Long Pipe down Poems

(huff fin Bach seat driver)...

Aye kin recall when both offspring
     (yay high) as a small child
and now ma deux daughters
     (fledgling young chicks
    ...

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Readers note; Wrote this story concept five years ago. Have an additional fifty pages if interest spikes.

The Charcoal Man; Part One

Cohen & I were sitting in class whilst Mrs. Knooman picked up a withered piece...

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Not another word!
Keep those thoughts caged, zip it.
Or regret it later..
So what if it's bothering you?
Bear it patiently.
Embrace the undying power of silence.
Is it hard to suppress and stay quiet?
Bad news - You gotta stay...

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An Auld Scottish Matelot on Lockdown in Malta
 
The Maltese Government says we are not to go oot
 A mere doddle to us auld yins who have been aboot
Cod War, Falklands, Gulf War and more
Assume...

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I'm living in the moment & you're looking for forever, I'm being the best worse me, I am way too clever, I can lap you in a drag race, I'm way ahead of my time...

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The snowman takes a holiday 
to Florida, he decided to go, 
he got tired of waiting 
all Winter, for it to snow. 

He gathered up his suitcases 
hopped on a bus heading out of town,...

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This is all I do
in one damn lonesome room
with no telephone
one open window
and I look down
at my best friend's sister
and I want her next to me
and I wonder if she looks up at me
and thinks...

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She struts out of the golden elevator
like the Grand Marshall of Macy’s Thanksgiving parade
Crystal high-heels rhythmically clicking
on the gleaming marble floor
Pompadour bouffant hair
that’s styled so platinum electric
Purple Persian silk dress
accentuated by a
diamond studded heart-shaped necklace
Sashay...

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Behold the Pied Piper has tossed his pipe belatedly in the trash
   Having led folks down some garden paths he trousered wads of cash
Dollars, pounds, euros, rolls of wallpaper - the currency didn’t...

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I think the car companies have done pretty good.
By making cars with something better under the hood.

Just try to imagine what they drove back in nineteen twenty.
I’ll bet you wouldn’t be seen in that today...

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there's a little girl
she's only 14
lost with nowhere to go
met an older guy
told her he loved her
got her pregnant
then he left...
had to find a job
to keep up with his habit
he couldn't put the crack pipe...

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The Perennial Exile.

Alone,
a foreign body,
eliciting condescending smiles,

the exile walks on.

Though gracious intentions are spoken,
well-meaning band-aids applied,

the exile walks on.

Alone,
never shaking off the fear,
the cold, damp trepidation,

the exile walks on.

A scab on the body,
ignored as benign,
tolerated...

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The shot
I shot the messenger, I got him good
One shot and it was done
And after that I slowly turned
And reloaded my gun
And then I took another shot
And this one stung me good
It burnt my throat...

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The woman next door yells Help me!
She swears like a  sailor 
Is she insane or that's her game ?
She’s a bloody wailer

Inside my room,”pipe down” I yell
In hall I say, “quiet” 
In her room,...

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We have a cure! The youngest, cutest, most female of female scientists yelled.
The other ones rolled their eyes and made fun of her.
She was a woman after all and short.
Short people cannot be taken seriously.

I...

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