Short Jamb Poems

Whammer, jammer, ball peen hammer
angry clamor, makes me stammer
outside, inside, up and down
fake a smile and make a frown
ram it, lam it, ding dong damn it
jamb the door and loudly slam it
beat it hard and beat it fast
beat it like it like you beat the past
rip it, screw it, get down to it
bite it, chew it, tear right through it
leave it bleeding, leave it there
on the floor without a care
beating slow, but beating still
my feeble heart, my iron will...

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Would you on the spot succumb,
When someone told you “Welcome?”
The fine time to act a lamb
One’s closed door hold on its jamb
While the key to it arrives 
And door-unlocking strength strives?

A woman I had seen, stopped
And besought by a head cocked 
To quaff a bottle of stout
And perfectly look The Scout
She’d seemed to want to be 
But couldn’t have from just tea…

And a bottle became Two,
Drinker’s mind divided, too;
Later, climaxed it to five,
Drinker no longer alive!...

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