Short Sellers Poems

> Mr. Peter Sellers > 

 The zaniest fellow
 But oh-so-mellow --
   As Inspector Clouseau
   He'd steal the show...

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In business, when the 
buyers threatened the sellers with 
guns for cheap prices, 

it is  robbery.
buyers are bands of dangerous 
crooks and robbers.

August 5/2023...

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charm(ed) bracelets 
and bangles
and books on 
strange science
in fogs
of whatever
all sold 
by the locks

as sellers 
and cellars
with culture 
on counters
sell lifestyles 
as street food
and vinyl
as clocks....

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On City sidewalk corners
stands anger, 
Desperation and Pain.
Buyers, Sellers, Pushers!
BANG! BANG! BANG!
stop; look around 
faceless stranger lays dead.
I calmly walk away.
Pieces of me dripping
into the river of unrest...

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Seven sellers selling scissors
sold six feet apart
Selling scissors some would say
kept them running smart

When seven shoppers started strolling
stopping for the start
And sighing suckered seeming sick
sluggish from the heart...

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wast it love
woven or well knitted
fabrics that cover the corves
of her beautiful body
the liquiers of these men
shall make words easier to pronounce
thus might we sing nightstrummed
to the audiences of
people
those who wish to hear lyrics of love...

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There was a young lady from Wellers
Most popular with all the fellers
I said," How do you do it?"
She said,"There's nothin' to it"
"I sort them by buyers and sellers."


8-30-2020
Contest:  Limerick Fun 
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin
Syllable Counter 
Syllables Per Line:	9 9 7 7 9...

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Fishing

The sea is turquoise 
 ships are clouds in the sky.
On the pier headless dolphins
side by side
Music in the air.
Children slide on gore. 
shouting sellers
argumentative buyers.
a cacophony of humanity.
Bless this day.
This moment.
God is good here is food for all....

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You want gasoline?
You will pay a higher price
When you reach the pump.

Sellers just don’t care
They’re out to get your money
And they want it all.

Will it ever end?
It does not look like it will
Greed is what they have.

They know you need gas
The car won’t run on water
Just what will you do?...

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Squatters acquire the land
And no questions are asked.

Hovers litter the place
And open drains greet the eyes.

Stench queezes the life
But sellers defy the odour;
Frequent epidemic and death,
But the population continues to grow.

Nobody to care;
No questions are asked;
Sheer naked life,
Ever ready for the end....

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Awakened by sun
knocking on lids 
savoring chatter of 
stone lipped fountain
and happy voices  
of buyers and sellers
tip tapping downhill
from the market
carrying home 
their fare
the humble survivors 
of a race
drowned in blood
blackened in ashes…
The flash!
A brand new earth
and another chance 
at starting again....

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All you bottom dwellers
Come up from the sellers 
~
And rise above the plain
Come up from above it
~
The shames
The pains
Those reprimands
Make them distance
~
Don't remain
Below sustain
~
Come up and walk
 be strong and talk
 rise up above it  ...

4/7/20
Written words  James Edward Lee Sr  2020...

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“...like small Cherokee children, torn from freedom and
the mountains, paled in faded lodges by rocky Oklahoma streams.

Bettie M. Sellers Westward from Bald Mountain 1974

LIBRARY CLUES

Ms. Bettie Sellers’
bald mountain of poems
subtly lays dormant
until a Cherokee chats —
voices commune together

3/1/2020...

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There’s no amount
Which does not count
In an account…

Yep, no amount
Sellers discount
And while recount
Your whole story 
Fail to glory:
Place in praised sky
For being Quite High…

Don’t pressures mount
After discount
For more from Fount
Or self soon count
The Badly Bluffed,
His wish rebuffed…

Discounts fetch smiles;
Who gave went miles!...

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not even a shift in the night
or a bass chuka-chuka;

they will darken the humble sellers
of shrunken, dusty oranges

maybe a bad mouth,yellow teeth,
passed words to the birdmen

to crack open the sky,
a black walnut, half-brained

a ball of string,the smell of fire,
bags of sudden song,burnt shout of

hot and hot and hot;
nothing to put back together...

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It’s rained ‘most every day this week – 
Good news for all the flowers.
We can’t complain, ‘cause weather’s whims
Are not within our powers.

Umbrella sellers have been pleased
And stores which peddle boots;
Perhaps they and the weather gods
Have labored in cahoots.

I’ve stepped in puddles more like lakes
And dripped from each extremity;
For keeping dry, it seems like
Staying home’s the only remedy....

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Buses

Dear Buses 
Daily you commutes us humans from one place to another
You do not hiss 
You do not cry
You are so patient
You are so enduring
Without you we humans could not have reached our destinations
Without you our journeys would have been slow and dull
You provides employment to many people
From drivers to conductors
From bus manufacturers to bus sellers
Without you we are Nothing!...

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Farmer’s Market was ablaze with colors, textures, sound and produce.
Not a lot of negotiating like the old days. People pay the price asked.
The farmers who have sold everything begin loading up empty trays.
Heading home for a little nap, since they have been awake since four a.m.
Regular buyers, regular sellers, greeting each other, sharing stories.
It is a bustle and rustle of activity. The happening place on Saturdays....

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Health experts advise us to consume only drinks that are MEDICINAL
Greed is a reason adduced for sellers of drugs that aren’t ORIGINAL
Law enforcement agents are after those importers just like a CRIMINAL
Where local producers make drugs, their license must be PROVISIONAL
Close monitoring of process is important even if the item is NUTRITIONAL
Producers may abuse approvals thus any waiver must be CONDITIONAL

© Wole Popoola 2016...

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Some sellers on Ebay are very good but some are very bad.
Some of them charge a fortune and it really makes me mad.
One Ebayer was asking two hundred and fifty dollars for a record player that 
didn't even work.
It frustrates me so much that I feel like going berserk.
They charge as much for their merchandise as a jewelry store charges for a 
precious gem.
Unless they lower their prices, I'm sure as hell not going to buy from them....

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Well, we watched a movie at home tonight
   A Peter Sellers special, a true delight"
'Revenge of the Pink Panther,' from 1976
   It was full of sight gags and amazing tricks

If you haven't ever seen it, you really should
   They don't make movies today that are this good
You'll laugh so hard that your sides will ache
   So click it on the Internet, for goodness sake!

      Happy New Year, Fellow Soupers!
    (December 31, 2018, ~ 10:30 p.m.)...

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When buying clothes with buttons
Often they include a spare,
So if you find one missing
You’re all set for the repair.

It’s quite a handy custom,
For a button often pops
And usually we’re unaware
Of how and where it drops.

Providing extra buttons
Is both prescient and astute,
Preventing people’s wasting time
In matching-up pursuit.

I wish that other sellers
Would adopt this policy;
I’d never miss an earring
If each pair instead had three!

for Black Eyed Susan's Button Contest...

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