Short Screwball Poems

screwball comedy
Kirbys versus Sycamores-
Pulitzer Prize play






Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved. 
First published 2018 in Hollywood Haiku via wattpad.com...

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Johnny was balancing on a high wall
He tripped pretending an entreating fall
with a big bump on his head
wife shook a finger and said
don't know whether you're brilliant or screwball


10/19/2017...

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Right? Fine. Finished.
During what avail, what time.
Shake this, crisps on bread.
Ultimo Dragon, wrestling and fights 
Likewise, Mr Artist.
Package this, like fries.
McDonald's, eat much.
Yum, yum, delicious times.
Screwball sassy.
Likewise this....

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You are the gum at the bottom of my screwball.
 
You are the action figure in my happy meal.
 
You are the x-ray glasses from my bubblegum wrappers.
 
You are the decoder ring in my cereal box. 
 
You are the bumps and buldges that fill my Christmas stocking. 
 
You are the sole present under my tree.
 
You are the best surprise life has offered.
 
You make me the happiest I could ever be....

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Contemplation
 
Resolve the unanswered problem gone
Overmighty is the task, for one who lacks the courage
Sever is the lack of self-knowledge
Extraordinary is the failing of others feelings
 
 She doesn’t like young cleaner find faults with them
They remain her of her lost youth.
 
Quite a reflection over time that will not return
Life lives in hatred and love, now it is
Meaningless whether it is summer or winter
As seen inside a dusty window of old age....

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