Long Primping Poems

Neigh say being  corralled & cult shod 

"Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis"
translation = thus always I 
bring death to tyrants.”

Above the fray of twittering, 
squabbling, and madding crowds,
an arrogantly belligerent creature deified, 
yet vilified...

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Ongepatshket torqued skewed reflection

drawn courtesy lots of byte size chalk.

When e'er I summon fat chance
to empower me self with courage 
and steal a passing glance
in the mirror then instantaneously 
hairline fractures appear
than 'afore long 
snap,...

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I haint donning royal carpet treatment

No stuntman/woman showed up, 
albeit intervened in timely fashion
to thwart mishaps experienced 
courtesy me I bemoan,
and poet lore re: yet of Perkiomen Valley
Pennsylvania, United States of America
never suffered major illness...

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A is for angst, the lacerating emotion you spark inside my guts when I think of you…
B is for Bingo…boy did I win at that game…
C is for cherish, those precious moments you and I...

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We all had homemade dresses for prom; well, nearly all of us.
This was back in 1970 while black and white Viet Nam War photos were on TV
Every night, we saw such sadness.
Prom was a reminder...

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Aw shucks, I did sustain
moderately serious injury
series of unfortunate events
ludicrous and quite insane,
yours truly did previously explain
while crouching (think

Tony as papier mâché Tiger),
aye fell backward, where sharp
desktop corner didst train
ground zero right side rib cage...

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She impatiently awaits his call, staring at the phone.
She preys with every part of her that he can slip away.
He’s with her, loving her going through all the motions.
He puts the kids to sleep, and...

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December Twenty Seventh 
Of Two thousand and Nine
Is the night I lost my brother
A Best friend of mine

The night two paths were chosen
One for him and one for I
A night I'll never forget
The night he...

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Smacked the shalliwag’s hand good and clear
He might be my cousin, but not really dear
He was getting too close to my golden pot
He should have known better, he really ought

Hey! The Clurichaun yelled as I...

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When e'er i chance
     to steel a passing glance
     in the mirror hairline fractures appear
than 'afore long
 
     snap, crackle, pop
  ...

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I am much cuter than those squirrels.
I see them in the morning when they
don’t think anyone is watching,
primping and posing and fluffing
those tails, rubbing their teeth on
the maple leaves to shine them,
rehearsing their inane chatter.
I...

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An Ode to the Necessity of Seduction


She had been primping, preparing,
for these moments of beguilement.
Groomed, long before she began to
blossom, reach her time of coming out.
Always possessing the accoutrements
of beauty yet unable to truly fulfill...

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Primping, grooming, looking good
Like you knew you always should
Without hurtful burns and bruises
You received from all the losers
With forceful hands and anger issues
All your tears flowed into tissues
Until you heard a caring voice
Saying that you...

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Can it truly be
That the existence of you and me
Will be as if it never were
With no him and with no her?

Tell me.

Can it truly be
That the formation of a family
Will be a thing of...

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Find xanthium' squeeze in a sigh  
asking a righteous void, hear my entreat
hand to heart, in a beggar's sky
not just for myself,
not just for why...
  
Can a heart devoid of hope
seek to find...

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Tuxedo Tom was a man who was insanely debonair.
Straight out of GQ, he had a manly, handsome flare.
The kitties in the alley were giddy beyond compare
When they smelled a whiff of Tom in the cool...

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He loved
his sisters and nephews and nieces
his friends, his enemies and Skittles
Neil Young and Hendrix and Dylan
LSU, the Astros, the Saints
crab boils and back-yard basketball
running the roads with his buddies...

Yes he loved
many things and hated...

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gentle and genuine you are
never thought i would meet a diamond like you
i have too many cuts and bruises in my little area of trust
yet here you are....primping in the bathroom mirror debating the latest...

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At popular Pennsylvania State Fair,
ponies were preparing for prissy pony pageant,
promenading ponies' pretty polished hooves,
parading promoter, Percival Poppycock,
promised prize-
pauses, perplexed,
as Penelope Percheron,
a primping draft horse,
prances into pavilion,
petite ponies patter,
prima donna Penelope presents
perfumed self,
pricey pink ribbons,...

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One morning proud Prince Paradine arose,
Donned his velvet, regal clothes,
And took three hours till he was dressed—
‘Even had his stockings pressed!
Patent leather shod his feet,
His scented wig was white as sleet,
A golden girdle rode his...

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Annie

Favorite I am not to sure
She goes in and out the door
In and out In and out In and out
I finally got smart I made a cat door

Whenever I pet her
Her paw comes up like...

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Ratman is busy
so very busy
spending most of his free time
accumulating things 
building his nest from life's little messes
he works hard 
so very hard 
to keep family on the dime
to keep his mind on the sundial...

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You grabbed my attention to throw stones
Your stones cut deep and perished what I thought was love
Can’t you see you really mattered?
Can’t you see what took place?
My mind was in a different place
My heart was...

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I await the first light of Dawn,
preening and primping my feathers.
And prepare to catch a thermal
as I soar above the heathers.

A red sun sears the horizon
as darkness gives way to daylight.
And when night shadows disappear,
color...

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The witches in the neighborhood were in a tizzy.
Their husbands were outside working now, extremely busy.
Exquisite witch had moved in down the block, and she was fine.
Elegant, sexy, exquisite were adjectives she hung on her...

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