Long Cozy up Poems

“Just when he thought he’d had all he could take,
April arrived like a careless mistake.” 

From DRIVING DIXIE DOWN by Anonymous Brown
Smithstonian Folkways Recordings catalogue # 317-704-1106

When something is broken, it’s no longer of any...

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Into The Heart Of A Soulless Existence

Damn these flies! 
There must be a half dozen of them 
Buzzing around my tiny room here, 
Buzzing and humming spasmodically, 
Like tongue-less eunuchs 
In a locked church full...

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Inside A ‘72 Econoline

This old green van has a musty smell to it,
Like a pair of sweaty rancid socks
Mixed with half-empty beer cans.
It’s a banged up thing, this ’72 Econoline.
Scratches and mysterious dents 
Cover its...

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What a conundrum
By this, I mean the thought of
You
You tickle at my taste buds
Take me hostage, by death of sweet
Tooth
Can you even stand to blame me
When for so long, I've been
Lonely?

I hate to be such
A...

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It happens every year  

Filled with cheer  

A holiday when we get together  

But it was the weather  

Which made us stay in  

Bar stocked with vodka and gin ...

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...Now I ain't without notoriety,
Fact is.. I'm an old stalker with a walker.
She was big in the Purple Hat Society
and broke her hip,...while playing soccer.

When I met her, she was on the mend,
and she knew.....

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NO MORE WAR
MY HEART CRIES FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD
WAR, EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK THERE IS WAR
WAR IN UKRAINE, WAR IN AFRICA, WAR IN SYRIA
WAR WITH THE PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS
WAR ALL OVER THE MIDDLE EAST,...

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...Now I ain't without notoriety,
Fact is.. I'm an old stalker with a walker.
She was big in the Purple Hat Society
and broke her hip,...while playing soccer.

When I met her, she was on the mend,
and she knew.....

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#1
I go to sleep each night,
For the rest I prize,
And wake each morning,
To my great surprise.
I sip my coffee,
Or drink my tea,
And revel in the luck,
Of being me!
And then one morn,
As the sun grew hot,
The...

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It's three forty two
And I'm feeling blue.
Saw you yesterday
And can't sleep without you.

If you were here
I'd simply cozy up to you
Stroke your face and hair
And fall back to sleep.

It would be a worry free sleep
Because...

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Wild are the spring flowers which win my heart 
wood violets blue, and those Johnnie jump-Up starts
waves of ajunta burgundy glow 
pierced with lost daffodils standing apart
a gourmands delight admired a la carte
'mong seas of...

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The drip drop pidder padder of heaven’s salty tears drags sorrow in tow
The woodland creatures scurry into their cozy sheltered homes,
Fearing the outcome of a splashable ground and a hyperactive sky
The footprints from a busy...

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I cozy up...
the covers tight against my neck
not wanting the cold to seep down further
into my already shaking being
somehow blinded by the fact
the chill was begun deep and long ago
unable to shake the icy beast...

Sleep...

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I cozy up..
not wanting the cold to seep down further
into my already shaking being
somehow blinded by the fact
that the chill was begun deep and long ago
unable to shake the icy beast.

Sleep eludes me..
The tired body...

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A couple checked into a room
In some small town hotel.
They settled in but were disturbed
By some unpleasant smell.

They checked the bathroom – it was clean.
The closet was, as well;
But clearly there was something off –...

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Where we sleep there might be quilts
Or comforters or spreads
Or blankets made in varied styles
To warm us in our beds.

Some might prefer a cashmere throw
Or one hand-knit in wool,
While others cozy up to down
And can’t...

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In the deep blue realms of sadness
Floats the madness of my soul
No happy childhood dreams to cling to
No cherished memories left to hold

A crippled smile hides the weary miles
And scars carved deep within my heart
Ive...

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Rattle snakes rarely cozy up in arm pits
But he was a peculiar type of evil
He wore sinister like a glove

Gray vermin followed him 
Down moldy garbage smelling alley ways
Begging for a piece of his evilness

His...

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Today’s the kind of rain that causes
Rivers in the street
And when you cross, you’re bound to
Wet your toesies and your feet.

The puddles quickly turn to lakes,
Perhaps to raise a flood
And every garden’s sure to find
Its...

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