Until
...The Pope is dying,
clinging to life like any other shmuck.
When my mother died,
(bless her excommunicated heart),
she lay in State as serene
as a sleeping cat under a fading sun.
Dogs don't...
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Categories:
shmuck, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Shmuck
...you wouldn’t even know
came a long time ago
you wouldn’t believe
it’s different now
I’ll get what I need
cut down your store
one guy’s bribes
you chop it for your good
employees you crook...
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Categories:
shmuck, best friend,
Form: Free verse
The Last Shall Be First
...(The Torre Vela is a prominent castle tower
at the "prow" of the Alhambra Palace, and
dominates the Spanish city of Granada.)
My lame-ass lips can't even draw
McDonalds milkshake through a str...
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Categories:
shmuck, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
The Last Shall Be First
...(Torre Vela = prominent tower, part of
the Alhambra palace, Granada, Spain)
My lame-ass lips can't even draw
McDonalds milkshake through a straw:
and if I must
run for the bus,
I take an ...
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Categories:
shmuck, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Meniscus
...Meniscus, meniscus, my coffee is cool.
Little meniscus I'm nobody's fool.
Once you seemed warmer; held by my hand.
Then there's this draft from a Tim Horton's fan.
Might be the windows cooling me...
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Categories:
shmuck, angst, dedication, devotion, food,
Form: Couplet
My Blue Dahlia Like Impression
...-
I crossed the road in front of a red 1947 Oldsmobile. Horns
honking throughout the city. She sounded young and free on the
phone when she called last night. Not meaning to clip the wing
mirror ...
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Categories:
shmuck, imagination,
Form: I do not know?