Long Schnapps Poems

Once at the roundabout, I stopped for precaution
Stretching my arching legs, so much exhaustion
Many a long mile I have been, 
I am steadfast without chagrin. 

Left there yesterday to get here early
Didn’t get lost but...

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Bartender Oh Bartender
(a stout rendition of O Captain! My Captain!
Perfect rhythmic rhyme with tonic 
when the doth ale).

Mine eyes espy the glory per the ending 
of another work day beckon Baileys Irish Creme
with Absolut certainty...

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Now legends tell in History 
    of events that shook the world.
But nothing compares to the show we had 
    that caused my toes to curl.
The story grows each...

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She heard them loud and clear
that was the night, her life changed,
deep down inside her heart and soul
she thinks they had it prearranged.

Music played softly in the background
but she could hear it so clear,
"Let me know,...

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What happened to the man I loved? Why did he lose himself?
The strong hold his demons had over him was tearing us apart   
Dilated pupils, slurred words, stupid grin worn when drinking,
a fool...

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It takes two to make a tear 

It’s Christmastime so no more killing now!
Let’s get together, sing some carols here.
In no man’s land, we’re brothers for today.
A merry Christmas, season’s greetings, mate.
Und frohliche weihnachten to...

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Czeslawa Kwoka              
             #26947 04/12/1943
     ...

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I saw black ants in a big ship
After they were taken from the pits 
(The pits they dug themselves and received schnapps and mirror)
They named the pit dungeon
And were sent to a small door all...

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Family gathers for Thanksgiving dinner

  As you step into grandma's home
You smell the savory aromas

   Turkey is stuffed and cooking in the oven
Glazed ham garnished with pineapple and cherries
We’re getting very anxious...

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Christmas at Grandma’s
over the river and the thru the woods
it’s damn cold out here even with our hoods
the horse knows the way but he tends to sway
if he drops we won’t be getting away.

next year...

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The bars are all closed and I’ve got a full tank, 
So we could idle all night.
I’ll buy us breakfast at the Swamp Pike Diner. 
We’ll welcome dawn’s early light.
It’s been seven long years since...

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The burden of holding it 
in my arms 
weighed me down to nothing.

I had not felt like myself for months, 
and no one noticed my morning breath 
at midnight or my late-night schnapps 
scented coffee.

My...

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Inside cooped up in my loft all autumn with writer’s block, it was time.  I arrived on New Year’s Day.  I wanted a fresh start, so I took a well-deserved hiatus.
  ...

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MARRIAGES

For long I cherish its trees and flowers
As it forms my roots from dead dreams
So my aim is to continue from where folks retires it
Marry my Golden Idol
Marry my love
Have children and be a father
But...

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Barbie
from Loch
March 5, 1990

I fell in love in a biker bar
	with a girl in chocolate hair.
It swept around her like a smoky fire
	and woke up the beast in my lair.

Her bright eyes twinkled like brilliant...

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CHEERS !

Toast to all the Girls, who live in a whirl, of parties and nightlife and fun.
Here’s to the those girls, who wake every morn, wondering who gave her the bun.
Scholl to likely lads, who...

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Whiskey and orange juice,
 Peach schnapps and cola,
 Buckfast and sprite,
 Desperate times called for
 Horrifying measures.
  
 Thank god I was not a bartender
 For I would have been 
 Thrown out of...

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Get you tipsy drunk 
Make you fall in my bed of love
I got you caught up
I wear the strings like skin
I’ll be your violin victim
If you be my penal piano
Fingertip your lips
Kiss your kisses
I want...

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To love is a pain that the living must bear! 
And I selfishly cling to the thought that you might
Find a spot in your heart where gain purchased holds fast,
(Though lost love is implicit in...

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Where, oh where, oh where to start
Rum, Whiskey, Schnapps, Brandy
Can they mend a broken heart?
Mixed drinks? Nah, they taste like candy.

Rum, Whiskey, Schnapps, Brandy
Which ones efficacy is longer?
Mixed drinks? Nah, they taste like candy.
No, I...

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Santa won’t be back next Christmas Eve,
he decided to retire and take his leave.
With all the online shopping in the world today,
he set his reindeer free and burned his sleigh.

He’ll probably shave his beard and...

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You'll probably find me in my little garden
With my big floppy straw hat upon my head,
And dirt on my hands digging in rich black soil.
I'm always fiddling with my garden beds,
Planting ground cover between the...

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A Special Thanks to the Bumbles

We give thanks to the creator
for you, special pollinator,
the miracle of natural homes
for workers, queens, eggs and drones.
Golden like the noonday sun
colors like no other ones.
Hail all power to the...

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He could fight and win battles, could this General Ulysses Grant!

   Other of Lincoln's generals were continually sayin', "I can't!"

Though 'twas well-known that General Grant relished his schnapps,

   Even soused he...

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the elves built a new workshop and yes there’s a but
they didn’t use one-call and their phone lines got cut
isolated up north poor Santa missed some calls
he lost the warranty on his sleigh and an...

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