Long Stashing Poems

THE INCUMBENT
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS

I am sick and tired of hearing the same old line
My elected representative says every things fine
He just does not represent the people I know
He’s been there forever its time for him...

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PAY - for AIR...are You Kidding?



My wife and I, when we were kids, watched television programs, including movies, never being made to pay a dime.
That was in the fifties, when a lot of things were...

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It felt heavier than he anticipated.
It was cold and clumsy in the sweaty palm of his hand.
He stared at the hard black object 
Somewhat amazed at how easily he was able to acquire it.

Unsure how...

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The SnaffyLaffy Swiger
Looks something like a tiger.
His stripes are big and bright
Just like a rainbow.
They shimmer glittery
Beneath the moon glow
Florescent green, pink, blue and yellow.
SnaffyLaffy is a happy laughing fellow.
In the night he likes to...

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These Hands, These Hands

I have seen hands like this before
In every size and color
Hands that are parched and withered
Strong hands, tired hands
Hands that can bear any load
Hurting hands that are calloused
And bent, yet these hands...

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Run Away

Ticket counter still open but
	no planes departing
Ticket plus dog scheduled for 7:10 AM
	(Twelve Hours to nowhere)

Bag packed with who knows what.
Sidearm.38 snub-nose holstered on hip and loaded,
	permit signed by Sheriff himself.

Boarding pass left on...

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We, 
with the geometry and evening 
balance of our midcentury hands—gently 
lower the cloche over the day between us. It is a 
nightly ritual, gravity-driven, habit built over time, the glass 
encasement marred by scars,...

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For The Love of Money! 

For the love of money, some will reap what they sow,
Get all that they can, even sell their own soul. 
They’ll gather their things, and count their possessions. 
Forget about...

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There’s a monkey tag-team of mo-rons 
running things   ~   Polly Would Pinocchio style
Dumb and Dumber dolts 
got dim a dullard king Dumbo
dunce chair directing

Elephant Man, with the carrot top sage
He’s a...

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All I've seen is a black star in the night sky,
We fell asleep after our cross-country awry.
In my dream, I saw weak, cynical starlight,
Subtle as a map packed toward the plight. 

City by the Bay...

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Enea is Pope! (1)
                               ...

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SHATTERED ME!

Scintillating splendor of stars
Stimulated me, gazing by the window,
Hugging the bars, feeling the freshness
My mind just a wanderlust!

Far away from my window
Under the boughs, he stood,
Sharing love from a distance
Solid souls connect love.

Shedding the...

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when the music slows down it's final call

women and men pushing their way through the halls

locked in stalls rolling spliffs for the long haul

stuffing beer bottles under their wife beaters

scuffing up their new white adidas...

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We had a pet named, "Lilly",
Who at times was quite silly.
She was unique and so much fun,
And so very cute when she'd run.
She was just so incredibly sweet,
Raisins were her favorite treat.
She was cuddly with...

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Where I'm from we don't do debts, fronts, or take tabs
They don't understand nothing but stashing cash
Put that money on the head, you don't need a mask
They don't understand nothing but stashing cash
How is a...

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Where I'm from we don't do debts, fronts, or take tabs
They don't understand nothing but stashing cash
Put that money on the head, you don't need a mask
They don't understand nothing but stashing cash
How is a...

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Genuine dollars from just shredded papers!
Risked bloodless jumps from sky scrapers!
A repeated mad stabbing of one’s bowel with a dagger,
one amusedly looking back at the waiters for a stagger;
All, a seeming control of Autonomous Nature,
To...

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
when the geese fly south
and the sky is gray
close your eyes, lift up your eyes, 
listen with careful ears.

feel winter’s slumber coming on
hear it in the crackling, silent trees
note the crisping wind
sharply snapping at their...

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A sure shot, he sets up a can, and digs his heels in the sand,
with feet spread, a hat on his head and gun in hand, he looks grand.
Cloudy skies shade the sun from his...

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Spunky squirrels gather up nuts,
stashing them safely out of view.
In no hurry to stuff their guts,
spunky squirrels gather up nuts.
With bulging cheeks and furry butts, 
you love watching them passing through.
Spunky squirrels gather up nuts,
stashing...

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The road ahead is almost yellow
Somewhere bright somewhere faded
Waiting for its soon-to-come fellow
In the air crispy murmurs

Alder and Birch look cravingly
Squirrels running at their feet
Gathering seeds and nuts so wisely
Stashing better than our closet


Maples flare...

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All the best things in life are free.
Yes, money does make your life easier
But not much happier, you see?
So no sense in becoming greedier.

Saving up for the future's good.
Stashing some from every paycheck aside
As long...

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Ours was an intense love, a glossed fire
like a kiln burning, smoke on a trail...
with roses and moon-glow through the path
before fading as a clouded veil.

We ended this day so very wrong
as I pondered later...

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There she was back at her after-school job
Stashing away all she could for college
Always in her scruffy jeans and soiled blouse
Peeling potatoes from a burlap bag

Every weekend missing out on outings 
Her friends often came...

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Before iron winter commands the land
The brown ground sparks a bittersweet blaze
Bonfire breezes cross in smoky strands
Where nut stashing squirrels pause to gaze
On museums of leafy orange haze

Maroon afternoons of apple's sharp bite
Foretells the night...

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