Short Jiggers Poems

Sometimes it seems as if
Everyone has gone to sleep
Even while the sun shines,
And there is no gloom of night.

The world is full of vapid conversation,
Evergreens of low expectations,
Empty thoughts,
Valley girls, 
Cups of coffee,
And jiggers of gin.

Poets are waiting 
To bring the frozen people,
Kicking and screaming,
Out of the chaos of mindlessness....

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Mate, if you give a fig, name is Jiggers.
Know now, I’m the kind of guy who likes booze.
People handed me that name, it figures.
I’m all coffin varnish smeared with tattoos.
Wild and mean, that kind of life’s what I choose.
Be sure, Saint John’s place to find a cheap flop,
place where I can try to shake all my blues.
I think Saint John’s a good New Brunswick stop....

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Cows cuss under their breath during these winters
Being under a blanket is not warm if made of snow
Fish get expelled from their school playing hooky
Never learning to avoid nibbling on those jiggers
Forests are full of trees with being first issues
Worshiping the sun and boasting with their colors
Fire is always the brightest student in the class
Until water pours over to fizzle out their candle...

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The thing about chiggers:
I’m glad they’re not bigger.
They’ll make you go dancing
Like A. A. Milne’s Tigger.

Avoid ‘em with vigor!
When they pull the trigger,
Get under your waistband,
You may need a jigger.

Of whiskey! Of whiskey!
You’ve gotta ask right,
'Cuz chiggers are red
And jiggers are white.

O, chigger! O, jigger!
They both like to bite.
The former’s a flea;
The latter’s a mite....

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Are you following some   path
to a schizophrenic's neverland
are you trying to teach me 
your sophisticated alphabet
did you just fly from someone's 
dungeon dream
into the minaret of mine
are you dancing with fairies
or just a stumbling sky drunkard

maybe your just an erotic dancer
flashing your wares for 
jiggers of forever nectar
whatever the case may be
I will forever cherish your 
no touch lap dances...

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