Short Coney Poems

Coney Island
is New York's playground
is it Summer time yet?...

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Recluse at Coney


how does one handle
nude on the beach
extremities starfished
almost asleep
how does one handle
the talons, the beaks


Donal Mahoney...

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On a bright day
I will be
Grabbing a drink at the bar
Brighton Beach, it seems so far
Coney Island is where you'll find me
Sideshows and Hotdogs
Where I need to be....

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coney island
bay parkway
prospect park
sheepshead bay

place eighty percent 
of my ashes 
where they were once 
most happy

and twenty percent 
mail to the IRS
return receipt 
requested...

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riding a bike oer the william takes a few pedals
the manhattan a breeze following flushing
but the brooklyn only early morning as the tourist in their inn

if only you asked a bridge i will send to queens on your way to coney island...

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I sauce a capon
but chine a salmon
I spoil the hen
but truss the chicken
I lift the swan
but disember the heron
I side a haddock
yet disfigure a peacock
A mallard I unbrace
but a coney I unlace
Olde English terms
Now lost without trace...

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Jaded holiday in Frisco ,
Where Paul Getty lost his marbles harbour

For a old dog tawg
Rumble a chick

Banjo medicine and black madness
Eager paws or void in of contempt

I can't roll dice at Coney island
Without a slow snow cone

Program for Rita ford
Or a lengthy draught of carpenter wood...

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Jaded holiday in Frisco ,
Where Paul Getty lost his marbles harbour

For a old dog tawg
Rumble a chick

Banjo medicine and black madness
Eager paws or void in of contempt

I can't roll dice at Coney island
Without a slow snow cone

Program for Rita ford
Or a lengthy draught of carpenter wood...

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Comedian
—————
funny
bunny

Imposter
———-—
phony
coney

Addiction
—————
rabbit
habit

Illegal Aliens
———-———
foreign
warren

Tooth care
———-—-
flossin’
hasen

Babysitter
———-—-
au pair
kit care

Bad trip reservations
—----————————
hare air
fare err

Stopping
---—————————
it takes
hare brakes...

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Levity, leveret
Too phony, coney
Bucks for the buck
And dough to see doe

Hare-brained, hilarious
Rabbit died laughing
That’s funny, bunny
The kittens will grow

You don’t know jack, rabbit
We’re in high cotton
Hightail it out of here
Peter, you know

Toss in the pepper
You got hassenpfeffer
Throw in a carrot
That’s Bugs’ old show...

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I met you in a city 
called Strange Land,
for some Hopeland.
They say dreams were
made here, 
under the streaks of 
Radio City, 
on an Island where 
you’d find yourself 
a lifetime supply of 
Coney dogs,
where Alice continues
to search for her Wonderland 
this is where I met you
in your homeland, 
where you deftly stole 
my view of everything
but you....

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I hear it knocking at my door
I fumble for the door
I open and am shocked
I feel like I've been pushed off a dock

Pain is here
I am in fear
I am in tears
Why am i here

I feel lost
It's too much too cost
Just let me go
Please do 


I wish this
I will kiss death
I have tried
I have cried

Now it is my time 
I feel like a mime
All quiet and lonely 
A lot like Coney...

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Pets are busy! Fowls are busy!
Bubbly Bunny, Classy Coney!
Go in a hurry, jump in a scurry!

Modest and merrier Moby
Decent and dandyish Duffy
Baking pastry, lovely candy

Adding honey, made it tasty
Turned sticky, frosted heavily 
Juicy! Choosy! Dainty! Yummy!

Master Mickey, Kooky Kitty
Made the kitchenette fussy
Looking busy but not hasty

What's it all for? There's a reason
Remember, it's a holiday season!

PLACE : 1st...

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At the beach of Coney Island
     IHere in Brooklyn - home of the Brooklyn Cyclones
I attended a star party 
with some friends 
    Gazing through the telescope 
I saw the rings around 
   one of the solar system giants
        Felt a bit dwarfed 
by the immensity of space 
     But recovered 
            with a cup of green tea
 Made in China 
     where they have a space program 
                             as they do in Israel 
Even though it is the land of the Bible...

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