Short Shrink Wrapped Poems

I think
she thinks
like a human
I think like a human

we 
think shrink-wrapped
in air 
tight
we think
alone
alike...

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shrink-wrapped calendar

pages waiting to be turned

two thousand nineteen



December 30, 2018

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Christopher really liked Lisa
He thought she was really quite fit
They worked together every day
At a very well known supermarket

When he asked her out she said yes 
But to show that they were an item
They were shrink-wrapped together
And had a barcode label stuck on them...

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Gliding past the mirror, the visage of sophisticated sensuality, 
tall with head turning legs that stretch to heaven, dark and tan,
little black dress, tastefully shrink wrapped about hips and breasts,
stiletto heals, black patent, defining calves and thighs with each step,
but her smiling red lips can't hide the tear in her questioning eyes, “Who am I?”



06/08/2018...

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I found Jesus in a cereal box,
flakes tumbled inconsistently,
pauses between each one,
and in one such pause fell
Jesus.

Shrink-wrapped, sermonising,
gape-mouthed,
prayer-clasped hands,
head-cocked
and bright haloed.

Sadly, I traded him
for he had less hit points
than Pikachu.

When all you receive
are scraps from the
table of life,
finding Jesus is no big deal,
when more hit points
are your real salvation…

Amen....

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The Seder meal approaches;
A shank bone is required.
In years gone by, the butcher smiled
Whenever I inquired.

I hardly know him, but these bones
Are tossed when meat is cut
And so he’d give me one for free;
Today I got one – but…

It’s nestled now in Styrofoam
And shrink-wrapped – very nice,
Until I noticed something else – 
A ticket with a price!

It cost $1.23.
That’s not a lot of cash,
But it’s so weird to pay for what’s
Intended for the trash!...

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