Long Dealership Poems

VI.
It came at night, from a local precinct;
Whitney and one of her friends was in jail.
They’d robbed a gas station and shot the clerk,
suspects for murder, and there was no bail.

Miles quickly ran down to...

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Ah, the life surreal.  Nothing like wearing the weirdness like a greatcoat as I sip bad hotel coffee and muse over where the last few years have taken me while watching ice flow around old...

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Booker MaCline stared out with his young eyes
at the rolling hills and trees of great sizes,
West Virginia’s landcape, so much different,
the plane ride here every dollar had spent.

It was quieter then old Chicago,
who's slums for...

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Volga – 4

to the homoeopathy phial
standing on the traffic-island 
why it appears 
within her womb
the number of germinated nights
stolen without a kiss
is too little

is then it true 
if all the chanting of Harinam
can’t be withdrawn...

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I remember when I was a little younger I was thirty-one I was self-employed had my own business But being a child of God I choose to allow my thought process to change being a...

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He dreamt of car races and our sunny California beaches.
Of tanned women playing volleyball. Yes, all were within his vibrant reach.
Porsche-mania, though was his all.
Some talk endlessly of dreams coming true, but Bruce, followed them. He
packed...

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Misuse of services by force or labour without payment
To get over this be patient
We’re getting the repayment
No haste, just wait there are rules to follow
Article 23 forbids this so you just swallow
Just cause remuneration is...

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Wishing the time would stop 
I got rhymers block
But I a shine a lot 
 Listening to mines & PAC 
Music confused when my time will start 
Influence by the recruitment oF Noah's finest ark...

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There she was in plain view, clean, brightly colored, and not undercover.
As nice as she was, I don’t know why she was still there and not discovered.
She sat there quietly in a sales lot of...

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When I was a just little girl
Daddy told me a tale
About how I’d find my Prince
Then I’d wear a wedding veil

He said...

Your Prince will be brave and strong
He will keep safe you from harm
He’ll always...

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Suzanne – supporting character.
18 – year old who needed a job over the summer, and took the job at     
The dealership on a dare from her friends, who said she could...

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I stand outside pacing black bard sitting on lines of grateful destruction,
Photos of lake mass grace me trapped like snow ball cage,
Died as the sky glimmer cold in April,
Looking on dark tosh of the wend,
Hearing...

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I met Elizabeth
during my flirtation with English Literature in 1963. 
Another lesbian, 
pretty blonde with 
soft hands and beautiful legs. 
I used to pick up Elizabeth 
at the counselling center 
where she was trying to...

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Give me the eyes to see beyond the lies in the heart
Show me your clean hands without dirt
show me your hunger for power
That leaves wanjiku in a warm shower
Hold my hand and lead me to...

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Dude, guess what?
Yesterday, I got to go through my dad’s dealership
and pick out a sweet ride for my 16th birthday!
It’s a convertible, dude
It’s a hot rod, dude
It’s red, dude
It’s a hot, hot rod
And it’s got...

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I swear I was an innocent bystander
when the mirrored metallic hotdog crossed the planes
of surreal and subconcious.
I witnessed the takeoff faster than a time touched
woman in a suburban grocery store 
when the last carton of...

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I am barely living proof that life hurts
I've had a life's worth of pain
And my regrets have been my life's work
Try to write my way through it
But can never find the right words
I just jumble...

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A doctor is just like a good mechanic but unless your body is broken down, there's no need to panic. Avoid unnecessary trips to a dealership, some diagnostic tests are only a rip. Be an...

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A Clerk's Lament

A Clerk's Lament to the question “nine percent sales tax?” 
“I'm just 22 and I simply don't care. 
What's the point? 
I cannot change anything and going nowhere.” 

“That'll be one hundred and...

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she said
sleep
i thought
she said
jeep

so i
took her
for a test
drive
and

found
a few
gears
tight so
might

grease
them some
then give
another
hum

but
now i find
her body
paint was
just

cream
so i'm
enjoying
the ride
trying

to decide
should i
or could
i check
another

chassis
no she's
classy
and
i

know my
wheels are
spinning so
why would
i

even
think of
another make
or model since she
is such a take...

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