Short Totaling Poems

giraffes sleep standing
up, quick naps, totaling half
an hour of a day


2019 September 13
howmanysyllables
5-7-5...

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Disney's Pinocchio comes to mind
When Donald Trump's nose is really defined
Totaling 1,543 lies
Obviously wins first prize
This is the U.S. Prez, we must remind...

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Thirty-two appendages is what I count.
Toes and fingers totaling twenty.
Lower and upper legs and arms equal eight.
Hands and feet rounded to four.
Is that what you count?
Is that what you found?
Or did you count 
appendages more?...

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12 Horses RuNnInG in the Field

2  bits --------two horses
4  bits---------two more
6 bits----------totaling 12 horses now
So many bits in the mouths of colts and fellies…
Running
 on 
the road
                                                                    

   

                                5/5/18
            Written by James Edward Lee Sr. 2016©...

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A touchy subject among many
In 2022 18,221 died by homicides
with guns
In the USA

Automobile Deaths
25,841 male drivers and 10,676 female drivers
Totaling: 36,517 deaths
In the USA 

12,000 people died falling downstairs
In the USA

No one has ever died writing poetry

Needless to say:
Don't get shot or ride in a car and never buy a two-story house
the only safe thing left to do is:
Write Poetry...

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eventually, you have to give back
for something that you took
when you're totaling up the ledger
numbers in your account book
the columns are too long
no mathematical symmetry
debits outweighing credits
if you took more than you need

I'm not saying
I didn't see you flinch
I'm not saying 
you weren't there in a pinch
I'm not saying
you didn't budge an inch
all I'm saying
is it shouldn't end like this...

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