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Assault and Batteries

You said you knew

How to jump a car.

It sure wasn’t true…

You left a scar.

Red to black wire…

You expect to live?

I’ll have revenge you liar!

All I’ve got to give.
I’m Lyin’ on asphalt

Cursing at the stars.

You know it’s your fault!

There’s no time for flattery;

You assaulted my battery.
There’s a surprise

Right under your hood.

When your starter dies

It won’t sound good.

I saw your face.

It looked really dour.

I put you in your place

‘Cause I’ve got the power.
You’re lyin’ on asphalt

Cursing at the stars.

You know it’s your fault.

There’s no need for flattery.

I assaulted your battery.
(Instrumental bridge with sirens)
We’re face down on asphalt

Cursing at their stars.

It’s both of our faults…

No cops like flattery.

We both got charged

For assaulting the batteries.

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Nearsighted

Dancing fairy lights.

Look again and it’s a truck.

Should’ve looked both ways.

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Emotion

I’m crying like an onion

At a family reunion,

Laughing like a hyena

Listening to itself laugh,

Questioning everything

Like a / with a stuck shift-key,

Floating like a butterfly,

Stinging like the aftermath

Of an inadvisable romantic encounter.

Chick flicks, eh?

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Scrabble

I play “Blue”

For 22.

You play “defenistrate”

For 108.

I play “equine”

For 59.

You play “Chrysanthemum”

For 201.

I play “admittance”

For a pittance.

You play “kalamazoo.”

Why do I still play with you?

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Discrimination

I don’t mean to turn molehills

Into figurative mountains,

But tall and short people

Still must drink from different fountains.

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An Unappreciated Gift

The shape of Mount Everest,

And nearly the size

My dog’s defecation

On my neighbor’s lawn lies.

The shape of an axe

(Because that’s what it is),

My neighbor reminds me

To keep off what’s his.

The shape of a puppy

And the acent of a fart,

My dog watches this thinking

“They just don’t get my art.”

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Social Games

So I hear you’re watching Jeopardy

And thinking “hey, that could be me.”

Alas, the auditions passed

And it turns out you weren’t cast.

Sure it’s sad, but cheer up the though!

I’ll cast you for another show.

If you’re good at playing games,

And have trouble remembering names

You’re on the show! Congrats! Yoo hoo!

It’s called “how the heck does that guy know you?”

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1040-eHarmony

Internet dating

And income taxes

Are emotionally the same.

There’s little fun

In either one,

And both will cause you pain.

No one says

“I’ve made enough

“And I’m happy to contribute

“To an elite few

“Who’ll give to you

My wealth to redistribute.”

Likewise, those

Who go online

To stop their solo-selfie habit

Will seldom say

“She looks ok.

“I just hope we don’t kill the rabbit.”

Instead, you

Fill out some forms

Which make you very bored.

A silent alarm

Says “this may cause harm,

“But chances are you’ll be ignored.”

You look closely

For line 1F,

It’s gone, but you search some more,

Then you say “good enough”

To five digits of fluff

(Or for poets like me, prob’ly four).

And then your attention

Goes all out

On trying to attractively answer

“What makes you feel alright

“On a Saturday night?”

When the truth’s “writing poems about Cancer.”

And when you’re finished

You feel exposed

And tired from each number and letter,

But you won’t go to jail

Or with sexy toys flail.

Now there, don’t we all feel better?

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One Letter Off

I said she smelled flagrant

And her mood got all wrecked.

It didn’t help when I said to her

“Autocorrect.”

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Bad-Boy Musicians?

I’ve played the trombone

Since I was eight-years-old.

“No one loves trombonists”

I’ve frequently been told.

Despite this I persisted

With an empty heart and bed,

But now I think I’ve had enough.

I’ll play the accordian instead.

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