Long Microwave oven Poems

Date: December  2042

Early afternoon, Damian was 
Busy in his den planning the trip 
To Trinidad. He called CJ first 
To confirm his commitment to
The project. "Hey brother you
Still on for that trip we spoke
About."...

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An apparitions favourite word from punctuation-less sentences that continue on, on, on.
Cope without it you useless fools a flick suffices.
Semi-colon, colon, joining words thrust through the large intestines that have never shone.
After the stop get...

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"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man,
(or a righteous woman) avails much." James 5:16***

Believe me I consider myself far from being either worthy
Or righteous! But then again it is the righteousness of
Jesus Christ that...

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The streets are lined with golden arches,
Plastic smacking lips and smiling chef faces,
Hamburgers competing with pizzas,
Who are competing with Oriental take-outs,
Who are competing with Italian subs,
Who are competing with the world's longest dogs.

Oh Lordy, I'm...

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Snap... crackle... pop... microwave went kaput

After start button pushed
immediate auditory signal issued
nsync with billowing smoke
time saving convenient contrivance
rendered defunct trucked to dumpster.

Pre owned electronic contraption
unpredictably went on fritz
malfunction occurred without warning
luckily spouse, the Misses
she instantaneously...

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It started off an unremarkable day,
-the day the robot rebellion began,
robo-historians dispute the particulars
but agree it was Bob’s fault (a human man)

Bob was at home, his work nearly done
just waiting to print some ‘important’ stuff,
impatient,...

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To humble yourself, I mean, to really take yourself back to zero, open a dictionary but not a student one.
I have been doing this lately, to study the words I do not know.  I...

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I remember the days
before technology
before computers
before cell phones
before smart tvs

In particular
I remember one summer day
when I heard on the radio
that the microwave oven
had been invented !
I really thought this was it ~
they had finally invented
every...

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I was born before the eight track
A very long time ago
Our telephone had a party line
There wasn't anyone we didn't know

My neighbor wasn't Fred Flinstone
Contrary to popular belief
Our women wore those mini skirts
Instead of an...

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She had the sense of another,

didn’t realize what she was doing,

wishing it was an extremely vivid dream,

but she was fully awake,

the child beside her,

in the crib,

with eyes so beautiful it could heal any broken heart,

if...

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the darkness and the quiet
both wear white cowboy hats when merged
it takes me back to two gallons of oreo ice cream and my early 30s
things were still cheap then
the music was still good
i lived for...

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OOps

now that was stupid
where did you leave your brain
since when do you put metal
in a microwave oven
true!!!!!
yet I did, 
oh my the sparks did fly
my food looked ruined
the dish as well
felt like kicking the cat
luckily...

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With an unprecedented shortage of basic supplies
People worldwide are learning to be wise.
Loo rolls, medicine and the safety mask.
Making do with what we already have is the new task.

I’ve seen diapers and bras used as...

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In The Kitchen:

Hang a pound of hickory smoked thick sliced bacon
Cover the bacon with white paper towel to prevent splatters
Pre-heat oven to 350 degree
Cover baking sheet with silver aluminum foil
Place whole-wheat yeast rolls on the...

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I am the decade of nuclear 
Reaction. 
   I am the Japanese surrender 
Reads the caption. 

   I am the Iron Curtain speech 
By Winston Churchill. 
   I am...

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I had a neighbor who had some
mental instability concerns
Whether he was a threat to us
we were unable to discern
He would have a fire burning
in the middle of the night
and shoot off his gun night or...

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