Long Lesley Poems

This happened last Fall, during Thanksgiving break.

Lisa and I were at the MET (The Metropolitan Museum of Art), with her family, at an exhibit of Art Deco sculpture. Lisa and I came out of a...

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Inextricably rooted with hair fixation

As a lad in grade school,
yours truly, (a diminutive, intuitive,
oversensitive, and vegetative potato head kid,
whose voice exhibited
a severe nasal twang)
felt envious at other boys,
especially those young bucks
who sported budding antlers
plus thick...

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I’m Patient with Kimmy (1), Have Patience for Paul (2)

Our political differences ring in my ear
with fake “Fire!” calls in theaters marketing fear!
‘Right’ won’t honor opinions of others, hate facts,
they are traumatized truants, Trump’s turncoats’...

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When Ricky Nelson said “Hello” to “Marylou” I knew - that rock ‘n’ roll was in my heart to stay,
And no one with a soul can argue Orbison and Presley aren’t among the greatest still...

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(alternately titled no particular reason:
bring unto “fake” trumpeting Caesar
seven salad dressings from deep freezer
and lettuce deign at your plea azure.)

Graced with boyish good looks,
innocence and naiveté to boot,
an especial loathing toward me
chicken legs re: spindleshanks

(which...

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"Lost in the world’s most “progressive” nation                            ...

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Disposable Wisdom

Each day Annie Lesley opened a can
Her eighty-six-year-old hands trembling
As she sat with her cat and ate pet food
What is wrong with this elder’s rendering?

Pride swallowed to remain independent
Large, sunken eyes peered from her...

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Some folk lie peaceful in their graves.
That’s not the place for me.
For ‘though I’m dead, or so they say!
My spirit still flies free.

I had a tough life, here on earth,
That some would find a strain.
With...

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Is it ‘friendship’ you proffer (to strangers who ask)
If you’re ‘sap for sad stories,’ deny other’s truth,
If you’ve something to barter, a ‘twit’ for ‘twat’ thought, (1)
Good advice you call ‘currency,’ aids in some plot
In...

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Friday rolls around 
I am too excited 
My pennies are saved 
My outfit’s sorted 
Bath and make up, done 
Ready for a big night out 

One problem 
It’s the afternoon 
Tick tock, 
Tick tock 
Hurry...

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Each day Annie Lesley opened a can
Her eighty-six-year-old hands trembling
As she sat with her cat and ate pet food
What is wrong with this elder’s rendering?

Pride swallowed to remain independent
Large, sunken eyes peered from her weathered...

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Who promised you life would be easy?
Who whispered this excuse?
How can pain be an addition to the life experience?
Answers provided are inadequate to the task.
Who will sit with you and hold you in the unknown?

In...

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(parody of unbeautiful by lesley roy)

i tell you
look at me
what do you see
what do you think
of this girl
that you love
i dont believe
your words
i cant see
your point of veiw

i am not the person
you think i am
i...

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I hear R. Kelly singing, “Your Body’s Calling me”
So I pick up my pen and write some poetry
I hear Usher singing, “You Got It Bad”;
And I write about you every time I pick up a...

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(Lesley Ann Down was an actress in
the Golden Age of live TV drama.)

We live in an age of midgets.
There are no seers now, only lookers,
no values left, apart from digits.
Cash is the hook, and we’re...

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Naughty little brother hitting people just for fun,
Soppy little sister snuggles up to harassed mum,
While other sister Lesley thinks she’s in a royal court,
And “Ten Ton Tim” throws the tennis balls he’s bought,
One hits little...

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A WISH -- In Memory Of 

"I Wish"

I wish I could blow air into your little lungs, 
The day my daughter brought your stillborn body into this world. 
Hold your little body warm, 
And tell...

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I’m facing a challenge and I’m taking bets
That I can remember the names of my pets

There’s Tommy and Jonnie and Sally and Barry
The one over there I believe might be Harry
Tiddles and Wriggles and Bruno...

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A Birthday Party

				Today's my birthday and
				There's a party and a band.
				It's such a jolly time
				Except I don't feel I'm
				Ready for fun and games
				And learning people's names.

				I'm being pressed to eat
				Things savoury and sweet.
				There's trifle down...

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"I Wish"

I wish I could blow air into your little lungs, 
The day my daughter brought your stillborn body into this world. 
Hold your little body warm, 
And tell my little girl you have her...

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Suffer little children to 
come unto 
me, 
Then stand and watch 
as pedophiles 
get caught tried and set 
free, 
But you know the way it 
today 
there's just no room in 
jail, 
So the dregs...

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In response to an Internet company and its plans to market T shirts featuring an inhumane human being.

Come gather round people, come gather round more
Come buy your T shirt, with its tale of the moor
Come...

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Suffer little children to come unto 
me, 
Then stand and watch as pedophiles 
get caught tried and set free, 
But you know the way it today 
there's just no room in jail, 
So the dregs...

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Suffer little children to come untio

o me,then stand and watch as paedophiles get caught,tried then set free,
But you know the way it is today,there's just no room in jail,so the dregs of our society end...

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Agoraphobia  

I lifted my glass of red wine towards the lamplight as seeing 
the light through a dreamy, rosy haze; I saw a dirty glass
full of fat finger marks I could not blame the...

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