Long Mus Poems

A Stolen Memory
A Mirthful Chorus
By Sy Roth 


We surrounded him 
Asked to let go.
She stared at the misshapen face,
Unshaven sandpapery skin 
Eyelids a tabula rasa
Fluttery sere skin
And we could see the humor blossoming in his...

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The moral mortgage of mice and men 

Yours truly quite astute,
especially regarding cute
little field mice, also known 
as meadow voles,
which imprecation one doth emote,
when aforementioned animal burrows inside
leaving pellet size poop in their wake
suddenly presenting...

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Ink roached infestation didst derive within mice elf

Minor emendations to following
just posted verse
oversight to correct dissatisfaction,
yours truly I do curse
ah... methinks if hands of time 
can be made to go in reverse
a more exemplary version
to...

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Ink roached infestation didst derive within mice elf

Thus writer of these words
forever mus lee experiencing 
craving to eat cheese,
a milk product 
eternally preserved within 
annals, chronicles, epistles, 
et cetera of human civilization 
and it's discontents...

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The Smarts And Dogged Callisthenics...
Cannot Wall The Will Of Catapulting Mice

A titled unwritten poem requiring
little effort to dip and dive
I accidentally, inadvertently,
and unexpectedly scrolled up in digital archive
among various and sundry literary endeavors,
eh, maybe about...

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Guarana Mo!

Most of the follow
     wing (fictitious) quit
tuss cent shill, knit
head, (non adult tryst) pit
tee full (sorry excuse
     for originality), rit
dunk yule huss, feebly
   ...

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.                        This fate is not final and irrevocable.  Hope  was...

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I have many fond memories growin' up on the farm as a boy.
Such simple pleasures in times more sublime brought me great joy!
I knowed it was summer when in June Dad bought me a straw...

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Most of the following
words (fictitious) quit
tuss cent shill, knit
head, (non adult tryst) pit
tee full (sorry excuse
for originality), rit
dunk yule huss, feebly
abominable attempt at unit
tarry yen rhyme for excellence,
benignly, essentially,
and honestly wit
less, worthless reading mitt
tear real...

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This classic cat...

Not rodent he definitely agrees...

The mere insult as he pokes his tongue defiantly...

...His intellect with pride...

...This Persian exotic with papers...

Top breed himself aware...

...Not common moggy is he...

...He only indulges the classes of 
distinguished...

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I.
You see them on the media,
internet and TV,
people who say,”Take that man’s cash
and give all of it to me!”
Not caring that the rich fellow
has committed no crime,
that the cash the state steals from him
is a...

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everywhere i go you follow
everything i do you immitate
you look a lot like me
yet we have nothing in common!
they say shadow is your name
annoying is your game
why are you tomenting me?

you do whatever you want...

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Na im one day i carry my car commot for
house,
As i dey go na im i see one man dey shout.
'Stop there,stop there',he dey tell me,
Wetin concern me; i don go!
Na im wen i come...

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Slim's cowboy hat warn't no fancy Stetson, that's fer shore!
He'd paid five smackeroos fer it in a Sears 'n' Roebuck store.
But it served him jes as well through his cowboyin' years,
Roundin' up, ropin' 'n' brandin'...

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Nigh Night
A nigh night t’night,
Come mek wi go dung a Miss Jane.
Mek sure yuh wear something red
Cause wi gwen pass di cemetery before we reach Miss Jane
For duppy get mad when rum and drum a...

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If We Don Need Um-Why Feed Um
 
We do not need to feed -
who we do not need
Every since they yelled
thar's gold in dem dar hills
dars oil in dat der groun
there's
diamons in dat der mine
there...

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A mi name David

A mi name David,  Jessie last bwoy, 
A mi name David,  mi used to play di harp, 
A mi name David, di baddest ting around, 
A mi name David mi...

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I roning clothes – I love that job. Oh, my gosh!

L aundering them first is another one
O f numerous chores that let me wash
V arious things. Wash this or that. How fun!
E ven pots and...

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Sparkling chemistry between artist and ballerina
Under the apricot sky, they exude verve and zeal
Ballerina twirls, poses, and blows kisses; like magic
Law of Attraction catches them unaware. How feverish!
In the gloaming, the artist sketches his comely...

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My Muse is very fickle
at night he likes to tickle
at times he wants me to chase
and others times I can find no trace
but when I have him we are like lovers
no matter where I am...

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I switch on some ethereal New Age music 
and pick up a pen and start to write verse
My mind brings forth images of peace 
The music drives away whatever left - over fears 
I had...

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CHANGE

Change mus come
No matter whey yu tun
It ah go come

Even if yu run an’ hide 
Or tan an’ criticize
It ah go com’

Yu decide fi hav sum fun
Shootin off yu big long gun
Mekk some life dun
In...

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you once told me you loved me
or was that a lie
you once told me you would pick love over treasure for me
or was that a lie
why do you break my heart
why do you make me...

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Got a fierce understanding for the Lord 
But I know you don't understand
Why? Ya misbehaven now
But I got me free choice see
I got a fierce understanding of the Lord
And my understanding is
That once I've repented...

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