Long Matter of course Poems

Pet Poems, First Dog, Blake

No matter, of course, how many times I asked,
The answer came, “No!”  Thus,
At age 9, at the start of summer, I searched
Our not especially well-kept house and yard
For every scrap...

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...Todd was surprised by his stern eyes,
he seemed serious about it.
Todd said, “There’s a town two days on,
my horse can take double a bit.

“But I don’t know about this ‘debt,’
I just did what any would...

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...Emmet would converse with Sophie,
pretend he was a normal man,
while April and Abner slipped away…
young infatuation was grand.

And after their third time out there
April and Abner were engaged,
not coincidently there
was a new baby on the...

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II.
The man said, “There is not much land these days,
it’s probably not a good place to stay.”
Sol said, “Ah, well, I’d been having that fear,
but I like honestly, I’ll buy the next beer.”

The off-putting man...

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Carmena knew why he was here,
their parents’ smiles made it clear,
to set her up with Oliver,
who always had made eyes at her.

They didn’t like her dating Chad,
and always spoke of her man bad,
but she knew...

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III.
Another week had passed with little change,
when Meredith came up and said to him:
“I would like to get out of town for a bit,
let’s go picnic in Abnerson’s Canyon.

“I used to go there with Samuel,
it’s...

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...Burke grabbed Aura and they both ran out,
riding double on his trusty horse.
The word raced quickly through the town,
a posse was formed, as a matter of course.
So Burke pushed his mount, more and more.
They couldn’t...

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THIS WAS WRITTEN FOR THE FIRST BURNING BUSH
A DEMONIC DEMOCRACY

“We interrupt regularly scheduled programming to present the President”……
And yet he just keeps talking
No verbiage can he espouse that I would ever care to hear
While all...

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A DEMONIC DEMOCRACY

“We interrupt regularly scheduled programming to present the President”……
And yet he just keeps talking
No verbiage can he espouse that I would ever care to hear
While all I see is smoke and a lot...

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A DEMONIC DEMOCRACY

“We interrupt regularly scheduled programming to present the President”……
And yet he just keeps talking
No verbiage can he espouse that I would ever care to hear
While all I see is smoke and a lot...

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...They even claimed that Diaz died,
cut down by Smith’s swift, steady hand,
but Ramsey was nowhere near there,
did not go down amongst the damned.

Instead he was miles away,
slumped half-defeated on his horse,
he had escaped, but thoughts...

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Day 159 of A SNOWBALL for PEACE Another chance to make a difference.

It is Sunday and death knows no rest on days of rest as Sunday is supposed to be.

If Sunday really was supposed to...

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Well son...

It all began in Fairyland
In the lab of the mystical toads
As trash throughout the land had gotten way out of hand
Along side of the pixie dust roads

The system they had wasn't working
Leaving empty all...

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You have a right to speak your mind freely,
and express what’s important to you,
you have a duty to make your words sincere,
and do what you must to speak the truth.
Also to protect those who would...

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Falling from the sky on this warm evening
My eyes were curious, the sight deceiving
So I ventured to where I thought it hit
That’s when I knew, when I saw it.

From out of the ground, she came...

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...But Madeline just too aim, lined up her shot.
‘I don’t need to kill all, just you Joe,’
She said as she aimed straight for his heart,
‘We both know how this will unfold.’

‘Charlie there doesn’t breath without...

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There is no heaven I know for sure,
met an alien who has been on tour,
he has blitzed himself from Corteez,
a planet around star Betelgeuse,
he has no body like you or me,
a hazy presence you can...

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Don't you just love it when you set off an alarm,
Accidentally of course,
Which causes  one no end of alarm, 
With bleak thoughts of how your day will change course.

Of course,
On this particular day,
An unexpected...

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A windswept bluebell I am
even though the sun is high in the sky
The wind ruffled the hair
my skin would slowly freeze like mosaic
Want to paint the picture with beautiful thoughts
but difficult to find the rainbow


Tears,...

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The power we now witness is only the start
An angry earth she is, her tectonic plates in depart
Seconds later they again meet with abrasive force
The reaction to the action is just a matter of course

Crustal...

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The place is the same, the dark entities that made my life hell are gone
The meeting rooms that saw such shame, places where I was torn apart
Filled with mournful, dark and sultry air, the distant...

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'Tis fascinating to read epitaphs that upon stones are etched;

Some are rather appealing, some are tragic, others a bit far-fetched!

'Neath this stone lie at peace a husband and his wife
She a Republican-He a Democrat-both now...

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It feels like they've been here forever,
How long isn't easy to tell.
They claim they arrived from Australia
but I think they came here from hell.

The cats all left home for a fortnight
the fleas on the dog...

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I strolled through the local cemetery the other day
And here are some epitaphs I observed along the way:

Cletus O'Toole lies herein
Too much boozing done him in!

Here lies a gambler molding in his crypt
Odds are he...

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DESERVED DISTURBANCES

Earthquakes, floods, Tsunamis and hurricanes
Sorrow, desperation, torment and torrential rains
Denial, desperation, destitution and remorse
I face the threat of these things as a matter of course

And deservedly so
After all the sins I have so capably...

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