Short Muffs Poems

when it get cold
at the super bowl
or  gold ball hole
to stay warm
put them on
it good stuff
to have
WINTER EAR MUFFS...

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    Swiper goes to the drug store of a nearby town.
Purchases ear muffs, staff, nun chakas, 
and duct tape for Dora's mouth......

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When old duffers reach that over-the-hill age
Loud noises bother them, they get bent out of shape
Get cranky and stuff
Wearing furry ear muffs
Like from the looney bin they just escaped...

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Mildest autumn on record up here
What will become of us in future years
Will we all melt away
No more rides on a sleigh
Just a horse and buggy, no muffs on our ears


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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Clyde Rolf
Played golf

First nine
Went fine

Next nine
Not fine

He muffs
In roughs

Sand trap
Oh crap

Tough break
In lake

Bad hook
In brook

Blew putts
Some klutz

Hurled putter
In gutter

O'er par
By far

Disgust
He cussed

Clubhouse
To souse...

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Ear muffs perch on little heads
In poof or sparkly style,
While furry pom poms bounce on hats
Engendering a smile.

Hoods with fuzzy fake-fur trim
Are pulled ‘round reddened faces
As well as ski or baseball caps,
Which stay in men’s good graces.

Winter headgear keeps us warm
But fashion counts, as well,
Until we step inside to find
Our hairstyles look like hell!...

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Numbness comes and goes
Immunity to life, perhaps
Although beauty glows
Failure proudly claps 

Tragic stories fill my ears
Things I cannot fathom
So I choose not to hear
My fuzzy muffs, I grab 'em

Sheltered by a cardboard box
Built sturdy by my lies
Preparing for when reality knocks
To save my virgin eyes

It shields the wind of a broken heart
A no trespassing sign in front
There shall be no end, if I never start
This is my grandest stunt...

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Shoe fall night
Feet in a hurry to imprint the earth
Coconut snow and the moon 
in a bubble of ice
Asphalt to reach
Kissing the ground and leaving
it's tread
Brisk falling icicles breaking
the sound
Air gone blue to still
Crunch and hurry
Back to the warmth of two cats
and a stove
Piercing the skin of the frost at the door
and welcoming solitude home.
Reminder to self:
In the near future,
bring extra psyche or ear muffs
at least
when venturing out in the winter
alone....

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