Long Rub off Poems

Three states
in five hours.
Maybe we’ll stop somewhere nice
like a KOA campground.
A kid can hope. It’s hot and it would be great to go for a swim. Instead we stop at the liquor store,
dad buys a...

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She lived in shadows, where light felt too bright
And joy was something spoken of,
But seldom felt or experienced, something
That most of the time, meant reaching for another,
Another’s joy, though not hers, 
She hoped might, somehow,...

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Let our hands interlock into a 
beautiful zipper of prayer and 
take pride in being african! 

"What is the pride of being 
african"

Asks a girl- unknowing of the 
roots from which her family 
tree grows...

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BEING  BROWN

my color does not rub off
on any one, said the brown
to the white, nor does it pale
on being exposed to you 
we could share the same spa, 
the water will not change color

don’t...

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Out of depth, I have cried for you,
In all my breath, I speak of you,
My soul waits, my soul mourns,

As I wait for morning, I wait for redemption,
Am clothed in shame, yet I await the...

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Hey you sweet and frightened little girl
Lift up your eyes and look at me
I know, I know exactly how you do feel
I am you, you are me; and for this I shall tell you some...

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I feel sad today 
Even though I'm not supposed to, I do
Sometimes it just sneaks up and overwhelms me
Fills my entire being with gloom
And the tears roll slowly, unstoppable
Never sobbing just rolling continuously 
Down my...

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Between these words and this paper lie my feelings
They hold the connection together, no piercings
So abstract I just want to get lost in them
I think I have found a reason not to analyse them
They are...

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As the Lord looks down on us today,
    I wonder what He’s thinking and if we’ll ever turn out okay?
How often do we thank Him for all that He has done?
 ...

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Look at yourself and tell me what you see
Don't tell me something I know not to be true
Hold the mirror that will show the beauty I see
Your eyes of warmth that have been exposed to...

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LAUGH IT OFF

BERNITA THE BOLIVIAN COUGER

BERNITA SHUFFLES OVER TO THE MAKEUP COUNTER, WITH GLASSES SLIDING OFF HER NOSE AND EYES PINNED TO THE SALES GIRL LIKE A TAIL ON A DONKEY. " I'D LIKE TO...

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Somehow you managed to climb
Right into my brain
In my thoughts, in my head
Making me go insane

Your scent won't rub off, Ive tried the soap
We've since split up, and I'm holding the rope
To make you stay,...

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White vapors appear as pollution sized continents reside in our open waters. 

Men are missing more teeth than technology has to offer.

Beggars are asking for cigarettes and demanding five dollars. 

Cars are so many and...

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odd

if someone has called you odd,
pairing themselves off as being superior in some way,
wherein what they say 
matters &
wherein what you say afterward will supposedly only
back their own
accusations---
it’s important to remember a few things,
so take...

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There is adventure, just waiting, as I open the door
A tiny bell sings a tinkle, (old lyrics, perhaps) 
To a place of discovery... inviting me in...
But offers in fact, enough excitement to thrill me
I often...

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. for public domain

All Day Tomorrow

( a cast of characters in song )

Homeless Jo and Jane:

We've got all day tomorrow,
to wait by the New Jersey shore,
to beg for a nickel
'cause we're in a pickle.
No end...

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The thinker 
stares into the space inside himself
with some ignoble wonder, 
"Who am I...and why?

"To found some mindless form of life
and blame it on my sculptor...
ah I see the timid wraith
who runs away from my...

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into a tiny clear glass bottle,
about the width of a thumb,
through its narrow top,
through a long tapered neck,
he pours fine coloured sand,
from small glass tubes,
quickly shifting from
one colour to another,
the sand just rushes down,
into the...

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the long day and Hitler

It is Christmas Eve the TV has nothing to offer but sentimental 
crap, where the rich rescue a Christmas for the poor and everyone 
in the park and sing while bells...

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Behind the mighty structures of brick and stone,
Are the naked hands of people who stand alone,
Fighting against all odds through the sun & rain,
Until the last drop of their energy drains.
 

A group of faceless...

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(Tongue planted firmly in cheek)





In spite of my loving nature

In spite of being an Olympic skater

In spite of my charming way with the ladies

And my absolute love of wee babies

In spite of having a voice...

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I'm promised to your finger tips
The ones that run through my hair and run across my skin
When there's space between that skin and the cloth that hangs off me
My shirts aren't tucked into my pants...

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Jack is my name, laughter is my game

If I can make just one person giggle

It's mission accomplished for me

It's my goal in life in my retirement years

I'm happy so why not let some of it...

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Snow falls softly late one night
In the darkness it does bask
I dread the job tomorrow
Shoveling will be my task

Beauty is in the eyes of the viewer
I see nothing but giant flakes of work
The trees all...

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Life gives us no clue about our purpose
In its midst, it gives us no answers
Forcing us all to tune our vibe to its focus,
Easily lying to ourselves, as if we were bluffers
Somehow trying to believe...

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