Long Only game in town Poems

New England's late May sun was long up,
and yet her laundry began to unfold
and clip onto the droopy clothesline,
while yet to warm into 8 AM.

She wore a light spring jacket
and need not think long
about why...

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In 1958 Elmer's was the only high school in his county that had been integrated. Basketball was the big sport. People in the little town filled the gym every Tuesday and Friday. They roared when...

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Part 4

this is a big high nine
to all my homies and homers and homoerotics
out there where the pedal hits the mental
as we head off upon a merry adventure
to the 20th century's aftermath party
with a bag...

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silly silly rick santorum
demanding that pornography go away
so that christians can pretend like
their way is the only game in town
(ban pornography, ban same-sex marriage,
ban sugar, ban television, ban books, ban
conversation not concerning “god” or “jesus,”
ban...

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our reckless aviator dives upon the Zeppelin
don't worry darlin I'll just put the tip in
a lethal hilarity aimed at the hoarders of wealth
the value of their possessions a layer of ash
will redeem not one buy...

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SOS


Sixty seems so old
Oland was a time long ago
Sweden still sleeps in my dreams

So young so sweet
Old dreams run in retreat
Songs like lovers never last

Vanished love, island breezes
Vanquished lovers, sins drown, nothing pleases

Gone is the...

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The bank sign blinks its message late at night, 
two types of information for the indolent, 
the traffic light is cycling, though there's not a car in sight, 
alarm clocks disinter the drugged and somnolent....

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The bank sign blinks its message late at night, 
two types of information for the indolent, 
the traffic light is cycling, though there's not a car in sight, 
alarm clocks disinter the drugged and somnolent....

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The bank sign blinks its message late at night,
two types of information for the indolent,
the traffic light is cycling, though there's not a car in sight,
alarm clocks disinter the drugged and somnolent.

Newspaper delivery is the...

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The bank sign blinks its message late at night,
two types of information for the indolent,
the traffic light is cycling, though there's not a car in sight,
alarm clocks disinter the drugged and somnolent.

Newspaper delivery is the...

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The bank sign blinks its message late at night,
two types of information for the indolent,
the traffic light is cycling, though there's not a car in sight,
alarm clocks disinter the drugged and somnolent.

Newspaper delivery is the...

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The bank sign blinks its message late at night,
two types of information for the indolent,
the traffic light is cycling, though there's not a car in sight,
alarm clocks disinter the drugged and somnolent.

Newspaper delivery is the...

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The new normal is the weirdest game in town.
If I was out there at all, I’d wear my mask all around.
I have been sheltered in place since March, to the store twice.
I have not seen...

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Well to find a best game can be quite a wild ride
But just how should a fellow begin to explore?
If appropriate girl is not there by your side
There’s a chance that you won’t even get...

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I'll only be here periodically
because I quit my job at the WTC.
I went up to the boss and asked for my money.
I just no longer could handle any of this controversy
which will only promote more...

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Cigarettes and alcohol 
had washed her youth away.
The fresh faced girl, with the wayward curl, 
that I knew from 'yesterday'
had now been replaced, 
by something hard faced,
playing the oldest game in town.
Her painted on smile...

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making up for years of lack,
unable to speak,,the heart held back,
oh, how it looks so selfish and absorbed,
as if seeking attention, the heart wants to love more,
unexplained, you just do as i say,
as if losing...

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There sits birdseed in a box
which used to have a plant growing in it.
A planterbox full of birdseed
brings lots of little Birds morning and eve.
They fall from the sky.
They make a big mess.

Occasionally, Squirrel visits.
His...

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Is still the game in town. 
Whether you recognize it or not,
It makes no difference.
Whether winky frown, hashtag or Kermit meme
has taken rot of your existence.
The world is changing, and at breakneck speed.
The elements are...

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Play or fold stakes are high,
I raise you bluff, I see the lie,
Call! show me what you got,
nothing at all, I take the lot. 

Play or fold lets up the danger,
Russian roulette real game changer,
No...

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Halloween Bessie had a bucket shop.
Where people traded stocks without a stop
Some were fraudulent, made up and wild.
I’m here to say it was crazy, child.

Halloween Bessie had a black cat with a twitch.
This familiar went...

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