Long Dooley Poems

Fortunately, when I was young, what I perceived - 'my kingdom' - 
spanned - and I'm not kidding you...seven - city - blocks!
But being neither worried about - nor having fully mastered - 
the tricky...

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Three states
in five hours.
Maybe we’ll stop somewhere nice
like a KOA campground.
A kid can hope. It’s hot and it would be great to go for a swim. Instead we stop at the liquor store,
dad buys a...

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I’ve never put a candidate’s bumper sticker on my car before—
why not take sides—what are you waiting for?
Death puts a stop to daily low intensity warfare but in the meantime—
     ...

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Not On The Menu



Sister girl don’t judge the brothers at

The zip mart with oily stained jeans

And dirty fingernails, judging him not clean

Turning your head, 

Sighing with dread

Thinking he got a nerve to look your way.

It...

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Time drags on in this chair, 
 As I wait for the brilliant one.
Each time the door swings out, 
 I look for him to say he's done.

Minutes turn into hours, 
 and all I...

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Honey, I'm home!! Did you miss me at all?
Where are you?
Yoo-hoo, anybody home??

Have you been extra good, and mmmm
the house seems so fresh and clean, wow!

Did you eat right? 
A-mazing! You actually washed the dishes!...

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To Take or Not Take Turn

Did truly become traumatic
Result of semantic that is static
That you will often experience
And not making much sense.

While waves watched were wretched (Wow all w's.)
In sand patterns were etcheded 
Heard some...

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look around
you can always
find a bread
crumb or
piece of
string

some have been
compromised
suddenly
stop
when
with any

food trail come
hungry animals
including people
unknowingly eat
what may have
led to your

destiny

victory in death
following back
the string path
after killing
Minos' son
Minataur

or from the cookie
jar crumbs that
may lead to death
in...

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Important part news plays
Does amaze when God will raise
Me up so Him can praise

have been enduring
we need news reassuring
Can be curing

mad mistake truly
hung down head like Tom Dooley
riders are unruly

when we joined news club
ended up...

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She was 79 years old when she passed away.
She was my aunt and her name was Ina Mae.
When a relative passes away, it's always sad.
Ina Mae was the only blood aunt that I had.

She was...

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On March Seventeen on St. Paddy's Day 
Finbar and Connor drank close to the bay          
they ate green saltines 
and caught wild sardines 
but without any...

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