Long Crackerjack Poems

Poem revised Memorial Day May 30th, 2022 at 1500 hours

Flagrante delict adulterous sordid behavior 
automatically linkedin with Lothario;
an unscrupulous seducer of women, 
based upon a character 
in The Impertinent Curious Man, 
a story within a...

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silently wailing analogy to Moby Dick 
regarding how yesterdays 
prurient laced introductions 
to rhyme in retrospect embarrassingly blows.

Herewith to enliven anecdote ever further,
I inject humorous tidbit
just gimme moment to unload and reach
into psychological metaphorical knapsack
particularly...

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On (Payday) Mr. Good-bar got a (100 Grand) 
and took Maryjane Out on a date.
He picks her up in his (Grand Ferrero Roche.)
With the (Oreo) double stuffed chocolate wheel covers.
Maryjane wearing a Fluffy Stuff cotton...

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A band donned... Around ring finger of left hand

Yes folks (meaning,
whomever espies these lines) alas and alack
I attest thy spouse located future heirloom -
while tentatively asleep in her bivouac
though far less likely,

(yet near more rewarding)
than...

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"I dream of Candy!"

Sweet cakes and peanut butter squares 
A living diabetic's nightmare. --  My heart 
sings to the beat, Under the Neutron Star Crunch
Sweet sugar cookies and peanut butter bars

Taunting whoopers, 
Dancing dum...

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elderly people        some
         with walkers or canes,
teams opposite each other,
       smiling nervously
 on one...

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The day my life went tipsy, weak-kneed and rosy, I met a boyish-man. He had a sidewinder-‘stache and I suddenly fell for a hairy man. Tickled lips like those propose suddenly to a starry-eyed sailor...

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In the recesses of my mind,                             ...

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Penny for the Guy
Penny for the Guy
Please mister 
Penny for the Guy

Nov 5th is close
Still need to finish the guy
Pa’s old clothes, 
Pants, button up shirt, 
Shoes and hat
Stuff and stuff 
Make the guy firm
Plenty...

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Billy left for a little league game. I was coming later with Mom.
Dad was out of town on business.
We got the call before we left the house.
An emergency. Mom left me at the neighbors, ran...

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What would the world be like
If those on top of living  
learn to look down and see the life of others ,
who's struggles and throes to survive for existing,
And learn to stand in one...

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MY HEART WILL STILL GO ON
You can hit me with your words
Kill me with your eyes
Make me trip with your gaze
Melt my heart with your stare
Make my heart skip a beat with your glance
Make me...

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Weddings used to be solemn.
Reverent.
No one spoke as they entered the church.
It was like a funeral only less flowers.
Super respectful air of silence.
Solemn occasion.
We took it seriously.
Even the children entered quietly.
If there was a peep,...

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Down the lane in the summer sun-
that's where I long to go;
down where the trees bend low with shade 
and the creek widens and slows.

Down were the city sidewalk starts
by the road running smooth and...

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A fleeting lapse of confidence before this masquerade
Replays it's ugly monotonous sound, just like yesterday
The sting upon my tear-stained cheek I feel is the last straw
I watch my trembling hand reach out and open up...

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A big "if"
get a whiff
Me? zero.
my hero...

Ben Franklin
wise statesman
scientist
columnist.

Ben's passwords -
Poor Richard's
crackerjack
almanack.

Did Silence
Dogood sense
women's rights
and insights?

Philly fire
would inspire
Ben's brilliance -
insurance

Self-taught, thence
Ben invents
bifocals 
smart mogul.

Next project
he'd perfect
ladder chair
with step stair.

Millionaire
takes a dare
Kites and keys
lightning please.

A new...

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Near water’s edge in evening, a young man
sits on a wooden bench, well-weathered, well worn,
his weary eyes amist.  He’ll one day plan
to bring his daughter here, his second born,
so she can watch the lake,...

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SAMUEL SEYMOUR 1956

Concern for the man who fell out of the box, 
says this crackerjack kid, “someone help him.”
Only five years old, Samuel Seymour
would be the last surviving witness,
nine decades later, who saw the man
in...

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Knick Knack Paddy Whack
Can’t take back a wisecrack
If you wanna be a crackerjack
Earn a greenback from blackjack

Gotta buyback your backpack
Need to blister pack your flapjacks
Evident ebbing of drawbacks
Raises the bar for the sad sacks

The good...

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