Short Jaywalking Poems

Sure I jaywalk he said. It’s in my genes.
I inherited this trait from my father.
I cannot help it.
He always jaywalked too.
I was astounded.
We had known each other for ten years.
I had never heard him talk about a father.
Where does your father live? I asked.
In heaven.
Oh, I’m sorry. What happened?
We are not sure.
All we know is he got hit by a car....

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jaywalking laws, can’t cross the road 
but you can own the gun you load 
shooting bullets and taking lives 
can’t cross the road from left to right 

so gun laws would put your freedom at stake 
you can’t cross the road for goodness sake!!
It appears your freedom’s fake, 
making laws no one else makes!!

*Hashtag Perspective 
own a gun, legal, freedom 
cross the road, illegal, prison....

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Jimmy Jeevers jaywalked
on Jefferson on the last
day of January while wearing
his jaunty jester hat which
slipped over his jolly eyes
when a speeding Jeep jammed
him between two parked
cars, a Jaguar and Jetta
as curious onwatchers
waited for the ambulance
to arrive to take Jimmy to
St. Joseph Hospital where
his life was saved by the
judicious and caring staff.

Moral of this story is
not to wear a
jaunty jester hat
while jaywalking.


June 27, 2020...

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