Spools
...I am an inked ribbon
fed through an old manual typewriter.
Like all old typewriters,
the machine originated
in the belly
of a behemoth steam punk engine,
one already equipped
with an Artificia...
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Categories:
petrie, poetry,
Form: Free verse
May I Have Your Attention Please
...The dwindling attention span of a human should bring
us insight into what may be looming..
Recent studies reveal that it's eight seconds now.
I'm struggling to finish this thought some how..
If o...
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Categories:
petrie, humanity,
Form: Light Verse
Aka Robert Petrie
...aka Robert Petrie
The Music Man, starring Dick Van Dyke,
on a Vegas stage being so lifelike,
at the end of the show, he came down to greet fans,
smiles, as he signed my napkin after, shakes my ...
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Categories:
petrie, celebrity, funny,
Form: Clerihew
Cloning
...Cloning
Frank Halliwell
So Dolly has become a mum!
The sheep world's celebrating
No Petrie dish or vials in sight
It was a normal mating.
Dolly is delirious,
And so is Sam ...
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Categories:
petrie, world,
Form: Rhyme