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Samson and Dalila

Samson’s hairs were much like twines
As the strong man fought the Philistines.
His dreads inspired lots of fear
(From the smell, just to be clear).

Then he met a Philly girl
Whose hair, like his, was fun to twirl.
They went to Alaska to be married,
A long walk yes, but they never tarried.

As they were wed ‘neath the lights boreal
Dalila was plotting with L’oreal
For if Samson was “worth it,” so might it be
That the war could end sweet and silkily.

And at the igloo’s honeymoon suite
Samson had begun to eat
While Dalila washed his long dark hair,
Both wife and husband unaware
That instead of fancy shampoo, there
Was a mislabeled bottle containing Nair.

With Samson bald, Dalila wept
As from the icy floor she swept
The locks which brought both strength and love
Which had been granted from above.

And so Samson fell from grace,
His head now bald, but not his face.
Dalila wanted to comfort him so,
And said “darling, I think the beard should go.”

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This Always Happens…

My charger is broken,
My battery’s low,
So here is a poem.
Now I’ve got to go.

(One stanza’s too little,
So I wrote this postscript,
Risking my battery
So you don’t feel gypped).

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If I were better

If I were better looking
I might’ve turned out vainer,
And fighting off all my admirers
Could be an energy drainer.

If I were affluenter
I’d have a doctorate degree
And I’d spend all of our evenings
Psychoanalyzing me.

If I were much more charming
I’d deserve a laurel wreath
And I could blind you accidentally
With the gleaming of my teeth.

If I were any better
I would surely be much worse
So quit whining and accept me
And stop being so darn terse.

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Born This Way

You’ve probably seen a zebra,
That pretty, stripy horse,
And you probably know a pinto
And a black stallion of course.

And lots of horses have little marks
That make them look real rad,
But no one loves me, for I’m a horse
Who was born in neon plaid.

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Fissions of the Past

I’ve been thinking about Eden,
About Adam and his rib
And pond’ring how to make it
Poetical and glib.

And I realized the Bible
Could be scientifically read
If you thought of Eve’s creation
As splitting the Adam instead.

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Chameleons and I

I don’t have a pet chameleon
Which is probably for the best
Since I would run that chameleon
Through an all-inclusive test.

What does a chameleon
Change its color to
If it’s put in a room full of mirrors?
That’s on what my mind does stew.

And can you still watch tv
If chameleons cover your screen?
Can a blind chameleon imitate
Things that it has never seen?

And are some chameleons lazy
That after they change their color, say,
They lack the motivation to change
And just keep their scales that way?

I’ll never get a chameleon
As this poem will attest
For if I did the chameleon
And I would never rest.

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Mango Musings

I vacationed on an island
Full of lovely mango trees
Where canoeing villagers
Sang upon the seas.

They sang the songs of heroes
And the mango ballad too
They told me that the mangoes
Made a person strong and true.

But those island villagers
Knew not of what they sang.
Mango’s the masculine of “manga”
And the Spanish word for “mang.”

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An Ode to Breakfast-All-Day

Consider ye the pancake,
Round and fluffy white
Whose presence dost command ye
Not to tarry, but to bite.

Consider ye the bacon
And the eggs and sausage too,
Who existed once as animal parts,
But now only to please you.

Consider ye the cereals,
A meal which is pourable
And whose very presence
Makes prepared food deplorable.

Finish your consideration
With a piece of toasted bread
Which equals any man or lady
In its worthiness to wed.

And so with all these options
It is time that we get real:
For what purpose exists
To eat any other meal?

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Knight Time Thoughts

Perchance thee may have noticed
By coincidence or choice
That those who penned auld english
May have just had a lispy voice,

For whosoever speaketh
In a way that soundeth so-eth
Makes any present participle
With the “th” phoneme groweth.

Perhaps that just be-eth my inkling,
Yet verily ringeth of truth.
I’ve spake my bit, and leaveth now
With a flutter and forsooth.

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The Ice Cream Bar

When they invented the ice cream bar
They missed an opportunity
To add an element of class
To the nightlife community,

For think about a bar you know:
Alcohol’s all she wrote.
Why not mix your drinks up
With a regular beer float?

And who wouldn’t enjoy
Three dozen flavors on tap?
The very thought of an ice cream bar
Just makes me want to clap!

And if your drinking because of pain
Something sweet can end the sobbin’.
Thanks for listening, venture capital guy,
But what’s a Baskin Robbin?

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