Long Demos Poems

Oh, Democracy,* 
You, the most desirable bride among  
Political systems,
Your suitors many have been throughout 
History  
In every part of the world, you were the one
They were after
But
You declined their proposals, despite the...

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Oh, Democracy,* 
You, the most desirable bride among  
Political systems,
Your suitors many have been throughout 
History  
In every part of the world, you were the one
They were after
But
You declined their proposals, despite the...

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1.
Once upon a very long time in the eleventh century B.C.
There was a king in, Athens, who ruled both land and sea

2.
To all was known as king Codrus*, a mighty warrior was he 
His enemies...

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SPIDER

Eight furry legs
Approaching black blob
Screeeeeeeeeeeeeech


COCKROACH

Periplaneta americana 
Out of planet, preys on women's tuxedo
Blob of fat, smell, monster


JULIA'S HAIR

Chameleon
Gunslinger, sniper
Death,myriologue


O SPACE

A junkyard
Sepulcher of machines
Requiem

CROW

Squawk 
Squawk
Gasconade 


LIZARD

A baby lizard
Drops on my hand
Check in


TELEPHONE BILL

Krinngggggggggggggg
Krinngggggggggggggg
Pay your bill today...

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The Circus Fat Man

This unusual man is truly a real sight to see as
“The Circus Fat Man” for a local Cajun circus.

He takes a sense of definite pride in being known
by this distinctive moniker, while...

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Ode To a Ululele
A soprano uke was what I had
A birthday present to me from Dad
 And with a Mel Bay book “How to Play”
I practiced a little every day
Learning chords is quite a fight
...

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WORLD  OF  WAR   -  VIETNAM

Again and again I see it, I hear it -
The shudder shudder of the blades 
Beating the hot sweaty air, 
Swooping low overhead.
The shrill shriek as...

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Frio En El Alma

Siento frio en el alma - puez helado esta mi corazon.
por un mal entendido que me ha causado un gran
dolor.

Mi corazon esta herido, y mis ojos lloran de tristeza,
y de dolor. Que...

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A Golden Calf came through our old town for people to worship whether deft or daft.

If anyone impedes this Olympian flame in disporting procession coming from this flawed 

home (like all ours) of demos kratos...

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The world shifted and here I stand
A tired and lethargic man
Who demos death to avoid life
It hurts to think, just close my eyes

A crippled cell ruined the richest man
And the poorest isn't safe now
A gaping...

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Oligarchy - From the Greek, olígos, meaning few,
	hence, those guys over there, with their 
	hands in their garments; They say they'll
	tell everyone what needs to be done.

Monarchy - Mon, variant of man, man being the...

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He said “I’ll song-write till I die.”
They said “You’ll wise up in time.”
But as the decades drifted by
His mind was filled with rhyme.

He kept his demos by the bed,
Back to 1972,
And the s--t the publishers...

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Spiritual Listings

By Mark D. Stucky
HGTV loves flipping homes
for fun and improved listings.
Houses, although important shelters,
are impermanent human structures.

Human spirits, in contrast,
are eternal…but need restoration.
Inspections show we have
cracks in our foundations,
seeping leaks in our minds,
hardened holes...

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Deep in the shrine, sins
Deep in the courtroom, injustice
Deep in the costume, exposure
Deep in the constitution, lawlessness

Inside the adulthood, puberty
Deep in motherhood, breastlessness
In the paternity, womankind
In the smiles, sorrowfulness

Inside the forces, idleness
On the holiness, sacrilege
For...

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Going on down to the demos today
the last farmer has been put away.
They shot him down
just outside of town.
Police found him in his own cornfield,
where he resisted and  refused to yield.
Since his were crimes...

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El escritor construyo su casa
 en una colina con vista a la bahia’ 
en un pagina en blanco.

El author sella la puerta con suenos 
y promesas rotas y colgo’ la cabeza
Entre las manos.

Su tristeza era...

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Selected Politicians

You voted
You mean it

Now not
Represented

Impeach 
Them, yes

All the
Demos

All the Repubs
And yes 
Independs

None spent
Time with
Their constituents

Voters
Careless

Vote for
Them

Let them
In

Vote for
For me

I am
Freed literary

Vote for
Them

Someone
Wins

The ballot
Box stuffed

Got voted
Out

Complains
Promises

No one
Honors them

A vote
For me

Sets you
you free

All's left
Is to

Impeach
Me

Selected 
Politicians

...

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Loose cannon fires a sure salvo;
Aim for quick wit to spring wild jest;
Urge can fashion as pun demos;
Grip humour's fit in silly fest;
Hurl a new joy with banter mild;
Throw a joke there with metaphor;
Embrace fond...

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