Long Doody Poems

and some days sitting, looking out of the
open door, to the tropical sunlit yard, 
feels like being in a Goddam tomb;
but when the long-haired girls walk by 
and smile that smile, everything looks 
better and...

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STOOL MATTERS--
O' crap, whatz wuzz that~!!
Oh, I stepped in and animal excrement, 
specially that of common domestic
 farm animals left in pasture used as fertilizer
Solid matter discharged alimentary canal
Protective covering

~

Excrement, especially that of common domestic...

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If there's one thing I can't stand
(And certainly there are many):
We should lend a helping hand
And give  Haliburton more money.

As D.C. weeps inside
His gold encrusted mansion,
We should set our greed aside
And live for his...

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Do you remember when love was more than a four letter word
And holding hands walking down the street
Doing a matinee on a Saturday
Feeling the rhythm of the music in your feet
Playing baseball on an abandoned...

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 Continued from Part 2 


Some kid is spraying Clearasil,
He wants to make his pimples nil;
He paints his breath with chlorophyll;
I’m in the dream of someone ill

I’m fleeing but I feel a goose,
Behind me grins...

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"Puppets like me, we never age,
Nor do I think I'm some sort of sage.

However, I've noticed troubles over the years,
I'd like to talk about them and some of my peers.

Since I'm over 70 years old...

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 The first K-mart 
opens its door.
   Into space we 
start to explore.

   Motown Records is born,
It's from the soul.
   We have new music, 
It's called Rock n...

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My crushes are so numerable, it is crazy to try to remember them all.
When I love you it’s in a full blown puppy way, in your lap with Tarzan’s call.
Sky King, Mighty Mouse, Bugs Bunny,...

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It was 1857, civil tension on the rise,
And the dialogue on servitude found little compromise.
Justice Taney cited precedent in making his decree: 
“A slave is not a citizen; it’s private property.”

Nine old white men in...

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I was only five years old 
when I was first introduced 
to Howdy Doody, a wooden 
puppet with a continuous 
smile who was manipulated 
by an invisible puppeteer who 
the peanut gallery of children, 
parents...

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Sitting in the “Peanut Gallery”  in the centre of Doodyville
Clutching my Clarabell Clown Marionette , such a Thrill
No tangled strings, on my gift from Mom  and Dad Vacing
Buffalo Bob says ”Please put on...

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Hop Scotch,
Whoola Hoops,
Metal Skates,
Skinned knee fates.

Tricycles,
Bicycles.
Motorcycles,
Dripping popsicles.

Hot wheels,
Pin wheels,
Bob Barker's big deals
Spinning on all wheels

Paper dolls,
Sillly phone calls,
Cartoon bits,
Howdy Doody skits.

Mickey Mouse,
Mighty Mouse,
Minny's Micky's spouse,
Vist Little Rascalls club house.

Poodle skirts,
Ben Casey shirts,
Castles made, digg'n dirt,
Boy...

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Back in the olden days
 my age of once upon a time with relatives and strangers
 filled the radio episodes of Silver and the Lone Ranger
 where The Shadow crept in Inner Sanctum threats
 and...

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Hey, kids – know what time it is?
If you’re like me, well, I’m
Remembering just what that meant – 
“It’s Howdy Doody time!”

Now Howdy was a puppet
On a children’s TV show.
(Technically, a marionette,
In case you’d want...

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Go on, devise your schemes,
          it won't work on me, brother.
 I'm wise to it, it's comically predictable. 
       ...

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We are the generation,
born between 1946-1964,
grew up watching shows
like Howdy Doody and
Captain Kangaroo,
Leave it to Beaver,
Hazel, Father Knows Best
and Gidget,
too many to mention but
I'm sure there  all there
on the internet,
grew up listening to rock...

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I went down to the riverside
Catch myself some dinner
I went down to the riverside
Only caught a minner

I met up with a fat raccoon
I said,"Howdy doody."
He said you're fishin' in my hole
Coon was kinda moody

I went...

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It’s Howdy Doody Time!
It’s Howdy Doody Time!
If you know this rhyme so nifty,
Your childhood was probably in a fifty.

Remember the advertisers promoting color TV?
This was when we all had black and white, you and me.
Howdy...

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Baseball cards and hula hoops
  Baloney sandwich, Campbell’s soup

Howdy Doody and Mickey Mouse
  Mamie and Ike in the White House

American Bandstand, Rock 'n Roll
  Elvis the Pelvis, Nat King Cole

Pez Dispensers and...

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He was quite a famous celebrity.
He co-starred with Bob Smith on “Howdy Doody”
Everyone could see him on post-war TV.
Not one child in the studio would bear a frown.
They were entertained by “Clarabell the Clown”.
 
However,...

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Good Fortune of Bill Doody

By Lake Kilarney, Bill Doody sat
And he was to poor to buy a hat
Wife and grawls starved inside
Just last winter one nearly died.

So sadly sat by himself all alone
A face before...

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Cry me a river cry me a river

Pry open a time thorough outlet of crime

Ring me no chimes I don't go to church

Fetch  me those keys and set me free

Don't ask where the f**k...

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Gone are the days of poodle skirts and bobbie socks,
classic cars and music that rocks.

The Ed Sullivan show and Elvis Presley’s gyrating hips,
guys racing their cars for pink slips.

No more drive-in theaters or soda shops,
forty-fives...

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Once upon a time
It just got cold and windy.
Now we have felt temperatures
Wind chills
Bombogenesis.

Snow days used to be fun.
NO SCHOOL…..YIPPEE!!!
We would ZOOM down the hills
On whatever would slide
Sleds, plastic “spinny” things,
Occasionally socks
Would replace wet mittens
Plastic...

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I’m sitting by the river.
It’s a warm and sunny day.
It’s lovely to be out here
Just relaxing in this way.

My jacket is unzipped,
My brand-new book is on my lap,
When suddenly a dog squats down
And takes a...

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