Long Seatbelts Poems

All Aboard!
We are boarding the train of thought!
I hope you're prepared for this winding, twisting, and turning adventure
Please do not be startled by the complete transparent interior
Even though it seems like it nobody will see...

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Hop onboard overthinkers

A warm Welcome aboard the overthinker to all our guests, 
Especially Mr insomnia, and Mrs overthinker, both frequent flyers and our VIP guests
I'll be your minds captain for this flight, through awake all...

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When I was young we had a station wagon and we never gave our parents flak
when, before safety regulations came along, they let us ride in the way back.

On any trip, when it came to...

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Ode To Grandma's

She gazes out the window awaiting the arrival,
Of the ones she depends for her very survival.
It starts on the deck as a crescending rumble,
The door is flung open and inside they all tumble.

The...

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7:00AM and time is slipping
Hurry to work before boss starts flipping
Brush your teeth, and wash your face 
On the way out, make sure to miss a shoelace 


7:15AM and time is slipping
Run to the car...

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A runaway from the age of fourteen
For three long years she's been alone
One bad decision after another
Has forced her to make it on her own

Wise to the ways of the world
Still, a piece of her...

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"Road to Lovejoy - Piano for the Self Taught" (Part 1)



Liberation
of a sort
head out the car window
hair blowin’ in the breeze
I can hear the Crickets chirping
in the chilly winter freeze
I’m smiling 
it’s good to be...

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The absolute ultimate star of the show is here today, 
And ready to go, so sit down, please stay.
She has words to say, a lot to impart.
So get ready, for she speaks from her heart.

She...

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This highway has connected so many puzzles in my life.
Family, friends, enemies, school, foriegn cities.
Always a strange meaning in the seemingly never-ending road.
Memories of two people who made me forget reason and to live life...

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Do you feel safe 
When there are several there?
People to protect you
People to help and share
People to direct you
People to listen and care
There’s no safety in numbers

Do you feel safe
After you’ve received a shot?
Something to...

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He loaded his family of 7 in a little silver van
knowing it could have all been prevented
No seatbelts on even the smallest of hand
his impatience with the semi ended
along with the tiniest of cries
now the...

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Fear

From out of the dark daddy was there, 

with a blotchy red face and messy bed hair.

Checking me out, my fingers my toes, 

from the bottom of my feet to my ears and my nose....

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Babies cry, sleep, change nappies, feed. Toddlers drink water from cups. Younger brothers, younger sister, older brother, older sister, small town, large country.
One lane roads, one lane bridges, unsealed, 60mph, in the dark. Bush covered...

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Cigars and whisky for dinner
Prostitutes for my prostate
Pardon my french,let me rephrase that
Escorts for my ego
Last night,one big blur
Shit! it’s 6am,7 missed calls,8 messages
Where are you? On my way to the airport
Cruising altitude,mad hangover with...

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I used to get mistletoe 
Each and every year
Lost the man who brought to me
But I knew it had to be near.

Load up the kids
In an ugly old van
Chains, food, and blankets
Who needs a man?

We...

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As soon as I ran that red light, I knew that our fates were sealed.
Because of my carelessness and stupidity, seven people were killed.
When I crashed, my wife and two children were killed instantly.
So were...

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In the air, a warning
Lets us know what to expect.
Sit and fasten seatbelts!
Says the captain’s voice, direct.

We close our eyes or take a breath
And try our best to chill,
While making sure our coffee
Or tomato juice...

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On a plane we sit, confined
With all our freedom left behind.
We cannot move around too much
And with our friends, can’t be in touch.

We eat what we have brought aboard
And in our carry-ons have stored,
Then turn...

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Attention all poetry:
This is your stewardess Free Verse speaking.
Please make sure that your seatbelts are
securely fastened and your tray table is
positioned upright in the seatback in front
of you.
Thank you and have a nice trip.
My poem's...

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we pause
			in flight
			as if suspended clouds
			arms outstretched
			to the sky
			as if imaginary 
			silver wings

			reaching far into
			the unborn sunrises 
			of our lives
			we are two
			you and i
			in total unison
			side by side

			the luxury 
			of trust 
			without fear
			the splendour 
			of...

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Flutes, ahead laying the routes
Oboes they off to Villalobos
Harps, dusting off vessel tarps
Violin silenced by engine din
Cello, matching the revving bellow
Piano sad in the canoe
Clarinets are taking private jets
Horns, fasten seatbelts the Captain warns
Cymbal off...

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Simulated stadiums unleash
Passion frozen in seatbelts riding backseat
Bear with me
As I tell what cannot be told:
The future is whole as it unfolds
But the social populace
Stigma disgraced
Is racing around what cannot be chased

In the political imaginary
The...

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The journey of life ends at some holy land.
The roads are so awfully dark and too blur.
The night do seem so long as never to end
And that dreamed daylight appears too far.

Still we tread the...

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What is it about seatbelts,
That cowboys find so bad,
And the worst offender of them all,
Would have to be my dad;

He leaves his belt unbuckled,
And it makes an awful ding,
What is so dang hard about,
Buckling the...

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