Short Family Line Poems

Nerds, misfits, and flakes
my family line progenerates.
I’m the only one I hear
not odd, bizarre or weird.
Family members, naturally,
view me with suspicion,
they fear my normality
has ended a proud tradition.
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Donna Fine is full of conceity
I do not know why for the life of me 
With self-exaltation she shows her pride
Her boasting makes her difficult to abide
Narcisstic tendency are in her family line
I stay away from this creepster, Donna Fine...

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On Dad’s 75th, instead of singing,
we recited cadence.
On the video from 9 years prior,
Dad points out Mom’s huge smile
and I point out his.
I see his family line all likewise grinning,
joining in the smile brigade
from heaven’s open window....

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Whisky spirit mind limit 
pluck memorized vision
seize th' stars up ahead
battle th' inner crave
it ne'er yet give up
always wrestle back 
an leave with glory 
walk th' alley 
recollecting th' mind

Hair spikes piercing rings
illusionize tepid care
hideous masks loose style 
spots th' priceless fake act
go throw family line away
for an amoral base fay 
O' how foolish of you to be
but not be , what meant be...

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A wife in each tent
My hearth a tenement
Fecund grove lofty sentiment
Cultivating each manicured accoutrement
Family tree planted in oasis of wine
Fertile sprouts a fruitful sign
Pristine shoots pure genetic thread to enshrine  
Concubines to further seed family line
Pods proliferating in an ocean of brine
Hybrid progeny status will assign
Grafted branches of patriarchal vine
Strong arm, domesticated wings to align    
Sinewy twine to encumber free-flowing bine...

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muddy the waters
 ~ taking all the footwear when
the rain starts to fall

Father waters he'll
hold ~ I swear it's gospel truth
chicken little's right 

pour cold water on
should stop fights with you ~ but not
all sayings perfect

uncharted waters
 ~ idea map for ships to
follow make-up one

be water off a
duck's back ~ finger pointing an
axe to grind slander

blood is thicker than
water ~ our family line
has drawn our pure blood...

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Silent Shadows 
Lurking in the dark. 
No boundaries, free to roam. 
Lost spirits. 
Vivid images. 
Ghostly souls. 
Silent Shadows. 
Can you see them in the dark? 
Haunted houses. 
Haunted hotels. 
The Paranormal. 
Skeptic ghost seekers. 
Craving for the darkness. 
Eerie hallways. 
Distressful feelings. 
The dead are watching. 
Eyes are staring. 
Is your town haunted? 
Maybe your family line is cursed. 
You seek the dead. 
You ponder the ghost that roam....

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As her father.
I walk her down the aisle. 
 People in attendance say
 She looks like a princess
I agree.
It was not always so.
She was my only son.
Until he turned 18.
My only progeny.  
Then one day
he came to me.
And said father.
I feel strange.
I don’t feel,
I am a boy.
I want
a sex change.
And so began the process.
For what else could I do?
Now when
the ceremony is over.
He will no longer
be Glenn.
He will
be listed.
As the couple
known as
Gwendolyn and Sven....

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