Short Honky Poems

COUNTRY honky-tonk happening...

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A gaggle of geese in the Bronx
Were confused by competing honks
With traffic so slow
There's not much on show
'cept gander at the honky tonks...

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“I may be a cheap honky tonk bar whore
 but have three kids here and at home far more”.
   Relax I said, my name’s Rex
   and I do practice safe sex…
 yeah, trust me, I always lock the car door!

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Harriet Honey Bunch met Henry at a Honky-Tonk
By accidentally giving back of his neck a tiny bonk
Did you see her flirty, flamboyant ways? Asked Connie Conk
Fine by us said winsome Willie Wonk and decent Donnie Donk...

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Fail-safe.
Crap-shoot.
Bait-and-switch.
Luck-of-the-draw.
Matter-of-fact.
More-or-less.
Helter-skelter.
Loosey-goosey.
Honky-tonky.
Wacky-taffy.
Lucky-ducky.
Tight-lipped.
Land-locked.
Turn-key.
Safe-and-sound.
Fail-safe.

3/4/22...

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As the sun rises over the ocean
And breezes swirl the palms
My thoughts turn to when I was young
Not that long ago this island
Was a different kind of place
Now every inch is robed in condos
Gone is the quiet of solitude's grace
Gone is the simple gait
A new era has entered
Where life is a noisy honky tonk pace  

Written June 04, 2013...

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Burning, white heat coursing across flesh
		A honky no longer
Leafy flecks marbling skin like wire mesh
		Relax and grow stronger

Silence attacked by Dolly Parton’s CDs
		A boiling furnace
Darts competitions bring you to your knees
		The sun only burns us

The water is contrastingly icicle cool
		At night the sunshine abates
Trapped voluntarily here by the pool
		Package holidays are great!...

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In The Still Of The Night
Don’t Be Cruel
Gimme, Gimme Good Lovin’
That’ll Be The Day
Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye

This Magic Moment
Peggy Sue
You Really Got Me
All Shook Up
I Wonder If She Loves Me

In The Midnight Hour
Last Kiss
Never My Love
It’s Only Make Believe
Goodnight, Sweetheart Goodnight

Call It Stormy Monday
Honky Tonk Woman
You Cheated
All Summer Long
This Time (We’re Really Breaking Up)...

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Please rate 1-10
(1 Santa would be proud or
  10 A coal in your stocking!)

A white Christmas in Chicagee don't make no sense
Bout time we skeedaddle, let good times commence

So where to go, my darlin' Maggie and me
As we swig down our egg nog and pack our tree?

The lil' miss and I'll be spendin' this Christmas
Way down yonder on the Panama Isthmus

There's a honky-tonk there on the ol' canal
Tequilla will be flowin' for me and my gal

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VI.	I’ve played in bars and the honky tonks.  I’ve been there unfortunately.  But 
Jesus came into my life, now the neon lights says I am free.

CH.	I quit playin’ country cause now I’m saved.  Instead of bars, I’m in church, I’ll 
never thirst for I’m washed in the blood.  I quit playin’ country cause now I’m saved.

VII.	I’m not the same like I used to be.  I take up the cross, thank God I’m free.  I’m 
just a servant of the Lord.  I quit playin’ country, cause now I’m saved....

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