Short Malts Poems

Gumdrops and lollipops

Cotton candy and cakes

Creamy pudding and pies

Double malts and milk shakes

Taffy and licorice

And every ice cream too

Chocolate and caramel

Are half as sweet as you...

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Santa had an alcoholic reindeer
Who couldn't stop drinking warm beer --
   He'd drink malts and hops
   And popcorn he'd pop --
That gave Santa enough fuel for sixth gear


Entry in "Funny Reindeer Limerick Contest
       Sponsored by Tania Kitchin...

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If Robert Burns met Patrick Kavanagh
who would smile who would look away
across a field of barley or potatoes
kindred spirits or in each other's way?

The ploughmen poets would adjourn
to the local pub and order single malts
and after a few glasses had been taken
tell tall tales of sowing wild oats....

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I should have let it go,
   theunkind words they spoke
the phrases unjustly, hurtfully said
   but you know me...
My mind thinks and mulls the words
   over and over again.
They churn like whipped shakes and malts
   until they begin to overflow.
Before realized, they spill over
   onto counter tops and make a mess.
Cleanup doesn't serve me well
   as the disliked stickiness is spread
Soon, everyone around sees and knows
   that thing they said  -
I should have let it go,...

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