Short Trimmer Poems

Another package at my door--
I wonder who this one is for?
WHAT CAN IT BE? I'M SO ON EDGE!

Just a trimmer to cut the hedge....

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Making one hundred calls to get trimmer,
taking each diet pill to stay slimmer.
they tighten my flesh,
so each fold will mesh.
Here I come! Hit the light switch to dimmer!...

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A snipping of scissors
The hum of the trimmer
The hollow sound of an AM radio
Idyll chatter
Kids, grandkids
The weather
A quick trim of thinning hair
Melancholy moments revisited
No appointments necessary
Just walk in 
Sit down
Relax
    …And wait
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A line trimmer doesn’t really eat;
That’s a trick that would be quite neat.
Instead, it tends to aerosolize, 
Throw grass in your nose and rocks in your eyes.
Turns poison ivy to a fine mist;
I know you think I’m a fantasist.
The next event: the shower dash
Or you will break out in a rash.
Correctly named, it sure does whack
And aggravate my lower back.
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Well, here I am at Birthday’s door--
With happy wishes by the score.
While younger women look and feel
thinner, trimmer, with more zeal.
I’m happy to be where I’m at
with the weight of years under my hat.
No pimpled dates lurk at my door.
No smelly diapers on the floor.
So fifty, for an age is fine;
much better than for IQ or waistline.
Yes, fifty years IS simply great.
But, I of course, am thirty-eight....

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I'd rather have a nickname than Nick as a name
cus Nick is stained I'm in trouble or blamed
whenever I was successful a winner
everyone would say goowan Trimmer
so I don't care if I'm 34 
with my nickname from school
cus Nick is a nasty sound
a sick bag passed around
when they say Nick
instinct "I didn't do it"
so rather than my Nick name I'll have my nickname
Trim Trimmer not Nicholas no brain dim dimmer
swagger like I'm drunk with jet lagger...

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