Long Hang loose Poems

some wise men
of different bent, ilk,
orientation and time, 
then our own,
prescribed four spice yellow smoothie milk 
to fortify the virtues 
considered natural and proper
by their standards and rules of the game:
swaddling was à la mode
cuddling...

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Push the limits…try to find outlets and coping skills for yourself
Pull away from the urge to throw those childish, languishing fits
Explore and implore with me now
Feels drown away and fade somehow
Hooked to your melody
Haunted and...

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Rugby SCRUM* DANCE for Divorced and Dis-abused Wedding Guests

(Packs made up of eight « players » (see note below) may be formed indifferently : either segregate the sexes or mix them up. No sweat !...

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I don’t have asbestos fingers and my blisters come from the garden
Toiling the soil and growing fine ingredients for such gourmet cuisine
Like ‘throw it all in the one pan dishes’ and crystal ball cooking galore
Never...

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***  Angels Always Nearby  ***


“All day, all night.  Angels watching over me, my Lord.”
                  ...

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Pink and My Buster Browns
                              ...

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If, as hippy folklore claims, it never rains in California,
Then the watermark is never washed out of the phoney cheque,
And when you’re dead and gone there’ll be no one here to mourn ya
For it was...

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Relax, count my breath up to 4
Recall how Jesus chilled on His cross
Pinned like a cool butterfly
Hung like a shroud on the line
The crown of thorns felt fine
The nails betwixt ulna and radius divine
He didn't...

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What is wrong with the people
Today?
  A bunch of dumb people are leading
The way.
 
 Seeks ATTENTION,
You find ABUSE.
  If you hang,
Hang loose.

  Lacking BACKBONE,
Loud and BOASTFUL.
  Mass shooting sprees, 
They...

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Points Above and Below the Line
(Enea Canonises Catherine of Siena)

It's not a thing we go for any more, 
that hierarchy malarkey, but in fact 
the medieval mind set mega store 
by stairs and ladders. All...

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Little Fat Girl

You must not eat all of that!
You will get fat.
See in the mirror, those hips.
Wow girl, you are fat!

Did you wear your hair like that today?
Don't you know, that look makes you look...

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Hammers, Slammers, Polly Pockets, My Little Pony, and Pogs
Back when my big sister collected frogs
Hello Kitty, Kerokeroppi, Badtz Maru
I'm bringing the 80's back to you
American Dolls, Cabbage Patch Kids, Kareoke Machines
These were the 80's toys...

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say what? gibberish jabber and jive
thrown off by  that name design
i’ll pause for hee-larious devilish crime,
just this once, yo!
befriending puzzled game of who i am


roarrr! gotta hang loose and chillax...

click the clock and go...

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This is the day to connect to his higher ground,
An accord to view his wholeness being God.
The highest privilege to talk direct to him, 
Be alone engage to his presence. 

The spirit relax sitting and...

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Let me rap to you about where I'm from.
Sidewalks are broken, weeds grow through the cracks.
The people that use them are like the sidewalks,
broken and bummed out.

They have handles like Turkey, Louie the Bum, Sand...

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SWINE LOVE
Henry loved Penelope
it was him that she adored
but Henry grew quite restless
she could see that he was bored.

"Go take a break," she finally said
"this farm is long and wide
i know you've always dreamed to...

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The Ruba’iyat of Créteil Lake – Part One

Lone gold Venus nears the sickle moon in the late autumn sky
She lies naked dreaming with one leg tucked under her thigh
The pallor of her silvery skin simmering...

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COLOURFICATION

As the charcoal clouds coat the  azure skies,
carnation cheeks duet with a sunny smile
greets, her vermilion lips luscious in lure
speaks. Her hour-glass shape molded sublime
to spring looking olive-coral printed dress. She
walking like a panther...

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You Had No Reason To Pull Me Over

By Elton Camp

It gave poor Fred quite a fright
A siren and a flashing blue light

He was certain he wasn’t speeding
And that other laws he was heeding

He was only...

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I was a shirt filed with straw and rags.
Pants that hang loose. Jeans cuffed pinned uncomfortably. 
Nothing to think of; a hat filled with straw. 
The inability to walk. Pinned to a board. 
Hickory oak.
Chest...

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Ho! Ho! Ho! It's sure a tight squeeze.
I was able to go down the chimney with ease
and miss the bed of coals.
Mrs. Santa is right; I have to start the New Year with new goals.

Everyone...

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"All a man really wants, is a girl who looks good in a bikini." 
                    ...

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You're messed up but im broken 
Drowned in denial 
Was every thing but alice's wonderland 
Took us long to come up with the unspoken
Reality ... too cruel to understand

I'm guilty for wanting to hang loose...

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Photography & Comments by Rico Leffanta

Rico comments:
February 13, 2012  
Hula hands should tell the story, but who is watching her hands?
February 7, 2012  
Finally finished processing Punahou School Carnival photos and think this...

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There's no need to worry, who wants to steal your work?
You think that under every stone, some thieves may lurk;
I wish they would - they may have more success than me,
perhaps they might get the...

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