Short Swapped Poems

full of short desires
swapped in beds...

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A quartet of swingers in Reno
Swapped keys as is usually so
One got the two wives
A case of the hives
The other an Alfa Romeo...

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My dog chased people riding a bike,
and that is something people don’t like,
it got so bad,
it drove me mad,
so I swapped his bike for a trike....

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Wannabe escape artist Ed's first trick 
took place in a tank of water 
Tied up with chains.
Wife swapped padlock key.

Also final trick....

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There once was a killer called Bubble,
Who discovered she had a double,
They met serving time,
And swapped notes on crime -
Now Bubble is double the trouble....

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My psychiatrist ain't cheap
now that I swapped the basic for an iPhone 4G.
Guess them Apples really do keep the doctors away!
That is if you have the funds to pay......

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Seems there was a dyslexic poet;
nothing rhymed but he didn’t know it.
He thought he knew better;
he swapped out the letters
and poured him a tall glass of Motë....

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So the first law of thermodynamics
Put simply is that if it tocks it ticks
Energy gets swapped
It never gets cropped
I think my first law of science just clicked...

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There once was a girl by the name Joy   
who got joy whenever she'd annoy.  
Her poor little brother 
she swapped for another.  
Now; him, too, she would love to destroy....

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Well I thought I saw a puddy tat 
How did I ever imagine that?        
    Just look at our faces. 
    It seems we swapped places. 
He is where he belongs that bad cat.
...

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Canton Here I Come
Written: by Tom Wright
2004 
I once traveled to a big time swap meet,
Thinking there, I’d find a deal so sweet.
I swapped my hard cash,
For another man’s stash,
But it was torturous on knees and feet.
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To prove my humanity 
I must obey the prompt
"I am not a robot."
I assure you,
oh online enforcer wIth no heart,
I am fully human
having not been swapped out
with anything --
unless you count my four percent 
Neanderthal DNA
and that simply does not matter!
...

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their love is timeless
flows easy like quiet streams
adjust to each season

two beautiful hearts
engraved from one pattern
existing betwixt 

hearts swapped forever sealed
undeniable ying yang
inseperable

~*~
This is for folks like me who dream : )
For:  Linda's "Special Sentimental Senryu" Contest...

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Despite
intentions
in civil soar

debts loom,
seized plunder
for social war.

Distilled
treachery
laps at our shore

controlled
by blunt heads
swapped like décor

spinning
messages
to shape the lore:

lies and
platitudes
over the snore

since we
claim no land
here anymore,

grieving
while getting
shoved out the door....

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Brand-new backpacks, brand-new shoes;
Headbands topped with flowers.
Parents trying to enthuse
About the coming hours.

Photos taken, kisses swapped;
Pupils all converging.
Quick goodbyes as doors are propped;
Teachers gently urging.

Voices chatter, stairs are climbed;
First day jitters rising.
All of us once likewise primed
Should be sympathizing....

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All hope is lost, for fairytales
Happy endings are only fiction
High pitched whistles drown the bells
Only fools waste pennies, wishing

Dreams were big when we were small
Til we dose do’ed and swapped
Now we’re wise and know it all
The magic, abruptly, stopped

We began an early green
Then a striking red
It seems so very mean
How, gold will leave us dead...

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this death will be the life of me
patches in the sky
we used to call them clouds
before the bombs went off
and canopied us in a toxic shell; 
the artist swapped his brush
for a brick
and threw it in tantrum
from a distance 
at some cheesy idyllic canvas
and despite our decaying teeth falling out
with clumps of hair and skin
you slipped out of your negligee
a little too easy tonight...

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left where i lie 
A life on the fringes 
appointed an outcast 
left there to die 
a man without meaning 
alone 
left out of gods design 
flesh wrapped bones 
without soul 
without heart 
ripped ravaged flesh 
torn to pieces 
torn apart 
unable to feel 
unable to cry 
peace traded for pain 
soul swapped for sin 
I wither and die 
so just step around 
just walk away 
i just want to be 
LEFT WHERE I LIE...

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I'm so annoyed with barking dogs.
Why don't the owners shut them up?
(Masters must have swapped brains for logs.)
I'm so annoyed with barking dogs.
They sound loud, even in this fog...
It's a shame that dogs don't stay pups...
I'm so annoyed with barking dogs.
Why don't the owners shut them up?






7/31/2015


Contest -  I'm so Annoyed

Sponsor - Mary Oliver Rotman


Honorable Mention...

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genes swapped
stirred by unbounded love
family is born

bound by filial bonds
maternal and paternal
relations emerge

love, caring, support
joy and sorrow shared alike
life's music composed

echoing through ages
increasing genetic pool
Malthus' theory

you, me, and Genghis
bound by familial ties
family tree thrives

culture, colors, race
babble, blather, and blubber
siblings world-over


~ 04 May 2016 ~...

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Some jerk heading to Burning Man
Just hit my truck
In a very lady like tone
I hollered,"What the F--k!"

He offered some lame
Excuse for his lack of skill
I told him to wait until he was out there
To do drugs and pop his pills

Swapped info
California is where he resides
Should have taken all his water
Dehydration, too, can come in tides

I know all the officers
From Pyramid Lake
They let me handle it
Sh-t I don't take...

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His Life
Written: by Miracle man
2-10-2020

Life consisted of habit and attitude,
and neither would he willingly surrender.
One day he discovered his thinking was skewed,
and no more was he labeled a pretender.

Sometimes as he stubbornly clutched to self life,
unhealthy routines became burrs in his path.
Then his subsequent days weren't engrossed in strife 
he’d swapped his rebellion to escape God's wrath. 
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Fluttering freely through the air,
Not a single foe tugging my hair.
Like any story, things took a turn,
Feeling all my freedom start to burn.

Floating carelessly swapped to worry,
All clear interests then turned blurry.
Everything I had, cooked into ash,
Myself entirely, demolished, smashed.

I was shattered into tiny bits,
Broken and down, afraid to admit.
Couldn't speak as I melted in pain,
I could feel it all just fading away....

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Views rather point to Nixon,
By far handsomer Jackson!
Nixon’s swollen cheeks did grieve
But views should this to me leave…

If Nixon owned ugly face,
Did the rest of him show trace?

A Beauty Judge would face praise
But owner ‘Not The Crowned’ says;
“Had Straight Legs swapped for The Curved
And not Flat Tummy eyes served…

Back I’ll go to the buddy,
For his body long study…

A cheating face spares body;
Ugly face cheats not body....

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A girl approached me in the street
After bedtime, on my way home
After closing time; still on my way home
She asked if I had something to drink
She said I could do anything I wanted; to her
I let her walk on by; all alone
Tall, black-haired and sad

On my way home
I thought about 
What would have happened
If she had swapped
Those two sentences
If she had said I could do anything i wanted; first
Then she would have been
Tall, dark-haired and thirsty...

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