Long Nervous wreck Poems

My wife and I met more than a few of this type of “shifty wheeler-dealer” during our many years dealing in antiques and collectibles.

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I’ve always been a prankster and a lover of a joke.
I love to see the puzzled look on an unsuspecting bloke,
when he looks around and lifts his hat - totally confused.
Some take a joke for...

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You raise me up above the mountains
You bring me below the vibrant valleys
You allow me to weep happy fountains 
When I walk in your bright alleys

Enormous in envy my heart is
Nervouscited for what lies ahead...fed...

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The mask of shame has made me the monster…must, like Shrek,
I transform into a handsome man momentarily…but I’m a nervous wreck
Rinse away the blood of the innocent 
From your hands…
Grand lands fight against each other…I...

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I AM


     I  am    
                  a student and a teacher,
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An Aging Squash Fan

As a father watchful over the progress of a little girl active in a chosen sport..
Little wonder that I am a bag of nerves during competition time for the sport...
That familiar awful...

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Every morning, I steal longing glances at the most spellbinding creature I have ever cast my two eyes upon, 
Her skin is pale and lifeless, wearing a peculiar looking amulet draped across her neck, 
I...

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My co-worker posed a theory to me
That our boss was born one hundred years later than she was supposed to be
Neither of us could exactly put our finger on why, but I had to agree
No...

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I was in clique

We had everything we wanted and was lovin it

But then one night I got really sick

And death I barely missed

So I said to myself I’ve had enough of this

I decided to quit

But...

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Humpty Dumpty's job was an important one he knew
a secret service agent looking for clues
sitting on the brick wall as a lookout man
as the kings parade caused horse traffic jams

Looking around for any suspicious suspects
he...

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show me where your heart is hiding.
in the darkened place it sleeps
always searching ever finding
its your heart for which i continue to seek.
this carousel in the desert scream
happiness in the worse inablities
round and round it...

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cheer the hell up if you can
nothing cheats the hangman like enthusiasm
since my next act will be
to answer all your questions
as your tenured professor of dyslexia
throw down your eye wear
blurry is the truth
although your blur...

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This is a dedication to the most amazing girl I know
You make me want to express the emotions I usually struggle to show
You've been through the worst so you deserve the best
I know that anxiety...

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My tale about the barnacle I bared upon my bum
has now passed into legend and folk law
The  battle I thought was over and now long done
Just when I thought I could sit down and...

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Dad gave me no affectionate hugs,
only demanded obedience
with his stern and merciless glance;
he saw in me a rebellious son,
someone who felt the animosity
toward him for being a moron...
doesn't a father instill confidence,
in his son, or...

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I slipped into the room since I was so curious
     But then I found the truth of the room to be spurious.

     The door had closed and...

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I was little but had a crush on you
your rubbery funny faces is what got me through
singing off key about your little turtle dove
whose your little whose-y, my first comedic love,

Having boundless energy while bounding...

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I disclose that I
Have regular appointments
For a needle in my eye

A thing I dread 
And I'm afraid of most
Is when I see that Javelin
Getting close

It hurts so much
I want to die
And like a little girl
I...

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Mum will be worried and tonight will be a frost
The sun is going down quickly I know I am lost
Not at all sure if we are on the right track
Shep, you are smart you'll find...

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Siren on the rocks 
wearing a see through veil
your irresistible, I’ve been following your beguiling trail

Siren by the cliff
I’m blinded by your voice 
a tongue so beautiful at last I now rejoice 

Siren on the...

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The black circle that surrounds my eye
Is the reason why at night I cry
My partner hits me ever so hard
While calling me a “stupid” and a “frigging retard”

What on Earth have I done to deserve...

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Grow Up.

Oh why oh why
Did we have to grow up?
I was happy as Larry
And a pig in muck

When  I was just a baby
Everyone would stop and smile
And say things like ‘’oh isn’t he cute’’
But...

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A very special treat when I was a lad,
Was going to J C Penneys with my Mom and Dad,
To visit Santa sitting upon his elegant throne,
Hoping my youthful follies with him I could atone!

I'd been...

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Time is free, 
 Most waste it away.
   Unaware of it,
 All night and all day.
 
   Time is valuable, we treat it
  like it's worthless.
   As you...

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She had been Mrs. Gallopi for twenty years
many times the name itself causing her tears
she knew Frank her husband was a mafia mercenary
landing many foes of his in the cemetery

She explained what had happened that...

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