Long Paid up Poems

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yeah ...
they hijacked my mind, man -
hard-wired my neural synapses
said I'd be famous ...
(wealthy, certainly)
With MY financial issues
what choice, really?
Family no longer cares -
they gave up on me ages ago
(who can...

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I am sad
and need reassurance
this choice was not bad
at the time of searching
Home's new-found voice,
and is not bad
now,
and will not be bad
and sad
in my shortening future.

Diminishing now
into year by year forecasts,
no longer this seventh decade
by...

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When I woke up early and rose up with the lark,
I was up so darned early, skies remained dark,
But being happy I rose up to greet the new day,
So after my breakfast I was soon...

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To the Game Theoreticians:
Games are a subset of strategic systems thinking,
which can be rooted in systemic resilience theory
and in systemic racist theory
and probably not in both.

To the Systemic Theoreticians:
Groups playing leadership
and choice-making Games
may be differentiated...

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IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY : LXXVI

IF ever I had a Country with or without any " Wood " in the aching aping Film Industry
And if ever (you know the refrain by now) I...

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I-Robby

Robby had been married going on eight years,
2hen his Marie demanded a divorce,
whe had been planning, lawyering up,
and instantly dragged it into the court.

Poor Robby had not seen it coming,
he thought things had been going...

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I am posting this for Carol B., there is only one way my friend.


“How do you plead?” he shouted and stared. 
I was startled and dazed, alone, cold, and scared. 
My mind was confused and...

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This candidate has a background of varied industries and roles.
The experiences help me bond opposition to engage their souls.
Bravely bringing a refreshing personality and approach to tasks.
The passion forces those I connect with to remove...

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If your automobile insurance was all paid up to date
And you suffered a loss, just what would you say?
Would you say, “Mr. Repairman, I will pay the bill”
I don’t believe Allstate will do what they...

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We had ourselves a time last night
the card game bordered on theft,
but there was no trouble at all thank God
the losers paid up and left.

The younger men with wives and kids
went home to their early...

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The police are everywhere
And barracks are empty, 
I see military fatigue, locusts
I see firearms that can make the devil blush
I see the MK 18 mod 1 carbine whose libido is famed abroad
I see the Glock...

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Villanelle : Should one reorder genuine vers libre entire

Should one reorder genuine vers libre entire
Pull Pound down tear veil off event horizon holes
All to make for one's own sacre the pur sang lyre

Invent a machine...

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COST NOTHING TO DO THE CARE TO LOVE IS FREE---

It cost nothing to say ”how are you”;
It cost nothing to say that I care;
It cost nothing to pray for your fellow man
Will you won’t you...

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When comments are in 

Such short supply

You can not even buy one

Even if you we're not strapped
for cash and had a pocket full of
fivers

And plenty room left to spare
on your paid up credit card

And then...

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I thought I should take a moment or two,
to thank Poetry Soup for all they do.

My mind’s like a cauldron of swirling stew,
it’s filled with thoughts I want to share with you.

It was a year...

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I had decided to go through with it
and this time it was serious
not just another
melodramatic episode
brought on by events
that were beyond
my control

this was the real thing
a calm calculated decision

I had taken care of outstanding debts
paid...

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He was an old fella in overalls
With a greasy rags hanging out of his pockets all
And his finger nails were bordered in black
From the years fixin’ engines on his back

He worked hard every day
Burnin’ daylight...

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When I see the old lady 
Moves with a bag with tearful eyes 
 To an old age home leaving her own  behind 
For every young including me is not enough writing poetry ...

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magical fey conjured up a new mushroom house in a tiny cloud
frequented by caterpillars and ants, but bees are not allowed
some of the honeybees and wasps are forming an angry mean crowd.
hear buzzing? They are...

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If your best work is done at night,
Which is now no longer your right 
With neighbors to to your right of you,
With neighbors to the left of you,
Neighbors on top of you
Who don't want to...

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Mine a trial was cool
My heart was forced into a pool
Only due to an inviting pull
A pull not into a pool a center of the fool
But as accrues  fruits of a heart so full…

Everything...

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down the  stairs
down  the creek
creek is down
creek is flowing
flowing fast
flowing under
under glass
under pass
pass it over
pass it slow
slow poke
slow down
down and around
down for the count
count the money
count is under
under siege
under the sun
sun is hot
sun...

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You asked me for a poem today.
I raised the roof of my skull 
like the hood of a jalopy,
I replaced the sparkplugs and 
Revved my six cylinders, smoking 
Choking an unbreathable cloud, 
My tarnished shroud.

You...

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Someone once told me that there's nothing
better than a bear hug.
So I went to the zoo ...
and gave some random lady a bear hug,
but I got slapped
and now I can't go back to the zoo.
It...

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Three Penny Opera

A penny for your thoughts she said
And paid-up cash, right on the spot
I think I love you was my reply
Do you have another penny or are you
Planning to get my thoughts for free?
She...

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