Long Sniffles Poems

I was so anxious to get away but I did not realize what was on the way
I got a standing ticket because all the tickets have been sold out some on the black market, others...

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As is the case with all of life's special moments
this one had to end when she again became weak.
We strolled the beach one last time
our toes curled in the sand
as the sun warmed our backs
and...

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My momma was big on naps when I was a girl.
Until I was eight years old, she sent me to my room on summer afternoons.
It was probably because of the heat in the south,
The way...

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Before daybreaks they walk hand in hand on the board walk speaking quietly and whispering something silently in the each other ears as the anxious morning pipers’ with itchy ears pressed desperately to decipher the...

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See them walking down the street in droves with books tucked underneath their arms making long strides and wide steps walking in clusters to seal the final deal.  

They are moving in a synchronized...

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I’ve got it - woot! 
Well, we’ve (Lisa and I) have it. The Covid.
After living carefully serpentine lives - for the last half decade - we both have it.

Lisa started feeling punky Friday night, after...

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“Puppy love” can be overwhelming…and is often unforgettable -

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There’s endless miles of golden sandy beaches
Sparkling aqua waters as far as the eye can see
Gods and Goddesses frolic au naturel down under
Here’s where Heaven shines her light down on me

If you foolishly swim between...

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Incinerate my corpse when I'm gone,
It might sound weird but it's already decided alone,
Prudent it is,when you offer my wish,
Not to say,you're honouring my departures dish,
Not to think you're paying homage to me as tribute,
That...

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Peculiar words crawling over the pages of my journal
Leafs of beige bound by counterfeit leather
Small enough to rest within my palm

Masks, quarantine, isolation, Covid, Alone
Lyrics scribbled upon blue lines traversing 
Three hundred and more pages,...

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I envy my dog at times and for many reasons.

He eats and sleeps under my roof
yet never contributes a penny towards 
his upkeep or my devoted care,
and never lends a paw with housework.

His empty cans...

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In a beautiful green valley 
Where wild flowers grow 
Comes the first blanketing of winter's snow 
The clouds up above float luxuriously by 
As I lay and stare at the wonderous sky 
I can hear...

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I saw people walking through the streets,
As cars lazily rolled down the one lane road.
Pairs holding hands, mothers and sons,
Suited men retiring after a hard day's work.

The awkward side-steps avoiding strollers,
Exchanging waves, exchanging glances.
And gentle...

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If I Could Have Gotten Your Embryo
Before You Were Born
I Would Have Sheltered You Safely
and Protected Your Form ...

I'd Have Put You In My Womb
& Flowed You Knowledge Like In A Tubric
& Patted My Expanding...

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When you stand under a waterfall you can't hear anything except the pounding water against your well-tuned ears. A flourish of a thousand whispers imploringly narrate their story to you of a thousand miles. Fortunately...

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I hear the same things
Every passing day-
The sound my feet make 
Walking up stairs-
Laughter-
Sighs-
Sniffles;
But, what would 
It sound like
If you walked the stairs 
By my side?
If I heard you laugh,
Sigh lovingly,
Sniff to hold back a...

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Hypocrites’ oath

Dirt-cheep  government clinics  treat death
And disease just like they are  dirt and refuse
Which in a way is just about  fine.

Today’s  multi specialities,  housing as they are ,
A subtle...

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In your hands I placed him on the day that he was born
I knew that you’de take care of him, on this I would have sworn
Just like I had planned it, his birth brought joy...

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				His wife wants some black lingerie.
				He'll really surprise her today.
				Hot pink is his fav'rite.
				Oh, how he does sav'r it.
				He struts in his bright negligee!
	
				She's shocked when she sees him this way.
				She screams, "What a Valentine's...

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I really didn't like her, but
her form was suffocating me!
Who'd doubt her beauty was well carved:
a man with sense enough to flee?

If so, such sense eluded me;
I promptly took her vacant hand
and donned my darkest...

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I want so bad to call
I want to bad to text
I can't believe after only 6 months 
It's so very hard
I take one last look
At all our old text
And I just can't fight it anymore...

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SNAPSHOT OF A DREAMING PINE

The pointy pinnacle waits upon the ground -
grinning, leaning against a kitchen ladder.
Strung, but not lit, its dreams are found

of spherical ornaments revolving around
this needled pine, and a linen angel
sitting aloft,...

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Quandary

I bought a zoo - a magic place
With extinct animals - maybe lost in space
Now in a quandary - what to do
I have an ailing Jurassic Zoo!

My Stegosaur snores with loud zings
My Pterodactyl sprained one...

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Vanity of vanities, all is vanity,

The jewels, the money, all insanity!

No man is immortal, why don't you get,

Accept this and deal with it, your life will be set.





All the humans have endless desires,

Their life is...

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"Sticks and stones may break my bones,
but words will never hurt me",
I would shout out loud
with tear-streamed eyes
and sniffles that would choke me.

"sticks and stones may break my bones,
but words will never hurt me",
a saying...

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