All Democrats Do Like;
Democrats always do like and enjoyed;
And with Republicans, we are annoyed;
Often scrounges;
Mostly lounges;
Which is really why them we will avoid.
Jim Horn
The? ?stench? ?of? ?old? ?cigarettes?
?follows? ?him? ?to? ?his? ?seat
He? ?scrounges? ?in? ?a? ?tattered sack? ?
to? ?avoid? ?the? ?stare
of? ?a? ?woman? ?with? ?smooth? ?skin
He? ?didn’t? ?always? ?have? ?the? ?craters? ?in? ?his? ?cheeks
Or the wires in his chin
He? ?tells? ?me? ?he’s? ?seen? ?me? ?before
I? ?laugh? ?
and? ?cross? ?my? ?legs? ?tighter
This pencil skirt is not armor
except in a desk chair
With? ?nothing? ?to? ?flash? ?but? ?a? ?jagged? ?yellow? ?smile,
he tells? ?me?
?to? ?have? ?a? ?nice? ?night
She was a mistress
Just one of many
And now she scrounges
For ev'ry penny
A seagull scrounges
pokes through earth in search of lunch
grabs a morsel - leaves.
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