Long Kidney beans Poems

Vicks Mentholatum. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I sometimes open the jar and stick my nose in for a little smell
Which turns into a big smell, a little on my nose, some around my
Neck, and finally I beg my husband...

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5 cups of cooked black rice
2 cups of cooked kidney beans
3 cups of cooked lamb sliced thin
sauteed in garlic and olive oil
1/2 cup of onions diced
1/2 red bell pepper diced
1/2 cup of shredded carrots
1/4 cup...

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Alone and hungry
left leg aches like a broken peg
in the mugginess of its left slipper.

Not a good day for fixing anything
but the sealed and over salted,
the quickly warmed and spooned
that can be mixed into a...

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El Vals, she spoke my name
to have us to come in
for lunch.
" than oh gracious
might we dine
together
 a celebration of man
in the sight of God
might we dine
to strenghthen us to
dance"

El Vals is a roasted
pork with...

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she loves mi
beyond my scope or scale
she loves mi
and speaks it in sultry detail
I have love
for someone
I'm
in love with
connected by the heart
I miss her when we're apart
I love you
I love you
I really: really 
love you
love...

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The Grinch lays exhausted on bales of hay,
tired of chasing drunk reindeer from his still.
And he's sure to be lectured by Santa,
as if it's his fault, they lick up the spill.

He thinks Santa should ride...

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Close up,
one eye is pinned against the lens
of a freshly sweat-slickened microscope,
while the other eye winks;
equal in effort of support,
they strain to penetrate 
the thickened surfaces of initial green,
finally revealing a sturdy complex
of slack-lipped pores.

Each...

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Is crimson the new black
Or just a poet's muse
Should I be standing before the jury
Yes your honor, it is true

What will be the new crimson
Candy apple red
That sounds crisp, and cliched
Perhaps scarlet instead

Oh yes scarlet...

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THE MAD DASH

At last, I've made the mad dash and my cardboards are full of tins
Kidney beans, chickpeas and butter beans, who grabbed first wins

With nothing else in, I am beginning to wonder on what...

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The visibly yellow set, a bus stop
and a being of excitement. The
taste buds now saved from all the
vices, to not ruin what was promised
in the morning. As far as promises 
go, this was the best...

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Rice cakes? Domestic or foreign?
Domestic – aisle seventy-three, 
Foreign – aisle seventy-four.

Hearing aids?
Let me look at my map.
They are in aisle twenty-eight.

Lima beans? Kidney beans? Garbanzo beans?
I believe all beans are in aisle fourteen.
There is...

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Chili so tasty,
just for you,
cool day in summer,
great time to have
a nice hot bowl
of home cooked chili,
Start frying hamburger,
drain grease, put in
large pot, add Red Dark
Kidney beans, with Pino
beans to boot, drained
of course, two Tablespoons
Chili...

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