I walk around

like I know what I'm doing

what lies behind this facade

is uncertainty

I am able to fool most people

into thinking I am competent

people like to believe

in people

of course it's only a matter of time

before the truth is known

my one saving grace

is this

you can fool all of the people

some of the time

and sometimes

that'...

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A toad sat in the road

a car came along and drove

o'er toad who then explodes

results, a messy road

Said toad was so reposed

never knew he was exposed

as we can now disclose

the toads part of road

As cars go to and fro

they don't see toad in road

the toad too dumb to know

he should have stopped, not goed

This story sadly shows

do not mix t...

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Grackles send signals

like waving a flag

birds of a feather

to a tossed Cheeto bag

Thrown down on the pavement

the word gets around

a party is starting

soon Grackles abound

Now arriving customers

must dodge the black birds

who whistle and clatter

in voices absurd

Whole flocks of them gather

who knows how it occurred

when one found the C...

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Them possums

are wonderful beasts

with their wire hair

all scruffy and scraggly lookin'

they are purdy scrappy though

always prowlin' around

climbin' fences

in the dark of night

sneakin' through back yards

lookin' in trashcans

eatin' out of the dog dish

they play dead

but try pickin' one up

they bare their teeth

hiss like a snake

scare th...

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The men in the big truck came today

and took away all our bedroom furniture

no it was not repossessed

we are redecorating

after 30 years of

the same old bed

the same old dresser

the same old chest of drawers

i asked the wife

why is it

everything we have is Old?

she laughed and said

because We are

I just hope that

no one comes to take me away

like t...

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White horses in

a darkened field

in silhouette

stand ever still

Phantoms in white

their presence yields

a ghostly sight

in darkened field

By chance we came

upon this sight

white horses in

the soft moonlight

Their image stays

on mind despite

long past white horses

in the night.

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There was always someone in town

who stood out from the crowd

he was the Town Character

most small towns used to have them

until TV came along

and made everyone the same

but back in the day

there was always one person in town

who was a character

known for his long hair or odd dress

his weird opinions or non-conformity

he was they guy who would not fit in

he...

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Little lizards grow

in garden patch

it looks like they have

just been hatched

When water sprays

they jump off fence

with change of hue

away they went

The heat is fine

in their defense

their droopy eyes

beg somnolence

Lizards remind us

in a sense

of Dinosaurs

they're evidence!

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Old man at a table

ordering a meal

the waiter speaks but

the frail old man cannot hear

he forgot his hearing aids

the old man is 91

he has forgotten many things

but still remembers the war

even more than a meal

the old man yearns for company

the young waiter sits down with him

and looks across the table

eye to eye

he takes the old man's order

and...

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This week, suddenly Google and Gmail were shut down for thousands

and the world was shocked and dismayed but soon

breathed a sigh of relief since now people

could finally speak to each other one on one in a personal sense

and hug one another in close proximity as they had never done before

and there was a sense of freedom since they would no longer be spied on

or threat...

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I don't get invited over

much anymore

I guess the word got out

I can sometimes be alarming and

I tend to put people off

sometimes my humor is odd

and hard for folks to understand

a lot of times they don't get it

but go along and laugh anyway

because they don't want to offend me

people are polite thataway

they make allowances for

old geezers

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I phone

you phone

drop phone

dead tone

phone falls

like stone

black screen

unknown

Hold on

cell phone

Bot call

bemoaned

disturbed

at home

why own

cell phone.

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Hearts are

such fragile things

so easily broken

so hard to repair

it does not take much

to wound a heart

an unkind word

a passing glance

of all the organs

in the human body

only the heart

feels emotion

and bleeds

when not returned

the love

it gave to another

why is the heart

so delicate

why is it worn on

our sleeves

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When you don't know what to say

use the F word

when your vocabulary is limited

use the F word

when you are a celebrity and famous for nothing

use the F word

if you are a comedian

a rock star

a movie star

a so-called activist

use the F word

it will fit any occasion

just drop it in like a bomb

it is used so much

it has lost its power

it's cool

it'...

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Still dark at 6am

the school bus

comes around the corner

it's brakes emit an

eerie screeching sound

in the night

kids stand in dark shadows

waiting to get on

the street corner is their graveyard

where they come to catch the bus

they stumble aboard

still half-asleep

they are Zombies

going through the motions

by habit

by rote

they do not...

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Like trees

young saplings we once were

bending in the wind

growing stronger

then we came to middle age

producing fruit

providing shade

now in the winter of our years

we are weaker and bent

we show our age

in twisted gnarled trunks

yet we celebrate the years we lived

and hope our arms

provided comfort

trees count in rings

we count our blessings.

...

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I give more problems to my wife

than she knows what to do with

she complains that I don't hear

and I won't listen

she gives me firm direction

yet I do my own thing

she tells me what she wants from the store

and I bring home something else

she tells me Not to operate the washer

but I do still do

she tells me to stay out of the kitchen

but I don't

I find inst...

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If you enjoy this site

please donate

if you don't enjoy it

donate anyway

the money will be used

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I need more education

and I always wanted to see Europe

by donating

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and consequently

you will not have to endure these poems

which alternative

do you prefer?

we acc...

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Kids on a beach

with a plastic bucket

or a coffee can

and soon there is

a crater in the sand

it's what they always do

kid's common inclination

with wind in their hair

and salt on their tongues

they dig deep into their work

shoveling sand

pail after pail

as though it were their job

as natural as

the motion of waves

the desire to dig and sh...

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The situation

described

is definitely

horrible

What happens

when

you've lost

all your marbles

Can't remember

too much

your sentences

garbled

Demand

exceeded supply

now down to

one marble.

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I tend to lose things

all the time

something that was right there

in plain sight

is now missing

it's not where I put it

I can remember seeing it

now it has vanished

I can see it in my mind's eye

I know where I left it

but someone must have taken it

or moved it as a joke

I blame the wife

she says she never saw it

didn't do it

I search high and low

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Conspiracies

are hardy things

they thrive on just

thin air

Rumors are sewn

get overblown

fake news

is everywhere

From the internet

these stories sent

their purpose

to deceive

And conspiracies

are happiest

when totally

believed.

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I wonder how

she puts up with me

with all my

idiosyncrasies

I am her anvil

we agree

the roadrunner, she

the coyote, me

Still she remains

quite purposely

her main desire

reforming me

Good luck with that

possibility

no chance of that

in reality.

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Finding places

on the fringes

places where

no one else goes

the neglected

forgotten

by drivers who flash by

never looking beyond the hood

those places still open

stands of remaining woods

the path along a creek

the trail of animals across a field

traces of what once was

little patches of wild

rough around the edges

that still persist

despite int...

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In the distance

thunders roars

soon it will come

the rain will pour

the thunder pops

again some more

it's getting closer

that's for sure

Yet listening closer

I surmise

the thunder source

was I surprised

what shook the rafters

of this house

was none other than

my snoring spouse!

:)

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Your password must contain

at least one special character

people accuse me of being

a special character

but that's beside the point

just think of 6 secret letters

and an exclamation point

now if only I can remember

that damn password

I had it yesterday

but it says your password

does not match

please try again later

and so I do but it is futile

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Today

is mother's birthday

she would have wanted to celebrate

with family and friends

with lots of food

and lots of conversation

she loved the mix of the two

among people she was her finest

how she loved to talk and visit

her family trait

she had no greater joy than

being among her family and kin

the mingling of loud conversations

and loud...

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I've been put out to pasture

a horse nobody rides

fenced in by posts and bob wire

the place I now reside

Since I don't gallop good no more

tend to stumble on the run

and my old bones get mighty sore

why I need the warmth of sun

All I do now is sleep and eat

put on some extra pounds

but relief from rub of saddle is

a better thing I found

Conte...

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Don't like the new version?

why not

are you against progress?

if you don't like it

tough

we did it anyway

just because we like to

annoy people

we changed the look

the whole configuration

so you won't recognize anything

you will be lost but that does not matter

we changed it up just to confuse you

thought it was funny

the version you had...

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