Long Lug Poems

Here's the deal, folks...
   This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts. 
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These Limericks were written by many different PS poets who are all remaining anonymous.  If you would like to add one of your own and remain anonymous send it to my soup mail. Enjoy!

Roses...

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Extra...extra...Trumpasaurus Extinction...
iz only wishful thinking

Political polls whether advisory still consider 
forty fifth president 
dangerous, hazardous, lymphomatous...
known to wield violent blows,
his delusional perception analogous 
to fable regarding emperor without any clothes
best to handle beast with more'n...

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‘Twas but a mist-enshrouded speckle
dark-painted on looming horizon.
Petty worker holds unwavering watch,
silently, stealthily keeps his eyes on.

Forward motion undeniable,
each passing minute size increasing.
Small heart stands alert and viable – 
beating fast and tremulous; though, never...

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On the Trans-West Africa High way we drove
Thoughts of decades we carried 
Rich history to be unfolded
Beautiful sights of trees and mountains we view
Hail God’s creation
For his handiwork is perfect
Stories of the Liberian camp at...

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Sitting in the predawn chill I replayed our last conversation.He had gotten home shortly before midnight saying he was staking out a pot lot on his turf.Hidden along the forests border tucked here and there...

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Cold misty clouds rise above the grates
The streets only illumination, tossing shadows like pennies
Faded street lamps at each end
The cold is biting, as I roll the collar over my neck

I received a call earlier that...

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The morning was chilly and still, a bit dark due to the early morning hour.  A Lady named Grace had the same bus route for years.  As she pulled the big yellow bus...

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Leong's watching TikTok on her laptop (as always) and she asks Lisa (an NYC girl) “Are you familiar with the the “downtown girl” aesthetic?”
Lisa’s dismissive, “Yeah, it just looks like Urban Outfitters grunge to me.”
Leong...

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9/20/16

I am Caroline Foster.
I am fifteen-years-old.
I am shortish.
I am rather thin.
I am intelligent I guess.
I am oblivious.
I am weird.
I am childish.
I am different and not in a good way.

I am the girl who sits in...

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Compared with us, the kids today
Too little play and too much weigh.
Alone indoors they snack and sit
And buttons hit, while we stayed fit.

We'd quickly chores and homework do,
Then dash through doors to fun pursue,
To basketballs...

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(Bracketed words are not to be included in poem for they are only meant to bring home the phrase or word used)

From the eternal cake of her mother
There lies the eternal seed among mud;
Heaven born,...

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Saying Happy Birthday to you
Really flatters you and me too

Wishing you a joyous day
Memorable… Never to fray

Do enjoy every bit of it
Until you fall in love with it
One hundred years run it
Lug your pail and...

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Slipped and you fell in it 
you,  your head on the street
you could have been dead 
you could have been dead 
but,  but God save you 
oh! yes He did, yes He did
spared...

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There I was,
In a big store, 
Picking up some VHS tapes,
Have thousands,
Need more...

I espied,
A curious thing,
A "Head Cleaner"
The curiousity bell,
Did ring

Well, I'll be damned,
Now I've seen it all,
I grabbed one fast,
Bought and exited the mall

I...

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In the cold of the morn with a crisp cloudy day…
A flat tire assailed a young girl, as she went on her way.
Young and full of life but definitely overwhelmed…
She was late for work and...

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The Little Sisters of Divine Disapproval

A holy order with a long long history
Known to women but to men: still a mystery
For ascendance of our gender we are crucial
The little sisters of Divine Disapproval

When your men...

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When my identical twin sister and I were about nine, there was a little brooklet
in our backyard.  It started out kind of like a tiny stream of water in a marshy bit of grass...

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It came this day
As I journeyed south
That I happened upon
An old man
Filling water bottles
From a small pond
Fed from water
That gushed from rocks
Half way up
A mountain

It must be special, I said
If you’re going to lug this...

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Good Examples Made My Life…

WHEN I WAS A CHILD…
Father made a living providing a nice life.
Mother, was homemaker, caregiver, and wife.
Throughout the years, I watched those two.
Trying to find a pleasant life’s view.
I went to...

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The muddle of sleep—
The grand entrance to Morpheus' legendary palace
In whole or half a tablet; 
Easy breaths of chemicals
In pretty, light-refracting bottles.

I prepare myself for an escorted journey
To where dreams float from their origin
Like glossy...

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12/23/20

Been one heck of a year and some month
Recently got a buzz cut
I'm buzzed yup
I was down and I was up
No longer such a young buck
Always f***ed up
What a f*** up
Shut up
And hush up

Pettiness continually...

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Born of Liriope, sired by Cephissus he was a beauty.
Narcissus, not a king, but one with a hunter’s duty.
Women followed him from many kingdoms away.
He was more handsome each and every day.

With golden curls and...

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When the day dwindles pale...with my tall mug of ale
I'm a weepy ole' fool , it is quite plain to see 
I'll  shed many a tear ore'  the wee smallest thing
I am known...

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life is understood backwards while it moves forth

          memories epiphanies hindsight and full vision

            ...

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