Short Piddling Poems

A drunkard while piddling
was struck by this fact incidental
that holding a beer requires
the same hand as at a urinal.

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A piddling, trifling cha cha cha
Danced her petootsie off, rah rah rah
Wiggling, jiggling and a ha ha ha
We wanted to join them lah dee dah...

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Trivial Pursuit

Chasing
Piddling
Hunting
Trifling
I lost myself chasing piddling facts
No piece of pie; hunting, trifling traps


Contest: Write me a Tyburn
Sponsor: Kim Rodrigues
1/22/18...

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Jimmie Jim my piddling crony was a little toady
     Happened to meet a gaudy king who loved a hot toddy
                 Jimmie’s ass an ace in the hole
            Dipped in snail’s pace in the king’s bowl
     Said Jim Sire, my daddy, King of Ire, I am your bawdy...

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I find my pillow wet with tears 
and discover that I have been biting my lips
Our piddling worn-out planes
Did we think we could win with these toys
how stupid
and there the high school girls waving our farewell with cherry blossom branches

Imagination a Hayabusa III taking off towards Okinawa on April 12, 1945...

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We may think we are piddling poets
But some of our words are knit through eternity
When they hearten, give that single smile, you know it
May be the only smile all day, all week, for you and me

For those who ponder my words about their chosen words
Thank you for not rushing to judge me, but seek to hear
What breaks my heart, what heals my soul, what Bluebirds
May keep me on this bruised planet one more happy hour...

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Dreams of tomorrow I must steel myself myself to a lonely sleep
Waking
I find my pillow wet with tears and discover that I have been biting my lips
our piddling worn-out planes did we think we could win with these toys
how stupid and there the high school girls waving our farewell
with cherry blossom branches


My imagination a Hayabusa III taking off towards Okinawa on a suicide mission April 12, 1945.
please no offence meant to either side (or middle)....

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