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Yes, I Owned A Walkman. Why Do You Ask?

Let me walk you through a moment

Of what I call “being me.”

Instead of streaming music

And paying a monthly fee

I plugged in my computer

From around 2008,

Pressed power on at 6:15

And it booted up by 8:00,

Loaded up my iTunes

From before it was an app

Then uploaded some files

That will make my right foot tap,

Plugged in my phone and synced it

For an hour and a half

Then enjoyed my music free of charge

With a joyful millennial laugh.

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“SPF 50” Means 50 Seconds Of Safety

“Put on some sunscreen,” they said,

“Or else you’ll get all burnt and red.”

Now my flesh is peeling

And I have the feeling

That I have been grossly misled.

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The Fundraiser

Silver-hairs in folding chairs

Look on an empty stage

Seeing each other and waiting for

Songs from a different age.

Performers enter all dressed in black

And make a brassy sound

All with the hope these rich old folks

Will help them stay around.

Monarchies, Shakespeare, the elder arts

Rely on good old cash

And silver people are prone too oft

Return to dust and ash.

And so we ask you younger folk

With all your real hair

To listen to some new old songs

And learn, we hope, to care.

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That Moment Before Sleep

Pillow soft and cool

Sheets are clean. My feet are sore.

Now I have to pee.

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But Jell-O, Pasta, Potatoes, Tacos… All Fair Game

I think when you turn 40

You get a superpower

To make any food into a salad.

But when you’re 45

The option to use vegetables

Besides celery suddenly becomes invalid.

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Songwriting Tip #5678

If your chorus is just one sentence

Repeated exactly four times

That song isn’t actually music

And one day you’ll pay for your crimes.

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My Conversation Tomorrow After I Get To Work With Two Hours Of Sleep

D and D went long.

We were fighting evil frogs!

What do you mean, “Nerd”?

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Who Needs A Kid When You Have…

Big fat ginger cat

Satan in a fluffy ball

He deserves more food

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Love You Mom! (Even If You Raised A Poet)

Today we celebrate the gals

Who held us in their wombs

Instead of sending unborn us

To our not-born-yet dooms,

Who raised us as to be decent folk

(Regardless if it worked)

So clean and pure in making sure

Our chores were never shirked,

Who bought us socks for Christmas

And for the many that still do,

Who cleaned diapers and never

Did eschew beaucoup pee-yoo.

Thank you mothers everywhere

And hear us when we say

We’re grateful that at least one night

You probably weren’t gay.

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Seriously, Apple? (Although I Get Why Microsoft Does It)

So when you buy a phone

You buy a screen protector thing

That keeps your glass from breaking

When you do a stupid thing.

Another stupid thing though

Is that if they have this tech

Why don’t they make the glass from it?

Come on now! What the heck?

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