Short Flat Out Poems

Son laughs flat out at his father’s humour
Mama chastises them both
Proud papa takes his bows...

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on top of the world
down next moment flat out
~ fractured the verdict



posted on March 11, 2019...

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High drama
wha 
wha
wha
lie
lie
lie
embellish
embellish
embellish
We run from the lunchroom
Upon her arrival
flat out run…...

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Whilst the doctors discussed her fate
Her belly inflated with hate
Flat out on a gurney
For one final journey
From hospital food that she ate...

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I would like to be charitable
Give you the benefit of the doubt
But your bullying ways have made this impossible
I am flat out of forgiveness now...

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When your body has had enough of me, 
when we're both exhausted flat out on the floor,
when you think I've loved you all I can, 
I'm going to love you just a little bit more....

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In the lingerie dept. stiff as a board,
a man came up and ogled and explored,
struck another pose,
right in the nose,
man passing flat out on the floor.






11-20-16...

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I look at the proof in the pudding.
But wait.
She has jumped up and is running flat out.
Hold your horses I yell
Knowing the instant I do
That she does not even have any horses...

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What an amazing sleep I had last night
Could have slept through a blast of dynamite
Like I was dead
Flat out on my bed
Scared dear wifey as she turned ghost-like white...

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Charla
heart of a wolf
body of a mermaid

Charla
keeper of the forest
soul whisperer

Charla
running flat out
to help her friends

Charla
howling with the others
leading the pack...

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There was once a man named Mat.
He had no backbone to react.
People just walked all over him.
Mat was lookin' pretty grim..
Mat was just "flat out of luck..."
Someone just walked on him with guck!...

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Watch out for the lady in the blush pink rose hat I was warned.
But had no idea why, for the lady was lovely and sweet.
It is a truly authentic hat, so giant bumblebees swarmed.
I was flat out running for my life now; there was a lot of heat!...

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jumping running rolling
frolicking flat out

twisting, turning, 
loving the feeling of the leaves

piles here, piles there,
now scattered back all over the yard

enjoying myself thoroughly,
Bathing in leaves

Until Grandpa yells “HEY!”...

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It's quite likely that I was trippin' dude.
FOR REAL

It is more than possible I am flat out wrong. 
REAL FOR 

For why real likely is for flat out trippin'.
FOR REAL 

Maybe I was trippin'..?


1/07/17...

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Those nagging feelings of despair 
Are running rampant threw the air
There is no stopping this despair
For it is raging everywhere
Then as fast as it was here
It left again though it is near
But then again on occasion
There's extreme exhilaration
And when there's flat out emptiness
There's times when that is total bliss...

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We will all be on a committee and we will all agree on everything.
I could not stop laughing.
Not just a subtle little titter of a laugh
but 
a
 flat out heehaw-magical-maniacal-crazed—loudest-non-stop-laugh-in-this-world-in-this-century-laugh.
It was the quickest way I knew how to get out of it.
And yes, it worked.
Thank you....

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I'm not afraid of heights
I'm afraid of falling
That cascading helplessness
I find it quite appalling

I'm not afraid of love 
I'm afraid of falling
No gentle downward descent
A full on flat out sprawling

I'm more afraid to fall down instead of up
And out of love instead of in
So easy to get off balance
A change of mind, a shift of wind...

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Children who can barely keep their eyes open after lunch
Whose feet shuffle and drag, as they cluster into a bunch
Yawners who struggle to not lie down and flat out snore
When class is annoying, dull, uninteresting or just a total bore
rally at the end of the day with a hip hip hooray
Running swiftly away from the building with pep, perk and play!...

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I try my best but oftentimes,
Whatever I decide
Is flat-out wrong, a blunder that
I just can’t take in stride.

The plans I make, the things I buy,
The times I’m in or out,
No longer bring me joy, but rather
Fill my mind with doubt.

Compared to other problems,
This might lack some magnitude,
But to me it seems enormous 
And it’s messing with my mood....

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Before today, the last time
Was on February third.
I looked a mess; if you had seen me
You would have concurred.

For shorter hairdos need a trim
More often than the long.
That in-between length somehow looks
Just ultra flat-out wrong!

But now that my reflection, 
Which the mirror does display,
Looks a whole lot more familiar,
I must cover up the gray!...

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“Lunchbox” just went sailing by
With “Cyclone Shark” behind.
There’s also “Seas the Day” and more
With river puns in mind.

The ferryboats that pass each day
All proudly sport a name,
Some student contest winners,
Guaranteeing some acclaim.

Though most are not creative, 
Like “Connector,” I confess
I much prefer that to the flat-out lie – 
“Friendship Express.”...

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They think they can get past me.
And they can if they are running flat out.
If they are trying to out-play me
They have another think coming.
I have ten grandchildren, three children,
and I have parented over twenty dogs and six cats.
It is very difficult to pull something on me
that has not already been pulled a thousand times.
The beauty of being an old experienced crone....

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Polly, you say?
  Yes, Polly-Wolly
My, that's cute

There's more
  What is it?
Polly-Wolly-Doodle

You're so creative
  I knew you'd say that

What else do you have for me?
  Polly-Wolly-Doodle-All-the-Day
Did you dream that up all by yourself?
  No, I flat out stole it

You're evil, you are!
  And you are 'Goody-Two-Shoes?'
That I am.
  Oh, no. Here we go again......

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"you may say I'm emotionally misplaced,
But why show true feelings,
When it's thrown back into my teary face,
With flat out rejections,
Having no expectation guarded as a person alone I walk,
Talking of not too much,
Realising now I don't need,
Live in any pretence,
Happy here to sit on the fence,
True beauty without pretences."

-Ds-

Copyright © Daniel Stafford | 03/01/2016...

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Racer
Flat out speed
Hot blooded steed

  Pacer
Speed walking race
With unmatched grace

  Steeplechaser 
Fearless full fledge
Ace over hedge

  Dressage
Arabesques on display
The equestrian ballet

  Draft
Flowing feathered heels
Beer on wheels

  Trail
Rent the power
By the hour



10/28/18

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