Long Smart ass Poems

“We have never heard the devil's side of the story, God wrote all the book.” 
Anatole France

"I heard you wanted to see me Boss?", Lucifer asked.

"I can always see you Lucifer", replied God. "No, I...

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When I was a FreshPerson in a new higher school,
our English Literature class was delighted
to meet a new to our area Ms. Liska,
who was a beautiful teacher
both outside
and in,
and so we all loved her,
and knew...

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"I agree," Bayard murmured while looking at the few people walking I across the street. Summer was over and the boy was beginning to get frustrated at the sight of girls wrapped in blankets of...

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Have you been hearing voices again?

Still, yes.
No new ones, though,
since the Voice Against Death Investment.

So you're still hearing from the Forest Voices
which are actually more of a rhythm and blues chorus
made up of 4-part harmonic...

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I loathe feeling under the weather...,

especially when nasty elephant 
(named Thomas the pachyderm)
stomping to break loose courtesy tether,
where antibodies of mine 
struggle to band together
loosely analogous to voters
standing in a queue
waiting to cast their vote
(while...

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All these years at home, me and my momma alone
Daddy on the run, headed for the sun, he must of been..
Because I obviously wasn't his sunshine

Growing up wishing you were there when I had something...

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They hung around the beer joint with the finest Western wear
with thumbs tucked in their belt loops and such a studly air.
But those boots weren't made for stirrups and were polished to a sheen,
and on...

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the upshot constituted a figurative straw
     that broke the virtual camels back
where yours truly fingered as scape goat,
     who meekly, passively, and subserviently
    ...

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My father is now pitching the bottom of the ninth inning.
We need a few more tests to determine just how many outs he has left.
I had the opportunity this past weekend to visit him on...

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The more I learn, the more
     I realize how little I know…
which insightful, gutsy,
     entrancing, catchy apothegm

     attributed to Socrates by way of...

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Was I never enough or was I always too much? 
Or was I just right there missing your touch?
How could you break it through
Life gave you life but placed these crazy challenges
Upon you
You had me,...

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ON THE ROCKS
 
Talk about bad luck, I hit rock bottom and broke a leg
One advantage to hitting rock bottom is at least I know which way is up now
I hit Rock’s bottom and he...

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Useless

Keeping what I have inside to hide my true self for others to benefit without throwing a fit 'cause I'm useless and getting sick of it....
useless is a new feeling like an empty thought revealing...

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Hey there! Noah, my dear old friend.
     I just wanted you to know, the guys down at the lodge
are cracking quite a few jokes at your expense.
    ...

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Undocumented Warrior

By George W. Clever-----2002

I sneaked into this country on moccasin feet
No one knew I was here
Till one day someone asked 
Where is your C.D.I.B. card?			
Putting on my best stoic mask I said
Do I need...

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There was this smart ass way back in high school,          
sharp as a fiddle but so unpredictable;
he ran the school paper and worked as editor, ...

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Love me tender and my teenage dream  
where is he now what has he seen
That insects a buzzing at my window grill
He saw me and coyed round a counter top thrill 

The night air...

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Half my time is spent bruising my own ego, 
as I literally try to command every cell in my body to forget you entirely. 

To forget your stupid face, your name, and all the things...

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A new year has rounded the corner,
with grave news hard on its heels.
A father's friend at kinship's dawn,
a clan's family, by life's sudden dusk.

In so many respects my father's twin,
he could look in a mirror...

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He's not a man who runs the streets
He's hard working, and educated
Infect he's a self employed brother
A man who enjoys the best in life
He has good credit, a house, a car
And many other fine things
But...

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The task master walked into the room of hopeful job applicants.
All the blacks over there, he said, pointing.  No one moved.
All the whites over there, he said, pointing. No one moved.
All the people with...

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Stop
Sign
Red light Green light
Stop running by the pool
Stop annoying your siblings
Stop picking your nose
Stop Drop and Roll
Stop talking in class
Stop making out behind the gym
Stop mashing your zits
Stop going so fast
Stop staying out so late
Stop!
there's...

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I ain't like nothing you ever heard before
 I tell you what when I get done
we'll see if you still feel the same


know im known, you know i spread all my love around
and what you...

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Only fools write poetry,
someone famous said,
but it's better than sitting aimlessly
or taking to my bed.

I'll find the quote in Bartlett's
and stow the fact away,
more useless information
that I'll never get to say.

'Cause when I spout my...

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Possibilities

Another gorgeous B. C. day – a walk – no driving
in an age, - consciousness of – that has been arriving.
On this fine day, on my rounds – the bowling alley,
I came upon, a lady...

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