Long Mull over Poems

"The Beetlejuice Past Your Eyes"


“Well, where would you suggest I commence? Should we begin with the concept of pasteurize?”

This said to the earnest listener, who views the protagonist with a bon vivant confused expression. To...

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Lisa and I had a party to hit-up. I can’t stay inside all the time, not on a Friday night anyway and a rooftop is the perfect place to mull over big questions and get...

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Lady Shutterbug had doubt
Spent hours that coulda been ‘bout
an environ pro-activist devout    
Spotting celebrities, scoping it out
Not keeping abreast trendy starlets 
Kylie, Mavee, Cardi B, or Scarlet
Yet little does she regret, 
out...

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I lie in bed, almost asleep,
But my mind has other ideas
And begins to mull over
Everything in my life!
Suddenly, I am wide awake.
I turn on my side and fluff my pillow
To get more comfortable.
I resolve not...

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Who am I?
I mull over my identity…
And I ponder
Each one of us in this society,
Belongs to a ‘religion’…
To a set or a group,
And each set of people
Have their ‘rules of conduct’
Have own customs, laws and...

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If you're lookin' fer home cooked fixin's, stop by Flo's Café and Deli!
Her meatloaf, smashed pertaters and cherry pie will delight yer belly!
She's located catty-cornered across the street from Buford's Hardware Store.
Flo's been caterin' to...

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NO, IT WAS NOT PANAMA PETE THIS TIME
She and I met at a bar so it’s very ironic
That now I should require some pills and a tonic
Just to forget what Joe the barkeep wants to...

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Honoured is our kin 
fed with a sliver spoon
bred and reared in Elysium.
Swith is he, an ironic typhoean _
(he 'l be)- Our immerse hero..
So will he slump a thousand times
but not like a coward.
 ...

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A house ain't a home 'less'n there's a porch on which to muse.
A place to sprawl upon a swing an' take a restful snooze,
Er prop yer feet on th' railin' to ponder th' settin' sun,
When...

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At the bank of the road
With the wind blowing
Through her gorgeous hair
I feel the electricity of the area
Perfect time to be photographed
She sits on a stone
With minimal clothes on
Smiling like she enjoys it
One large burst...

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Late rain sums
Cicadas delight;
Cold night tryst

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Words plus words
Disrupted poise;
Confront conflict

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Icy splash
Cold water surprise;
Morning face wash

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Stormy afternoon
Wetness redecorates;
June somnolence

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Umbrellas galore
Unforgiving rain;
Wetness everywhere

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Midday siesta
Day dreams collide;
Rainy day lot

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Celery and fruits
Blended slurry;
Detox routine

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Savvy story
Placid poise;
Nothing more

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Noisy terminal
Airport hallway;
Buzz...

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They stripped away my former self,
Reduced me to a mere shadow, for "maturity."
Before and after, I remained the same,
But different personas emerged, all in the name of "maturity."

No more colorful socks or shoes with playful...

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.
-The Last Straw-

Sometimes he went too far
Shunning the sunlight, wading into the dark
swimming in places the sun couldn't find
shifting the wind to suit his own fall
speeding through life with his back to the wall
where he'd...

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Do days become shorter?
The older we get
The hours fly by
Like a high-flying jet

we move slower
As slow as a snail
Our energy's lower
so why is it how

The days go past
So fast

Perhaps it's because
We are deep in thought,
And...

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Think deep and mull over your every sin, 
Look unto mind's mirror, critical, keen 
To wash your every single evil clean, 
Confess, your true self’s confidence to win. 
You are the plaintiff, you are the...

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I like to think of myself as a truth-seeker
Weighing all the angles, researching facts,
Forming my opinions with loads of caution
Succumbing to theories, I could never relax
Lately, I’ve noticed an upsurge in paranoia
Some people believing it’s...

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Awakening from a restful night,
I thank God for my humble home,
For His keeping watch as I slept,
And for His morning show of charm.

Enjoying my breakfast with delight,
I feel God’s presence in a brimming cup.
And before...

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IT COULD NEVER BE

It could never be
only me,
as I search, 
and research
for a missing connexion,
for end to a puzzle that baffles,
and confounds and confuses
even the best of sleuths,
and when the rummaging around
seems hopelessly lost,
that as...

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Why the deep, dark valleys in my life,
Why the high peaks of heavenly rife,
Why the unfertile and fruitless leas,
Answer me, O Silence, answer me?

Must I live and die in netherworld,
Frozen in a paralyzed curl,
In search...

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Mayhaps today we could have a  little chat
Just natter on a bit, ‘bout this and ‘bout that
Of nothing great nor of things grand
But what is common to the common man

Let’s not try to impress,...

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Ode To Books

My glasses lay ‘pon open book
Whilst I give my eyes a respite
From the many words ‘pon which I’ve looked
And now indeed need to rest a bit

I gaze into the distance far
While looking at...

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LIKE pebbles upon a beach; my thoughts, 
An innumerable number of nights
My feelings, devoured by emotions
As hemlock I have drunk, 
Fear, accuses me of weakness
But the last bottle of fright I 
Have emptied -- shadows,...

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Now, I'm a very average and simple guy,
But, doggone it, when it comes my time to die,
I'd like a nice epitaph etched upon my stone,
To fondly remember me by when I'm gone!

Here are a few...

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What is midnight than the hour between
Night and day, seen and unseen?
Sixty whole minutes that drag or fly by
Given importance—my question is: Why?
What is the difference ‘tween midnight and one?
An hour, that’s all? Another day...

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Loneliness is a trend to be followed according to taste
Loneliness is a race without any haste
Jump through hoops to please life
Always keep loneliness as a faithful wife
To mull over something you will need it
When other...

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