that stretches for miles.
Gulls still follow us, shrieking and waiting for the cook to
throw overboard waste...

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The Car I Remember Best

By Elton Camp

Over the years, many cars have come and gone
The one I recall with most detail I didn’t own

I thought it was the most beautiful I’d ever seen
But that way...

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Many years after leaving London
I return to the city 
it is still dreaming of better days.

I am burdened with landscaped memories,
recordings taken with out-of-date electronics;
one is a Betamax video player,
the other by a VHS machine,...

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“You are not aware of the depths of your own soul.”
“How can one know if one feels it fully or partially?”
“One cannot know.”
“I am confused and I am suffering.”
“Yes.”
“Though I am also grateful and full...

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Made In China
Your electrical items stop working one by one
First the kettle stops boiling even tho the red light’s on
Then your microwave stops heating tho it turns round
It gets fixed and works for a week...

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I’m so sick of feeling small,
But too big to fit,
And not small enough,
But too small to speak
(Not enough room for words).
Silenced.

Do not make me feel small
You make me feel small
So much makes me feel small

And...

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I don't have a brain.

I have brain soup.

I can't think.

I can't feel.

I can't hear.

I can't sleep.

I don't remember anything good.

Who are my friends?

What do I like to do for fun?

Where do I call home?

I can...

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I've been trapped in my body for some time now.
Don't  get me wrong,
I can move and talk while things go on around me.
What I really need to do is shoot into the sky,
Leave my body...

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It was a younger time,
a clunky age
a dial-up decade.

Not knowing why
or why he should not,
he sent out needy signals
into the vast unseen
seeking worlds
populated with only females.

Many were drawn into his orbit
many failed to respond.

Eventually a...

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