Tag Archives: Poetry

Two Jobs That Make Six Figures But Nobody Respects

I heard a job ad this afternoon:

“Need a change in career?

“Get a class A CDL

“And drive a big rig here.”

The company that advertised

Was “Johnson’s Gas and Lubricant Shipping”

And I figured it was close enough

To my current job of stripping…

After all, I already know

How to handle giant hardware,

How to move lube on the night shift,

And stopping traffic isn’t rare.

I load cargo in the backdoor

And handle massive logs

And I’ve known my share of pigs

(As well as cows and dogs).

I’ve made a living dancing

But now I just can’t wait

To sit all day upon my butt

‘Cause I know my butt is great!

Leave a comment

Filed under Poems

She’s Lived 90 Years Already, And The Guard Rail Needs to Be Tested Now And Again

I am stuck behind a car

Who doesn’t know quite where they are

And so decide to navigate

By traveling at 28.

I am stuck behind this guy

And starting to examine why

They made a law to punish those

Who ram the guys who hog the roads.

2 Comments

Filed under Poems

But Oh That Tan…

The heat is getting hot in here

And the sun is really sunny,

Unlike when it rained so hard

It was damp and unfunny.

I like it when it’s hot sometimes

Unlike my colleague, Heather

Who thinks she’s good-looking enough

To talk about the weather.

Leave a comment

Filed under Poems

…Play Dead… Yeah, That’s The Whole Joke

If I were a possum

And also a poet

I’d write while I’m scared

And the writing would show it;

I’d start a stanza

But when filled with dread

I’d

Leave a comment

Filed under Poems

It’s The Thought That Counts?

I wrote this poem earlier

But published it tonight.

I hope you find that tactic

Is both fair and alright.

I did it ‘cause when I am tired

And weary from the day

My poems are bland and meaningless,

But so’s this one, so hey!

Leave a comment

Filed under Poems

When Thy Quarry Escapeth And Thy Counterpart Is Not Amusethed

The itsy-bitsy spider

Was sitting on the floor,

Having a rest

Beneath the cabinet door.

I came to smash him

And end his worthless life

But he crawled away to safety…

Now I have to face the wife.

Leave a comment

Filed under Poems

A Meal To Die For

I was in Transylvania

On a foolish holiday

When a vampire decided

To make me not ok.

I saw that he was hungry

But I sought to understand

What filled this monster’s heart

In this spooky far-off land.

He said when he was mortal

He had owned a ranch,

And the finest heads of cattle

Came from his European branch.

He longed for the days of yore

When cooking was an art,

So I cooked him up a ribeye.

It was a steak through his heart.

Leave a comment

Filed under Poems

Refute My Logic, I Dare You

Plants are stupid.

Animals are too.

They score poorly

On a test of IQ.

Humans are stupid,

But not as bad as plants

Because they guess more frequently

And benefit from chance.

Leave a comment

Filed under Poems

Silver Water

In the shadow of a waterfall

Of moonlight’s silver steam

Was a mist of lunar H2O

In a dazzling metal stream,

Beneath which bubbled puddles

Of the element AG;

The moon was very full, unlike

My repertoire of analogies.

Leave a comment

Filed under Poems

Meta Stuff Is Cool Again, Right?

There once was a guy who drove home

And was tired from toes to his dome.

He wrote a lazy limerick

And rhymed it with slimmer dick

And this won’t get published in my next tome.

Leave a comment

Filed under Poems