Long Seein Poems

Like Hannibal we crossed the pass and crossed 
   the Alps (okay, the Brynderwyn Hills) 
and a bridge too far on north-west passage.
   From out of the Valley of Mizpah 
to...

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Ole Tom Willy                                ...

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Me un Finn came  'round

In what did we found

The Pub, wid a very large lock

Aye keep the key where no one cann see

Said our find mate, Erik McJock

So, let us awl in, out spurted...

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-LAST DAYS OF OLD BEN-


    “See that man up there on the mountain, son?”
“Yeah Pop, why’s he a’jes sittin there starin’ out at nuthin?"
 Well, son it ain’t nothin’ he’s seein’…Just nuthin...

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THE NIGHT THAT RABBIE VISITED ME
One night in spring  I couldn't sleep      I heard knocking on  the door
I got out of bed, walked to the window to have...

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hey white girl
what are u doin 2 day?
are u complaining about da events of ur self imposed stressful day
hey white girl
what u sayin 2 day?
Knowin u
its in direct contradiction 2
what u said yesterday
hey white girl
Didn't...

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Well, get up on time,
See your days pass by.
Don’t ask questions,
To leaders of suppression.
Cause court is in session.
Obey this do that,
When you go out,
Don't wear hood or hat.

Ah, eat more Tyson food
City gave us a...

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The Camp Cooky’s singin again outa tune,
  about turnin 60 today around noon

"What good is there in it?" I hear him say,
  and it got me to thinkin . . . seein it...

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I do believe this was done to me treated me like a good girl but disposable, 
a crutch and nothin but moldable, 
to understand your ways and how or why u do things,
regardless of the...

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I was drivin’ down an old, worn black-top highway, on my way to a funeral.  It was mid-Missouri, and late summer made it hotter’n the dickens outside.  I was thinkin’ there was only...

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*Solo tempo female slow almost 'rap'*
Sittin' here just thinkin-
Lots of thoughts *kinda chuckle/sly smile*-bettween the pain I feel all over that radiates all through my veins
To the mental anguish my imagination sometimes can create. 
It's...

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I'm gettin' outta Piketown
I'm tellin' you Baby
I'm gettin' outta Piketown
And it's gettin' outta me 

Back when Johnny showed up 
In Eighteen Thirty-Five
The creek was full of fishes 
That fed the local tribe

This will be a...

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Gunshots be leavin 'em children alone
they gotta find a way all on they own
kids screamin out sets for hope 
then run around with a crew slangin dope
can't forget that they saw they fathers go
witness to...

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A smile is supposed to be real, not fake
But instead, people think that they can just take
Even when someone takes their life, just with the hold of a very sharp knife
Once you start bleeding, you'll...

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L-O-V-E
   by Amy Swanson (c) May, 1998

(dedicated to every woman who's ever had one of these!)


Hey now Mr. Satin Sheets, you think you're so fine...
   wouldn't give you the time of...

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I thought i found that one until you came into my life

I put up a fight to keep my heart from losin sight

What is this feel'n i fight every night

Could it be you that is...

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I was chasing this rabbit across the railroad tracks;
Someone failed to tell me that he's not comin back;
Are ya gonna eat them raisins;
I'd be mortified picture this in a window you standing here;
with your hands...

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Got Love for those hot azz lyrics,
Got Love for those who tryin’ to hear it.
Got Love for my peoples holdin’ me down,
Got Love for the mamis with the booty round.
Got Love for those makin’ moves,
Got...

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Lost in my head, where'd I get my point of view?
parents? friends? the news? muse's interviews?
The more places I go the more I'm confused 
About what's wrong, right and ultimately the truth
What things mean to...

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Greetings.  We received your toxic tax documents today; proceeded to immerse them in the de-cootie wash for precisely 30 minutes; then showered them with Gamma Ray’s, which is not what you think it is,...

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   A Stormy Christmas Eve

It had been snowing all day and
the skies were looking glum.
My mama started crying when
the mailman didn’t come.

Tomorrow would be Christmas Day;
Dad said, “I’ll ride to town.”
He put his...

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I want to be HAPPY again, is that at all a sin
My life is crappy and I’m starting to get snappy.
But how can I have a smile when I’ve been faking it for a while.
I...

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1 shot 2 shot 3 shot BANG!
Im tired of seein so many of my peers slain
bout a week ago my lil cousin got jumpd
Cudve lost her life wit 2 mo blows 2 da head but...

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"There’s things ya should be doin’

And folks ya could be helpin’

Blind ya ought to be leadin’

It’s not alright

If they’re bleedin’

Do more than just readin’

An’ dreamin’ ‘bout some eden

- a distractin’ illusion-

a selfish wound

‘gainst compassion

But it...

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If it’s the thrill of the hunt
The chase that you want, I’m game
In the darkness of night when we make love
I’ll have you calling out my name

Every lingering thought has got me caught up 
In...

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