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"gators" poems
Down in the bayou where the mangroves grow There's talk of black voodoo, like Marie Leveau The Swamp Witch, is legend, she has magic so black That those who have seen her, have never come back There;s tales of the noises that come from the dark Of werewolves and zombies as rough as the bark The mangroves are sentinels, to where the magic resides Where even a longboat has no room to glide Bodies go missing from the graveyards most nights And there's always a fog shading the fireflies lights The Swamp Witch is ruler and Queen of this world Where souls are all taken and spines can be curled They say that she came here from Canadian lands She was a metis they say, from the Western Tar Sands A mystic by nature, a dark witch by blood She lives deep in the swamp, protected by gators and mud The gators respect her, they do as she bids They keep watch on the waters, they're her reptillian kids She keeps zombies as gendarmes, collecting bodies to turn Just how black is her magic, no one can discern The Swamp Witch is legend, she is as old as all time The air in the bayou is as thick as the slime The cajuns say voodoo is the core of her heart They avoid fishing where the mangrove trees start The Swamp Witch, a legend ? or is she truly the Queen She's the Louisiana Witch, no one survives once she's seen.....
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May 1, 2013
May 1, 2013 at 11:33 PM UTC
Swamp Witch
Ripples riddle the mirror, Below, faint shapes shift Elegant forms float here and there, Little legs thunder, leaving a gentle wake in lieu of turmoil. The air is thick, the sun falling, Already lost behind billowing storm clouds Etched chaotically on the horizon. Invisible but for the ubiquitous light. It is the dragonflies time, A darting zip and an effortless flutter. From surfacing **** to towering Reed, Searching for something we can only pretend to know. Determined housewives, faces set, Arms pumping and hips swaying Their Anatidean waddle so fitting Their quacks, a wall of stereo. A lone rusted sign warns of gators, but of signs, there is that one alone. No rogue bubbles or beady eyes, no ticking of swallowed clocks, no suspicious splashes. nothing. My battery is now as low as the sun, and my pen is as empty. A not so subtle poke in the ribs from a universe in protest of the bad poetry being inked. c'est la vie or as we say in English **** it
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Aug 2, 2018
Aug 2, 2018 at 10:47 AM UTC
A bench in the park
whisk me away on a ship that's not there. To an island full of gators! that have been covered in hair. exploring misty mountains! and climbing epic trees! diving to the bottom, of the air in the breeze. imagine a life like that, think of life full of tales! fighting great monsters, that has a full nine tails! take me away to a life just with you, to a world of bickering, but never between two. now the Lord calls us in, to sleep in her kites. dreams of flying high, and falling in love with the night. as you dream away beneath me, I wonder sad and clear. what comes of tomorrow, if the air is mighty queer? do we stay inside our castle and find an evil spy? or go outside in the gales? and let our imagination, take flight.
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Sep 4, 2018
Sep 4, 2018 at 11:29 PM UTC
imagination is like a kite
bayou baby She comes from the swamplands Back in the mangrove Back where the stories say Magic runs wild The devil plays host And all who visit must stay Witches and Zombies Together by night Gators and Snakes there as well The river, it changes Cut you off in a flash And then you end up in hell Hair as black as Kentucky Coal And eyes green as the sea She's the witch queen of the swamp to most But, she's a Bayou Baby to me Born out of the magic's world Where the mystic world runs free She's the witch queen of the swamp to most But, she's a Bayou Baby to me She comes to town to get supplies That's where I saw her first I followed close Back to the swamp And saw her do her worst A simple boat A single lamp An oarsmen, long, long dead A different route Through water black To a place where most folks dread Hair as black as Kentucky Coal And eyes green as the sea She's the witch queen of the swamp to most But, she's a Bayou Baby to me Born out of the magic's world Where the mystic world runs free She's the witch queen of the swamp to most But, she's a Bayou Baby to me She saw me And I looked back She knew that I would follow She slowed down Her travel home And she trapped me in the hollow I never told Another soul Of who I go to see I travel out At night alone My Bayou Baby waits for me Hair as black as Kentucky Coal And eyes green as the sea She's the witch queen of the swamp to most But, she's a Bayou Baby to me Born out of the magic's world Where the mystic world runs free She's the witch queen of the swamp to most But, she's a Bayou Baby to me
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Oct 27, 2013
Oct 27, 2013 at 9:31 PM UTC
Bayou Baby
bayou baby She comes from the swamplands Back in the mangrove Back where the stories say Magic runs wild The devil plays host And all who visit must stay Witches and Zombies Together by night Gators and Snakes there as well The river, it changes Cut you off in a flash And then you end up in hell Hair as black as Kentucky Coal And eyes green as the sea She's the witch queen of the swamp to most But, she's a Bayou Baby to me Born out of the magic's world Where the mystic world runs free She's the witch queen of the swamp to most But, she's a Bayou Baby to me She comes to town to get supplies That's where I saw her first I followed close Back to the swamp And saw her do her worst A simple boat A single lamp An oarsmen, long, long dead A different route Through water black To a place where most folks dread Hair as black as Kentucky Coal And eyes green as the sea She's the witch queen of the swamp to most But, she's a Bayou Baby to me Born out of the magic's world Where the mystic world runs free She's the witch queen of the swamp to most But, she's a Bayou Baby to me She saw me And I looked back She knew that I would follow She slowed down Her travel home And she trapped me in the hollow I never told Another soul Of who I go to see I travel out At night alone My Bayou Baby waits for me Hair as black as Kentucky Coal And eyes green as the sea She's the witch queen of the swamp to most But, she's a Bayou Baby to me Born out of the magic's world Where the mystic world runs free She's the witch queen of the swamp to most But, she's a Bayou Baby to me
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Abundant With Life The River Stretches Its Body, Bending And Winding Around The Earth's ***** Cormorants Swim Happily-Their Wings Tucked, Diving Into The Clear Water As My Warming Soul Embeds Itself Into The Folds Upon Her Surface, Fish Swim In Schools Among The Weeds While Gators Quietly Lurk In The Darkened Shadows, Herons Stare Deep Into The River; Spying A Meal, I Felt So Alive, So Free Over The Turqouise Water, Jungle Like Trees Waved To Me As I Floated By, Kayaking Really Soothes The Soul, I Realized Lifting My Paddle Out Of The Water Then Back In, Maliable The Water Beneath Me Swirled Between, Nothingness, And Nobody, Here And Now, Old And Ancient, Spiraling Where Secrets Are Kept, Plunging Into Her A Slight Drizzle Disturbed The Quiet Calm That Lapped Upon Her Cheeks As The Rain Grew Heavier, While The Sky Broke In Two, Silent My Kayak Drifted, Following The Currents, Tugging Me Through The Almost Blinding Rains, Under The Rolling Droplets My Skin Grew Cold, Vibrance Of The Water Below Then Warmed My Core, While I Drifted Back To Shore I Awaited For The Xenophobic World To Come Back Into My Life, Yelling Loud To The Heavens My Soul Spoke Of A Wish, Zealous The World Should Be, Great Spirit, Take Them To The River
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Jul 3, 2013
Jul 3, 2013 at 3:19 PM UTC
Kayaks In The River (A-Z)
Between the din of dusk and dawn Runs Sleepy Pillow Lane, Where gators guard the Gates of Thorn And cryptid creatures reign. They glide across the midnight sky Like grime in sanguine sewers; White canines long and talons drawn Spike rodents on a skewer. Gray giants glare from full-moon eyes, A ghastly ghoulish spell; Sweet sleepers swell the wells of Nile While centaurs swing the bell. Horned vipers writhe into your fears Like scythes through strangled weeds; And severed heads of angel hair From shouldered stumps relieved. A putrid pile of newly-deads Awaits the devil's scorn; And legless maggots gorge in beds From which the fly is born. Hungry hyenas howl in packs While circling carrions crow; And chunks of flesh are torn from backs Cracking bones bare below. Scavengers feast on man and beast, No rotting limb is spared; From hanging tongues to napping feet Blood splatters everywhere. Brimstone and thunder fill the air With hail presaging doom; Ten toothless witches shriek and cheer As zombies creep from tombs. Masked mummies stalk with stakes and stones In search of sleeping heads; They crave the skulls and living bones Of bodies slumped in bed. Through R.E.M. you toss and turn And roll on restless wheels; Alas Red Rooster blows his horn To end your grim ordeal.... ~ P (January, 2013)
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Jul 20, 2013
Jul 20, 2013 at 3:22 PM UTC
Sleepy Pillow Lane...
In the South of Florida In the middle of the swamp There's a little dance we all do Called the Alligator Chomp It gets your arms a flapping And a tapping of the toes Right along side the cedar stump In the middle of the boat Form your fingers into gator teeth Then slap your hands out front That's there's what we call in these parts The Alligator Chomp The swamp gets rather lively It's a scene like nothing else As the gators keep in beat With the slapping of the tails Never stop the arms from flapping though That'd be your last mistake Instead of the Alligator Chomp You'd become Alligator Bait It happens all to often When someone falls off of the boat They sink straight to the bottom Into some alligators throat We surely do miss our friends As do their wives and kids We ain't seen hide nor hair of them Since their last gator dance So if you find yourself in Florida In the middle of the swamp We'd love to have you join us In some good old fashion Alligator Chomp
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Apr 28, 2014
Apr 28, 2014 at 7:51 PM UTC
The Alligator Chomp
I have never been to the snowy peaks Of sitting stones that pierce the clouds Cutting strange patterns in their White vaporous forms I have never boated through the muggy swamps Deep within the borders of our southern states Dark marshes that seem to be made of moist jungle green With camouflaged gators lurking just beneath Ready to gobble you up I have never seen the center of an ocean or a sea Never been lost with only water on the horizon The only life left to see swimming deep beneath me I have never walked the tundra Seeing nothing but winter’s frosty sheet Awestruck with my dumb luck But becoming snow blind Alone with my mind In a vast white wasteland I have never and perhaps I never will For lack of opportunity or depths of fear But in your photos and words I have seen this world What a gift you have given me
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Sep 3, 2015
Sep 3, 2015 at 9:21 PM UTC
To The Photographers and The Writers
Folksy blokes, like ya struttin’ ya thang If you’ve come out of da Grand Ole Opry But, won’t stay around for any old music sang If it’s causing their head, to bob up and down and go all floppy While rugged mountain men riding in some country rodeo Can just step right up, to a Appalachia recording studio Put down several tracks and become a worldwide pop star They sing about hillbilly ways, while cogging or flatfooting from afar Talking ‘bout wild hogs, gators, foxes & how so many more Taste so great, using leftovers as bait & making real men roar Old fables, told through pictures and patterns, upon knitted quilt Even showing the feuding days of the Hatfields versus McCoys From both sides of Tug Fork stream, with many unemployed   Although Asa and Devil Anse, said, ‘they hadn’t much guilt’ All because of a judge and 5000 acres of unusable swamp land Once owned, by a close kissin’ cousin named, Perry Cline Who didn’t even get any blood on his hand They started a war, that could’ve been stopped By a bottle or two, of good ole mountain moon-shine Both clans almost wiped out, if last man standing had accidentally dropped.
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Sep 26, 2019
Sep 26, 2019 at 10:40 PM UTC
Hatfields V McCoys
I went into the pro shop Paid my fees and turned to leave The man behind the counter said "you're new here...I believe" I said I'd never played here He said "there's things that you should know" "I'll grab us both a coffee" "Listen close...before you go" "The first two holes are easy" "nothing there gets in the way" "no bunkers, and no water" "just the way to start the day" "It gets tougher on the third hole" "There's some birds up in the trees" "They buzz you while you're putting" "Remember...birds on three" "The fourth hole is a dog leg" "It has a river on the right" 'Avoid the yellow caution tape" "We had a drowning there last night" I swallowed hard and stared back "A drowning out on four" "That's right" he said "don't worry" "At least it's not the wild boar" "The WILD BOAR?" I said aloud He said "he's on five through seven" "Don't worry much on those holes" "He's been sighted on eleven" "The eighth is fairy simple" "A par three that you can reach" "Water moccasins in the swamp" "And lots of spiders in the beach" "The greens are all receptive" "They hold well, just come in high" 'But, land is short...there's quicksand" "So...go in there...you die" "you make the turn, and grab a dog" "I give them out for free" "The owner says it's wasteful" "But, I say...just let it be" "The tenth hole is a par five" "It' one to reach in two" "But if you put it out of bounds" "I'd leave it...if I were you" "you know about the wild boar" "so eleven gets a pass" "he's got some bite, that sumbitch" "He might gore you in the *** "Now twelve...is quite a pickle" "I'll tell you watch out now.....not later" "We have a situation there" "It's fairway's full of gator" "What the hell is that you say" "There's a gator out there then" "Today there is but somedays son" "You can meet as much as ten" "You must be mad" I yelled at him "I'm leaving...I'll not play" "on a course so full of danger" "There's no way...just no way" I asked him for a refund he pointed up above his head "no refunds, only rainchecks" "and then only if you're dead" I sacrificed my forty bucks And left, out to my car The pro just sat and smiled "I've scared off thirty one so far" I know I'll not return here not with friends or by myself not with spiders in the bunkers Or gators on the twelfth.
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Apr 26, 2016
Apr 26, 2016 at 11:12 AM UTC
Hazard on twelve
I went into the pro shop Paid my fees and turned to leave The man behind the counter said "you're new here...I believe" I said I'd never played here He said "there's things that you should know" "I'll grab us both a coffee" "Listen close...before you go" "The first two holes are easy" "nothing there gets in the way" "no bunkers, and no water" "just the way to start the day" "It gets tougher on the third hole" "There's some birds up in the trees" "They buzz you while you're putting" "Remember...birds on three" "The fourth hole is a dog leg" "It has a river on the right" 'Avoid the yellow caution tape" "We had a drowning there last night" I swallowed hard and stared back "A drowning out on four" "That's right" he said "don't worry" "At least it's not the wild boar" "The WILD BOAR?" I said aloud He said "he's on five through seven" "Don't worry much on those holes" "He's been sighted on eleven" "The eighth is fairy simple" "A par three that you can reach" "Water moccasins in the swamp" "And lots of spiders in the beach" "The greens are all receptive" "They hold well, just come in high" 'But, land is short...there's quicksand" "So...go in there...you die" "you make the turn, and grab a dog" "I give them out for free" "The owner says it's wasteful" "But, I say...just let it be" "The tenth hole is a par five" "It' one to reach in two" "But if you put it out of bounds" "I'd leave it...if I were you" "you know about the wild boar" "so eleven gets a pass" "he's got some bite, that sumbitch" "He might gore you in the *** "Now twelve...is quite a pickle" "I'll tell you watch out now.....not later" "We have a situation there" "It's fairway's full of gator" "What the hell is that you say" "There's a gator out there then" "Today there is but somedays son" "You can meet as much as ten" "You must be mad" I yelled at him "I'm leaving...I'll not play" "on a course so full of danger" "There's no way...just no way" I asked him for a refund he pointed up above his head "no refunds, only rainchecks" "and then only if you're dead" I sacrificed my forty bucks And left, out to my car The pro just sat and smiled "I've scared off thirty one so far" I know I'll not return here not with friends or by myself not with spiders in the bunkers Or gators on the twelfth.
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Sometimes we have a life long dream... but not sure where to start.... and sometimes we must go to the extreme.. with a thought that's not so smart.... It started with an issue.. she knew she had to resolve.. Unaware of her options, but knew it had to be solved.. He destroyed the girl that she had been... destroyed the world she had lived in... She weighed the pro's and the con's.. and concluded it had to do with ponds... So she set out on a mission.. and decided to save for her own condition. A well deserved vacation in the " Florida Keys".. for her and her honey , and with his money.... The months how they passed... So slowly, then at last... The day they left was 20 below..Brrr..cold Soon they were driving down Old Cheney Road.. A backwoods road where the St. Johns' River flowed.. I hear the fishing there is great... You'll get a bite with very little bait.. They reached the lake in the early morn.. and that is where her plot was born.. She poured the coffee she had made.. and laced it with some " gator aide ".... Here my love she said so sweetly.. I made this special for you my sweetie.. The cast was made, the bait was set.. No reason for her to sweat or fret... Eyes did close and body went limp.. She started to shake and then thought.. Come on girl be strong don't be a wimp.. No one knows we're here or where we're at.. She rolled the body to the edge of the water... heard a splash !..it was only an otter... Within a flash, the body was trash... there must have been 20 gators below.. ripping and flipping the body about.. She packed up and decided to go back the scenic route.... post note: I've always wanted to be my own boss, and now due to my recent loss.. The Insurance is an assurance and I don't have to wait... I'll open a store and call it " GATOR BAIT "
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Apr 12, 2015
Apr 12, 2015 at 2:32 PM UTC
Scheme Dream...# 3 Gator Bait Series
Sometimes we have a life long dream... but not sure where to start.... and sometimes we must go to the extreme.. with a thought that's not so smart.... It started with an issue.. she knew she had to resolve.. Unaware of her options, but knew it had to be solved.. He destroyed the girl that she had been... destroyed the world she had lived in... She weighed the pro's and the con's.. and concluded it had to do with ponds... So she set out on a mission.. and decided to save for her own condition. A well deserved vacation in the " Florida Keys".. for her and her honey , and with his money.... The months how they passed... So slowly, then at last... The day they left was 20 below..Brrr..cold Soon they were driving down Old Cheney Road.. A backwoods road where the St. Johns' River flowed.. I hear the fishing there is great... You'll get a bite with very little bait.. They reached the lake in the early morn.. and that is where her plot was born.. She poured the coffee she had made.. and laced it with some " gator aide ".... Here my love she said so sweetly.. I made this special for you my sweetie.. The cast was made, the bait was set.. No reason for her to sweat or fret... Eyes did close and body went limp.. She started to shake and then thought.. Come on girl be strong don't be a wimp.. No one knows we're here or where we're at.. She rolled the body to the edge of the water... heard a splash !..it was only an otter... Within a flash, the body was trash... there must have been 20 gators below.. ripping and flipping the body about.. She packed up and decided to go back the scenic route.... post note: I've always wanted to be my own boss, and now due to my recent loss.. The Insurance is an assurance and I don't have to wait... I'll open a store and call it " GATOR BAIT "
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Jessica, I've seen your bruises The ones you try to hide You were out shopping, thought no one was looking While in the grocery isle Jessica, I knew this was happening No need to see the proof I'm about to do something to that good for nothing Next time he lays a hand on you Jessica, I saw you crying Sitting on that old wooden stump Just want you to know that no good so and so May not be there when you get home Jessica, you can relax now And be anything that you want I figured sooner or later I'd find some hungry gators Down at the edge of Myrtle swamp Now Jessica's no longer crying...
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Nov 23, 2013
Nov 23, 2013 at 1:14 AM UTC
Jessica's No Longer Crying
Peeking out the window On all Hallow's Eve Watching little Globlins Skip about with glee. Witch's and warlocks traveling the streets Looking so scary Asking for treats. Dinos and gators fairies and elves, scurry about frightening themselves. The sun grows dim, the porchlight shines, the ghouls and monsters scowl just fine. Creatures a-plenty Come out to play Once each year for All Hallow's Day.
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Oct 17, 2010
Oct 17, 2010 at 4:32 PM UTC
Tricky Treats
And the spiders eat the flies, And the frogs eat the spiders, And the snakes eat the frogs, And the birds eat the snakes, And the cats eat the birds, And the cats eat the birds, And the cats grow fat and the cats grow slow and the cats all die, And the flies eat the cats, And frogs eat the flies, And the spiders eat the birds, And the cats eat the snakes and then there are the gators and the gators eat them all and the gators eat them all, And the gators grow fat, And the gators all die, And the flies eat the gators, and the cats, and the birds, and the snakes, and the frogs, and the spiders, and the plants and the garbage, and everything... The flies eat the world and the humans don't know, And the humans don't know. They're all inside, Because flies are annoying.
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Oct 15, 2011
Oct 15, 2011 at 10:23 PM UTC
Flies
spanish rose lingers in the corner with some french sailor who is just a breathing caricature illustrated in ink and animated by alcohol his four letter word vocabulary with deluxe cardboard delivery but its his eyes that capture you swimming in hundred proof they are wise with miles of years and wicked in a smoky dark room way but she is too busy to notice flirting with the stranger across the room a traveling salesman with boxes of rusty trinkets for crafty sale meanwhile old jack is swinging on the gibbet talking away the hours with his old flame and friends he is a threadbare imitation of me and that suits you fine long as its three meals and a slice of pie the essentials of easy living wrapped up in a lace hanky its a little ***** and on the down low but the whole digging in some rich kids ***** laundry for loose change never appealed to you all that much so attached to old jack come to make your stand both barrels smoking hot and ready to let loose should any fool step to the line we all watched with amusements as the magician open his show with a shock and awe that sputtered and fell but we all loved his punch lines so much that we cheered him on all night the chorus girls got us all up and dancing little past three and the suave singer had us cheek to cheek by dawn it was another night to remember to be sure memorable as stumpy swimming with the gators we all shuffle barefoot in the sand to our dusty beds and dream sweetly of fiveash romance novella endings and the beauties of dawn we will be up to no good once more all loud and proud young and full'a ***** as a spring moon crests over seaside town
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May 19, 2014
May 19, 2014 at 10:21 AM UTC
french sailor
spanish rose lingers in the corner with some french sailor who is just a breathing caricature illustrated in ink and animated by alcohol his four letter word vocabulary with deluxe cardboard delivery but its his eyes that capture you swimming in hundred proof they are wise with miles of years and wicked in a smoky dark room way but she is too busy to notice flirting with the stranger across the room a traveling salesman with boxes of rusty trinkets for crafty sale meanwhile old jack is swinging on the gibbet talking away the hours with his old flame and friends he is a threadbare imitation of me and that suits you fine long as its three meals and a slice of pie the essentials of easy living wrapped up in a lace hanky its a little ***** and on the down low but the whole digging in some rich kids ***** laundry for loose change never appealed to you all that much so attached to old jack come to make your stand both barrels smoking hot and ready to let loose should any fool step to the line we all watched with amusements as the magician open his show with a shock and awe that sputtered and fell but we all loved his punch lines so much that we cheered him on all night the chorus girls got us all up and dancing little past three and the suave singer had us cheek to cheek by dawn it was another night to remember to be sure memorable as stumpy swimming with the gators we all shuffle barefoot in the sand to our dusty beds and dream sweetly of fiveash romance novella endings and the beauties of dawn we will be up to no good once more all loud and proud young and full'a ***** as a spring moon crests over seaside town
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aloof alphas attack! banal betas boom, before backing cautiously, creeping down, defensible dark estuaries, estranged escapes from fierce fiery-eyed giant gators gathered, hard hearted hedged in impossible illumination, irate jowly jeering jaded jackals **** **** **** … let loose low laughs making much mirth mercilessly now none need nourishment oblivious obvious, overt a putrescent phalanx, quite quintessential a querulous quorum a quatre raucous resounding raptorials retreated subsequently seizing sizeable sarcoid sections in scissor strokes total tormentors, that time twists the ugly utilitarian veracious victory works the wild yearning as zealots
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Apr 10, 2015
Apr 10, 2015 at 9:30 PM UTC
Abecedarian - A to Z a lifetime and cycle of poetics
Jungle Jim I step quietly through the foliage each step one foot in front of the other thorny bushes reaching out to grab me large webs with entrapped insects being very careful watching intently poisionous snakes are abound an occasional grunt from gators warning not to come any closer they guard their young viciously my exploring buddy Jim warning me about the wild boar seen lately large prehistoric looking birds swooping and making screeching sounds finally I hear I got it I got it the treasure we had been seeking now to retrieve it and make our way our way back out of this jungle look out for the huge spider I yell and Jim ducks just in time we finally see the clearing ahead whew! Wasn't sure we would get back dam Jim next time be more careful next time hit your 7 iron instead now what did you get on that hole? Gomer LePoet ....
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Sep 2, 2011
Sep 2, 2011 at 3:43 AM UTC
Jungle Jim
I believe in a number of things Horses, gators, even mammals with wings I believe that a bird and a rat, got cozy one night and that became that that as in bat a bat became that from the bed of a bird and a rat. the bird saw the rat being chased by the cat that they had in common, the cat was a brat So they chatted and chatted, till the chat became flat I haven't a bed, but I do have this mat, said the rat. This mat will do, the bird said as she sat. soon that became that that as in a bat a bat became that from the bed of a bird and a rat.
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May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018 at 2:04 AM UTC
The Bird and The Rat
This body; This temple of one; Cursed to some; Sinister to many. This body; This temple of one; Scarred by struggle; Consumed by fear. Conditioned to be wary; Scavenging at the weakest links Of destiny's food chain. As the lions roam free, Higher up. Raising kin to be kings, To break this body; This temple of one, With impunity. This body was lynched in Montgomery, ***** in Rome. Poisoned by Derby's dose In Montego Bay. And fed to bull gators in Jacksonville. This body was stripped in Rio; Feathered in Saint Kitts; Beheaded in Berbice; And tarred in Tennessee. This body was shot In Chicago; Shot in Charlotte. Shot in Missouri. Shot in the Bronx. Shot. Shot. Shot. Shot. This body; This temple of one; This ******* child of the universe Is sick of being Shot. Of dying young. Of rotting in cell block 9 And sealed boxes underground. While the lions roam free, Higher up. Raising kin to be kings, To break this body; This temple of one, With impunity. ~ P #This_Body 2/10/2017
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Feb 10, 2017
Feb 10, 2017 at 7:36 PM UTC
This Body
Restless Encounter Returned from the graveyard shift I needed a lift Puppy eyes shut Barks abut I couldn't sleep So I counted sheep One, two, three, four There's a knock at the door It's an old cougar That wants to borrow sugar Coast was clear I had no fear Two hours later The gator was catered It's back to sleep Counting sheep Halfway to fourty Lawn mower sounds, oh lordly Two hours later The gator's a hater It's back to sleep Counting sheep Twist and turned twenty five And more unneeded jive Alarm clock set for wrong time Chime, chime, chime Can you believe that The gator spat It's back to sleep Counting sheep I see her in the lea Playing with me Her wool a nice set As my gator's lip wet And this time the wifely returns My insides want to burn, burn, burn My gator sighs As she says hi Hi I weep, weep, weep Please I need some sleep She looks (esoteric) at me With that look of plea, plea, plea She wants her sugar fix, too My gator singing it's blue My eyes want to close But there she blows Chime, chime, chime Wifely having a good time On top of the train track Gators attacked His sheep counting on him To stop the bedlam Logan Robertson 9/6/17
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Sep 6, 2017
Sep 6, 2017 at 9:21 AM UTC
Restless Encounter
You were not real to me back then, but who was real to anyone in those crazy days. We held hands, skipped stones, tumbled on oaken banks. We hid out in the palmettos, made beef jerky, cleaned rabbits, traded secrets. You taught me gentleness, showed me what made you tick. Primal-musk was thick in the air, I succumbed to your whims, rose up to meet every sweet-demand. We sinned, glistened in the summer sun. I watched myself spread your flower, was your man of the hour, we had genuine backwoods fun. Those were the really wild times, we scrambled in the brambles, seemed always on the run. We stole kisses with   moccasins & gators down at that old swimming hole. Our lives intertwined, we swirled, swooned under  the moon, spooning. I reminisce about you often & now realize all great things come to an end. Still, I have the taste of black water & you in my mouth, whispering you good vibes...
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Jan 8, 2014
Jan 8, 2014 at 3:46 PM UTC
Black Water & the Taste of You (The Really Wild Times)
I looked up through cypress boughs to see the sliver, a moon smile casting eerie shadows upon leaves dancing, swaying moss swirling & ricocheting the hard echoes of bullfrogs singing rich swamp melody. I wish I could stay here forever, in this southern flavor, deep in the bayou, where gators growl.
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Mar 2, 2014
Mar 2, 2014 at 8:23 PM UTC
I Wish I Could Stay Here Forever
In dark and dreary Georgia swampland , in the midnight hour with the light of the Moon as your only friend .. Yellow and red eyes glow in the shadows , cottonmouths and gators slowly cross the waters ... Bullfrogs sing in the Cattails , Horned Owls screech across the timberlands .. Bobcats scream , sound just like a woman late at night , they'll catch you off guard every time , make your beard turn white from fright ..Mosquitos are relentless , the humidity hell , blood ******* leeches , brown bats and rabid foxes .. Wild hogs work the bogs left and right , don't ever get caught by a razorback without a good plan or corner a 'Coon' by accident , kick a Snapper thinking it's just a rock , or pick up a Rattlesnake looking for a walkin' stick .. Rumors of black panthers and 'shine wild men ', Confederate soldier ghost and quicksand .. Always lay a trail from where you started are you'll spend all night in haunted , Georgia swamp country ...
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Mar 2, 2016
Mar 2, 2016 at 10:35 PM UTC
The Georgia Lowland ...
Will be leaving soon for Orlando, Away from the cold in Ontario. Will I return? I really don't know. A wacko may secretly board my plane; A radicalized lunatic far from sane. Or Canada geese, heading south, Might take our fuelled jet engines out. Some random lightning shot from the sky Lights up our cockpit, And the pilots die. The landing gear is up and stuck... “I don't think I drank enough!” There's mad rage on the road Between Orlando and St. Augustine. There’s snub-nosed guns in too many bags, And the pubs are teeming with cougars and ***** The Matanzas flows with gators and sharks, I'll make note of this as my kyak embarks. A drunken driver could do the job; Or I get hospitalized From being robbed. An Early Bird bone might make me choke, Or an errant golf ball holes out in my throat. Perhaps nothing happens, I’m too suspect Of the possible perils from my Florida trek. Is it worth the risks. I’ll let you know, When I get back to the warmth  of Ontario.
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Jan 11, 2025
Jan 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM UTC
Snow Bird
N'awlins babe with a pretty flower-tat, seared tuna & sesame, a dab of wasabi, club soda & lime, lily pads & gators. That's where it's at, my happy hour down here, somewhere.
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Aug 29, 2014
Aug 29, 2014 at 5:59 PM UTC
It's Happy Hour Down Here (Somewhere)