dan-speers
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So Very Cold Outside
They came and took the dog away today / and they’re going to put it to sleep / because it barked, they say.
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May 27, 2025
And Still I Am
The pain of want I cannot avoid / I hold my nose against the smell / I close my eyes some scenes to quell
8
Nov 12, 2016
What Proof *****
***** claims a great benefit: / ***** kills germs lickety-split, / But, alas, I've no proof of this
4
Sep 25, 2013
Ambivalence Redux
Was there ever a poet so depraved / That in his bid for eternal admiration / Once a pun upon a rhyme he gave
6
Sep 12, 2013
The Second Admendment
I wish the Second Amendment / And the "right to bear arms" just meant / Hugging is our only intent.
4
Mar 18, 2013
She knows . . .
Intelligent men / Believe in God. Assuming / God believes in them.
4
Mar 18, 2013
The **** of the Gulf of Mexico
Writhing slimy slick snakes of oil / Around the Gulf of Greed now crawl / What we sought will consume us all.
13
Jul 11, 2010
Aphrodisiac
They say the best stimulation, / Lies in one's imagination. / True, this may work some of the time
6
Jul 11, 2010
You're the One He's There for
He's there, you know. Just before dawn / When half awake you smell coffee, / When you feel touched, but all are gone
8
Jul 11, 2010
A Life Recalled
Birth we forget, death is furtive, / We remember only what we live / Birth to death, life has much to give
4
Jul 11, 2010
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