Long Dragnet Poems

When facts become fear, pandemonium escalates;
likewise does the proliferation of its collateral damage
and the propensity of the word-play of contradictions:

     “…we’re all in this together…social distancing…”
     “…shelter-in-place…we’re...

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I'd met you, like a lad meeting his neighbor little lass,
Charmed to you at very first sight, I stood like a dumb ass; 
As tabooed lover admiring his darling, I stood far,
Thirst of bathing in...

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A Dragnet RippOFF
DUM de DUM DUM de DUM da DUM
“SGT FrYdaY the man came in the office and eye told him to wait there is that 
right?”
“That's right Bill.” 
“Captain Gannon to you son.”
 “The...

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Momma's in the kitchen frying chicken
Daddy's got the game on the old TV
Two brother's playing and fighting in the parlor
It's just the way things used to be

Momma stayed home and raised us kids
Never had much...

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BLOOD LUST  06/25/2013


What sinister secrets
lurk within my mind,
What raging storms
grip my heart,
What malicious maelstroms
swirl in my eyes,
What demonic forces
torment my soul...
You don't wanna know!

It will only entice you
in its dreadful dragnet
And drag you through
an...

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Well maybe I should apologize 
Maybe using free verse on the internet 
Isn't the best way to vent my health
But its just the facts man like officer Friday on dragnet

I cant really help the misspelling...

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it was the afternoon of
Tuesday, Sept. 26, 1972-
I was a simple college student,
and budding musician....
I was lounging about,
recording thoughts in my journal

1:15 Pm- (imagine, if you will, and can,
the old T.V. show:Dragnet)
my phone rang...
Sgt. Friday...

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Not a soldier of war
MIA'S Caught up in a family of no one cares just drive by
MIA-Mother's Involvements Always cries
Raising infant, toddler, teenaged boys alone what for
Cousin Charlie sitting on the steps
Not even knowing it's...

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Each moment, like life itself, is a pleasant knock,
This, like the spring surprises, unlocks each time clock;
And unpacks puzzling feelings like Pandora box,
Making me take hold of my lifeboat like a cox...

Knocks are manifold like...

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Urban legends: The They

My grandmother always believed 
When one watches t.v.,
there‘s an unidentified they inside
Watching you back, as they spied
in your house, on your habits, straight through your privacy
Who is this they engaging in domesticated...

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  Do you recall?
Felix the cat,
Or Taxi and Kojak.

Fantasy Island and 
Starsky and Hutch.
Monty Python and
The Brady bunch.

   Saturday cartoons and
Mission impossible.
 Batman and The Streets 
of San Francisco.

   Cling...

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We had Gumby
 and Pokey,
And Sanford & Son.
   We had Mark Spitz,
And Monty Python.

   We had Lenny Bruce,
And Chips.
   We had the Sex Pistols,
And A Ballroom Blitz.

  ...

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Waking-up with bird chirps and meow of my pet
Midst-summer heat I found the green carpet grass wet
Diamond dust dew drops were seen so serenely set
Gleaming! Glistening! Could these frail ones live long, yet?
Isn't their very...

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Waking-up with bird chirps and meow of my pet
Midst-summer heat I found the green carpet grass wet
Diamond dust dew drops were seen so serenely set
Gleaming! Glistening! Could these frail ones live long, yet?
Isn't their very...

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Had Heard Church Comment Horn Haiku

had heard church comment
commandments contained in cement
we always knew what they meant
stop Southern accent
all your sins admit
Bible for a beatnik
prepare for advent
go to church should be hell bent
spent down to...

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He say;
Can a man bear all his burden in a day?
While his salty sweat tastes bitter.
He swims in nightmares when he hits the hay,
And wakes up hoping his life becomes better.
She say;
What sweet-sorrow follows my...

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Whistleblowers 
I do not want to know a thing about whatever they tell me it is tainted 
by self interest and veiled threats if you do not agree with the official 
politics you must be...

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I remember Grandma’s   beauty
  The way she’d grace her smile at me
I remember Grandma’s duty
  Holding family together

I remember the old large home 
  A large yard with a cyclone...

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What sinister secrets
lurk within my mind,
What raging storms
grip my heart,
What malicious maelstroms
swirl in my eyes,
What demonic forces
torment my soul...
You don't wanna know!

It will only entice you
in its dreadful dragnet
And drag you through
an undead necropolis.

I thirst...

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Things Grow Legs

Sometimes, I swear, things grow legs
Recipes, scissors, car keys in place
But when I look they move away
To floors, newspaper piles – hiding spaces.

We almost hear them laugh, or sneer, 
“Catch me if you...

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Remember Andy Taylor
And his sidekick, Barney Fife
Maybe the best show ever
In our entire life

Just the facts, ma'am
As Joe Friday used to say
Dragnet was the ultimate
Police show of it's day

Gentle Ben was just awesome
You gotta love...

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Golly, where do I start when there are so many of them
Some B-Movie actors but so many are gems

The third movie he starred in was with Hannah in Splash
A mermaid so cute, boy her squeals...

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they come in day by day
some with vacant stares
while others pace listlessly amongst the others
some chatter to somebody I can't see
and others challenge the workers behind the appointment desk
for some kind of reaction

just now
he came...

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Desire and aversion at play
Opposing poles of a magnet
Duality thus, does hold sway
Confining is in this dragnet

Thoughts fickle, due to attachment 
Desire and aversion at play
Unless we rest in contentment 
We’ll oscillate each night and...

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Behind his endless daydream, behind his boundless self-esteem, what's picking up steam?
Swines Capture Team, proceeding plans stacked ream over ream, as well as their seamless dragnet scheme.

Hush money he can pay, for impunity he can...

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