Son Nonsense Poems

A wristwatch with a nervous tick;
his mother thought him very sick.
Put on your socks,
at two o’clock,
I’m taking you down to the doc.

Try not to look...

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I don’t know about you 
  but my dreams are always all mixed up
  like sometimes I’m half my current age
  and...

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Drifter

Coming in from nowhere, 
staying only a moment, 
and then moving on. 
Friend, or foe?
Hard to know. 
What to call you...
by name? 

Without family, 
left...

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Ancestors

The poet's daughter 
and the painter's son
found true love 
in each other's arms. 
Together they were married.

Their children were many, 
their hearts were full. 
The...

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WEDNESDAY'S VENT

How soon we forget, Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan
Over 25 million Chinese in their new lock down plan

All eyes on Ukraine until that too becomes...

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he's color blind
does not find fault
or mind her picks

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see you in court!
she retorted
the short of it

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star trek parsec
wait a sec, what?
non sequitur

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low libido
sees her, "whoa,...

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DEMONS DO EXIST . . . 

You can't spend all your time stuffing them in your bottom drawer
In time they will all work their way...

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Tried to write something philosophical
But the strain on my brain was immense
Heard something whirl then POP
Thought to myself, “that can't be good”
Felt fine otherwise
But suddenly...

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We dream of rain... 
And the mystery of the gun
We bold hold and driven apart 
Kill the king when lovers depart
We dream of rain and...

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Here is cross-eyed Eagle Stripe Dog Mongrel
Luckily he cannot see his own donkey like face
consternation galore when he is afoot
nonsensical war paints make other braves...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Father

Father, 
I wish I could sing. 
I would sing about anything, 
... everything...!

Father,
I wish I could write, 
I would pen beautiful...
... words... to You... ...

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I am the stepfather
in a family of grown children.
Where they like to remove 
the word (step) from my title.
But neither do they call me 
Dad,...

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Wake

What is that noise?
I have heard it before?
In the ramblings...
of my loved ones words? 

I must get up and seek it out.
I rise like the...

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The Mask of Fate
(This poem deals with the Corona Virus. 
It is very intense.)

My kid's school called.  
The college. 
They said that there had...

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