I feel in fuhrer rated and envious
...I feel in führer rated and envious...
entrapped within webbed wide world
weft as a rump pulled stilts skein
at warp speed exhibiting
my heroic trumpian wiles
cuz he (johnny come lately) a then...
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Categories:
roofer, adventure, america, analogy, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Life Weary, So Hungry I Could Eat a Dry Bone
...Life Weary, So Hungry I Could Eat A Dry Bone
Trekking through fire breathing desert, yes all alone
Mouth full of sand, shattered heart so heavy too
Life weary, so hungry I could eat a dry bone...
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Categories:
roofer, destiny, farm, fate, growing
Form: Sonnet
Renascence
...All but vanished but now revivified
The old stone mansion...
Where the last surviving member of the rich family died
New grown roses lie there abed
Pink for women, yellow for gents...
For ...
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Categories:
roofer, remember,
Form: Rhyme
This Romeo Roofer Is Grounded
...His girlfriend he wanted to see
To travel he came by Jet Ski
The moron, the fool
Broke our Covid rule
Our Deemster was far from happy!
His Christmas will be spent in jail
Found gu...
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Categories:
roofer, immigration, sea,
Form: Limerick
Raindrop
...Raindrop falls from God's eye and runs off the cheek of the child
cowering behind a dumpster for warmth
It stings the face of the roofer struggling to finish the job
to buy shoes for his childr...
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Categories:
roofer, rain, rainbow,
Form: Free verse
One Liners
...Like to dedicate this to my late dad who was a roofer
So dad, if your up there... you nailed it
Now that sounded a bit disrespectful don't you think
Sorry, should strike the ladder from my...
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Categories:
roofer, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Martin King Middle Name Luther
...Totally Triumphant King
Was Martin King middle name Luther
Who we understand had been a roofer;
Trouble trying to get to the bottom of,
While living in country all full of love.
What he had...
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Categories:
roofer, allegory, analogy,
Form: Couplet
Longing For Absolution
...He spent the night seeking the smoke of the lucky
for the things once known:
the warm bed, the place to shower, the cup of hot coffee
and the things unknown.
He wandered deeper into the city wher...
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Categories:
roofer, longing,
Form: Free verse
Nailed
...There was a roofer named Bob Ringles
Who liked to go to dances for singles.
There he met his soul mate
Who OK'd a wedding date.
'Til she learned Bob had the shingles....
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Categories:
roofer, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Spring-Loaded
...I once knew this guy. Fred McBride
Whose wishes were sadly denied
He was wed in the spring
But before he could bring
the needs, of his wife, satisfied !
It's a shame that this groom and his br...
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Categories:
roofer, funny, humor,
Form: Limerick
Of His Very Own
...Of His Very Own
He is a Lutheran because Martin Luther
Was a church builder and also a roofer
On top of things and steeples liked to stay
Making sure marvelous churches were on display.
Why ...
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Categories:
roofer, character, humorous,
Form: Couplet