Short Flat Tire Poems

broke down
in town

flat tire
desire

big smile
my style

hey man
who can

love  me
you'll see

6/6/15...

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i had a flat tire
drove it all the way from home
lived ten miles away

5/20/18
written words by  James Edward Lee Sr.
Copyright ©  2018...

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Once I was considered a real flat tire
Now I'm full of air and my tire's on fire
Rolling down life's highway
Laughing, making hay
But at 82, I occasionally still misfire...

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Once I was considered a real flat tire
Now I'm full of air and my tire's on fire
Rolling down life's highway
Laughing, making hay
But at 82, I occasionally still misfire...

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went out in a new outfit and car, to find I had a flat tire

 
Date Written: 8/24/2020

2 Place     When plans dont go to plan Contest Judged: 8/29/2020        Sponsored by: Silent One...

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A flat tire can be like life sometimes, when it is on the down side
                              Like a glass of water, is it half full or half empty
                    With a breath or two of fresh air, it is ready to roll once again...

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Beat up old Ford,
along the freeway,
rear end jacked,
flat tire is off,
the trunk is open
and the dentritus
of a life exposed.
Clothes, empty brake 
fluid cans,
children's toys,
a paper back book,
loose pages dancing
in the traffic,
flat spare tire and
tools left lying
impotent in a frozen
moment....

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If you drop a hammer
don’t do it on Mars
it might float for years
Then chip off some stars

If you drop a nail
Not on my roads in Lincolnshire
I’ve already had to pay
to fix a really flat tire.

If you drop a hint
please drop it in my friend Dora’s way
She thinks you’re really cute,
And she says she’d like to play....

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Safe From A Riddle

climb up the ladder
burning safe away from fire
onto its burden desire
change the flat tire

lift high the plug to do
light a fixture to explain the gun for hire
shadow box we claim no more
teaching often learning

to share with a hero
begin the commercial
a twain but not forgottern
mixed in here........

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Somewhere out there, I swim...
I need to work out at the gym
I need to learn to love myself.........
And nothing else
I'll bring it all to me - the endless positivity...
My eyes are like shelves
Breathe into me most likely or possibly
My eyes are burning constantly like a wild fire
We had a flat tire.....
Regret sets my rainbow soul on fire, 
A tainted desire...

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You were trained to be independent.
To avoid strangers if you can.
but you had a flat tire so flagged down a man.
He pulls up in a rusted-out truck.
His hands are strong and filthy with dried mud. 
He says fewer words than a haiku poem.
Like an Indy pit crew, he's done in no time...flat.

You broke rules-rolled the dice and survived.
The tire is on, your hands remain clear of the grime....

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MARRIAGE – short version

Ah    togetherness
Can be a joy or a HELL!
It’s he    she     me    thee
And one must predominate
Which one is the Collie dog?

Talk about money
The stuff no one has enough
Can break a friendship
Can screw up a marriage
There’s my money    her money

Let’s talk about sex
Can be a joy or a HELL!
“I have a headache”
Home late – “I had a flat tire”
The fat lawyer sits and waits...

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I was rolling along
just fine, thank you
until I came across you

Like a nail in the road, you poked a vicious
hole in my heart, and I went flat

And it was a rough ride
for a while there
and noisy, too-
ka-WHUMP
ka-WHUMP
ka-WHUMP
my heart pathetically
loped along
hoping you would return
to fill the hole you’d made

But now, it’s through, I’m over you
I have a brand new heart
and a much more
careful driver
at the wheel...

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Bits of rubber, tape, and glue,
A bed that once looked very new.
Overstuffed shelves covered in dust,
Tables and chairs, creaky with rust. 
Crumpled papers, an overturned lamp,
My dirty old covers, sweaty and damp. 
Cardboard and glitter and paint and wire,
Several pieces of my dad's flat tire.
Banana peels, an apple core,
A half-eaten pizza on the floor.
A grilled cheese sandwich, moldy and green,
Maybe sometime I'll start to clean......

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You were so beautiful yesterday,
When the air smelled of wildfires,
When a nostalgic fog painted the city with sepia
When I got a flat tire.

You were so beautiful yesterday,
When a cold morning wrapped us in its chilly blanket,
When our silhouettes glided through the parking lot floodlights,
With our fingers entwined in an amorous fight,
And a rare car would bid us farewell with its sleepy headlights.

You were so beautiful…
Yesterday....

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FLAT TIRE ROAD

Lying in wait, 
powdery brown dust
hiding hard gray bodies.

Jagged stone teeth
reaching skyward, hoping
to snag rubber prey.

The ground trembling
mouth opening as
prey draws near.

Pop! 
Fangs striking quickly
inflicting jagged hole.

Mortally wounded prey
hissing out its last breath
its body deflating.

Another victim lost.
Why do I continue
Driving flat tire road?...

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I wish rocky mountains mountain peak 
Rich soil valleys bittersweet
~
I wish grizzly halos cowboy old leather boots 
Smoke signals dewdrops mystical loops
~
I wish grassland red carpeted beach 
Walks I wish genie lamps sunburst reach
~
The road less traveled
I wish I hadn't a flat tire
No desire 
My surface has unraveled
~
I wish bargain hunters would be the pray
I wish the summer would come at Winter's day

3/31/20 
James Edward Lee Sr  2020...

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Flat tire in the rain without a spare
    on the downside of the hill, rush hour, 
        no one gives a flip
            new shoes

Fatal car accident on the way to be baptised

A look inside comes up empty

Cell phone inside locked car
    middle of the desert
        stuck in the sand
           3:00 a.m.  99°
              without water
                 barefoot
                    cactus
                       snakes

~~~

Without you....

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