Long Downer Poems

What's that in your hand?. Let me see.. He said.
It's a picture; that`s Chuck; he is my friend... I said.
You pick your friends kinda young, don't you?... He said.
No, that was a long time ago....

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Ballaraat’s known for its bounty of gold,
and the days of Eureka Stockade,
plus winning horses, on racing courses,
where flanks of the horses are flayed.

And the offer of prize is a bountiful one,
for a winner that’s greeting...

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Breaking apart by the minute minutes 
Feeling myself, departing from misfits 
Bold and brazen I wish to be so madly 
Enviless and free I want to be badly

I'll drink to that and be a fat...

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Password Paranoia

Hey, how did you do that?
Do what?
Open that can?
I used the can opener.
I KNOW, but where did you put in the password?
What password?
The CAN OPENER password!
I stare at my 4-year-old grandchild, who is scowling...

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"Debby Downer edition"     posted 5 Jul 2021

the chill pill you took this morning      appears to have been a placebo

misery loves company     ...

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He blew away…he blew away my sadness
My damn despondency…
He’s making fun of me…
Don’t laugh at me, I envy
Your smile… I’d run the extra mile
Just to be with you for only a little awhile
Tell me if...

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It hurts when you realize your the person you never wanted to be
When your smiles are just a disguise to cover a frown
When laughter just comes when it hear everyone else s
When our torn down...

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An early awakening, to relish the sun rise,

The warmth it brings into my heart suppressing cries,

Sharing and chatting over coffee with my adorable sunshine,

Heart filled laughter and lovingly touching, so sublime,

Our openness to each other,...

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Mornings are dreadful time in life unless waking beside gorgeous woman hopefully 
a not married one  husbans can be such a downer.
And when ya wake to a warm beautiful creature by your side.
And the...

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I drove down the boulevard as I did a thousand other times
Passing by the aged blue-gray house - the bachelor's pad across the street
Hunkered down like storm clouds in a mist of yesterday's legacy 
And...

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Dear valentines day,
 
         I write you a letter to say let me count the ways it sucks when you make me feel 
deprived. It sucks when...

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Elsie the cow was slower than molasses,
that's why they finally decided to put her out to pasture.

With Stormin' Norman around you'd tremble with fear,
because all around him was lightning and thunder in the atmosphere.

I try...

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Follow the Yellow Brick Road
So the song say

Follow it, follow it on down to something
Something good to make your day

Follow the Yellow Brick Road
To your own personal OZ, your own land of fantasy

And leave behind...

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"Alcohol does not solve any problems but again, neither does milk" anonymous

Only my family finds this being the best line anyone ever came up with, we've laughed a lot about it
I have laughed about it
Only...

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His life is an act, put on in an attempt to feel normal. ?But I don’t think he understood that the lies made her feel horrible. ?He pulled her in with stories of surviving the...

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Okay! Okay, just gimme a minute, or maybe even two.
It's just like you to pull up a chair just so I can sit next to you.
But I know you well enough not to fuss about...

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He made me float…he made me beam with glee
I was once so sturdy…so robust with reverie
but, now I’m a sunken ship…everything’s gone unfortunately
Sponging in misery that I thought has disappeared into the reckless sea
Oooh…I must...

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She is odd, they said.
She won’t talk to you.
She is stuck up.
She is mean.

He did not believe them.
Them who had lied about him also when he was the new kid.
He sat with her during lunch.
They...

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That lifestyle’s bringing you weakness 
It’s the reason you feel defeated 
Use that booze and beak less 
Or the downer is repeated 

Clarity brings peace of mind 
pollution caused by toxic lines 
carrying a release...

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A Reader Asks

Of the books that you’ve read
Which ones were the best?
Which ones caught your fancy?
Which ones passed your test?
Which ones made you laugh?
Which ones made you cry?
Which ones would you toss?
Which ones would you...

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(MAYBE YOU SKIP THIS ONE HUH)

All alone, with nothing to think of.
But thoughts warning of
bad things, to come.
Things, you dont want to entertain.
Things you really don't want to play the game.

Visions, swarming all too conveniently.
Them,...

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I'm often asked to pony up for someone else's problem,
But not that many friends have ever asked me for asylum,
Or even come to visit me when my own life's a downer,
Might loan me shovel (would...

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When you felt yourself get close
You slammed your door shut
You didn't wanna take that chance - 'cause you thought you'd get cut
What I had done up until that point seemed never to be enough
You said...

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Bro, you tell me you got to get your wisdom teeth out.
Bro, I tell you you're gonna shake in pain, and cry and pout.
Bro, your response is you're damn excited about the pain killers.
Bro, I...

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Enjoy life
And be without me
All I've ever done
Is hurt your character
And the people around us
You must not allow me
To speak with you anymore
I am not the type
To fulfill others in any way
And I'll only bring...

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