Long Skeeters Poems

I have many fond memories growin' up on the farm as a boy.
Such simple pleasures in times more sublime brought me great joy!
I knowed it was summer when in June Dad bought me a straw...

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We're out here in the Land of Sand. 
We came to take a stand, and lend a helping hand. 
But every hand I see is shooting back at me. 
It's hard to feel too welcome...

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Slim's cowboy hat warn't no fancy Stetson, that's fer shore!
He'd paid five smackeroos fer it in a Sears 'n' Roebuck store.
But it served him jes as well through his cowboyin' years,
Roundin' up, ropin' 'n' brandin'...

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Ready or not here he comes
Best you batten down the hatches
Unless you were one of the smart ones to run 
Like a Coon Hound in July chasing rabbits

Alright, alright, alright
As you turn and face the...

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Living in the Sunshine State

By Elton Camp

The climate is mild most of the year
Earthquakes, residents need not fear

The hot sun is warmly on your neck
Get skin cancer?  Oh, what the heck.

Susan’s house is right...

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Whiz-bang the Frog

Whiz-bang the frog
 And Toodles the dragonfly
Sit by the pond
 Watching the caddisflies

They sing La Ti Da!
 They sing Fa La La!
And then Wah-Wah Woo!
 A chorus of Doo Wappa Doo!

They sing with...

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Masks below noses and slush that turns icy.
Sharp thorns on roses and food that’s too spicy.
Waits for vaccines - the frustration it brings -
These are among my least favorite things.

Ted Cruz escaping while Texans are...

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A skeeter hit my windshield,
This I surely knew.
He flew across in front of me
As many skeeters do.

The skeeter that hit my windshield
Was a frisky little dude!
He wanted to ride with me, I reckon
But what a...

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I laid my heart 
against the brightness of this board that is my 
computer. I have 

enough energy, time and 
space to unlock the typos of my 
aged mind. But again, I hear 

the scraggy...

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The skeeters have scattered all about once more
They hide among dragonflies while trying to soar
Nimble, they quickly contrive to dodge every swat
I can still hear them buzzing, afraid to get caught

Dragonflies are friendly, but if...

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The moths get through the screen somehow
And when I walk outside,
The gnats and skeeters buzz around -
There’s no place you can hide.

The ants, at times, invade the house
And maybe, curled up tight,
A millipede will show,...

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