Short Coulda Poems

would shoulda
coulda
flauta

beans and corn
cheese
and you...

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How much should would you could should would, if you should could could would should....

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Excuses
Idiotic nonsense
Woulda, coulda, shoulda
Pathetic apologies become reality
Failure...

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woulda
coulda
shoulda

shoulda
woulda
coulda

coulda 
shoulda
woulda 

(repeat)...

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Jesus Aquando
learned all about pitching from Brando
coulda been a contenda
till Stella decided to question his genda....

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Not all of us ‘Eat, Pray, Love’.
One plate: a minefield
of coulda, woulda, shoulda,
of clink and clatter
long after a bite.
Taste lingers,
here!...

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Midnight came like doomed fates
And your eyes refused to see 
into your self
What coulda been 
So broken was the flesh
Not even a scream ever dared thunder forth
from perfect lips
too busy in a war of kisses...

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I could have done it, but I wouldn't

I would have done it, but I shouldn't

I should have done it, but I couldn't

I didn't do it, but I wanted

You could ask me why I didn't

If I knew that, I would have done it...

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I coulda written that song, “Purple Rain.”
It didn’t take that big of a brain.
And I coulda written that song “Hotel California.”
But girl - I do wanna warn ya!
I’ve always been considered at least halfway insane....

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I coulda keyed your car
I coulda shot your dog
I coulda burned your stupid deer-stand down 
but instead i broke your heart
I left with my head held high my dignity intact
I left you cryin like a baby beggin for me to come back...

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Old

Coulda' 
Shoulda'
Woulda'

It Usually Goes In 
That ORDER.

But That's Plagiarism!
***
I MEANT It Different This Time!

I Forgot What The Title Was:
It Was Good:
Good and Funny.

Not Old & Boring.

-Gray Squirrel

05-13-2025
...

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And this body ink has stained my skin
I coulda been
Im beautiful 
All these ideas 
Scarred in detail
Its getting dull there starting to fade
All the bright colours effecting my brain
So much judgement
I feel peace
This art makes me at ease
Im beautiful...

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I know this is not my best, it’s too blue.
And I know I’m a great disappointment to you.
I coulda tried to add a little bit more yellow.
But then, I only woulda been copying that other fellow.
And then we woulda had an even bigger issue to work through....

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   ~ Not a contest entry, unsurprisingly... ~ 


          Captain Woodough

             He coulda won ~ 

                Shoulda, 'Buddha!' *  



      _____________________________
      * In my 8th-grade class, circa 1963, 
         'Buddha!' was slang for 'buddy.'...

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TRESPASSING

Here I am
Your dream girl.

I heard you say it
When you mauled
And crawled
My skin
And tore it
Of prudence, and
(nine! nine! only nine!)
Every coulda shoulda woulda
Took hold and didn’t.

And now
I am here
Because you 
Were there
Calling me dream girl.
...

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I could
I should
Wait
But I'm done
Done
With all them

I would
I should
Look again
But you broke me
Broke
Everything I had

I should
I could
Forgive you
But you never call
Call
To show you care

I should
I would
Let you in
But we already know
Know
How that goes...

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A trilobite born in a pond
     thought that he would evolve
   But untutored was he in DNA
     gene puzzles he just couldn't solve

   Two million years or three went by
     his fossil embedded in clay
   Just think if he'd known about DNA
     He'd be on your fish plate today...

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I didn't talk to beauty, I shoulda
If I hadn't froze up, I woulda
I had the chance, I coulda

If I wasn't such a wuss, I shoulda
Just say hi, I woulda
And start a conversation, I coulda

She walked right by, as she shoulda
Didn't notice me, but woulda
If I just said hi, I coulda...

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Remember me not
For who I once was
But for who I will Become

After all I’ve done
After all I’ve put you through
I don’t really know what to do,
Do you?

If you coulda, shoulda, woulda 
Been my girl

Remember me not 
For who I once was
But for who I will
Become 
					Scott moebius
					17 yrs...

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“Say, didja get a load of that mailman’s stride?”
“If he’d been breathing any harder, I think he woulda died.”
“I think we coulda caught him, if only we’d tried.”
“I guess we got distracted by those kids out for a ride.”
“Yeah, we'll get him next time.  Hey, pass the rawhide.”

3/23/16
For Personal Memories-Monorhyme Contest
Sponsor: Laura Loo...

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I've seem em come
I've seem em go
down to the Wayward Social
that's where I'll go
Where the floors are cold
made from wood of old 
and the walls they whisper 
of times long ago

But I will not whimper
nor moan nor gasp
as what's done is done
it belongs to the past 
Coulda shoulda woulda
when I had the chance
I wish I could see you 
for one more glance...

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you haffa come jake, rodeo won’t be fun without yew.
I’m sorta gonna help with the wrangl’n.
Jake coulda gone, but he wanted to see Sally
new dance hall girl that worked in the big saloon
musta made six excuses, lotsa them
I gotta meet Bob he lied

Don’t wanna try for the silver belt buckle?
Jake shoulda gone rodeoing.
who knew Sally woulda married?
Lesson learned - lying don’t ever help a cowboy....

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you haffa come jake, rodeo won’t be fun without yew.
I’m sorta gonna help with the wrangl’n.
Jake coulda gone, but he wanted to see Sally
new dance hall girl that worked in the big saloon
musta made six excuses, lotsa them
I gotta meet Bob he lied

Don’t wanna try for the silver belt buckle?
Jake shoulda gone rodeoing.
who knew Sally woulda married?
Lesson learned - lying don’t ever help a cowboy....

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illusion, allusion
  affect and effect
irregardless, regardless
  precede and proceed

alright and all right
  maybe and may be
Can I or May I? Could he?
  You wanna? -- I'm gonna

Didn't you use to
  Ought you not to
I have got to, 'cos I got to
  You don't gotta, 'cos you don't hafta

I coulda, I shouldn'ta, but I woulda
  snuck or sneaked
lotsa stuff like this
  if I knew how to address you
Mrs., Ms., or Miss?...

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I LOVE ME 
IN ALL MY DIMENSIONS
MY TOO FAT DAYS
MY WISHA COULDA DAYS
THOSE TIMES WHEN I
 WISH I WAS RIGHT
EVEN WHEN I COULD'VE
 BEEN WRONG
IT INCREASES MY
SELF ESTEEM TO
LOVE ME
OFTEN I FEEL
ALONE
WHEN YOU COMPARE
 MY LIFE
TO THAT OF THOSE
WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE
I STOP AND THINK
OF THE CONSEQUENSES
OF NOT BEING ME
AND THAN
I JUST SING 
A SONG
AND DANCE MY
STRESSES AWAY

mY NAME IS HIGAREDA ALDEZ, AND " I LOVE ME "...

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