Short Backed Up Poems

Car wash running hot
Backed up around the next block
Car in front just clunked...

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How'd you like to borrow some sorrow
  I've plenty to give away
You say you'll come back on the morrow
  ~ But there's so much backed-up here today...

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sirens on freeway
road noise is an annoyance
traffic backed up now

gawkers don’t watch road
impatiently inch forward
dreary hour wait

accidents happen
drivers are irritable
wheres the empathy...

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The pulses of hot air,
building up steam...

Kill me, i said

He considered that,
but understood the face of the crazy scared man...

He backed up and saw it...
the filthy blood,spilled and dried.

This place was death....

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Why do you often says our.. our.. our..?
Is it because you are not more than a dung? 
Born Porn stars family..
Why do you keep your beard hair everywhere?
Hay! We all knew your lift and right wings,
But the damns like you
Your old deleted poems is\are backed up...

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This colorful round ball,
floating rock in a painted sky…
just one of many.

The universe has many children;
stories abound here as
ancient rocks speak.

Every planet has a story to tell,
backed up by celestial music, 
even a brown dwarf,
captivates the imagination....

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feel as though im morphing
evil i can feel is coursing 
through my veins i feel the pain
i know i sound so insane
but i ain't got no pretty little dane
to help keep me restrained
now im forced in this corner
backed up in this corner
with no corner to turn
like a spooked horse 
i morph...

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Somehow the kitchen sink;
                            It's backed up with Catfish hair;
                            From the Crisco soaked Caviar;
                       As the little kittens all watch and stare;
                             Wondering, wandering aimlessly



by James Edward Lee Sr.
June 30 2017(c)...

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Cleanse your colon
the future of poetry demands,
and this is just the place for it.
Backed-up words =  writers block.
Void the unavoidable,
eliminate the congested
proud and loud.

Fear not the mess
white pages and toilet paper
so similar

Write on with a lax and easy grace
to the next vocalized movement,
your next creative peristalsis....

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Those red suede boots came splashing in
With the pride of elephants, dangling fringe
I got out of the way, my mouth to my chin
Others were terrified, some did a cringe.

Nancy Sinatra could not have done any better.
Those boots were prancing up like an Irish setter.
I backed up toward the wall, and let them pass by.
Too terrified to squeak out the teensiest “hi”....

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                                            Dirty wet diaper
                               Sores, scabs, matted hair, crying
                                           Lady adopts_mom


Contest:"Senryu For Mom"
Sponsor:Francine Roberts



(My mother said that
when she first saw me
I had a dirty wet diaper
sores, and backed up against
her and called her mom.)...

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My hard drive is failing
The screen’s gone berserk
I hit all these buttons
But it still doesn’t work
My memory’s filled up
My videos play slow
The sound is all scratchy
And muffled and low

I backed up the hard drive
What good did that do?
There’s smoke from the tower
Uh oh, I am screwed
All my efforts are lost
Cause I took a big risk
By trusting the PC
And not using disk...

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The symptoms of superiority complex may include:
1.high valuations of self-worth.
2.boastful claims that aren't backed up by reality.
3.attention to appearance, or vanity.
4.overly high opinion of one's self.
5.a self-image of supremacy or authority.
6.unwillingness to listen to others.
7.overcompensation for specific elements of life.
Note.Zafar Khan Supari is sick (Mental Case)....

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Toby Keith, there is so much we owe you
for your song “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue”.
Your country band backed up your strong singing voice.
The sound you produced became a nation’s choice.
Since those twin towers in Manhattan were downed,
the might of the USA was motivated by your sound.
Every man, woman, and child felt patriotic
once they heard your song that was terrific.
...

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The mountains surround me, all shades of green
The sun shines upon them, as beauty moves, I’ve seen
         --- Shadows dancing on the hillside ---
          --- Holding so many places to hide ---
There is solitude there, away from the busy streets
Where traffic is flurried, or backed up where it meets
The mountain scenes, bring peaceful pleasure to view
Every season, from greens, multi-colors, white, to blue

Heidi Sands

9/2/17...

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        I pay no attention to sports
        I turn off the weather report

        Pretty girls don’t attract me
        No more do mosquitoes attack me

        I read the obits and emit a long sigh
        Thinking, there but for the grace of God goeth I… 

        A backed-up sewer full of manure
        Made me gag; I was so immature

        Today it bothers me not in the least 
          ~ Life on this earth is just leased
...

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There are things I can forgive
I try to turn a blind eye
Insult my intelligence?
Don’t you dare even try!

My intuition is strong
It’s backed up by some facts
So don’t try to pretend
I’m not fooled by the acts

Please search deep in your heart
See who has been there for you
Perhaps then you’ll discern
What’s the right thing to do

An angry foe I can face
I can be on guard and pray
But a “friend” who backbites
I won’t give time of day.

Eileen Manassian Ghali...

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I am on a little roll this morning
My ankles are wet, and I was chased by a dog
No biggie

The interstate was backed up
Two fire trucks and a rescue vehicle passed me
It was a small tsunami

I have to go to the bathroom but there is no time
I distract myself by paying attention to the twenty-six children
Who are staring at me, expecting something wonderful to happen

They have great expectations.
They are the kindergarteners
I do not want to disappoint...

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Just swiped my card
I can hear footsteps all around
Plates and cups banging 
A tray falls on the ground

In, 
out, 
corner, 
behind you
Meals over,
Bring ice cream
You just have to

No ice to scoop
Appetizers are cold
Kitchen is backed up
Sometimes it gets so old

Your new so they'll test you
Try to cheat you out of tips, 
This “co-worker”..not quite legit

One might have pulled a fast one
But a mistake only happens once
Next time you need food run
Your on your own son...

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I startled awake, early Sunday morning,
fraught - my mind, darting like a panicked animal
because my assignment calendar 
is wet, smeared and illegible!

Total darkness - I fish for my phone by it’s cord - it reads 3:08am.

I flop back onto a cloud of thick, memory foam.
Ahhh, jeeez, it was just a DREAM.

Of course, my assignment calendar 
is safe, digital, redundant, cloud backed up.

“THAT was a little morbid.” I think,
as I drift back out of consciousness....

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walking along 
the forest floor
into the woods
to find real Robin Hoods

with their bows in hand
and alms for the poor
backed up 
by their yea saying merry band

the light comes true
between the rows of trees
only to expose 
their padded knees

in the very very back
with coin in a sack
stand the three Mouseketeers
with a man being tortured on a rack

screaming one for all and all for one

while the merry band plays
loved Disney chants 
and the Robin Hoods 
zip up their pants...

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Plumber is flat on his back.It is back breaking work.Plumber rolls to the back.He reaches
for the heavy backpack.Finds a tool to fix the back of a toilet.It's backed up,he has to
back track.Plumber pulls back and goes backwards.The commode is back washed!Plumber don't
move to fast you'll fall back.He wanted to back out of the job.The boss said''Don't back
talk.''Boss says'' You are lucky I don't give you my boot in your back.''The plumber backed
down,and got back to work....

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Not do bright after all

Glowing like a bulb

Covered way down deep in manure

Misrepresented and posing
as fertile soil

Backed up by so called expert 
quasi intellectual bright sparks 
types armed with clipboards
pie charts and endless statistics

To keep us all firmly in the dark

Using flattery as a conniving
erstwhile tool to make us all feel 

Ipso - facto 
De- facto
Tik - Tok - Toe

Aren't we therefore 

Er- Go

Also so very , very smart as well...

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Paulette was a happy brunette
who now is forlorn and upset
for something, she cannot forget.
She backed up- ran over her pet
while driving her brand new Corvette
and killed her dear poodle, Suzette.
Tears flowing, she laid a rosette
next day on a pink coverlet
once used in her own bassinet-
and cried at the grave with regret.


November 13, 2021

Contest: Paulette - 1 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Julia Ward
Theme: Paulette Is Oh, So Sad...

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One day he was happy and things were going smooth.
But then he died because his bowels wouldn't move.
He tried different laxatives but he couldn't use the bathroom.
He got so backed up that this poor man's life was doomed.
People told him to go to the hospital but sadly he refused.
He would've listened if he'd known that his life was something that he'd lose.
Now his family and friends mourn because of this devastation.
He didn't know that he would die because of constipation....

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