Long Constables Poems

In a sleepy old hamlet in Northeastern Maine
on old Knob Hill Road, there is a house,
a very old house,Victorian I think with
with what looks like old bell towers on either end

But they aren't really bell...

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Before it’s too late

Distant bells clatter on cloud fed weathered skies where
darkness creeps past low light vestibules, faded beams flicker 
Short skirts wave in a winter wind, breezy attributes
revealing fishnet thighs calling to the next...

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My God!My God!
Why have you forsaken us?
Even now the whisper of wheels
On the track
Convulses me with tears.
What more could I have done?
Where did I fail?

You, the least selfish of men,
Dedicated to your students and staff,
Devoted...

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Jack and Jill went up the hill

This was never in dispute

It was how Jack fell down

With severe lacerations to his crown

That the jury had to conclude

Jill had a bun in the oven

The news was all...

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Many are the 'characters' I met while serving my nation.
Seems there's always one who stands out in every organization!
In Bermuda (where I fought the Korean War) was such a cuss.
He was my bunkmate and he...

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You once dragged five cops to my house,
bursting out laughing as I hid like a mouse,
plucked in the wings like a poisoned grouse.

You were drenched, wearing one shoe,
looking as if you fell in the stew,
tossing...

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James Foley a rebelious man within his clan 
Lends a hand to his neighbour's eviction and land 
Decided in a church yard chat of alarm  
A process served on a man is evil and...

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I met you outside a ransacked footlocker
Your fingers touched mine, entwined 
As we pushed a Tesco’s trolley
Through the window 

Shards of broken glass fell upon your shoulders
And into your hoodie
Like glistening amethysts
Flecked in their reflected...

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A misfit in Liverpool 
I think of oranges saw a painting by Constable of a morning sun 
that looked like blood orange dripping nectar down on some 
fishermen trying to catch eels on the dark...

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INSPECTOR ABUJA

Wonder why when abuja...
has proved over and over again..
that hes capable of just about pullin..
any stunt from his warped brain..

abuja became a police inspector
chasing thief complete with a gun..
a loaded gun.. uniform police coat..
nothin...

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Why marrying a poor ?
It is good to ask many riches 
Who fallen in love with poormen or women. 

Sometimes rich
 people say , " 
marrying
another  
rich , 
it 
is 
an 
open
competition 
in 
life , 
better...

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Twas back in the eighteen sixties   
When Shaw began to fake   
And produce silver forgeries, 
A fortune so to make.

He set up making English coins
From cheap alloy of tin.  ...

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MOON RAKERS

The old tale goes in Wiltshire when
They wisely played the parts of fools
In deception of the Revenue men
Employed dumb faces and farming tools

The Brandy kegs you see were hid
In village pond sunk out of...

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Constables Dogberry and Verges have Don John's cohorts that are bad.
The two men in their custody are named Borrachio and Conrad.
They confessed their involvement in the plot to shame Hero.
Don John took advantage of the...

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