Long Peppercorn Poems

sitting in front of my record player
i am glad that i fixed it and that i found some 45s and some 78s
my excitement builds as i sift through all of the new discoveries
i am in...

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There lived a man by the Peppercorn Tree.
Upon a night he called on me.
So I asked the Abbajah for his help.
This would my first, here, mission be.
This youngest child, just up from knee.
On a starlit...

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Up the dark and barricaded staircase
With a monitor well focused between their legs
They came to digest an Ego
Caress ten long fingers aflame at the tips
Imbibe bright juice
Heal a chequered heart
Mount the focussed quartz
Don the weathered...

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Ocean’s seagulls are magical the older woman thought.
Her cat was thinking a seagull sandwich is what he ought.
Each on a beach chair, they sat in silence side by side.
Each with their own thoughts by the...

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So this is where the trail ends
in a long forgoten paper town 

Flipping dirty mattress in the ghetto turning tricks for matchsticks all for money lending

Because we born unto it like scarlet vixens in classic...

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oh wondrous pepper!
born in Kerala, South India &
said to be “the king of spices”--- 
that which goes with practically any food,
that which does all that it can to bring excitement to the tongue---
spawned from the...

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I don’t know why I like almonds so much
Going nuts
Crunch crunch
I don’t know why the caged bird sings
Or why he can’t just hold it in
Walnut, peach pit, peanut, primal
Peppercorn prairies,
Pine nuts, poppy seeds, almonds galore
Taste...

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Round and smooth
orange red
playing sunset
in azure pail
holding hands
with moonlight 
slices
gifts of pearls 
from the earth
dancing peppers
hot and horned 
kicking out
garlic smell
sunlit squeezed
lemon lime
sparkles from
sea salt beds
lacey fragrance
green cilantro
apple cider
gold coriander
oil, cumin  
peppercorn
avocado
pit and all
rainbow...

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one sneeze too many
seasoned grilled bacon slices
a flowering vine



Piper nigrum (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning,...

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