The Charcoal Man; Part One
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Readers note; Wrote this story concept five years ago. Have an additional fifty pages if interest spikes.
The Charcoal Man; Part One
Cohen & I were sitting in class whilst Mrs. Knooman picked...
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Categories:
pipe down, analogy, anxiety, assonance, class,
Form: Free verse
Pathetic Ballad of Mrs Longpre
...The woman next door yells Help me!
She swears like a sailor
Is she insane or that's her game ?
She’s a bloody wailer
Inside my room,”pipe down” I yell
In hall I say, “quiet”
In her room, s...
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Categories:
pipe down, anger, humor,
Form: Ballad
It is what it is
...Not another word!
Keep those thoughts caged, zip it.
Or regret it later..
So what if it's bothering you?
Bear it patiently.
Embrace the undying power of silence.
Is it hard to suppress and stay...
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Categories:
pipe down, anxiety, deep, desire, destiny,
Form: Free verse
The Parable of the Pipe-Down Piper
...Behold the Pied Piper has tossed his pipe belatedly in the trash
Having led folks down some garden paths he trousered wads of cash
Dollars, pounds, euros, rolls of wallpaper - the currency didn’...
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Categories:
pipe down, confidence, dance, devotion, hyperbole,
Form: Rhyme
Pipe Down
...My Mother liked to whistle
Which made my Father bristle
Although Mum whistled well
Dad thought it unladylike for a gel
To whistle, abyssal...
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Categories:
pipe down, 10th grade,
Form: Limerick
An Auld Scottish Matelot On Lockdown In Malta
...An Auld Scottish Matelot on Lockdown in Malta
The Maltese Government says we are not to go oot
A mere doddle to us auld yins who have been aboot
Cod War, Falklands, Gulf War and more
Assume N...
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Categories:
pipe down, humorous,
Form: Free verse
We Have a Cure For the Cv19
...We have a cure! The youngest, cutest, most female of female scientists yelled.
The other ones rolled their eyes and made fun of her.
She was a woman after all and short.
Short people cannot be tak...
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Categories:
pipe down, woman, women,
Form: Narrative
Overheard Back In the Day -- Come On, Baby
...Oh, My favorite song, 'Light my Fire!'
Yeah! My favorite too. Takes me higher
I just hope they play the long version, you know
I don't know. it's too long and too slow
We'll cross that...
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Categories:
pipe down, music, nostalgia, song, word
Form: Rhyme
Ricky Fontaine
...I'm living in the moment & you're looking for forever, I'm being the best worse me, I am way too clever, I can lap you in a drag race, I'm way ahead of my time a real conundrum in space
Spit game ...
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Categories:
pipe down, beautiful, beauty, black african
Form: Narrative
Pipe Down
...The ladies all have a giggle
At girls with boobies that jiggle
But when they look down
They all tend to frown
At men with serpents that wiggle!...
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Categories:
pipe down, culture, relationship,
Form: Limerick
Tales of a Wild Goose Chase
...(huff fin Bach seat driver)...
Aye kin recall when both offspring
(yay high) as a small child
and now ma deux daughters
(fledgling young chicks
though they be),
flew the c...
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Categories:
pipe down, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Shot
...The shot
I shot the messenger, I got him good
One shot and it was done
And after that I slowly turned
And reloaded my gun
And then I took another shot
And this one stung me good
It burnt my th...
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Categories:
pipe down, car, food,
Form: Ballad
Grand Poo-Bah
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She struts out of the golden elevator
like the Grand Marshall of Macy’s Thanksgiving parade
Crystal high-heels rhythmically clicking
on the gleaming marble floor
Pompadour bouffant hair
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Categories:
pipe down, character, identity, image, woman,
Form: Imagism
This Is All I Do
...This is all I do
in one damn lonesome room
with no telephone
one open window
and I look down
at my best friend's sister
and I want her next to me
and I wonder if she looks up at me
and thinks...
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Categories:
pipe down, absence, deep, drug,
Form: Prose
The Snowman Takes a Holiday
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people were standing all around,
watching this childish snowman
rolling and thrashing on the wet ground.
They put him in a straight jacket
he cursed like a sailor through town,
people stared and laughed at him
when security told him to, "Pipe down".
He refused to remain calm and quiet
wanted to be on a plane instead,
"Get me to Florida now!" he yelled
"Before I kick y'all in the head!"
Security threw him in a room
wit...
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Categories:
pipe down, december, imagery, inspiration, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
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