Long Cupcake Poems

Dedicated to the 2000 National College Football Champions, the Oklahoma Sooners 

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Over fifty years, boy and man, I’ve been a Sooners fan
Watched and reveled in their glories, every one;
But there’s no more glorious “Sooner Magic”...

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Date  October 2040

The children were in the dining 
Room and having a meeting of
Their own. Amadeus spoke 
"We need to be honest with 
Ma Auntiema and Dad and tell
Them when we don't like 
Something...

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People often say I talk a lot, but I hardly think that is true,
Like the whispers about the bluebird, of which he never knew.

Talking helps a lot with my job, which is in public relations,
As...

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***Do me a favor, readers...also, read the second part of this lyric. If you don't, I'll be disappointed...I worked hard on this song. I wrote this all night...took me from 11 PM to 2:30 AM...

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I flung my bloodied bathrobe onto a dusty mahogany bureau and roared: “Did we frighten
the scarecrows tonight, my love? Whose catch was it anyway? Yours or mine? We invited 10
guests to our dungeon this evening....

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Ever been treated like you’re a slice of cake?
By the kind of sleazy men that slither like a  snake?
They’re not the type to give, they’re the kind that always take.
To all the women, listen,...

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A game of musical chairs has just begun in earnest. A pot and kettle band arrives 
through the dining rooms’ French doors following the Valentine Queen. A putrid pink 
flamingo with a croquet ball stuck...

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To the girl with strawberry earrings, cupcake eyelids and a confetti lined body.
You are beautiful, 
but not in the way your first lover told you.
Not in the way of demand action. 
To the girl with...

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I felt like I was seven years old,                           ...

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Diamonds are a dangerous commodity.
Topaz brickettes pave lost roads 
for the unfortunate paths 
of bewildered Dorothy's
(and misguided second-removed cousins).
The birthday cards
I send myself,
are never returned to sender;
they're forwarded to you.

Rubies are ominous and a crucial...

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In a quiet town, there lived young Tommy,  
Though folks called him “coward,” he was never balmy.  
His baked goods were famous, a delight to all,  
But when trouble arose, he would...

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"THIS HAPPENED DAYS LATER"


she turned thirty-five days 
ago. 
a few days later, here we are 
fighting as usual. 
on the night of her birthday 
I deliberately dismissed the 
traditional happy birthday 
gestures. 
rude?, maybe. 
heartless?,...

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Once a week while school’s in session…to make one day ‘cooking free’
Deborah makes a meal which we deliver to Ali and her family…

With this week’s meal my grandpa senses were on full alert
for accompanying the...

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HEY TEEN

Hey teen, did you screw up your date ?
Or your crush didn't show up at the school gate ?
And did you swear at the girl next to your crush, yeah the one you hate...

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There once was a robin who flew
somewhat strangely down my chimney flue.
When I asked if she missed
due to morn's heavy mist,
she said, "That, plus I'm fighting the flu".

Unhappy with how much I weigh,
for a long...

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from your first born, when you grab a dusting of talc, crushed with late night feeds, stirring in bouncing and stories on a knee,

adding a layer of stumbled steps, with a batter thickly made of...

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from your first born, when you grab a dusting of talc, crushed with late night feeds, stirring in bouncing and stories on a knee,

adding a layer of stumbled steps, with a batter thickly made of...

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Stepping outside the bakery, sparse trees danced in the late autumn breeze.
She set her cupcakes on the bench to don her gloves and snug her scarf tightly around her face and neck.
Jack Frost is certainly...

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My room is a mess - it's an archaeological record of boredom.
Christmas, Christmas, come on Christmas.
It's 4 days 'til Christmas. Why don't I go to my room and do NOTHING??

The clock ticking sounds like a...

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There are days, when I wonder
Wonder where you are
Wonder where you went
Leaving me alone to defend
 
I hope you would come, every single day
A day is not easy to pass by,
I wish you would just...

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When this happened it caught the world off guard
An epic scene, a memory that you could not discard
Who would have guessed these two titans of obesity and tooth decay
Would break so many kid's hearts in...

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1 3/4 cups = all purpose flour
1 tsp = baking powder
1 tsp = baking soda
1 tsp = salt (opt - to taste)
1/8 tsp = ground cinnamon (opt - to taste)
1/8 tsp = ginger (opt -...

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It's not just the colorful display by mother nature,
With her painted trees, nor her whispy clouds,
Escorting in the premier chills of this sweet time to be alive,
Or the eye treat of our little dressed up...

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There's no reasonable explanation
To how this all went down
When the world woke up one morning
All made up as clowns

Not a single person in the world 
Did this phenomenon not claim
With big red buttons on their...

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I will have a lizard lollipop please.
Brown lizard or polka dot? Eyes or no eyes?
Long tail with a hook or short tail with a V?
The line waiting to order shuffles her feet.
White or red? Pink...

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