Long Midgets Poems

The historical Stone Walker sings gravedigger, dearth songs. 
A warning: the End Times are approaching and almost upon us.

In a land called the Monongahela across the river and down highway 10 west to the northern...

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Near small Rapid City,
a man came up to me,
said,”Hey, I’ll show you a good time.”
I thought that meant girls,
turns out, as things unfurled,
the man had something else in mind.

We went to a garage,
a rusty, grease-stained...

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Circus Clown

Roll up! Roll up!
The circus is in town,
"Damn the weird and wonderful,
 we've come to see the clown".

First, ladies and gentlemen
An amazing double-act to see,
Two fat ladies codgitating
Psychedelic Imagery.

Bearded children flying,
On a razor sharp...

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Nights of flying  dream world,
who might chase a raucous laugh,
or seek indeed  mirthful excitement,
the sort that has embroidered twists,
as is generally perceived by intention,
but epic hurdles formed in still frame, 
city snores past...

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Hanging out new to the scene
So often wonder what it means
As I sit in front of the worlds screen
Started in on ...Googling

I typed in a single word
Pressed enter for the Google search
Took me down the...

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For miles, nothing came remotely close that rivaled her attraction.
No one ever told us, but she looked like some kind of smoke stack,        
utilized for burning debris or...

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THIS IS HOW LIFE FEELS WHEN YOU GET TO BE MY AGE

I have a general philosophical  precept
Life is in general a bowl of cherries except 
When someone stabs me in the back who didn’t...

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In my life, narrow margins matter
Opening my eyes wide
To better perspectives which don’t flatter
Dispensable pride riding on the tide 

Where populism portrays norms
To which I don’t subscribe
Despite unusual forms and storms
I ride although I can’t...

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Here's the story of Hansel and Gretel
But, again, not like they said
Their's was way too humdrum
So, here's my version, instead

First, their father wasn't a woodcutter
He worked at the laundromat
He took quarters from the scrub boards
To...

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Look at my dog -- he has two feet too many!
And arms? Well, I tell you, he doesn’t have any!
So how does my dog know which foot to put next?
I try to guess, but it’s...

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I sat down and sneered to myself as I thought about
'I have a dream…'

I shake my head.

In the world, volcanoes release more carbon monoxide
than man can produce, and as a glass being filled with water
it...

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Sestina for a Forgotten Cousin Midget

Kids are midgets
Like gnats, infested around the water
Melons buried in ice
Moms mixing up grape and lime Kool-Aid
Smoke smolders from reddened charcoal
Hot dog buns muffle family reunion noise

From the bath house...

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A ‘Chicken’ One Can Milk!

A ‘Chicken’ One Can Milk!
 
Known fact, Hindus believe that no cow should get eaten,
that milk is enough, and their flesh should not sweeten
our tongues (grace a stew)! Let me not...

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Gaze into eyes of defeat and daze him
Knocking out the swagger he flaunts
Ensuring no longer can he trim
To size your awesome arsenal as he taunts

Midgets and Gullivers alike
Trampling their toes, crumpling their pride
Crushing their every...

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Tom Price phones up John Ely. 

"I hear you sell some of the best horses in the county 

I'm sending out my best guy if he likes the goods 
we're buying one of your horses....

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In my mind where they exist
See the trees amidst the forest
Speckled dust tossed at risk
Somewhat salted my recompense
Every time I eat or drink

Ephemeral ghosts when they appear
Crooked hand out of nowhere
Throws the dust in nourishment
Training...

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Hearts burning with desire
Minds awash with dreams and aspirations
Eyes wishing from normal life to retire
Ears primed to hear inspirational orations 

Delivered at a pacey rate
To a receptive audience
Minds desperate 
To get with mischief in silence

So...

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Challenges singe meninges sometimes
Painting dark clouds on the canvas in corridors
Where at times
I seem to coerce open doors  

To weep
At the folly I engage
To sweep
Common sense and its stage

Aside as I create reality too...

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Now there's
Eight midgets at my door,
Pounding and hollering,
"Do you want more?"

I step back in fright
At this gruesome sight,
Like hungry tiny zombies
In the darkest night

So, what'll it be tomorrow?
Nine dancing ninjas?
All in paisley
Pajamas?

Better load my shotgun
Before...

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Jamie decides today will be the day 
we take off to Kansas. 
We've both dreamt of it, 
driving off to flat lands 
where we would be swept off, 
cackling, 
on our brooms to Oz. 

I...

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"SATURDAY NIGHT ON THE TERRACE" 


run where there is only room 
to walk.
how else can you understand 
your strength?

put the possibilities up and 
create new steps.
the word will always be there
unlike the whores of the...

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Woe to you Lust
Nemesis of men whose conscience you manipulate and ensnare
Reducing their pituitary gland to impotent dust
Singing their future and dignity with no iota of care 

To plunge King David to his downfall
Steal from...

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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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The empty bottles strewn all around
Explain the pain inside my head
As I wake up on the pulled out couch
That doubles as my bed

I don't recognize the feet
That are passed out by my face
I suspect they...

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i spend time with time
thinking about 
time gone by
and how much time
i have left 
walking around on this rock
that is pearly blue
also
too many thoughts of you
so when i say when
again
it might be in another 
vortex...

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