Now that you have made a fool of yourself

and embarrassed us in the process

now that you went against

what we told you specifically Not to do

now that you've acted stupidly

and caused us grief and sorrow

now that your plan backfired on you

and you hurt others and yourself

now that you generally

made a mess of things

which you will never outgrow

and which will ...

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I must admit I love to fish

have only hook and pole

the only thing I usually catch

is congestion and a cold

Back in the day I caught a fish

a grand fish to behold

turns out it was someone else's fish

on which my hook took hold

I told my wife I fought a fish

the fish would not let go

turns out my story was dismissed

when truth was finally told

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A turtle's slow

but surely knows

he is secure

his shell is home

He hesitates

is slow to go

takes all he has

to cross the road

Why rush

or hurry to and fro

in time he'll get

where he wants to go

It makes no sense

to further roam

his shell's his

very mobile home.

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I come from a long line of skeptics

well maybe not so long

let's see there's me

and then there was my dad

at least I think he was a skeptic

he never said too much

but he had a natural dislike

for people who were braggers or liars

or who liked to flaunt their money

or their position

he had common sense

and common man's perspective

which means he could s...

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Memory serves me

yet often does not

its portions are meager

a self-serving lot

Memory is deceiving

it wobbles and flops

it can be selective

sometimes it is botched

It fades as it ages

like an ink blot

its accuracy questioned

at times it gets lost

However it serves me

getting better it's not

oh memory serve me

you're what I forgot.

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When lovers take off all their clothes

they can't believe their eyes

Oddly when they are exposed

they end up quite surprised

Imagination was the key

their sexiness supposed

The aftershock, when in their socks

they looked better fully clothed.

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How sad to see the little boy

who invited 30 friends to his party

and none showed up

sitting all alone at the table

the plates set

the pizza prepared

balloons  cake  candles

still no one came

there was a plot afoot

and the little boy was the victim

how strong the desire

to be popular

to be in with the in-crowd

to dress alike

to say the same things

...

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Her happiness I have to guess

is rare, yet here's a clue

she is never happy unless

she is telling me what to do

She is the commander of my life

her orders are the glue

that hold this thing together

without Her what would we do

I am considered infantile

about the age of two

I've learned to walk but that is it

all else is something new

Sin...

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Below the surface

dark water silent shadows-

fish dart turtles dance.

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When it rains

oh how it pours

roofs start to leak

we mop the floor

creeks fill to brims

they even scores

safe city lots

become the shore

day after day

rain starts to bore

ask the weatherman

what on earth for

complain of rain

rain we implore

restrain your reign

please rain no more.

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A page upon

which many lines are written

a photo album

of the past

the face becomes

a mirror back in time

as age becomes

a caricature

a book with pages

worn from use

the face of life

so unaccomplished

yet reminding us

of those forgotten years

a life still worth

the living.

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Adam was gullible
when given his life

Eve found a fruit
she thought he might like

When offered the apple
he took a big bite

An error on his part
so says the wife.
 

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At the Assisted Living

the folks would all agree

that sleeping is a blessing

their main activity 

With power chairs they gather

with walkers and with canes

their lives are hardly active

inactivity is their game

In blissful sleep, old codgers

some retired, and some restrained

do less, yet seem to prosper

while sleeping, it's explained

There's ...

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All his possessions

in a shopping cart

left on the parking lot

of despair

he's got rags piled in there

along with aluminum cans

and plastic bags full of

stuff he found on the street

people shy away

dogs growl

but he means no harm

as he rolls down the road

he's on his way to the mission

for a cup of coffee and a doughnut

he tells them he...

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There was a little moth
who came inside our door
it flew around the house
then landed on the floor
the moth there spent the night
just basically ignored
till stepped upon, good Lord
now the moth's not anymore.

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It is so dark outside

we cannot see a star

we are at the edge of Fall

and the sun refuses to cooperate

it should have been shining by now

but it is still stuck somewhere below

that slim crack called the horizon

waiting for a signal to rise

for the sun

timing is everything

we cannot depend on daylight

and it's saving grace

soon we will turn back the clocks

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VACANT LOT

A vacant lot

is all there is now

that the house was torn down

to make way for progress

and more apartments

more people to take up the space

which once held only 4

a family of mom and dad

daughter and son

now remembered only by

the concrete slab of the house

they once called home

a bare reminder of those who

spent their lives here

le...

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This fly is out of place

and out of line

a fly who comes into the house

this late in the season

not a typical summer fly

that comes with summer heat

but a fly who has the audacity

to show up in October

a holdover

or just a late bloomer

he's here to buzz our heads

and harass us in the kitchen

landing on the stove, the table, the plates

this morning oddly ...

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Sometimes we are hurt

whether intentional or not

a word

a phrase

spoken aloud

which we cannot fathom

or accept

hurts our pride

wounds our ego

and so we simmer

let pain fester

it eats away

contaminates our thinking

yet in an odd way

it feels good

we hold it close

tight lipped

knowing we are right

and were wrongly accused

we argue with ph...

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My humor

never goes away

despite time

or maturity

it is a long-term condition

to which I am afflicted

some would say I am addicted

I cannot break the habit

it has never subsided

in fact seems to have grown worse

with age

the condition requires

constant monitoring

my wife being the one

who monitors

she says there is no hope

of...

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We feel the difference

the coming of cooler weather

tells us a change is in the air

the hummingbirds know too

and have prepared for journey

no more coming to the feeder

or Turks Cap flowers

their clocks say simply Leave

so off they go

all the way to Mexico

where outlaw gangs roam the border

and murder is common

wisely the hummingbirds are elusive

they le...

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Men have no idea

what women do

when they go to the restroom

for some reason

they always need a companion

as if they could not go alone

let's go to the restroom

one will say and soon

there is a whole pack of them

heading off to the women's room

leaving men to ponder

maybe they do each others hair

or scrub each other down

or talk about ...

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A poem

is my idea

invention

nothing more

Thoughts hidden

in my mind

once tapped

without they pour

Once revealed

they drift away

expressions

of my self

Thoughts then

released in time

find homes

in someone else.

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Teachers who

truly love to teach

make children strong

their love to keep

Their words are echoed

so to speak

once lessons learned

forever reaped

Primary rules

engraved in time

remain forever

in young minds

And minds so molded

reach new heights

individually

provide insight

Though early years

are peril fraught

the wor...

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A cousin called to report

she had fallen

now bedridden

and in pain

she fell and

broke her back

in her living room

stumbling in the dark

over her cat

the cat survived

as cats always do

the cousin did not

ending up in the hospital

yet such cheerfulness

was in her voice

it made me feel ashamed

that I had ever complained

...

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The sound of a school bus

pulling away from the curb

a school morning

still dark

kids trudge up to the bus steps

sleepy-eyed and half awake

as mothers wait silently in cars

with headlight moons

shining off of the black pavement

the mothers send along their love

stuffed in back packs and lunch kits

as sons and daughters board the bus

the children do not know

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I must have done something
yesterday
I just cannot remember
what it was

my memory only goes back 12 hours
the other 12 are lost somewhere
in outer space

I wonder if what I did
was enjoyable
if so I regret that I
cannot recall

if what I did was not agreeable
I am glad to be rid of it

it makes sense that the mind wants to
remember only the Good times
letting go of the bad
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Can you imagine

living with Me for 40 years

just how terrible a thing

that must be

you would not wish it

on your worst enemy

I know I would not do it

would recommend against it

yet here she is

all aglow in the same rays of sunshine

and girlish optimism

she had when we first met

she somehow keeps that

sweetness and love

that she had the day we got...

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Oh how they love to put initials

at the end of their names

it justifies their $100,000 debt

in student loans

and their 10 years of book learning

eating peanut butter sandwiches

and living in squalor

I myself use initials

only mine did not cost me anything

I got them for free

through imagination

and common theft

which is always permissible

until some...

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Long & slim

cylinders of gold

weave in dance

among the stones

a crumb of bread

and mouths behold

opened wide

as rabbit holes.

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