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A Short Poem About A Scantily-Clad Stuntwoman

She wore little, which was really hot just like the fire she was jumping out of.And when I saw all of the action on the TV set I was promptly thrown into love. Of course I didn’t understand the actress … Continue reading

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A Short Poem About Meager Management Skills

When I taught, I taught poorly. I taught poorly because I lacked classroom management skills. Mostly it was about how to control the class ensure they did what I told them to but another component was keeping kids interested and … Continue reading

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A Short Poem About Miniature Moguls

The Napoleon Complex is based on lies, sure but that doesn’t stop it from being true, you know. There’s something fundamental about a person lacking something trying to make up for it in some obvious desperate ways: the Maserati dick … Continue reading

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A Short Poem About Limited Lactose-Intolerance

Cow milk’s not good for me. I can take it but I prefer not to so I go for almond milk. I haven’t looked at the carbon footprint too carefully but if I did, I’d probably be better with cow’s … Continue reading

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A Short Poem About a Microcosm of Manhattan

On my mother’s floor there are four apartments. The other three have college age children, back for the holidays, and me, back from the wars. The war on unemployment. The war of too many Twinkies. The war on getting out … Continue reading

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A Short Poem About Small-Scale Strife

For the purposes of this exercise,her name was Danielle, but this is almost certainly filled with lies. In Second Grade, while playing in the park I slapped her. I didn’t mean to. I didn’t notice her there. It was barely … Continue reading

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A Short Poem About Narrow Misses

I could have had a happy family.Wife, kids, two point five dogs, the whole shmegegi. It was all mine for the taking, I know it. There was this girl in high school blistering hot who sometimes talked to me. We … Continue reading

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A Short Poem About Short-Sighted Scraps

Fighting your brothers is dangerous- sisters too cousins, family, whatever! – because they know where you live. They know where you eat, sleep, shit – and they know how to mix those all up if they want to. Be careful … Continue reading

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A Short Poem About Diminutive Deities

If your god is small has no believers at all and wants to be around a long long time then all they’ve got to do is speak this rhyme: “Believe in me. Believe in me! When you believe in nothing … Continue reading

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A Short Poem About Trifling Troubles

If I had a dollar for every little problem I complained about I’d probably keep coming up with problems so I could collect more dollars. Pretty good scheme there, right?

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