Montague Middleton’s matronly mother made marvellous munchy meringues
Montague Middleton’s most massive midriff made many a menu mistake
Montague Middleton met many maidens; Mother made mincemeat of most
Montague Middleton’s mother maintained, “Men mustn’t marry Miss ‘Fake’.”
Montague Middleton met Molly Milton, many men ‘met’ Molly more
Montague Middleton married Melissa; so many mad moans Molly made
Montague Middleton’s most massive mansion made more modest mansions mundane
Montague Middleton moved Molly in, making Molly both mistress and maid
Montague Middleton’s missus made many mouthwatering munchies
Montague Middleton’s missus made Monty’s mouth moisten most days
Montague Middleton’s missus met Molly, mentioning marital meddling
Montague Middleton’s mischievous mistress mocked Melissa’s malaise
So:
Montague Middleton murdered his missus
Montague Middleton married his mistress
But:
Montague Middleton made a mistake
For Montague Middleton’s mistress
Can’t bake
We did not like Scarlett in middle school.
We did not like her in high school.
But our mothers were friends.
So were stuck pretending to like her.
I reminded my sister of this when she said
Guess who moved in to the next block?
SCARLETT MIDDLETON!
I nearly split my pants laughing.
You say that as if it is a good thing!
We used to like her, my sister said.
She has obviously forgotten.
I kept quiet.
They got together with their husbands.
My sister said it was the most boring time they had ever had.
Her husband said “never again”.
Now do you remember? We were forced to be her friend.
My sister had forgotten, but she remembered now.
Rain pouring on pubs
Grey cotton weaving up high
Sprinkling on churches
A rose with no thorns
As soft an open as a rose with no thorns. Although the past have created some, I can not see them and I can not feel them. My petals wilt and I decompose and find nutrients in the soil. And I bloom.
By Jodie Middleton
A Little Boy’s gun with a barometric trigger,
showed a Fat Man how to
blot out an Empire’s rising sun.
Proliferation’s need pushed
Sellafield and Kyshtym to trip chasing Manhattan.
Twenty two years later and just
three miles south of Middleton,
failed safe assurances lied again and signed
Pripyat’s some thousands years lease that left
eighteen billion rubles around one elephant’s foot.
Fukushima’s seven year menses – Pacific stained –
west coast tide pool colors an invasive green
as Chinook escapements fill five year graves.
Intractable cesium hangovers bleed MOX cocktails
Nostrils blowing bubbles over damned lips
fused to the tit of a beast we can’t tame.
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Contest: Remembering What You Want to Forget
Sponsor: Kim Rodrigues
Date: 09.04.18
jago christos uma rose
ethan cuevas corone
kelly elizabeth christos
alexia daniel wade jonathan james
emily-rose pau and willow too
we didn't start the family
it was always growing
since the world's been turning
we didn't start the family
no we didn't fight it
but we did light it
juan estanislao alicia
george atha jennifer ann
diego agustin angel carlos
maria del transito cuevas gallego
eve corone bosch jim louis nick christos
lynette shirley helen lorraine
smither tracey linda middleton
marisa jane owen wastle haylock
we didn't start the family
it was always growing
since the world's been turning
we didn't start the family
no we didn't fight it
but we did light it
francisca bosch ferrer
josep corone company
maria del transito gallego llorente
vicente cuevas garcia
kalopa christou stefandis
triain szosza todol christou
shirley rose brian fredrick haylock
vanne lena milanko etcetera
we didn't start the family
it was always growing
Since the world's been turning
We didn't start the family
No we didn't fight it
But we did light it
[to be read like billy joel's "we didn't start the fire"]
Hannah Adderley jumped with a wail
from the clifftop at Middleton Dale
but her petticoats cute
made a great parachute
for a soft landing, wow! What a tale!
(Hannah, of Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, had been jilted at the altar
and although her suicide attempt was a failure she died of natural causes
two years later in 1764)
Duchess, Kate Middleton
Fiddled with The Royal Son
Fate uncoiled a jovial consequence...
A nation awaits with loyal suspense!!
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7/9/13 for Heather's Contest
Upon a fleeing
Man, the curse of Middleton
Raven kept an eye
On his ill begotten path
Terrible fate crosses him
He saw the horrid
Unthinkable truth of past
Of a man who killed
For fun, left his place of rest
Now runs free to curse again
How he fears this ghost
For he murdered families
While they’re in their sleep
Dreaded evil of the town
Is free to frighten again
The raven watches
And sure sees his every move
The man knows time’s short
The ghost will be upon him
And the curse will be complete
The curse imposes
That the man who found evil
Will carry the soul
Of the raven, to do more
Of the murders as before
Now he must warn all
That live in this humble town
What comes this dark night
So they can prepare for him
And cast his soul to darkness
Russell Sivey
Barney vs. Godzilla
The Snuggles fabric softener bear vs. a Gremlin
The California Raisins vs. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The Care Bears vs. The Decepticons
Casper the Friendly Ghost vs. Slimer
The Pillsbury Doughboy vs. The Stay Puft Marshmallow man
Jeffrey Dahmer (when he was still alive) vs. Pac-Man (when he was still relevant)
Zach Galifianakis vs. Yosemite Sam
Arnold Schwarzenegger (2012) vs. Arnold Schwarzenegger (1969)
Kate Middleton vs. Uma Thurman with a samurai sword
Justin Bieber vs. a bowl of mash potatoes
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