Long Ick Poems

Tasting Africa (One L****ick at a Time) Part 1
(Though the title's a joke, my limericks are not!)

1. Life's Always an Adventure (Morogoro)
Can one's life be that safe when all live in a zoo -
Friend on...

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Tasting Africa (One L****ick at a Time) Part 2
(Though the title's a joke, my limericks are not!)

5. Yet Another World Wonder
Feel like now I am older I need to admit
A Safari to Africa costs quite...

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The (tongue In Cheek) Balm...
Of "permanent" Sleep

Abbott, nothing beats the
     immortal heavenly reincarnation
     after mortality odometer
     unexpectedly set to zeros
preparing deceased
  ...

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All these muffled mumble mouths are farting gas,
with a less complex range than an enslaved ahss,
inspiration sadly discarded as they spas,
the rap I grew up with is a thing of the past.

Talent? Witch please, mumble's...

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how many people in your life that have been murdered?
probably none
my grandfather was a war herp
coma tosed
to have his wife a cripple
so i could run away scrambling from bs people for the rest of my...

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On the Sixth Day

On the sixth day God created the animals
Oh what fun creating the animals;
Rolled up each sleeve to create all the animals
On the sixth day.

God made cats and dogs and hogs and frogs
Elk...

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Gloriously "FAKE" Early Boyhood

Yah, ma brew their,
     and American sister golden hair -
     afar and away
book as aye ken ream hem bar,
     yea...

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Behind the fence, not there to play, two junkyard dogs are on the prey
Engines scrapped, and fenders bent, and shattered glass now pays the rent
Heavy pedals, limp and wasted, rusty metal, paint that's faded
It's much...

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(A bit of fun for Thomas W. Case - I think he lives in Iowa)

Hawkeye pride burns bright in Iowa City,
the place where Tennessee Williams learned to curse.

Iowa City hosts the 4th of July, Iowa...

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In Chicago, Mayor RICHARD J ruled the roost DALEY for 21 years,
  Til he breathed his last, giving way to the 'next sir:'  
  A pol named MICHAEL, who was dull and...

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What you say to a cat what a cat thinks

I want to lick everything you look at everything there’s nothing over there for you that’s a bookshelf I know you think you could jump up...

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please don't break the lil bird's wing
with your contagious suffering

cocaine, heroin and caffeine you avoid
just nasty thoughts to fill each void

a great giant hole once housed your brain
actually caught the last train

what about the lil...

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aint no big fan of eggs,
scrambled, well, okay
just like the yellow part,
that's all that I can say...

we go back many a year,
my egg friends and dear old me
there's reasons for my ambivalence,
as you will shortly...

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Being snatched almost detached from reality your vitality depends on the will to seek out the thrills of a former day dreamer now self deprived how will they survive with loss of pride from their...

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A Bug’s Life

I hate bugs that annoy me. 
You know the ones. 
The hit and run, touch and go… hahaha.

At the picnic it is the ant. 
They are really more than one, so ants…
Everywhere, especially...

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Answerable to no one, thoughts are free
Belonging a choice, settle in or flee
Charter a course, any direction
Decide the stops, make a connection
Engineer all you wish to achieve
Find your vision, just believe
Generate always forward motion
Hard work...

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The flab getting clearer
old age coming nearer
My own piece of meat
too bad(she used to be so sweet)
is a butt of nothing(and that is really saying something)
Moby  @ick I am
Salt of the sea or just...

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now what can i say the ish 
this girl tells me alot i can relate to 
cuz shes the one that feels me
that fool mr ledford can go suk a *ick
cuz he aint got the...

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Maria hums to the tune of “Taps” as she scoops out the betta
One red, one blue, Wiggles got ick, now it’s just Padma blue
Doorbell rings, ding dong, Maria rushes to answer, Ahh, Greek feta
The delivery...

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Ah, the con a tried and true dastardly, debased, 
debacle to test the metal of man.
A contextual contrib to the categorization
for rat-ICK-al political fans.
Simply put, the contest is not for the faint of heart.
Testing the...

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You've spun a cotton candy dream
and melted my marshmallow heart.
The pain you caused became ice cream
a brain freeze that would not depart.

Your tears like sugar on gumdrops
and and arms like hooks on candy canes!
Your hold...

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His life felt sick.
Filled with ick

And she was sighing,
inside dying.

Yet, when asked,
her response
entirely unresponsive,
"I'm fine."
puts her compassionate listener
in a double-bind.

Do I ask her if she is intentionally lying
or irresponsibly
out of her self-isolating mind?

Neither one
feels more...

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Wick lit candles provided lead the path to the cemetery
Event that honor loved ones who have passed and are buried
La Catrina walks side by side with kindred spirits marching in sync
Crowns of chrysanthemum flowers of...

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To be Ignored (heads in the air, or maybe noses)

The toilet makes a swoosh, 
The drain makes a giggle.
Grandpa lets go a “big” one, 
and we laughed and laughed. 

Blow your nose, 
touch your toes,...

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my car broke down in the middle of nowhere
people in the other cars passing by laugh at me and give me the finger
then behind them are the ones yelling racial slurs from their vehicles
wondering what...

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