Long Dry cleaning Poems

 

"Tears, grief, memories and tributes of respect. "

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Dapper Drac had a panic attack, and topping off the dread
His trendy boots clashed with his suit, plus his white shirt was stained red

Sure his hair was right, and dynamite, as seen in the mirror
Yet...

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(10/25/12)

The black days of history that many do not know
And many refuse to accept - of how the black man
Helped AMERICA to be the greatest country yet.

They was brought here as slaves because the 
Color...

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Death came a knocking while I was out
He did not have time for me to be about
Up at five before the sun
Picking up what I left undone
Coffee black cup after cup
Trying to get my body...

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a skinny, dreamy-eyed boy in a suburban Jesuit school 
showed up in your English class...to learn a bit of class.

you taught me Milton, introduced me to Stevenson,
made this boy make sense out of words 
directly...

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Don't come, do not come
Do not come to my funeral
Do not come to my burial
Stay home in a quiet room
To read my God-given poems
Be inspired and turn them into songs.

You were absent in my life
When...

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I was walking through Woodruff Park
again today, although it felt a little
bit more like swimming; I had to backstroke
my way through viscous Summer air. 
As I stopped to catch my breath
and towel off, I saw...

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Action begins and the scene is occupied by two living trays
succumbing to powerful activities much against dry cleaning services.
Nature once again proves its wonders
as water filled balloons and inverted cups
turn pressing pressures into pleasures
from two...

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Quayside bazaar
Odd artifacts;
Trinkets to go

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Poignant tune
Old memories flood;
Trip to yesterday

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Airport arrival
Homecoming route;
Mid-afternoon buzz

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Laundry lady
Dry cleaning job;
Helpful hints

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Sleepy hangover
My mother's voice;
Dreamy interlude

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Old giant rubber tree
Huge monolith;
Treasured monument

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Abrupt torrential rain
Misty blur ooze;
Traffic congestion

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Newspaper headline
Yangtze River mishap;
Death by...

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Directions of Folding
I saw a horrible accident
Ocean blue papered Holiday dry cleaning
Bundled tight

Not her place to cross
Not between the lines
Ignored directions

She flew
High
Confetti tossed skyward
Red, green, blue, skin
A holiday popper
So odd to see a body fly
Twist,...

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Hats of to cats,
They have no trouble smelling rats,
All they can eat for free,
Always someone to pay the vet fee,
Sleep anytime, anywhere,
Never working in the midday sun,
Nine lives full of fun,
Always places to hide,
Not often...

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GUYS WHO WORK IN THE ZOO

Laryngitis specialist for the giraffe 
A dozen  lozenges for her calf
 
Dental assistant doing fillings 
Or bridgework for baby crocodillings

Pest control officer for monkeys
But I don’t  gotta eat...

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Val’s daughter was picking her nose
Then wiping snot on Val’s new clothes
When Val finds sticky mess
Of green slime on her dress
The distress in her quickly rose

Green bogeys all over her sleeve
So slimy they make poor...

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