Short Off The Shelf Poems

know thyself
keep off the shelf
plot the essence of thy life
avoiding cracks of strife
then with thee shall walk an elf...

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The day I found out I could re-invent myself,
Was the day I came down off the shelf,
And became, more than just a one dimensional elf....

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while we're still dreaming
a book is lift off the shelf
out of our own past.




written: August 29, 2021...

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   ~If I be broken having been falling off terrain shelf;
 How can God remove me into a better self?


8/23/21©
For A Brian Strand 2 to 5 Line Poetry Contest...

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A time machine bought off the shelf
Touted usage for those lacking wealth.
The thing was a joke;
Used it once and it broke.
Poor guy was beside himself....

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Humpty Dumpty didn’t bounce like a grape
Nor fly away with a magical cape
He turned a shell of himself
When he fell off the shelf
Since they hadn’t yet, invented duck tape...

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There is a degree, 
That you can't get off the shelf,
Or buy from someone else, 
That lets the world truly become your oyster,
If you care to grow your own pearl of wisdom....

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You must immediately take that elf off the shelf!
But why? The shopkeeper asked. What’s the reason? 
Because he my most productive candle selling elf
And it is the Black Friday slash Christmas season....

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Ran the gambit,
pleasured myself and others.
took my heart off the shelf,
Felt everything but smothered.
moving on and away,
Where everyday will lead,
Hooray!!!
no clue,
but it's to soon to tell?...

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Twirling, whirling, swirling into myself
I listen to my ready soul
I take blank canvas off a shelf

Twirling, whirling, swirling into myself
My muse becomes my happy elf.
As I begin, I feel whole


Twirling, whirling, swirling into myself
I listen to my ready soul...

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i jumped
the starting
gun and began
a race with myself

no protest
no escape
just dusted
off the dust

took myself
off the shelf
and decided
i'm not thorough

bred but
thoroughly
disappointed so
i pour another beer

realizing
that i'll 
never
be a

draft...

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All is within expanded self
We’re the world manifest
Once fears and desires, off the shelf
Life jest a playful test

We’re spirit, free, unbound
Walking on holy ground
As karma goes around

Go in, go in
All is within

06-March-2022
Quietus ...

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one day,
I fell off the shelf,
broke into many pieces,
hands swept me away
and dumped me into a
plastic garbage bin
to be picked up by
a refuge truck on
Friday and delivered
for burial at the
junkheap of abandoned
hearts where cries are
not heard



February 7, 2020...

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Whatever you say 
during your day, 
be happy and gay. 
Wherever you go, 
you can move fast or slow. 
Keep yourself in the know. 
Whoever you are, 
be yourself. 
You can travel near and far. 
Just stay off the shelf.

inspired by another member's poem
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The Symbolic Life

Nine years old
And picking candy
Off the shelf at Woolworth.
Two Tootsie rolls,  and
A Rolo, then a bite off of
A wax bottle filled with sugar. 
Forty nine years old,
And picking candy out of
My medicine bottle,
Two Oxycodones,
And a Morphine,
And bite off a Valium....

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"Can we still order black coffee???
Are brownies taken off the shelf?"
"Is White Castle changing its name?"
"I'm sure Cracker Barrel is screwed!"
"Can we still play Chinese Checkers?"
"No more Italian Sausages."
"I ask you, how far do we go with 
this foolishness?"


Quote from David Schick...

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The Elf on the Shelf gets fired 
   for his unwise behavior.
      Now he’s out for revenge.

ELF OFF THE SHELF

The elf he got sacked so he decides
on Christmas Eve he’s justified
to catch all the gifts
because of the rift
but Santa does pin him underside

12/13/2021...

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I am the child
I am the teacher
I can go wild
I can be the preacher
Find my self
Walk the path
Pick a book off the shelf
Do the math

The worlds not perfect
People aren't blind
The worlds not wrecked
People will find
There are people out there
Who will understand you
The will always care
As long as you care too....

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Socrates* once wisely remarked,
“To find yourself, think for yourself,”
For me, his meaningful words sparked
Socrates once wisely remarked.
With this maxim, my life embarked,
I took his wise words off the shelf.
Socrates once wisely remarked
“To find yourself, think for yourself.”

[*nod to the great Greek philosopher]
June 1, 2021...

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How soon you have leave me!
I’m now by myself,
Your silence’s calling,
I’m thrown off the shelf.
I’m hurt and I quiver,
You injected me pain;
You weren’t forgiving,
I always been blamed.
Seduced nights and mornings,
You scattered my needs;
My flesh was in bondage,
Your heart’s full of greeds.
I thought we were bonding,
But I was your slave;
My feelings are damaged,
My soul found its grave....

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Remembering sometimes stings,
cos of broken heart,
catch another love the thing,
rethink reboot restart...

Don 

Nancy,
catching love and holding love,
is what it's all about,
cure yourself, come off the shelf,
eyes lock, reboot, restart...

Seek an find just behind,
the rock of ages still,
open shutters don't be blind,
age old rock insists,
instills.......

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Everytime I Cry I  fill with tears
Every time I die I'm born again
Listen to the Angels Sing
Hallelujah choir worshipping
Come down from off that shelf
Be a blessing to someone else
Righteous  water's flowing 
It should be Humanity
Come across the Lost that would serve
Disloyal servants rarely heard
Dragon Roll volleyball

3/29/22
Written words by  James Edward Lee  Sr. 2022...

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some orthodox crews (I've heard)
make love to their wives through
a hole in a sheet
and 
that's OK,no problem, it isn't my
business anyhow

but the other day I got to thinking
how big is the sheet and the hole,
is it near the head or the feet?

are they made to special order, 
or off the shelf, so to speak?

perhaps the answer to this riddle
is to wear a long coat and black hat 
in the night?...

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The books are off the shelf 
Teachers are heading to the nearest coffee machine 
Noises echo the elongated hallways 
Time has betrayed you 
Loud thuds of lockers slamming abruptly
Could it be?
School is currently back in session
The dreadful feeling of the first day 
Routine is once again included into your lexicon
As sure as the moon smiles, 
The sun shines onto your supply list 
The beginning of a tragic ending...

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Hard hearted one break down
those walls so hollow.
Listen to your heart and your
head will surely follow.

Hard hearted one
release your inner self.
There is no one like you
take your self off the shelf.

Hard hearted one
lose that empty stare.
There is so much love hidden
in you, reach with care.

Oh my hard hearted one,
please understand.

Life cannot grow for you if you don't
with the world, yourself share....

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