Short Scruff Of The Neck Poems

My x-wife went on holiday
And unbeknown  to me,
She broke her ankle in a rankle
When she skied right up a tree.

Her first day back I said to her,
"Did you have a nice break?
She grabbed me by the scruff of my neck
And threw me in a lake....

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Ruffles the feathers
holds the scruff of the neck
resembles the raven
disguise imperfect
subjects favoured
unwisely project 
suspect flavour
returns the reject
correct behaviour 
or disrespect
what flies lands 
what lives dies
play your hand
calm and nice
avoid the stand
Do not go twice...

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Where would I end up and what would I do
if I clicked up my heels and relaxed?
I'd let Aslan lick me and 
grabbed by the scruff of my neck
I'd fly with Tinkerbell and Alice Cooper 
battily blooming like Asimov's universes flaming the tongues
of the misbegotten and the 
misbecomed winding up in my own bed comforted.
Yep.
That's where I'd end up and that's what I'd do if I relaxed and
clicked up my heels.
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"Close your eyes and click your heels"
by Nancy Jones...

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I’m not a shrinking violet
Who is happy to 
Just fade and disappear,
I want to take the world
By the scruff of the neck
And let it know I’m here. 

I refuse to be restricted
By physical boundaries,
I want to spread my wings,
I’m not content that my
Heart is merely beating,
I won’t be happy until it sings. 

In planetary terms
Our lives are the mere
Blink of an eye,
I want my life to be a meteor shower,
Not just a wisp of smoke
In the evening sky.

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