my mystery novel required a McGuffin
my table -- a plate with a half eaten muffin
I thought to myself -- surely this one will do
unfortunately, that half's eaten now too
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crisp one hundred dollar notes
sing to me
all about the benjamins
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the taut strings of your heart
feeling passion's strong tug
post impressionist art
but a hug's still a hug
brought it home -- so symbolic...
but she wanted a Pollock
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as I approach the magic mirror
the ripples race across its surface
as if the glass is getting nervous
the image isn't getting clearer
I hear a muffled groan: please stop it
you know that I don't like this game
I just might crack some day, so drop it
you'll only have yourself to blame
please calm yourself, you ancient djinny
I tell the tepid magic creature
I find the ripples your best feature
just checking if I'm getting skinny
damn you and your accursed empire
the mirror says, its voice annoyed
how did I wind up with a vampire
I should have stayed and worked for Freud
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keep lists of tasks
and of old grudges
surgical masks
and angry judges
of minor slights
and of imagined
of unseen sites
unbelieved legends
of friends you've lost
and never gotten
increasing costs
and dates forgotten
keep lists of all of those, in dudgeon
and so congrats: you're a curmudgeon
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when I consider decimals
splendid in their agility
and their innate ability
to count the infinitesimals
and now, old Roman numerals
extinct, numeric dinosaurs
for those of you, who’re keeping scores
they use them – still -- to test your skills
converting, simply for the thrills
those math teachers can sure be bores
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he's surely made from different cloth
the patient, sedentary sloth
you ask him: what you've done today
"just hanging out" is what he'll say
there's always enough time, it seems
as he pursues his slothy dreams
thrill of the chase, don't make him laugh
"go slow" will be his epitaph
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as I belt out my ho, ho, hose
I get one squarely on the nose
now I'm more careful with my shlong
and try to sing a different song
my trojan here is bearing gifts
hose of my horse, hear my new riffs
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a burning stove
faint smell of clove
and memories thereof
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my grandpa, may god rest his soul
enjoyed cigars and alcohol
I liked him fine, but I have plans
and science makes its own demands
time traveled to the past, bought stocks
but had to test the paradox
and so I went and shot him dead
but I was not unmade -- instead
returned in time for dinner...but
turns out that grandma was a slut
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intentionally left
blank
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the egret's elegant ballet
observed by gently swaying reeds
he pirouettes, a grand display:
come lover, and fulfil my needs
let us commence our brief romance
the water waits to make a splash
do you not see my urgent dance
my wings extended as I dash
come and I'll fly you to new heights
and hold you breathless on the wing
our feathers singing their delights
as we perform the rites of spring
come, there's no need to be a prude
here we shall raise our egret brood
display for lovers, young and old
let's give them something to behold
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