Long Wheelies Poems

    "Highlights of New Jersey"



New Jersey is quaintly known as the Garden State for fun
with sandy beaches kissed by ocean waves beneath golden Sun
amusement parks and midway piers stream wooden boardwalk
arcades offer...

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stalled	

									
she pushed the throttle, her engine roared
yet she stood still

her mind raced like a couple of teenagers- late at night, pushing pedal to the medal
on a lone stretch of beach kicking up dirt, indigo steam...

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My mister is so small still,
Cries for me when he falls off his bike.
Training wheels still in place,
He races down the sidewalk. 
Mario Andretti on two wheels.
And I race toward his tears, his little bleeding...

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Tonight a fresh spring breeze flows into my window.
Listening to all the sounds in this city.
There are so many.
Cars with engines roaring, racing up and down this city street.

Ambulance sirens with fire trucks screeching and;
hollering...

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Flat pack Wobbler

Procured from mega shop, a straight-lined box amid a cardboard wall 
Where jig saw chattels rise above the queues of flatbed wheelies
And underarm catalogues patterned with an iconic list of what they are
When...

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ANGRY      MAN

I have no problem with drunks, druggies, husbands who beat their wives,
Asinine youths shouting too loudly, parents who neglect or spoil their children.
These guys make me feel good ...

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2/4/19
"Nothing Else To Add"

Thinking clearly
I wrote this sincerely
From the one you regard dearly
Nearly
Everybody having theories
Times getting eerie
Yearly

It didn't always turn out ideally
She really
Wanted to get touchy and feely
Telling me how she could heal me
After I...

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2 November 2019  7:32 AM

Swallowing snot and hawking luggies
Weekend sleepovers and late night movies

Riding bikes and popping wheelies
Telling jokes and acting silly

Throwing knives and taking dares
Living life without a care

Just two boys wild and...

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ha-ha, my brother,
joined
the club,

with a tilted back,
and wheelies
popped,
from a
mo-bile chair.*

ha-ha’s
looking for-
the morning news,
his glasses,
a snooze…

a giant donut
to eat,
to sit upon-
so sweet.

ha-ha  rides
his giant lab
to
the toilet seat.

ha-ha
laughs last
at
me-

his sister joined
this club
initially.

he laughs!
he laughs!
hee hee…
ho ho…

think...

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Going on emotion, a boxer
reels and fights his final round.
Punch-drunk and bloody, his heart
as big as Texas, he struggles
on to land that lucky strike

A mother counting pennies, trying 
to stretch her budget for another 
cotton...

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Going on emotion, a boxer
reels to fight his final round.
Punch-drunk and bloody, his heart
as big as Texas, he struggles
on to land that lucky strike

A mother counting pennies, trying 
to stretch her budget for another 
cotton...

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Going on emotion, a boxer
reels and fights his final round.
Punch-drunk and bloody, his heart
as big as Texas, he struggles
on to land that lucky strike

A mother counting pennies 
tries to stretch her budget for another 
cotton...

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Going on emotion, a boxer
reels and fights his final round.
Punch-drunk and bloody, his heart
as big as Texas, he struggles
on to land that lucky strike

A mother counting pennies 
tries to stretch her budget for another 
cotton...

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are you a robot? does your mouth flap
open and closed, but
 you are somewhere completely different
guts
i feel a stir when Im present
vodka flavored kindred
harsh like my wake up
injured ego still mint
i profess prone particularly
to the...

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Est 1938
Purchasing candy cigarettes from you
Mischief in your tiny parking lot
Doing wheelies around you on my General Lee BMX bike
Renting ancient overpriced films
Buying superman ice cream 
even if it tastes like chalk
Journeying to you in...

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"Our family isn't normal!",
you often like to say.
What's wrong with popping wheelies
in a mower race with Ray???

So what if dad likes mooning
and showing off his rear.
You might see when you're older,
You will face your biggest...

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I went past them tonight. There was like ten
Or maybe twelve. Few girls, but mostly boys
It's dark outside, but mild enough for men
To go out without coats on. It annoys
Some people just to see them...

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Amelia Earhart
David J Walker 

Betcha didn’t know
A previously undiscovered crater 
on the moon 
Was named for Amelia Earhart.
And if I go real soon
I’ll take part 
In the tourist excursion 
And swoon at the
Armstrong flag and
Ace...

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Doing Wheelies!
     By Dane Smith-Johnsen

Memaw’s doing wheelies,
She must have flipped her lid.
She should be knitting blankets.
Or babysitting kids-

She had the “hee-b-jee-bies.”
At least that’s what she said.
Just before she hit the gas.
And...

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Sugar stealers. 


sugar stealers in the sky are floating forgotten dreams; 
chasing girls with squiggly worms and giggling like sun beams. 

catching frogs with muddy socks and eating tangerines; 
climbing trees and jumping streams as...

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