Long Shake a leg Poems

April 3,  2051

Dolly speculated about home, "the kids."
And decided Skype contact before
The dawn of day. Next day early morning.
Dolly was thinking, "this turned out 
Completely different than expected.
Ooo this was Not the plan. She...

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Apple Tree

I do not know why, but for the longest time, it has been assumed that I was in the Garden of Eden. I’ve been seen in gardens, orchards, and the yards of many people,...

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In a session of shower
I send two lines in whatsapp
And wait for some flowers
To bring me a bird seated on a second
If not on hours 


Why no bee yet
Is the other window now
Tired of alphabet
Or...

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A world within a world 
Both are virtually real 
In between them is only a high wall 
Sometimes blue, sometimes white 
Though it is straight yet it has a beautiful curve 
From far, it is...

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Distant sounds of the whippoorwill
I'm just kidding, I don't write stuff like that
I just wanted to tell you the story
About the man with the funny hats

You remember the mad hatter?
That Alice in Wonderland guy?
Well, he...

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Late at night I’d sprout some hair and my nose would start to twitch,
My teeth grew long but I didn’t care as I looked forward to the switch.

I traveled about in the night by the...

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Happy belated birthday Meg
This is your time to shake a leg
Hope you celebrated your way
Go ahead and have a great day

May your territory increase
And in you God’s blessings release
Holy Spirit hands on you lay
Go ahead...

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Like an omelette I am cheesy and I tell some hammy jokes
When I flip it to the punchline I don't always land the yolks

I scramble at the thought of keeping it farm fresh
Cracking under pressure...

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~ The night's alive and a-shiver ~


  The moon's a sliver
  a hammock without strings
  a pale banana with wings
  The night's alive and a-shiver 

  Just you and me...

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Up, up, up you go. Shake a leg. Out you go, lazybones
  -- Aw, come on.  Linger a bit longer.  It's so comfy under the covers...

No! Don't listen to him! You've got...

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Under the stern, watchful superintendence
Of whispering palms on the white sand coast 
Where a thousand strong bow to the breeze
And thousands more swing to the beat 
Giriama dancers caress their kayambas
With bared breasts teasing the...

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When I write you a letter, you had better reply!
All the time it eats up isn't easy to come by.
Do you think that I've got nothing better to do
Than to squander myself on a wastrel...

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Gulped in the morning or sipped at night,
For a host of debilities the doc says they’re right. 
From consomme to Bovril and the dark marmite, 
Even in your twilight years make you feel like a...

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"Eeny, meany, miney, moe" 
"We all fall down and go boom" 
"Oops a daisy" and "Shake a leg" 
And my favourite, "Silly baboon" 

Heard 'em all a million times over
Oh to go back to those...

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"Eeny, meany, miney, moe" 
"We all fall down and go boom" 
"Oops a daisy" and "Shake a leg" 
And my favourite, "Silly baboon" 

Heard 'em all a million times 
Oh to go back to those...

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"Eeny, meany, miney, moe" 
"We all fall down and go boom" 
"Oops a daisy" and "Shake a leg" 
And my favourite, "Silly baboon" 

Heard 'em all a million times 
Oh to go back to those...

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You should see us move to the beat
with Ciara in the driving seat. 
She’s on the stage ready to rock
as on us older ladies she takes stock.
To join our club you have to be
over fifty...

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Well shut my mouth you honey bee,
y’all come round for gab an tea

At end of day, when all’s bout done,
lain in the hay we’ll have some fun

Gurt deep we’ll think and spin a pun, 
shake...

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"Eeny, meany, miney, moe" 
"We all fall down and go boom" 
"Oops a daisy" and "Shake a leg" 
And my favourite, "Silly baboon" 

Heard 'em all a million times 
Oh to go back to those...

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Five in the morning
storm rumbles in distance
balmy, sweaty, thirsty
in the half light of dawn
I grab some shorts
from the work clothes draw
slip them on and a singlet
down some water
birds sing, crickets harmonize

When I fill another glass...

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Put your ‘best foot forward,’
But which foot is the best?

‘Put your shoulder to the pump’,
What pump? I’ am getting dressed.

‘Shake a leg now, come on.’
Shake my leg how? I find it is fixed on.

‘Wind your...

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it started twenty-six years ago
in a twisted, cramped recast
bathroom

the sun's rays would perforate 
from the right hand side
window

at first there were no 
implements, neither a
zither

it was just shake a leg
shimmering by the bed
stuff

and not knowing...

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