Short Umpteenth Poems

for the umpteenth time
my memory's reminded -
don't play with your food...

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Making love on the carpet one day
a young man got carried away
got a burn on his knee
to the umpteenth degree
and that put an end to his play...

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For  the umpteenth time,
I found myself in deep sea,
Sea of confusion,
As death looms over the earth,
Are we save? what can be done?.




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  Reviewing the clippings of his mountain climbs
    like watching a flick solo for the umpteenth time

  The longer he lingered, the tireder he grew 
    ~ not much fun without the rest of the crew
...

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nociception of pain
of the past love
mediators of inflamed
passion
potentials of action
generated again
dogs are sharing their lunch
in the end of the umpteenth
free nerve endings
she dwells
we are watching the
dogs of saambalpoor
moving in a different
frequency...

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A desolate shore reaches,
its gritty scree taunts
a green and tumbling sea.

Breakers slap an
umpteenth juncture.

Kelp sea pods dilate,
foam swirls in the shingle,
barren wombs drink.

Krill churns out
of a sandy dross.

Waves carry their children away....

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Enough Already
Miracle Man
2/4/2022

I make no attempt in hiding how I feel,
*I have just watched my umpteenth Medicare speel.
Thanks to old actors, jocks, and assorted jerks,
our mute button's broken and no longer works.

* Since the start of the year. LOL
...

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Without revitalization nor remedy I strive on.
Long-said promises fade.
I worry for my own soul.

Without revitalization nor remedy I strive on.
My eyes search for light.
This darkness cannot be endless.

Without revitalization nor remedy I strive on.
I fall for the umpteenth time.
Has everyone abandoned me?

Without revitalization nor remedy I strive on.
Now I crumple onto the pavement.
Accepting defeat, I quit....

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All is not poetry, I tell myself:
then relapse into rhyme 
without reason—season 
outside of season; for again 
I imagine blossoms in winter, 
snow that is warmly cold, 
nuggets of 24k caresses 
gems of crystal fire--

In my heart, for the umpteenth time,
I am a bedazzled knight
and prominent king--
My personal war of roses
and rainbows;
for while many may condemn me 
to a cell of practical padding
I think God and the angels
at their best
are crazy in kind…....

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Cold
Tearing through pores and holes
Cold
Steering conditions
Uh!Fever
I run and I run
Seeking for warmth
More than the umpteenth time
Yet,it's cold
The first layer fibrous and rough
Sheaved under the guise of warmth
The second and third
Invokes hunger of want
But,it's strength increased
Ferociously it tore my navel
My strength,my weakness lashed together in a second
Gently I crawled into the bosom of warmth
Soft hands hisses like fire
Consumed my ravaged body...

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Listen to poem:

Hi all you earthlings! 
Starman here!
I'm back for the umpteenth time.
When will you ever learn?
When will you ever learn?
Where I come from we changed our ways
to adopt the common good by proxy.
Not to act when it's too late,
or almost too late,
in the tragedy of the commons.
Wars, climate change, pollution, heath and well-being,
you name it!
They all make Gaia weep and despair!
You'll all be gone before I can return again,
When will you ever learn?
Goodbye! 
Sayonara!...

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