Mercury's Requiem
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There was a young man named Fred
(the tooth fairy lived in dread)
a wild flamboyant from afar
the spice island Zanzibar
a singer he'd been
and sang a good song
with four-octave range
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Categories:
upper jaw, death, fun, humorous, music,
Form: Rhyme
Mother Love
...The second, ten years later,
caught her body less prepared.
Had finger nails been more pared her clench
might well have spared his palms
so close to drawing blood.
Her pelvis did not dila...
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Categories:
upper jaw, birth, love, mother,
Form: Rhyme
Thoughts On Winter Solstice Day
...When mapping something out
It should be a subject thought about
Beginning, middle and the finale
Everything is there says Rand McNally
But from the depths below
A mystery creating ocean wak...
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Categories:
upper jaw, adventure, celebration, holiday, ocean,
Form: Rhyme
The Soul of a Child By Satis Shroff
...THE SOUL OF A CHILD By Satis Shroff
They called me the ‘harelip monster’ at school,
And the schoolkids kicked me down the stairs.
I’d often come home bruised;
The children of my age called me:
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Categories:
upper jaw, child, fear, feelings, psychological,
Form: Free verse
At Customs
...At Customs
Delayed fatigued grumpy and miserable there was I
yet another queue at Oliver Tambo on arrival another
Check scan body search and
mind games in my baggage
Damascus had been an u...
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Categories:
upper jaw, immigration,
Form: Free verse
In a Melting World
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The Inuit call the Narwhal the one that points to the sky,
Because of their unique way of aiming their tusk upward;
The scientific name Narwhal means one tooth and one horn,
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Categories:
upper jaw, animal, fish, nature, water,
Form: Verse