Long Tape measure Poems

New England's late May sun was long up,
and yet her laundry began to unfold
and clip onto the droopy clothesline,
while yet to warm into 8 AM.

She wore a light spring jacket
and need not think long
about why...

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A Scot had once been quite handsomely built

Now with corona did not fit his kilt 

Ate all he could find

With more on his mind

Became rotund and his manhood did wilt


Isolation made the fridge his best...

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She had Velvet eyes, Satin lips
Silk skin … Seamless hips

Threaded her way into his heart
and Stitched his mind up Tight
But the Needle Point, was coming
Pricking… with all its might! …

… Posed her Textile-smile
Watched Fabric –...

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ENTHUSIASTIC AMATEUR


I am lying here trapped and need some assistance,
And all because of my husband’s persistence.
“You don’t have to buy any bookshelves,” he said.
“I’ll purchase some timber and build them instead.”

I had some misgivings but...

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The meat on your bones
Can be adjusted to create
Just how you want to
Develop your own shape

First of all moisturize
Every part of your skin
Before getting it wet or in the sun
Especially if stretching or tightening

You don’t...

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Distant babble, a shout, an egg beater,
What does the clock say?
More noise, a dream dancing just beyond memory’s reach,
Where are my glasses?
6:45, no, 8:54
I found them on the sill.
Down one, then two floors,
The babble becomes...

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They examined me with tape measures in their eyes as I entered
superimposing famous female faces over my own in their minds
like pictures printed on clear plastic sheets
placing one atop another onto an overhead projector
my teachers...

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I’m sorry I’ve no homework,
But it’s really not my fault,
I tried hard all last week to do it,
But got such a jolt!
Sat down to do my homework,
It was history that day,
The theme was myths and...

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It’d been a long day at work
So he sat in the sun
Enjoying the beer he’d earned
The day finally done

Closing his eyes he relaxed
When a persistent peep
Interrupted his dreaming
And he started from sleep

A brown and grey...

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My cousin-in-law’s grandma was at a party. She says, “Me and my husband had sex almost every day.” I think some of us fell out of our chairs. So she goes on, “Almost on Monday,...

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     That day, I was on my scale, thought I was fat?
     Till I realized, i was holding two, five pound cats!
 
    ...

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"Too young!" were the words that everyone said,
while working so hard to get a degree.
First time on our own, and fresh newlyweds,
seeking employment, yet happy were we!

In a strange new town, now, a brand new...

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They say that the average US member is 160mm long,
don't rush for the tape measure - it might be wrong;
I'm not sure if that applies to the innuit as well,
just because they're a bit short,...

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I am going down to the hardware store
to buy a tape-measure

I have much to measure

I have to measure my disgust for politicians.
Election year is coming; I have to sum-up the lies
tally half truths, cut and...

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I've never went sky diving
I guess i dunknowhowtodoit and that's what's held me back!

I've always wanted to bunge jump, 
but never have cause i dunknowhowtodoit


It amazes me that i can't roller skate
just falling and spraining...

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