Short Varmint Poems

A black cat didn't exactly frighten Gavin 
He initially jumped kinda lightly, Mom
Now, Ola Parsons quickly responds, saying
The ugly varmint wanted xeroxed yellow Zinnias...

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Skunk or a deer  - 
    what was the varmint?
'Cuz Noah's buck naked,
    without any garment!   (Gen 9:21)

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In response to Drunk as a Skunk by Gershon Wolf...

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         The varlet
              yes
       they say I am

          a varmint

 one who would be the
         variegator
   at the site of hern
           bloom
    
         To specify
I am compelled to aver

   there is no control
       of the varix
      of mine loom...

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  A squirrel jumped onto my windowsill
    It was not afraid of me
  I winked at it, proffered a cup
    Mouthed, ‘Would you like some tea?’

  It hopped on in and dipped its head
    right into the scalding hot tea
  And that was the first and last time
    that varmint took an invite from me
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Face Chewer



The reek of desperation

Exhaustion

Can barely speak

A ruinous confrontation

No sleep – over weeks

Violent situations

Arise – in they creep

Like vermin

Human varmint

You spent what’s reaped

You kill every moment

Reeling to Invent

A life of abscission

A world terminable and b...

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The fearful varmint that claws at your callous origin
Caused a ceaseless chain of nightmares
A simple faux pas contrives a generation of idiocy
The toes of a screaming infant dwindling in our wake
Loyalty had not yet bared a face of existence
Atonement was never a question but a riddle
Heed your forthcoming capers
For they just may deface you...

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10.30.19


Suicide is real 


Anxiety
Building up
Crushing
Desires of 
Ever existing 
Feeling like a 
Gnat
Hoping they’d see me.
Invisible 
Junkie 
Knives call me, 
Ledges scream
My
Name 
Oh, come swallow these 
Pills. Having no 
Qualms about living. 
Ropes around my neck
Slipping
Through the cracks
Useless 
Varmint
With flaws on 
Xerox
You’ve counted me as 
Zero...

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Rise Up!
Daylight's a-Burnin'

By the End of this Day
That Varmint Black Bart's

Fixin' to Be Learnin'

Robbing and Murdering Innocent Folks
Might Get's You some Nice Spurs and a Fancy Gun

I'm Fixing to Have You Hang For it 
When All is Said and Done

I'm Gonna Keep On Riding
All Night if I Have To

Sticking Tobacco in my Jaw
My Horse Nightrider and my Trusty Six-Shooter
Is All I Need To Uphold The Law...

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Lighthouse
shines reflective sea lapping
rocks plus skipping a house mouse.

Stoic
structured aperture aiding
scarred fought homeless heroic.

Sullen
elements outstretched expanse
points a critter to lull in.

Manmade
contraption whirrs about as
a little varmint evade.

Compass 
nils bearing takes point
unexpected practices.

Keeper
mermaid purged surging wave,
tempt failed, saves a dreamer.






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We were all shocked when in Soup Creek arrived Putin
Said he came to boogie doing some Boot Scootin'
Mayor Tom said, "Fair Game!!
So, Jenna took dead aim
Her gun fired and the varmint was done, darn tootin'!

"There's no place for that devil on Boot Hill," folks cried.
Body dragged away, left in the sun till he fried
That night Soup Creek held a feast
Toasting the death of the beast
Asked how he'd died, Sheriff Koplin said, "Suicide."...

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