Long Never the twain shall meet Poems

The Lay of The Best Man - Part Five


Have you heard about the bespectacled man who wore his glasses to bed?
Because when he awoke mornings his dreams were all blurry in his head.
And what about...

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Dear old she! –
The sun is tanning and battering 
Her skin,
Greying her hair, fading her beauty;
She’s gone frail!
Youth has fled her, and hence decrepitude
has befriended her –
For never the twain shall meet. 
But still she...

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"The Children's Hour," Franklin D. called it,
putting his stamp on that ceremony, and, so,
we come together, bird, and beast: a yappy
little Bichon Frise in the parking lot, who believes
he's a Rotweiler.  And, then there's...

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If biscuit dipped in curry’s what he likes,
What use needless flurry on what he likes? 
O be not so narrow-minded a man,
At least east-west marry in what he likes.
Let them say, ne’er the twain shall...

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Puzzle pieces are made so that they interlock,
but sometimes one of us gets bent out of shape,
and no matter how hard I try to make you understand
you're like that misfit puzzle piece with eyes agape,...

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You have your North side ducks, 
And you have your south side ducks.
Neither the twain shall meet.
For each one had his nose in the air. 
They simply would not do the greet.

So as it happens...

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Sky and the earth, the symphony....
never the twain shall meet?  
I just heard the euphony,
again and again they greet. 
"You gorgeous ground,.. you are so down to earth "...
 ....the clouds thronged, looked down...

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Some folks like their food real spicy;
Others lean towards bland.
Oftentimes the piquancy
Is not what you had planned.

There are those who favor bitter;
Many savor sweet.
Recipes that call for both
Are where the twain shall meet.

Certain people would...

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Mark Twain's house befits the man
Who wrote his famous writings.
Wish I could have been a guest
At his renowned invitings.

Recently I did the tour
And ambled room to room,
Imagining his essence
Which the house may yet entomb.

His library...

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Forever, the twain shall meet.
Like a prostitute and the street.

Ever competing for shift eye, top seeding.(dead meat)
Dogs and Cats, dark alleys, ever meeting.

Con artists with snake oil.(fish oil?)
Suckers in headdress of foil.

A Halloween party, each...

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More than a third of our media coverage 
Today is—juicy, 
With of course (no-mismatch) pics: 
…nine foreign femme fatales…
…in this steamy photo…
…so and so dares….
…so and so shares…
…so and so bares…
…so and so between Romeo...

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If ever again I see your face,
The past will be quickly erased.

If ever again our eyes met,
There will be no regrets.

If ever again I heard your voice,
Running to you would be my choice.

If ever again...

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