Long Take a load off Poems

Asleep before the head hits the pillow
Head filled with vivid colors swirling, amassing, mixing outside the lines 
Transgressions grow skyward like a bean stalk becoming a giant
Worries wander aimlessly like a cat in the night...

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Yo, wake up, Van!
Brother, you’ve been asleep for a good long while
Things sure have changed a lot;
reality took a dark turn,
being so boorishly bad is fashionably back in style
Like a rip in time,
Van, your thug...

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What We All Already Know

About our world, what we all know the best
Is directions are north, south, east and west
With one which is opposite of the other;
Like this one would God actually make another?

Suppose if...

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ILLUSIONAL BEAUTY
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS




As she approached we met eye to eye
I was awed by her beauty as she strolled by
I tried so hard to get her attention
This stunning example of feminine perfection

Her hair was long...

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WELCOME BACK MY SWEET
RELAX, HAVE A DRINK
TAKE A LOAD OFF YOUR FEET
IT VERY NICE TO KNOW,
THAT YOU HAD A FUN AND SAFE TRIP
YOU AND YOUR GIRLS
I WAS HERE WITH THE KIDS
SO WHAT!!!!! AIN'T NO NEED...

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Take A Load Off Annie


We each form our little circles to gather around our little cliques
 Loose lips sinks ships take some time to move those hips
 As a student of the arts let us...

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Baby sit down
Take a load off
Let's pour a glass of wine
And just talk

No telephones 
No big TV
Just you and I together 
And honesty

Not a single ear to hear
Except for our own
Let my words take you...

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Just quit nagging ‘bout my time in the loo
Or I’ll deck you with that weird platform shoe

Yes, I like to read there, it’s the only quiet place
And the “scenery” is better than that look upon...

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  I’ll SIT UNDER THIS TREE HOPING SOMEONE MIGHT STOP AND TALK TO ME
  I’M TIRED OF BEING ALONE AND IT’S OH SO LONESOME AT HOME
  MAYBE THEY MIGHT CARE AND HAVE...

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Come over here, my sweetie pie.
Tell your honey what’s wrong.
I sense you're sad, but this is me.
You don’t have to act so strong.

I’ve been down here in the kitchen
Just waiting for you, honey ‘chile.
Come here...

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The bees could not have been more annoyed.
The faerie convention took over the marigolds.
Let’s zoom back to the lilacs, Worker Bee Dee suggested.
The lilacs had been commandeered by a bunch of brownies.

They could not squeeze...

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Ladies and gentleman
Come in come all, take a seat
Relax take a load off 
And enjoy the show
Be happy, be merry for you all are
The guests, my guests
The audience to the greatest show on earth
We have...

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Author Dana Redricks
February 25, 2021

Rise and shine the Morning has come. Shake off the ashes of yesterday. It’s time to move forward a new day has dawn, we are victors standing on the promises of...

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Sixty-nine and you are nothing but fine.
Your happy smile radiates a country mile.
Calm and cool you are in no way affected
By others who are not as seasoned or collected
Tony, Tony, Tito, Titus, Tell the truth.
Were...

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Hello Andrea Dietrich, so we finally meet,
pull up a comfy chair and take a load off your feet.

Would you like a piece of this warm apple pie
and velvet black coffee to go with turkey on...

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Everyday, everyone, searches for contentment,
While contentment is right within your grasp.
You worry and stress and bring on resentment,
A part of life you just can’t seem to clasp.

Contentment can come in the simplest of ways
And people...

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There is a house in my backyard
they call the 'Crescent Moon'.
I visit more than I would like
but, then no one's immune.

I've passed many an hour there,
pants below my knees.
The place is open day and night.
You...

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Table

Come to me you families
and sit for just a spell.
Take a load off your shoulders,
with your stories to tell.

Come to me you students,
sit around me after school.
You can write your thesis on my top,
because you...

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