is-

is not

is so-

is not

I'm right

you're wrong

my view is superior

yours is inferior

far left

far right

mine is better

by Far

split your peas

split the difference

no one's always right

no one's always wrong

balance

or fall off

the deep end

can we talk?

you might be right

if I listen

I might hear

Har...

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Just a minute ago

it was Bear stocks

then stocks dropped

and hearts stopped

Stocks were on the rise

then they flip-flopped

now I'm poorer on paper

in stock shock!

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An old friend called today

we had not heard

from her in months

said she had been away

in sickly ways

down in the dumps

the cancer had returned

she had it licked they told her once

now it returned, much worse

then it had been before

she could not walk across the room

or to the door

how she survives it all

we never knew

but in her gentle way

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What is the cost

of a reply?

a simple word

or two

any message sent

is deeply meant

especially

for you

deletion

of a message

causes heartache

through and through

when a message

goes unanswered

it can be

misconstrued

you say

you are too busy

you have better

things to do

but really

it's a matter

of taking ...

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This fancy title stunned

we accepted it as one

but when we looked it up

it just means "Custodian"

With unusual words we flirt

learning new ones doesn't hurt

wasn't what we thought at first

now we've become well-Verged.

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This thing

which lives inside them

grows larger everyday

it spreads like wildfire

and patients are the parched grass

the doctors love their drugs

chemo will do the trick

till hair falls out

and the body weakens

fatigued by what it won't accept

then people become polite

whisper in hospital corridors

do not say it out loud

all the pink ribbons

all the y...

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when

old men find out

they really do not matter

their own kids

have discovered

they don't have to listen anymore

times have changed

yet old men do not

so they become irrelevant

once they were thought of as infallible

now they are considered

just old fools

they have outlived their usefulness

their position usurped

their importance d...

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To feed a stray

is laudable

but once it starts

it's laughable

where there's one stray

there's multiple

the word is out

you're gullible!

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Along the roaring street

in the midst of construction

stand the stolid men of orange

an army of them

standing in rows

holding their hands up

to alert passing cars

apply the brakes

slow down

they stand in place

aligned like soldiers

to warn you off the hazard

some will get knocked down

some will blow over

but we must give respect to traffic cones

fo...

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Love is a terror

it often stumps

through trial & error

and hoops we jump,

Once the fire is lit

we endure the lumps

Love still prevails

despite its bumps!

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youd better put some clothes on

this ain't Hollywood

all you people takin' selfies

with no clothes on

too many posts

and they aint fence

front side

backside

showin' off your nekidness

just because them cows

can do it

don't mean you should

with a cow

you caint tell if they're in shape or not

it all kinda hangs

cows dont...

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The computer

has replaced the typewriter

but it's not the same

too easy

too sterile

with the typewriter it was a war

pounding away at keys

the noise of the carriage

wrestling with the ribbon

it was a battle of man vs. machine

ultimately the man won

but he paid the price

with sore fingers

and exasperation caused by

the wrinkled product

White Out smu...

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Oh what a sight

mounds of delight

not wrong just right

meatballs tonight!

Red meat so bright

tongue loves each bite

done seen the light

meatballs tonight!

Taken to new heights

Got the green light

seconds we might

meatballs tonight!

Hunger our plight

now no more gripes

our lips we swipe

meatballs tonight!

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one bird

limps across the parking lot

like a peg-leg pirate

he is gimpy

but not wimpy

he gets along quickly

despite his disability

he has to find that chip bag

before the others

so he limps with firm purpose

he has learned

to be smarter than the others

to use his wits

bird two

has no tail

he looks like he has been in

a fight or a car wreck

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Out in the fields

you will find

traces of trails

just faint bending of grass

underneath sight

a way in the dirt

from place to place

where something has gone through

enough times the same way

to leave their mark

the fields are full of roads like this

left by creatures of the night

busy at their work

comings and goings

paths toward escape

or home.

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When all the seniors

have been taxed out of their homes

and all their savings used up

and the cost of living

is not worth the living

we will know that

what we worked and paid for

was not worth it

we came in with nothing

go out with nothing

as the Fed debt rises ever larger

going off the charts

and we nonchalantly pass it on

to our kids and grand-kids

...

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Hungry eyes

review

the menu

choose barbeque

and not

the tofu

then there's the sides

choices

continue

one plate or two

the only

issue.

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Do not fly

man was not meant to

no man was meant to

be packed into a cylinder like a sardine

even sardines should have leg room

the Boarding Pass allows you time

to sit and think about what you are about to do

allow some person with a cap

to take command of your life

and cram you into a seat designed

for maximum discomfort

next to a fat guy with body odor

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Nothing like the scent

of fresh cut hay

the smell of it

takes breath away

the scent of summer

sun-baked days

sweat equity

in working ways

bales go to barns

get stacked away

they'll come in handy

Winter days

in time it turns to

yellow gray

still its fresh scent

forever stays.

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My wife hates poetry

and also poets

she says they annoy her

and don't make any sense

I try to reason with her

but she says poets

are pompous and full of themselves

I hope she is not basing her beliefs on me

I am certainly not a good example

of a poet

then again maybe that's where

she got the idea from

I can't argue with her though

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Miniature blimps

over fields of buds

bees become drones

with wings abuzz

their body shape

suggests a thud

yet nothing flies

like a bee does.

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Accept this

worn out face

though with creases

it is laced

while age has

left its trace

it's the face

with which I'm graced

this face

so out of date

one can state

is never faked

and while it

isn't great

it's the only face

I make.

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Those

who don't want to tell the truth

or have something to hide

revert to the standard reply

No Comment

to hide their guilt

or their embarrassment

afraid of the press

some nosy reporter asking questions

or some antagonist ready to

rake them over the coals

they elude with the familiar

No Comment

cover their faces and their tracks

and run for...

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Earlier this week

I was on a roll

going strong

sight to behold

then I rolled off

just how who knows

now my roll won't work

and I can't roll

unlike a rolling stone

can't rock and roll

my roll is flat

no get up and go

malaise stole my soul

feeling so low

guess I'll just fold

my roll won't roll.

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Bees are so busy

it's what lets them thrive

their comings and goings

replenish the hive

searching for nectar 

hey, would you believe

sticking their nose in-

the business of bees.

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All these aging Hippies

the flower generation of peace and love

clinging to their scraggly pony tails

like it was still 1969

they think Janis Joplin is still alive

and Woodstock was just yesterday

you see them now in Walmart

there on the Depends aisle

their hair is either gone or gray

their stomachs protruding

their tats faded

along with their jeans

someone...

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I hear young innocents singing

united against fear

they wave Old Glory proudly

to them it's still held dear

Arm and arm against oppression

ever yearning to be free

a choice of insurrection

against gross tyranny

Who will stand beside them

who will choose to dare

face down overt aggression

like those in Tiananmen Square

Were not we alike rebell...

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Notice in today's world

the absence of fathers

women walk around

with their kids in tow

but with no father around

any day of the week

the one missing is the dad

the husband

the partner

so this is what we have come to

hundreds of thousands of one-parent kids

being raised without fathers

with no concept of discipline or responsibility

without a strong exam...

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