Long Waller Poems

December 14, 1965           

"Mr. Samuel Cooke. Sam Cooke??
You been in that casket for three days..
You a long way from Chicago, son?"

And Sam said, "What happened
Where...

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Man and poet? Bet you know it
Tender verse can get you girls
Plain or – whoopee! – eager groupie
Matching your poetic pearls

Just how much you get to touch, you
Can ascertain easily
You’re a freshman? Write for trash...

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  Captain Waller  & Perth

The Japanese navy they came south,
Invaded Indonesia, in 1942
Cruiser Perth of 6 inch guns,
Captain Hector Waller was to choose her,  

De Ruyter, Java , Perth and the ...

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Caller Waller who was just about holding onto life
said that he didn't remember what had happened
when questioned by Police.Of course,that is understandable,
as the lad had just been shot in the head but police didn't
believe him.Despite...

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CHOCOLATE SUN!

It always starts with a question,
would I be out of line if I told you that I thought about you all night long,
last night, the night before and probably tonight
and a few after that
how...

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Captain Waller
Good Aussie, Captain Waller,
 from his deck chair he would holler,   (on the bridge)
As the Stuka dive bomber,    (German ju87)
dropped a bomb away,
Harrrrd a port or or harrrd a...

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Hector Waller

“Hardover Hec” yes they called him,
Yes hard a port, that’s it, right,
If bombs or torpedoes were a falling, crawling,
He’dodge em, with sweetest delight,

The Germans said the “scrap iron flotilla,”
Old Stuart was one, yes too...

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Sounds like Fats ....
Waller or Domino?
I don't know,
who do you want it to be?

Sounds like Bob ...
Marley or Dylan?
I ain't tellin,
who is it you're hearin'?

Sounds like Jimmy
Dorsey or Hendricks?
Whatever,  the quick fix
is in my...

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Were U the One!

Were U the one in my second grade class?
Were U the one, prettiest little girl on the church ground?
Were U the one that I worked alongside?
Were U the one behind me in...

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Now let me see
My Mom told me not to ride that boar hog
But as you will see my brothers and me 
Didn't listen to Mommy
We got on this big old hog and rode him when...

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HMMMM!

I WOULD LIKE TO BITE YOUR NECK,
NOT HARD SO IT WILL HURT,
BUT GENTLE AND FIRM SO YOU REALLY FEEL THE PRESSURE,
BOTH SIDES AND THEN THE MIDDLE,
I WOULD LIKE MY TONGUE TO FEEL YOUR THROAT MOVE...

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KNOW

Denial is a blindfold, it helps you cope 
with the truth,
if only I could get over this wall, 
I could see it, the bright shiny penny on heads
pick it up it's good luck,
what's one penny?...

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JUST MAD!

I AWOKE THIS MORNING, JUST MAD!
WENT TO MY APPOINTMENT, JUST MAD!
I HAD TO GET UP AT 6:30 AM TO CATCH THE BUS AT 7:30 AM TO GET 4 MILES AWAY BY 9:00 AM, JUST...

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