Long Up to snuff Poems

The pencil now resting the image was 'testing' for the creature before him, (his badly-drawn drawin') had come out 'not right' somewhat twisted and tight.

The picture in question, it burst with suggestion, for lines that...

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Reversals of Fortune
I. Most think luck’s just what happens, though love groks luck’s seized
by each seed that sticks (somehow) in less stone-filled ground
(which its siblings blow off or press past). That’s less luck
to my brain...

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On a Good Friday at 3PM
He was called into the office by
Pontius Pilate and told that he would be put to death.

He had waited for the execution and worked the full week after being
warned that...

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In "The Shootist", J.B. Books is not feeling up to snuff.
He has cancer. What are the concerns
of a man dying.

To die
commensurate with the way he lived his life.
Books dies in a gunfight.
McIntosh dies in the...

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Hubby was talking about the job he was at: when he suddenly…
Got into the ‘Computer Programmers Mode’. Where absolutely…
Everything became ‘DITS & DOTS, and DARS & FARS’…
No more caffeine for Hubby any time this week,...

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Now, as a general rule, sergeants are rather decent guys,
Compassionate, reasonable to a degree and uncommonly wise.
But woe to the private who incurs a sergeant's wrath;
That young feller is destined to tread a very treacherous...

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Written By:  D. Collins 2/14/19


When you first peep it, its like, what's up with that?
Keep eyes on it, but keep it under your hat.
Sit back and observe, then connect the dots.
Release a team only...

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You kept me from being alone,
You listened to my silliness though,
All you asked was a belly rub,
And a blue boy to tear up and throw.

You weathered your blinding eyes,
Then one morning you woke but could...

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You kept me from being alone,
You listened to my silliness though,
All you asked was a belly rub,
And a blue boy to tear up and throw.

You weathered your blinding eyes,
Then one morning you woke but could...

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The Marketplace of Thought!

Don’t I love who I’m open to - would share soul with (somehow in words -
in poetry, revealing me)? Must I place worth on goods ‘vain’ hawk
to earn a look? Let self-regard...

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He always kept a special place within his heart for church
when every time he felt that way he'd rush away in search
That every time a woman yelled he wasn't up to snuff
he'd go away to...

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Welcome to a world where brute strength isn’t quite enough
All your fears you didn’t know you had make sure you’re up to snuff
Take a look at all your allies and step forward now
Deep within the...

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We expected an Amazon box, 
Which had toothpaste and sandals and socks,
Plus a few odds and ends
Which, when Amazon sends, 
Rarely ends up with stumbling blocks.

Yet the package, this time, never came
And we’re not really...

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Halloween is coming soon
it's not that far away
But it's nothing like it used to be
way back in my day.

Part of the fun when I was young
was creating your own disguise
by using this and using that
you...

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Sam and Twitch, two partner cops 
bust the bad guys in the chops 
	they found corruption
	and much disruption
in the NYPD shops

Sam was big, and loud, and gruff
with criminals, he was rough
	tendency to curse
	sometimes even worse
he’s...

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While on my watch today, 
My grandson fell and split his lip.
It wasn’t quite my fault, but still,
I thought my heart would rip.

One minute he was racing
Back and forth in utter glee,
When suddenly he tripped...

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I like to read a book just once,
No matter how I like it;
So when I finish, from my list,
I’ll go ahead and strike it.

The same applies to Broadway shows – 
One time is quite enough;
If...

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