Short In One Ear And Out The Other Poems

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A butterfly winging by
  into one ear did fly --
Came right out the other

How come so fast, asked I
  ~ Too polite to pry...

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There once was a man with one ear
And some things he just couldn't hear
He took him a bride
He didn't have to hide
He turned his head when her mother came near...

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So rash and fresh the grave; 
and by this salute from immortality, 
that views my day's twilight.

And thou amnesty, one ear it pours, 
around my night's, good light.
That leads us back one turn, upon this day....

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Just one answer
  where can I find
Searching for help
  in a terrible bind

Just some advice
  who should I see
to guide me through
  my difficulty

Just one ear to listen
  where can it be
Dark hour's comfort
  solace and empathy...

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Listen to the light that so deftly surrounds you.
Like the night it holds onto everything, it holds on to you.
Watch and wait and listen for the sounds you are bound to hear,
Sit down on the rain and turn an ear, just one ear,
So that you will hear the sound in the light....

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A dead cat
there on the road.
A cat well known hereabouts;
tabby and bulgy with one ear floppy.

it used to hunt hedgerow birds
though I never saw it catch one.
It would hiss
when
it
missed.

Someone hereabouts
will miss it also.

Too slow it was,
and sadly now
forever
late....

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Christmas nears.
I do hear.
Holding ground
with one ear.

Sights I see
With out eyes.
Wonders only.
Wishes by.

Scents a’ lurking
all around.
Ghostly manners
pound for pound.

Taste of nothing.
Winter's bliss.
Flavor pulled
before a kiss.

Christmas nears
Of this we know,
without us saying.
The wind will blow....

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One ear on top
Like a satelite dish
One eye in front and back
So I can see all I wish

My chin is now longer
For it's carrying my nose
Closer to the arm pits
Making sure no smell arose

My mouth is going to the back
On the neck to be precise
I can't stand drinking orange juice
And smelling fried rice...

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Dont mind me... Its only my Voice....
...It's not like it matters...
..Lkie I even have a choice...

                     You hear me....I know you do
                      In one ear...and right on thru....

    This.. It cant be livin'....
How can you live and not get to make a decsion.
            I too have an opinion......

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If you ever hear
Words that push you further
Rather than draw you near
To the Love of the Father
Robbing you of your cheer
And forcing your hope out of its lather
Taking you to discouragement and fear
And everywhere that the negatives gather
One option is clear
That you should rather
Let it in through one ear
And out through the other...

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Bad Day

A quiver in my stomach,
A rattle in my head.
A twitch in my eye,
Mind full of lead.
A limp in my walk,
A shudder in my step.
A catch in my arm,
Running out of pep.
Exhausted is my mind,
Spent is my brain.
Heavy are my eyelids,
Clogged are my veins,
Rattled are my senses,
Deaf in one ear.
To have another bad day,
Is my greatest fear....

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when you fall asleep
let one eye stay awake
that when danger approaches
it can be a witness

when you fall asleep
let one arm stay active
that when a robber comes
it can defend the body

when you fall asleep
let one ear stay alert
that when someone whispers 
it can hear the secrets

even when you die, do not die
do not allow  death to  kill you...

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R-umors that have been flying
O-pen your ears to listen; 
S-tay silent about the report, 
E-valuate the events that happen.

A-ugust twenty-ninth Tuesday, 
N-ews is heard to discern; 
G-et your sense in truth, 
E-arnestly dissect to 
L-earn.

L-et not the gossip spread
E-verywhere in the air; 
R-apid noise must go
I-n one ear and out the
O-ther....

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Gail was very tired
A rough day at work
She went to bed early
To get a good rest

Her husband Willy 
Soon followed her
Both in deep slumber
It did not take long

Wendy got out of bed
She went to the dresser
Opened her jewellery box
Then changed her earrings 
light 
In the morning light
She went to the mirror
She noticed a change
Two earrings in one ear...

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It flips and flops from side to side 
and if the wind is blowing it will be going.
One ear is covered and the other is not
a curl or lock tied into a topknot.
Some look like a big fluffy feather that's been in a hazard
or the tail of a horse that's been forced.
Don't be scared because your missing hair
to a women a shinny bald spot is always hot!



1/23/15   T Reams...

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Reality is
That people take life for granted
They feel that they deserve 
To see another day
Reality is
Nobody is promised to see tomorrow
Don’t take life for granted
Appreciate what you have
Realize that everyone 
Is not as fortunate as you 
Reality is
That these words are going in one ear
And out the other
Just know
Life can be taken 
As quick as it was given 
Reality is...

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Too many times,
I’ve felt left behind.
We let the blind,
Lead the blind, now empty minds
Have no idea what can be,
Stevie Wonder piano keys
Sound even better when I can’t see.
Shining on em Jack Nick
As good as it gets,
The internet made you forget.
Everything you had to know,
In one ear, out it goes.
No matter the name,
Still smell a rose.
If you have to ask google,
You’ll never know....

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Loves gotta be tough
It cannot be easy
Or it won't be enough

We will never understand
The power it has over us
It never goes as planned
And we make such a fuss

We try to change it
We try to fix it
Why don't we let it be?
If it is here
Then why do we fear?

Perfections we shouldn't seek
In one ear, out the other
Don't run when it's bleak
And when close, don't smother

We will never really see
That we cannot control it
So just let it be...

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I swim slowly, almost languidly, 
But alert, careful not to let my hands
Break the surface, make the faintest sound.
Oppressive stillness into which a tropical bird
Cries with an old man's voice.
Only my eyes and nose above
The smooth warm liquid.
My long black hair rising and falling across
The small eddies of my movement. 
A white gardenia behind one ear.
Darn! I can never remember which ear!
The Japanese are everywhere!...

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Knight In Shining Armor

Some girls have a hollow head
Situated somewhere about the shoulders
Air enters through one ear
Spins around to clear the cavity in there
Exits through the other ear
Some girls wait for the knight in shining armor
To fashion the wear into pots and pans
Others use the metals to sell at markets
Entitled to their money
Forget about the man
He can go about naked
Girls with hollow heads
Demand their share right now...

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Van Gogh had rescued a starving vampire
Why was he starving I hear you enquire
The answer I think will instil disbelief
When I say that vampire had no pointy teeth

The vampire became Vincent’s most willing aide
Although of course he only worked in the shade
One night he crept from the tomb where he hid
Grabbed a cold beer and he pulled back the lid

Hey Vince, do you fancy a cool pint of beer
Van Gogh shook his head… ‘No fangs, I’ve got one ear.’...

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In this world  so dim
Brightness is lent by your grin
Reminicensing years  gone marked bylaughter so loud
All sorrows go under shroud
Yours was a hand to hold
When rest of the world seemed cold
When times were tough
Just one ear was good enough
You gave me time
When the need was prime
In depressive times  you lent your hand
Without which it was difficult to stand.
Between the two of us there's an affinity
Friends for long, is approval of divinity....

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I scream,
I cry,
I ask myself why.
My Voice Isn't heard.
I laugh,
I sleep,
I dream.
My Voice Isn't Heard.
I run,
I walk,
I always talk.
My voice Isn't Heard.
The Years go by and menories seem to fade away, and stain my face.
No One Knows,
how I show,
Who or what I really am,
But one thing I do know,
that My voice Isn't heard.
It seems as though anything I say,
goes through one ear and out the other. 
No One Knows How I feel.
My Voice Isn't Heard....

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"Careful who you call your friends and the company you keep, Rachelle."

Those words I her throughout the years of growing up from my mother.

Never did I take her words of wisdom to acknowledgement.

My eyes roll in the back of my head "she don't know what she's talkin bout."

In one ear and out the other is how it always went.

Sitting in the police station not anticipating my mother's arrival.

My so called "friend" framed me for a crime that wasn't my doing....

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