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As Clean as a Whistle

...As Clean as a Whistle

The park is a dance of colour
as leaves pirouette and waltz
around brazen, undressed trees.
November, and the sun sits weakly
even rather streakily in the sky
while I fo...

Disaster does not take the blame

...Were you looking for me? Her diabolical dog Disaster asked.
She rolled her eyes.
Disaster knew she was looking for him.
She had called his name over twenty times.

Who tore open the cereal box? ...

Shadows on Rooftops

...yellow, orange, red, ribbons stretched across…the brilliant sun
the sound of a rooster..,a fiddler on a roof, above Anatevka
where roads are muddy and tradition is a foundation…milky

town comes ...

punked

...We’re on October break, which is a 6-day weekend. For the last two weeks, everyone’s been making plans.
“What do you think of Cancún?” Sunny’d asked me.
“The only people going to Mexico are on the ...

Doris

...Doris was quick-thinking
quick-acting, clever, and shrewd
But pointedly polite and polished
Never abrupt or rude

Her knowledge of psychology helped her get by with much
Fooling relatives, acqu...

The monumental bane of OCD obsessive compulsive disorder

...The monumental bane of OCD - obsessive compulsive disorder

As origin of *****Sapien species surged ahead,
harboring nascent predominance
asper said primate reproductively bred,
(albeit via incr...

the eejits finally got the hint

...She wrote down “Erin go Braugh or go home
It was the beginning of her St Paddy’s day poem
A couple of eejits were staring at her now
Her corn beef and cabbage was fully a wow!

She took another ...

Half a Dozen Plus Years Ago the Following Became a Near Reality

...Half a dozen plus years ago the following became a near reality

Countdown to homelessness – 
mars this earthlinked sole Harris - son
panhandler would would register 
pyrrhic victory won.

10…...

Grandma Cottonwood

...Grandmother Cottonwood’s leaves glistened.
Shaking their silver sides against the breeze.
Glossy and pointedly sculpted, a few listened.
As her main twig rolled up his sleeve.

I had not seen a ...

Almost Three Years Ago From Today December 20th, 2022

...Almost three years ago from today December 20th, 2022

self quarantined misanthrope...
pitched into purgatory wham!

Ably cane resign eternal damnation (mine)
courtesy devil specially engraved ...

1 of a Truly Angelic Kind and the Reasoning Behind

...Whilst I sit back please do not take me
as a fool

As I see through you clear as day

Like I know this about you for sure

Though you pretend not to care and
protest to much

I sure as hell...

Uniform Not Mufti

...I hope you did Bernard inform
He should be there in uniform
Or else he is the Out - Of - Form,
Who shan't be housed in Lucas Dorm:
Forever A stranger to storm;
My prayer: that kids grab The Norm...

The Laughing Poet

...The guy in an art museum
was causing quite a fuss.

He was walking from one old priceless
masterpiece to another
laughing and shaking his head.

People began to hiss at him,
some told him to ...

Noir Night

...The night was rainy, hot and humid. It was the kind of night that populates steamy, black and white, noir movies where someone is murdered. The stars seemed reduced to sloshing behind moldy gray clou...

Personal Productivity Measured Courtesy

...Personal productivity measured courtesy...

Unspecified number of hours spent
many yesterdays ago since March 6th, 2021
reading (cover to cover) Pennsylvania Gazette
March/April 2021 issue.

P...

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