Long In gear Poems

[Continued from ‘Terror Bugs: Part 2 - A Freezer Mice Adventure’]
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London’s streets resembled an al fresco mausoleum 
They tracked a trail of body parts which led to a museum
A thousand Terror Bugs were massed, in...

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I must say Peter, I've had the most extraordinary day. It all started when I woke up this morning. I was brushing my teeth with this new toothpaste Pepsibrite and literally after just a few...

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I look across the lounge room floor and silently I brood.
Looking back is something smug that’s caused a family feud.
It licks its paws; it grins at me, and knows it is protected,
and every wish it...

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Holidays with a change in the weather

      It starts with a chill in the air.  January the first day of the first month. A new thought of expectations, a...

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A Call From A Son

When you called today
I sensed in your voice “sweet smiles”.
I heard a slight hint of laughter
Sent out to me, all of those miles.

You were driving on your way home
After working so...

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Our children are awake.
When will you let them sleep?
Saying all they want are just silly dreams
suggesting they keep quiet
and go to sleep while you deal with the poorly guided
naive adolescents corrupted by distress 
when will...

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relationship problems, identity crises and or losing your wealth
are these the issues weighing you down thus affecting your spiritual health?
economic strife, mortgage payments and ever-present job concerns
are these the burdens weighing on your mind which...

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Old Cars
By Franklin Price
07/17/2020

Old cars were the best cars
A place for teens to play
Bench seats all the way across
No seat belts in the way

Three speed on the column
No shifter on the floor
No storage in the...

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Rats in the cellar, squirrels in the tree,
things aren't the same as they used to be.

When I left for school with my li'l lunch pail,
I didn't expect a penguin to swallow a whale.

Such an injustice,...

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Twittered Via Chilled Wren
At Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Prior carte blanche to confessing illicit
     extra-marital affair
I embolden tomb ache
     elicit, and baldly bare
faced laid out some
   ...

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~*~*~

'Twas the night before Christmas when Mom said,
to Dad- go get a tree for us better than last year;
remember how by Christmas morning it was dead,
she shouted instructions as Dad put the car in gear.
He...

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I remember the party, I went to last fall.
I never planned, to live through it all.
I did not want, to be alive.
And this was not, suicide.
I would blame it on alcohol, blame it all on...

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When all goes down the toilet and you lose your life’s work
And you’re told to reinvent yourself, what’s wrong with you, you jerk?
Oh sure, I was this before and now I’m going to be that.
I’ll...

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TEAR, FEAR AND EVERY STARE 
Ah, I remember Baudelaire
He oh so very rare
Privileged were we to share the same air
With genius penned on paper whose purpose was quite clear
Yes, such a man was  Baudelaire
And...

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The old truck hadn't been used in a while,
But it should be good for a few more miles.
Under the hood, the engine was rusty,
And the interior smelled faintly musty.
Assuming it would start--we all wanted to...

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I wasn't certain if it was even worthy of your talent and poetic voo-doo that you do 
so well ~f!~
               ...

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On the course at Coomealla where the Murray River wends,
Golfers hit their balls and miss the kangaroos,
Now their aim is not to hit them where a fairway shot extends,
For a wayward shot can see us...

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Heart strings tug and strum a piece of melancholy
The mind vacillates from lovely days long past
to today's bitter reality

Longing for that loving, motherly touch
Oh, so quick to get me line when I was out.
That touch...

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Count your blessings you're still here it's2018 another wondrous year. 2017 has passed us by ain't it truly funny how time can really fly.

Was 2017 a scream or just routine. Did it make you hoot...

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MR. JACK DANIELS and his cohort Mr. BEER DROVE ME HERE

I decided to take me a on a little road trip
Just me and Jack Daniels so I took me a sip
Mr. Daniels with a chaser...

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All armored in gear of silver, he stands tall
at the battlefield of war.
She carelessly awaits for the hour, watching
him and learning his many flaws.
He tells her that she can forfeit at any time,
regardless of the...

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Brunswick County Bibliography

What next wondrous thing should soon appear?
Grocery store built nice and near and right here
Where us locals can like shopping at and use
Instead of going to Wal-Mart where they amuse.

They should start selling...

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 With the start of snow and festive delight,
A tale unfolds on this magical night.
 Be-clause Santa, you know, is more than it seems,
A secret held tight by holiday dreams.

 And as we explore these...

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MISTER JACK DANIELS AND BEER IS HOW I GOT HERE

I decided to take me a on a little road trip
Just me and Jack Daniels so I took me a sip
Mr. Daniels with a chaser I...

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Music and your muse

What moves you to write?
What puts your pen in gear?
Your muse you say! Hmmm!

Muse is the root word to
many things like Music
musing, museum, amusing
etc.

So then, what moves your muse?
makes you feel something
is...

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