Short Repellent Poems

squirrel umbrella
	bushy tail fluffed overhead ~
		rain-repellent gear...

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Don’t forget the insect repellent

Mosquitoes can cause such discontent

     These bugs make me itch

     Watch me swat and twitch

The cost of “Off” is money well spent




Written April 3, 2014...

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on a soapbox 
constantly yelling 
black and white 
statements concerning 
what one should do 
to be considered normal
became an unhealthy 
ritual among the two 
repellent souls brought 
together by chance long 
ago in a land far far away...

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indonesian beaches and
days of infinite hunger
drunk and repellent
I am again
there’s no time for fishy flattery
'cause god called a horseman
flogging a dead horse
outlaw of the oscillation nation
playing with matches
by the gas-works
and I have this foreboding
of foreign foods
and fishmonger hooks...

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A squirrel with an acorn clenched
Between his tiny teeth
Ran past me to some shrubbery
And hid himself beneath.

He looked so cute it made me think
Suppose he was a rat;
I wouldn’t like it half as much
In nearby habitat.

Though both are rodents, in this case
Some prejudice prevails,
For charming or repellent seems
To rest upon their tails!...

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I'm just a girl
Broken and tainted
Survived by art
Beauty and language 

One in the crowd
A face in the bunch
If I don't find my voice
They'll have me for lunch

Surviving in shadows
Of the in between
A repellent of light
Tucked in my regime

The sun being strength
And rays a clear path
My skin, a pure white
The clouds, how they laugh...

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Three performers enter the room.

Two children.

One adult.

The children stand like two scarecrows in a rice field.

The adult takes a can and sprays the children;

careful not to miss a spot.

The children put their hands down and prepare to exit,

The adult whispers,

“they’re everywhere”.


(Author's Note: This is a Fluxus event score)...

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Look in a mirror and see who you are

Left on your skin is one big scar 

Meant to remind you of the day

You tried to put yourself away

Showing others of your sins 

Making you look like an ungodly trash bin 

Acting as a repellent to your happiness

Surrounded by people and their plentifulness

An ugly thing you wear like a crown 

Look in the mirror, it's called a frown

??


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What I enjoy might very well be
Something you despise.
The things that light me up may be
Unpleasant to your eyes.

But that’s what makes the world go round;
Variety’s the spice.
What you find unappealing
Could, to me, be paradise.

There are no rights or wrongs when you
Account for someone’s taste.
Endeavors at persuasion,
In most cases, are a waste.

It’s best for all to nod our heads,
Accepting as a fact
That what one finds repellent 
May another thus attract....

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