Long These things happen Poems

Arms and head missing.
Not an accident.
This was intentional.

Bobby Bendarino smiling.
Busting with pride over his handiwork.
Unashamed of his behavior.

Convinced he'd get away with it
He even winked.
Making the young girl's screams louder.

"Damn," I thought,
"Why do I have...

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I'm Sorry (Duet)


(FEMALE)

Two months had passed, not a day was he late.
He said he'd never let me down, I thought he was great.
But today I sit here, is this the end?
Is he gone forever? ...

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The millisecond you take to read this word this second this poem is my seconds my minutes my life's time for you. 

For you 
to spend  a second 
     ...

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This isn't about me, I'm going to write with a different concept
You could be having a great day, then slip and fall in one step
Maybe this wouldn't have happened if you'd gone left
We always over...

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The other day, I saw my mother sitting in a chair.
She was staring at the TV, but she knew that I was there.
The television was not on; it had been off all day.
I don't know...

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There are things in this life
That will bring you to your knees
Whether or not you like it
Whether or not you please
Whether you think you deserve it
Whether or not you do
These things will still happen
I know...

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My first day talking to the creators would be filled with question about nature whose answers I’ve long awaited…the second day I’d start with nature then begin asking about the humans they created.

Why create a...

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Half a red beard lays on the floor                           ...

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Rise along with me like the morning sun 

At this time 
What job I got at my hand 
To rouse me like a nymph 
Placing the tip of my lips 
At the soft ear lobes...

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Have you ever lived my life?
Or even felt my pain?
Have you ever thought it was just a Nightmare that might just never end?
Have you ever seen your mother being sprayed by police?
Snatching your brother from...

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When you're just a Teen 

(Verse 1)
Backpacks, notebooks
Hair done 
What a good look(look)
Let's start with my shoe game 
It's on point
Can't explain
Peer pressure 
Don't crumble or break
Never worrying about what people say
Mind set
To learn 
Met...

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This is a piece about five rocking girls
At seventeen years old they rocked my world
I think I first heard of them in Sounds magazine
Five girls next door whom entered my scene

The cover of their Album...

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OLD BOB

Tell ya bout old Bob
Long bout O-One he lost his job
Twernt much ova job    I fear
Hadn’t been fer many a year
Standin out front a this here super store
Welcoming folk in ...

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Dedicated to Kyle, My Darling Son
Listen Kate, listen dear,
I have a new word for you to learn.
Tell your ears to clear and hear. 

When you fight shoes and socks,
Throw them down with your eyes round,
It...

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On this day the yellow flowers bloom

The sun still shines after a million years

Our eyes are sparkling and not shedding tears

The world is so bright; there’s no place for gloom

One may ask me why these...

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A time when money rules
We can only watch
We dream of what we could have been
While just burning the clock

Don’t take life lightly
It’s never too late 
You can have a second chance
Don’t make the mistake 

You...

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Why did the price of oil suddenly rise plumb out of sight?
A simple way of manipulating our lives, and no it’s neither fair nor is it right.

Did you ever wonder why they haven’t built more...

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5am, the alarm goes off
Who knows what today will bring
Im up for the early worm
Competing with the birds that sing
But today is my day
I’m prepared you see
Maggots in the bait box,
A flask full of tea
Cheese...

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This world is very rough and has edges which are very sharp 
Upon doing a little mistake you will be harmed immensely 
Or pull you down and cut you into sizes 
As they don’t know...

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The twins woke up as usual again
Waiting outside in the glowing sun
For the train to come at 8:00 am
It arrives by 8:10 every day precisely
One boy blond, one girl blonde, age 5 shimmering
Powder blue eyes...

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It was my first time back since covid
to my home town Kilmarnock by name
over recent years there's been changes
few for the better but what's to blame?

The town has deteriorated, so many closures
it's so sad to...

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That's two gone from my life
Since February began
First I lost my friend, Grace,
And then I lost my aunt.
When will this madness end?
Will I ever get a break?
When will I return to normal
Happy and free of...

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My child within lives alone,
struggling daily with life
taking emotional journeys
destination unknown.
Eyes that don't look too long
the need to search no longer exists.
This moment, this instance
is all that matters.

My child within me whispers
ask questions, truths, seeking...

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When was it since we burned our bridges 
as to the distant horizon we flew?
Time went so fast and how it slipped by,
sometimes we laughed, at times we cried.

You know I would not change even...

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UNLIKE ME I WILL BET HE WAS A CHUBBY HUBBY

I had many extraordinary expectations
Some of them out of the ordinary but none out of order
You had your own secret obligations
Such as a husband, son and...

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