Long Tattled Poems

Damn bad reputation counts 500 plus paw whet tick stints

The following fictitious poetic vignette attempts a feeble tale of one ordinary day in life of anonymous miscreant.

"I don't give a damn 
about my bad reputation."

I...

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Suppressed behind this afflicted excuse of a cover up
A hurting young lady lies
Afraid to show her face to the eyes, 
eyes of the man who hurt her
And repeatedly told her she would never be nothing...

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We play, we stray, Life, many a doorway, all areas grey. A mystical array, along the way.

Along the way, to destiny we travel night and day. Sometimes predator, sometimes prey. life's a game? Is what...

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Just prepared this. Jill is on a small oxygen
insert in nose and understand that is a good 
sign so am glad. She sure is woozy and 
difficult to understand after coming off
of sedation. 


With some...

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She Did the Very Same



Sometimes the meaning we often may miss

Like the sweetness in one small, simple kiss

Full of feeling wanting you to always please

While years of your life continue to increase.



What was meaning behind...

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Gov'ners were jealous and zealous the satraps - 
One had received uncalled-for promotion.
With design to malign, these guys enacted
a divine trap for this fella's devotions. 

"Accept this new law," they said, "Except to you, 
O...

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Behold, dear reader, a bit about a boy and his battle,
He fought for his family, his friends and all of Earth's cattle,
His world was straddled by what rattled atop some saddle,
Bound all beneath to bare...

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Nineteen nosey newts nudged nasty nautical nannies
Eighteen eager ermines excitedly edged everyone’s ego 
Seventeen sacred slugs sat sideways searching seagulls
Sixteen slippery snails slid southwards sipping sangria
Fifteen flowery foxes fell forward fondling fuchsias
Fourteen frantic fleas froze...

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A Surviv---or 

I know how it feels to be unwanted
ignored, made fun of and at times taunted
beat up, spit on, embarrassed and disgraced
abandoned betrayed and things thrown in my face
denied, discouraged, used, then abused
So before...

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Fusillade! The thunder throbbed merrily
 As the grassy hay in the stable clamped the baby lad
 Involuntarily, intoxicated tears started running mad
   Huge hand stroke beard, eyes lashes blushed wearily.

Rambling on tarragon path...

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By the shore, with effortless strokes, he paddled.
On the bank, a pasture with holstein cattle -
Sitting there, up high on the wooden seat, he
        lazily dabbled.

Softly crept the...

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THIS IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY

This is all I have to say
Catsup on the garden hose
Too small bifocal's on your nose
A checker board this more than square
A faint pink blue ribbon in her hair
A...

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shhhh...please don't tell Jan I tattled on her.

Did you hear 'bout Jan's custard a-la-plum
While making it she drank far too much rum
while on her wobbly legs
put mustard in the eggs
It was wretched and tasted like...

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When the Last milkman
Puts the last
Quart of milk
In the last milkbox,

And the last
General Practitioner
Makes the last
house call

And the last
mousetrap
is invented,

The last sea
 is crossed
The last hope
 is lost

And the last
human thought 
has faded
Into eternity

The last...

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