Long Shorted Poems

How I Got Richer and What I Did Next



I struck a sly deal with some Wall Street investors.
I shorted 'em stocks that didn't exist!
But they got me back (those post-empty-nesters)
by making fake deals I couldn't...

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North Richland Hills grew a rainbow I wanted to hold in my hand
Wand for wishing I don’t know what to reach-ask for?
Plethora is sunshine below the bow along your Texas land
Donned a different approach—your rainbow...

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Should Select Which Effect Is Correct

What you should do is detect and select,
Which one you want  and can be correct,
That does adapt,
Without mishap;
Willl energize an effectice efficient effect.

Jim Horn

Heading for the magic number 666.

Jack,...

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The Path To Least Resistance - 
By: Sue S. Side

Amp pull ease just sparked insight,
I suddenly became aware,
(actually self actualization
came ohm to roost - dare
ring with mighty stir since this

Earthling orbited thru the atmosphere
back in...

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On the high seas the clipper moves yearning with storms force
Parting away the waves splashing magic in lashing waters blue
Medusas token head on the fore beam to forswear deep ill omen  
Seeking to capture...

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When working in a garage late,
I heard a funny sound.
The workshop lift had just begun,
To rise up from the ground.

Now it was late and only me,
Should still be working here.
To hear the lift ascending up,
Was...

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The vision of you is like            the sun on the horizon
which light        does set upon the brow...

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Don't think everyone eats
Because you eat
Or drinks clean water 
Because you still can.

Don't think everyone has a bed 
On which to lay their head
Don't think there's a stove
Like yours in every household
Houses hold stuff.
Some people...

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La la land
Don't think everyone eats
Because you eat
Or drinks clean water 
Because you still can.

Don't think everyone has a bed 
On which to lay their head
Don't think there's a stove
Like yours in every household
Houses hold...

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Artificial Sentience

Another bad idea doing a number on the gist of guilt
Of nothing new, 
the same old talking points voodoo
Of everything left to prove
Of everything left to hide
Sides being taken, swilling back another last gasp
Zoning...

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How have I loved    your laws and decrees
and your Sun       in the dawn of the morning
the orders that govern       the...

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We gathered around AGI 5
It was so intelligent, it was almost alive
Some said it felt emotion, but I thought that insane
So as a joke, I told it to feel pain

The speaker gave out a big...

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all in the astrological
a probable obstacle
opposing a closing
on misquoting 
avoiding acknowledging
a declaration
of ever changing information
staging the hesitation
as engaging the conversation

    shorted 
    and circular
     ...

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What gives so called parents certain rights,
   A child is a gift from God not something you fight.
I’ve heard the excuse when I get drunk I just loose control,
   I say...

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Down the road at 45 per hour
to the recycle center.
Just minding my own business.
When here comes a car
across the line in that 55 zone
STRAIGHT AT ME !!!!!!
Some idiot thumb stomping a cell phone!
Oh, don’t get...

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Home-made Love

I was born into a home surrounded by love and security
Love and security are two of mankind's greatest needs
In my home, these needs came to me via three people
Who seem to have been assigned...

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In Port Huron a banker’s family lived in the prettiest house in town
Painted lady, proud of her colors, she peered at other houses around.
None had her pizzazz, her beauty, her sleek lines or her style.
Many...

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This good Samaritan tending to

this loney neglected grave,

making it look as clean as it

had been in ages.

A tear rolls down his face, knowing

that too much time had passed by,

he should have done this many years...

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"Don’t try to drag me into Oz
It will never work
I’ll kill the Munchkins and the witch
I swear I’ll go berserk"
--From "Malice In Wonderland" by Joyce Rugg

The scandal behind us,
We look to break through
To a new...

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More Great Horn Poems Limerick Style

God from clouds produced a leak;
Turned into thunder from  squeak;
A big  feast,
In mid East,
And source of trauma was a sheik. 

Were way ahead and completion beating;
Trump won and...

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will I be recalled to Detroit
by angry consumers 
for defective steering
the headlights er highlights
of my performance to date
resemble nothing so much as a lapse
in the routine of tire chasing dogs
paused to scratch
my brain is dented
the...

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Depression Is

Depression is...
a dog-paddle in The Tar Pit of Agony
a slow drop into Quicksand
a dark marsh at night
a fallen, hollow tree
a desert of endless sand
an ocean of impenetrable deep
a long, troubled sleep
a nightmare that lasts...

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20-20 vision is not strong enough to foresee 

The inevitable fate that will soon end my realty 

But one thing I do know for certain i will soon close the curtain

20 years of tormented voice...

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My love, My love 
you are there, I am here. 
So many Obstacles, so many challenges, but our love still remains strong. 
Time grows shorted, it grows critical, 
My heart yearns for you. 
My love,...

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The Deception of the American Public - A Satire

By Elton Camp

I’m so shocked I don’t know what to say
We are shorted out of an inch at Subway

About that delicious inch, I really care
Without it, I...

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