Perp Poems

Fascinating Planet

...In the galaxy called "Milky Way",
there's a planet Earth where people stay.
It's population, eight billion strong,
and they're always right, never wrong; 
and each lives by this dictum, 
"Never ...

The tip of the iceberg

...I went to see the wounded boy in the hospital bed  
He knew not who had shot him nor why they wished him dead.  
His cousins sat nearby; I asked them for a clue 
They proceeded to tell me all they...

Botticelli Unmasks the Perp

...

lost words are wolves hunting
heat from the herd, raw desire
one day less alone
 
American prom night
youth-swept hair moussed down in place
cigarettes light, poof
 
there goes Mary's lam...

Easter as interpreted by one

...Easter as interpreted by one...

rebated, rebelled, rebirthed, rebooted, 
and rebuked courtesy 
one ill shod Unitarian atheist,
who means NOT to affect
any sacrilegious fallout
nor offend devo...

Iowa City

...(A bit of fun for Thomas W. Case - I think he lives in Iowa)

Hawkeye pride burns bright in Iowa City,
the place where Tennessee Williams learned to curse.

Iowa City hosts the 4th of J...

Releasing My Hatred

...My purse got stolen from my car.
It had six or seven pieces of my favorite jewelry in it.
I kept lamenting about it, angry too about the money.
I had taken six hundred dollars to my daughter’s hom...

Mike Hammer

...I was a self-admitted misanthrope	 
unwilling to lose or drop a case.
I often threw a rope-a-dope
just to win; I never lose face.

I worked the dark streets
for dark, and even darker, clients
...

If You’re Going to San Francisco

...Verse 1
If you’re going to San Francisco
be sure to let the junkies puke in your hair
If you’re going to San Francisco
you’re gonna meet some homeless people there

Verse 2
For those who c...

Easter As Interpreted By One

...Easter as interpreted by one...
rebated, rebirthed rebooted, and rebuked
ill shod Unitarian atheist

Though avast percentage
of stonehenge temple piloted ghosts,
harking back millennia
constan...

Reputation

...In a motel room he blew a man away 
A shotgun to the face was the play
He said would it went all wrong
In a drug bust where mercy didn’t belong

That made his reputation not misplaced
Leaving t...

The Burp

...I hear a cry from the kitchen:
“Who did it? Who’s the perp?
Who dumped down this slime and sludge?
The garbage disposal went burp!”




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Sponsor: L. Milton Ha...

Renaissance Man

...Renaissance Man

I've aspired in my life to be Renaissance Man,
be life's fool though world perp walks its way into sin.
As a poet, through physics, my music, a friend,
if I'm weak as a lover, I...

Least Wanted

...
Those with the superiority complex
(that ignoble Cain addiction)
patently labeled their Abel-bodied brother
as frontal lobe,
     mental inferior capacity suspect

So it iron oar made ...

Three Reliable Witnesses

...There were three reliable eye witnesses to the robbery.
I was the first detective on the scene; 
did not even have time to put on my overcoat.
One said the perpetrator was young, blonde, five nine...

The Mutinous Fool

...soulless patch o’er socket
his trusty parrot on shoulder
red and green molting hues falling
a dead shot hole, smoking
perp impaled by the pirate’s hook

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