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Avon by the Sea

I didn't pull my weight
The boss was really sore
He said "you're second rate
and I won't take it anymore."

He continued raving 
On how I was misbehaving 
Said my job was not worth saving 
And so I longed for Avon
Avon by the sea

I must go back to Avon
Avon by the sea
When my lifeboat needs a haven
When my

Paterson, New Jersey December 1, 1957

Paterson, New Jersey December 1, 1957

Amidst the *****sapien species 
one anonymous baby birthed:
I recount one little known piece of news
which one young married couple did enthuse,
profusely doting on their first progeny.

Amelie Beth Harris
as imagined being born
courtesy her only brother
(thirteen plus months her junior)
with one final hefty contraction
her crown thrust out the birth canal
and she

Moments Ago, A Visit From An Earthquake

On the fifth of April 2024, about 10:23 a.m., we all felt a shake
It wasn’t the midnight train; it wasn’t a jack hammer
It wasn’t children hopping; it wasn’t the roaring of a tiger
It wasn’t a 747 emergency landing; it was an earthquake
It was God smiling at us to see how we would have reacted
People had

New Jersey Transit

stars & stripes banner
over police transit desk -
railroad sparrow hides

New Jersey Gal

I met a young lady in Hoboken
Actually, her good leg was broken
She used her cane,
Mileage to gain
Went by bus with a Hoboken token.

written December 28, 2021

Hail Gloria, New Jersey 1986

She comes, Hail Gloria, growing in her approach,
wind and sea rising together, embracing. 
She washes over me in her ardent desire, touching, tasting, loving.
The sand, her fingers, raking, biting, 
dots of blood well where she touches me.
My hair entwined with Her, 
she heaves her force against my body and I kneel, 
submissive, gloriously in love

Woodbury New Jersey Whetstone One

Woodbury, new jersey home 
   to me self since birth
my very late mother 
   (bless her long departed soul)

   slaved and toiled 
   per accursed penury and dearth
tried her darnedest 
   to create happiness while on earth

would be livid with rage 
   at lack of neighbors’

Woodbury New Jersey Whetstone 2

brings world word ii gunnery duty 
   as extremely frightful flashback
   which utterly displeases this elderly mortal 
   and such behavior moi aback!
 
Born in this same house 
   on Leona avenue, this oldster doth dwell 
which neighborhood once felt like heaven, 
   but now seems

Patterson, New Jersey Circa December 1st, 1957

amidst cavorting delightfully, enjoying thorough
frolicking gingerly, foreign hick hating slo
hip-hopping insouciantly sustaining row

biological status quo
kvetching lamely moreso mother became pro
naturally physically rumbling, 
   heard all the way in Oslo

   supposedly twerking, undulating vivaciously
wantonly x2c wisely yielded – nada no
   zona pellucida anchored byte size seaman,
   potent embryonic

Said the New Jersey Bomber a Terrorist

Said the terrorist,
Terrorized and
radicalized by what the mind dictates.
Spreads it’s evil into the eyes,
stares into arrogance
justifies presumptuous actions 
and forces you to comply. 

Did I not think?
Once done,
irreversible these actions?
But no,
this rude bravado
assumes it carries the weight of God.
Who am I to dictate such ignorance?
They do on to me and so I do unto them?
Revenge?
For

New Jersey State Police

New Jersey State, New Jersey State Police,
we came with guns and excitement in our 
skins and uniforms, the guy had a beef with 
time and the unions and the bosses and his 
life in general, New Jersey State, New Jersey 
State police, we came with our training and 
our talk-down skills but he didn’t want

A Mermaid and the New Jersey Devil

with cloven hooves and bat-like wings
he waits for her as sunset paints the sky
a much-feared societal outcast
communes each night with his only love

here on the Atlantic Ocean
where waves sweep worries away
she glides gently to the rock jetty
hears a song that reaches only her ears

how such a beautiful creature
finds joy with a being so dreaded
has been

Seaside Park, New Jersey

Along the shore in New Jersey,
just about in the middle of Ocean County,
stands a proud and pleasant community.
The boardwalk at Seaside Park was a place to see.
With the surf, the beach, and the warm sunshine,
visitors could enjoy a day so fine.

This used to be a nice spot for a vacation.
However, their boardwalk has suffered devastation.
Most

Highlights of New Jersey

    "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 magic machines with flashing lights that talk.

boat rides on blue Atlantic coast and fishing by the bay
surfing upon white capped

New Jersey

New Jersey was just a pass through state
From Boston to Myrtle Beach
Just a turnpike in our rear view mirror
Before the final destination we could reach

We never gave her a second thought
Only stopped to get some gas
Every time they said we couldn’t pump it ourselves
This would make us start to laugh

Then one year we were bit

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