Long Man about town Poems

Justin Case - the weirdest guy in the all of Buxton county - did a lot o’ crazy things that most would never try,
And even weirder - just before he’d do the things he did...

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1st Half - because of Poetry Soup's file size limitations -

                      How My Sister...

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This is a story about Freddie and Flo,
They lived in Baltimore a long time ago.
It might be called a May-September romance
And shows how love can blossom if it's given a chance.
Flo taught Sunday School, her...

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This is based on a truly sad story from the late 1930s - 


Late one August afternoon - the year was nineteen ten - a hero - from my point of view - was quietly...

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Men are not that complicated!
The perfect mate is often over-rated
Ladies relax calm down
Don't let your selves get so jaded

Men are simple creatures 
a few basic things that they need
Gonna share a few tips my dear
Mother...

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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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"Some Grave Humor for Monday Mourning"   Posted 5 Apr 2021
take note: if you don't go to your friend's funerals      they won't go to yours

some think our cemetery is...

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III.
It was the next day the sheriff rode out,
three bodies had been found in a dry gulch.
The sheriff saw Paul meet him at the door,
heard raves from the back, where his brother sulked.

The sheriff frowned....

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Pinkerton's mortician is the richest man in town...despite the fact, the story goes, despite the day he'd came
Ridin' in from Badger Holler - dressed in filthy rags - lookin' for a meal without a penny...

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He stands there in his hallowed halls
Looking over the crowds
Meet me on the field of legends below the Tower
And he sees the colorful star
Looks him up and down
He sees a little of himself in number...

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Than.. he said plz..
You know I can have
any woman I want
I am rich.. I can buy anything

and I want YOU.. 
as he took my hand
than placed the bracelet
forcefully around my wrist

I said.. sir.. plz.. No
I...

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This is not easy to say out loud because I wanna keep it to myself
But I guess I gotta pull this book off the shelf
I wish I could tell you someway else
But I gotta do...

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I'm checking the post daily
Can't tell you how exciting this is for me
Since I called the 1-800 number
From that mail order magazine

While one day sitting at the dentist
I picked up said magazine
A full page ad...

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Miriam O’Flynn worked as a fancy lady,
That was not what she had once planned to be.
Orphaned in a crash, at the young age of nine
She learned to do what she must to survive.

She plied her...

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A GEORGIA EXTRAVAGANZA

In the lovely Peach State of Georgia
There lived a man of meager means
He had a worn out flannel shirt
And a nearly worn  out pair of faded old blue jeans

He tended a huge...

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Western Justice
It was known just as "The Tree"
It was on the fence line of Jade Ranch
And on the wizened, hardened oak
Was a limb, known as "The Branch"

On the branch hung seven ropes
Of seven different lengths
Depending...

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Wild were-women roaming in the hills, cliff dwellers around 
Avoiding banshee ghost riders, sniffing for them in earthy ground.
Shushing there were-pups least their hidden unnatural selves be found.
Banshee ghost riders suddenly shush, listening to a...

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Wild were-women roaming in the hills, cliff dwellers around 
Avoiding banshee ghost riders, sniffing for them in earthy ground.
Shushing there were-pups lest their hidden unnatural selves be found.
Banshee ghost riders suddenly shush, listening to a...

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He sat, open shirt, milking the good from the last 
few drops of that hot beer.
Waiting on a three legged bar stool
for something to develop, but nothing was near.

A bead of sweat rolled down ever...

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I woke up today and found
frost perched on my town.
It hovered in a frozen sky and gobbled summer down.
When the sun turns traitor cold
and shivering trees are standing in a naked row,
I get the urge...

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The man in black alit from the stagecoach that hot and sultry day.
With his hat he brushed dust from his suit as he surveyed old Santa Fe.
He pulled his hat down over his eyes as...

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I may not be the best husband or father ,
but you all are the best that has ever happened to me;
 my wife I am not the most good looking man in town ,
but for...

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Church Lady Cat was a formidable, skinny, ugly wrinkly old crazy thing.
Never showed a smile, and certainly did not cheerfully hymn-sing.
We saw her at church, and knew she would come and get the money.
No man...

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My favorite day would be summertime,
wandering through our back yard 
dressed in the finest lace 
daddy’s princess smelling of freshly picked lavender
swaying with the trees, Sweet Caroline.

Morning brings with it the fragrant pine,
before the sun...

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I had this dream while growing up…that I’d be a millionaire
l’d live in a beautiful house, drive a fancy car…there’d be money everywhere.

I’d float through a life of happiness…I’d seldom wear a frown.
I’d have no...

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