Short Clear The Throat Poems

Should education rules be tighter or taughter...

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beat the soot from your broom
press the rain from your beard
and show me

clear your throat
begin with an unassuming smile
and tell me

open your hands
from a ship taking water
and lift me

beckon your champions
in a voice they will know
and guide us home...

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Developing itch
My little nitch
Words 
Thoughtful
Senseless
Irregular
Rythmical

What triggers them?
Each phrase a baby gem.
Clear my throat, swallow the flem.
White seeds transform into a stem
Stem spurts out branches, leaves, flower buds
Blossoming buds like a completed poem....

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Lord are heavenly father 
My brain has become condemned
My actions have out weighed my words
Time and time again 
I feel like the world 
In which I live 
Is slowly closing in 
These demons and drugs 
Has taken there toll 
For a life made in sin
I clear my throat 
Wipe my eyes
Sit in silence and pray
Pray for some strength 
And pray for some hope 
That you will show me the way...

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clear your throat
cause heres the pause in the canyon
with all the trees
spring year
around

they make
golden dreams
seductions seed

sometimes
dim on mornings
fall
she said
light decantible blue

swimming
was an
experience
profound
as drowning

only sailors did that
and only then
by fog rolls
in prelude
light
decantible
blue

cherries
on verso
of card sent
so soon

green
the positive rue
trusting
you
we begin
again...

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Scuff your feet, snap your fingers
wink and blink your eyes
clear your throat, bob your head
shift from side to side

Pace, pace,  back and forth,
wipe and swipe your nose
sniff, sniff, scratch, scratch
rock up on your toes

Wring your hands, click your tongue
whistle through your teeth
hunch your shoulders, pop your gum
you're giving me the creeps

Perhaps you're not aware,
these are not the norm;
It's giving me the jitters
just watching you perform!...

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Fortune teller squirrel gives me the old once-over
I squirm a bit, like my half-blind eye, Cocker Spaniel, Rover.
I see that you think you are special, she says, glaring at me.
Feeling uncomfortable, I wonder how great this teller can be.

Feeling superior because you are a human being, I bet.
I am annoyed at this second, I clear my throat and kick Chet.
Chet is my cousin who thought this squirrel was so good.
Never again! I say as we leave, as if I ever could…....

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in the morning it comes 
as no surprise
first thing i do
is open up my eyes
step to the window
throw back the shades
fill the room 
with a brand new day

without a word 
being said
i clear my throat
which helps clear my head
preparing me
to be on my way
if you haven't yet guessed
it's a brand new day

wave to the neighbors
make some new friends
every day that's how 
my day begins
lord bless my soul
do i even need say
you should already know
this is a brand new day...

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