Short Matchbook Poems

I had no lighter
So I lit my cig with a match
Held that book in my hands
Finally decided I'm tired of pain
I'm gonna burn your love away
So I lit it and threw it on the ground
Now I've lost what I thought I found
Watched that matchbook burn
Now it's your turn
That matchbook burned 
You deserve what you've earned...

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===================  Matchbook   what is a 


       Write down your number
       small talk of big dreams fan flames
       cold daylight awaits


       GINSU-KNIFE   EASTPORT , MAINE   USA


     Remember when a phone number on a matchbook
     held the promise of ... who knew what?  
     You might carry it around in your wallet for a while.
       Songs have been written about it.
        And now my haiku about the match book....

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What is in that mouse hole snoring away?
The cat sneaked a peek and tiptoed that day
Grabbed his owner’s phone and took a photo too.
Of a snoring elf sleeping in a matchbook box of red and blue.

The elderly elf had a scraggly beard, he was not fresh at all.
He’s a teensy thing, the cat said “less than three inches tall.”
The mouse family had invited their guest, who had promised them the moon.
They shooed the cat and the other gawkers away using a sixties tune....

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