<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583</id><updated>2012-01-21T18:46:55.117-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Poetry Anthology</title><subtitle type='html'>diarrhea of the mind</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>46</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-7512776316664513281</id><published>2007-10-02T14:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-10-02T14:53:29.624-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogs</title><content type='html'>I am really bad at keeping up with my blog.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-7512776316664513281?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-7319154291406155527</id><published>2007-07-25T15:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-07-25T16:00:49.943-07:00</updated><title type='text'>are you feeling me?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;i wish i could support myself by crafting.&lt;br /&gt;i would be so busy making things.&lt;br /&gt;here is a list of the things i know i would make:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tote bags&lt;br /&gt;purses&lt;br /&gt;skirts&lt;br /&gt;pants&lt;br /&gt;blankets&lt;br /&gt;pillows&lt;br /&gt;curtains&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i'd also like to try change purses and&lt;br /&gt;checkbook covers.&lt;br /&gt;it's just another wednesday night here at&lt;br /&gt;the house of crazy crafty mcnasty.&lt;br /&gt;would you buy my products?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-7319154291406155527?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/7319154291406155527/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=7319154291406155527' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/7319154291406155527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/7319154291406155527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2007/07/are-you-feeling-me.html' title='are you feeling me?'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-281708274116506164</id><published>2007-06-29T20:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-29T17:32:32.222-07:00</updated><title type='text'>VERTICAL FARMING</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/americas/6752795.stm"&gt;&lt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/americas/6752795.stm"&gt;http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/americas/6752795.stm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/americas/6752795.stm"&gt; &gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;this is awesome and so inspiring it gives me the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;tingles&lt;/span&gt;! but i love the concept, and the fact that VF would actually give back to the earth. this is a proactive  bunch. yea! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-281708274116506164?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/281708274116506164/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=281708274116506164' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/281708274116506164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/281708274116506164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2007/06/vertical-farming.html' title='VERTICAL FARMING'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-1015625533318499911</id><published>2007-06-27T18:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-27T15:28:19.222-07:00</updated><title type='text'>i could eat my face off</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: times new roman;"&gt;i am &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;so&lt;/span&gt; hungry and d is making something FABULOUS for dinner. she's got all kinds of vegetables, herbs and oils out, chopping things and using utensils. i smell tantalizing aromas! oh! i am so lucky to have her. MAN, i'm starving. no one else eats as well as i do, i can guarantee that. [insert snarky lesbian comment here.] it's like having your own personal chef! and she really &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;likes&lt;/span&gt; to cook, too. and ps. while she's at it she'll also set my coffee for the next morning &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; make my lunch for the next day. AMAZING! what do i do to deserve this? i'll tell you what i do; i eat it ALL.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-1015625533318499911?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/1015625533318499911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=1015625533318499911' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/1015625533318499911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/1015625533318499911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2007/06/i-could-eat-my-face-off.html' title='i could eat my face off'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-1809510460247474685</id><published>2007-06-26T17:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-26T14:47:59.565-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Thought</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;"What I need is perspective. The illusion of depth, created by a frame, the arrangement of shapes on a flat surface. Perspective is necessary...Otherwise you live with your face squashed against a wall, everything a huge foreground of details, close-ups, hairs, the weave of the &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;bedsheet&lt;/span&gt;, the molecules of the face. Your own skin like a map, a diagram of futility, crisscrossed with tiny roads that lead nowhere. Otherwise you live in the moment. Which is not where I want to be."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family: verdana;"&gt;-Margaret Atwood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-1809510460247474685?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/1809510460247474685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/1809510460247474685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2007/06/thought.html' title='A Thought'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-114347555419148996</id><published>2006-03-27T11:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-27T08:05:54.193-08:00</updated><title type='text'>SUDOKU</title><content type='html'>I want to be left to the blackness and the frigid dream-inducing cold. Stunning silent cracks, black on white, a frost covered pane in the dead of night. Exhale on the glass, sweating on the inside, the perfect frozen jewel incubates, produces instead sinewy silver threads, a web so fine.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-114347555419148996?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/114347555419148996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=114347555419148996' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/114347555419148996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/114347555419148996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2006/03/sudoku.html' title='SUDOKU'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-114347539251342281</id><published>2006-03-27T11:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-27T08:03:12.536-08:00</updated><title type='text'>social butterfly</title><content type='html'>A corner and i&lt;br /&gt;Sit. Fevered, bent&lt;br /&gt;Oer white sheet,&lt;br /&gt;Rocking.&lt;br /&gt;The lamplight&lt;br /&gt;Gleams yellow, coils&lt;br /&gt;And floats&lt;br /&gt;Up among the charmed&lt;br /&gt;Air.&lt;br /&gt;If i had a glass of&lt;br /&gt;Icy cold&lt;br /&gt;Water, i would&lt;br /&gt;Insert IV drip and float&lt;br /&gt;Berg-style out of the&lt;br /&gt;Window into the&lt;br /&gt;Gusty grey evening.&lt;br /&gt;I try to ignore voices from&lt;br /&gt;The other room,&lt;br /&gt;Lighters clicking-&lt;br /&gt;DON'T SAY MY NAME,&lt;br /&gt;I DON'T WANT TO TALK.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-114347539251342281?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/114347539251342281/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=114347539251342281' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/114347539251342281'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/114347539251342281'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2006/03/social-butterfly.html' title='social butterfly'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-114347438381171889</id><published>2006-03-27T11:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-27T07:55:42.470-08:00</updated><title type='text'>i wish i had it going on</title><content type='html'>i need letters of interest, samples,&lt;br /&gt;examples of pajamas in &lt;br /&gt;bright flannel hanging checkered&lt;br /&gt;stark against the&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;broken&lt;br /&gt;door,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;white walls, a white dog,&lt;br /&gt;a cat purrs.&lt;br /&gt;does it have a motor?&lt;br /&gt;will you&lt;br /&gt;move, you sit and &lt;br /&gt;pull the covers tight.&lt;br /&gt;they are also white.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;why can't i find the answer&lt;br /&gt;in my bright polka-dotted&lt;br /&gt;socks? can i read in their&lt;br /&gt;haphazard discard my future,&lt;br /&gt;as leaves on the bottom of a &lt;br /&gt;cup?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;if i could glimpse one moment,&lt;br /&gt;catch one tiny fragment&lt;br /&gt;in that gold&lt;br /&gt;reflection,&lt;br /&gt;i would run so hard &lt;br /&gt;in that direction,&lt;br /&gt;never looking back&lt;br /&gt;behind me.&lt;br /&gt;but there is only&lt;br /&gt;a black hole&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;key-&lt;br /&gt;shaped.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i worry that the story&lt;br /&gt;i'm telling isn't--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what, something changed.&lt;br /&gt;i'm living the story. i live&lt;br /&gt;among cellos and violins&lt;br /&gt;play the soundtrack to&lt;br /&gt;my life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you know i live grandly&lt;br /&gt;and see a great&lt;br /&gt;many things.&lt;br /&gt;this is why my eyes are&lt;br /&gt;so sensitive and my &lt;br /&gt;ears so sharp.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;whisper&lt;br /&gt;WHAT?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i see images of me.&lt;br /&gt;I see short gelled spikes&lt;br /&gt;and glossy lips&lt;br /&gt;with the perfect,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you know...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-114347438381171889?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/114347438381171889/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=114347438381171889' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/114347438381171889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/114347438381171889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2006/03/i-wish-i-had-it-going-on.html' title='i wish i had it going on'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-114347434133743344</id><published>2006-03-27T10:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-27T07:45:41.336-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>she said something about &lt;br /&gt;learning to let them&lt;br /&gt;go,&lt;br /&gt;and we talked of thinking &lt;br /&gt;like a child.&lt;br /&gt;this, issuing from the deep&lt;br /&gt;endless eyes,&lt;br /&gt;until lid drapes the cheek&lt;br /&gt;wish lash.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-114347434133743344?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/114347434133743344/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=114347434133743344' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/114347434133743344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/114347434133743344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2006/03/she-said-something-about-learning-to.html' title=''/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-114347422036329988</id><published>2006-03-27T10:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-27T07:47:08.196-08:00</updated><title type='text'>One Moment</title><content type='html'>In a moment&lt;br /&gt;I heard solitude, the icy sting of loneliness, plunged into 40 below, reckoned with souls who wander windy moors all grey and swept by grit and emptiness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This cavernous longing, this sensation of constantly falling through the dark is like subsisting on glass and ash. Insides become shards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a moment&lt;br /&gt;I heard love lost, and entertained rumors of a hurt so deep it cuts to the quick of the soul; this the tender rawness underneath that threatens to fester once exposed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I tasted acid fear, an invisible sickening grip sliding from my heart to my bowels, wringing me twisted, inside-out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My love, to lose you would be to feel all this for one moment stretched into eternity, until I forgot to feel. Until I forgot to breathe.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-114347422036329988?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/114347422036329988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=114347422036329988' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/114347422036329988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/114347422036329988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2006/03/one-moment.html' title='One Moment'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-114347561137269117</id><published>2006-03-27T08:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-27T08:07:54.726-08:00</updated><title type='text'>josh's pants</title><content type='html'>"ride your batmobile to cuba and stick it up the dinosaur's butt."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-114347561137269117?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/114347561137269117/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=114347561137269117' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' 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/&gt;And blurring lines&lt;br /&gt;Of end of day.&lt;br /&gt;Into the sand&lt;br /&gt;My feet sink low,&lt;br /&gt;As up from Earth&lt;br /&gt;I seem to grow.&lt;br /&gt;Awash with neap&lt;br /&gt;And ebb of tide,&lt;br /&gt;My mind is pulled&lt;br /&gt;And heart stretched wide.&lt;br /&gt;Through roaring silence,&lt;br /&gt;Crash of wave,&lt;br /&gt;I hear my voice&lt;br /&gt;And wailing raise&lt;br /&gt;My cries, as on&lt;br /&gt;This shore I stand.&lt;br /&gt;Full of Spirit,&lt;br /&gt;Empty of hand.&lt;br /&gt;Body weary,&lt;br /&gt;Breathless soul,&lt;br /&gt;Surrender as this&lt;br /&gt;Power rolls&lt;br /&gt;Through me, over,&lt;br /&gt;All around.&lt;br /&gt;My god, please take me&lt;br /&gt;Safe and sound&lt;br /&gt;And ease this burning&lt;br /&gt;Pain inside.&lt;br /&gt;From this ocean&lt;br /&gt;I can't hide.&lt;br /&gt;I rest my love&lt;br /&gt;That has grown thin,&lt;br /&gt;Washed out to sea&lt;br /&gt;And back again.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img 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height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-113113008048981640</id><published>2005-11-04T13:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T10:48:00.523-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Lonely Spirits</title><content type='html'>They stand like spirits, tall and stalwart against the wind, slender as a whisper, and strong. They lay scattered, tossed, as seeds from a sower's hand would fall. Yellow-brown, faded from green, bleached white again and dull with age; weathered faces atop slender necks planted in the sand. They are maidens, golden hair streaking back in the gale, grey tattered gowns flapping and whipping against their tiny frames. They hiss. Lonely spirits, they do not see around them, eyes only straight forward towards the dune that blocks the sea. They do not see the others, the army they combine to form. Could they but turn their streaming eyes from ahead, they would see beside them a million others who share their burden. Sisters, women, fragile as reeds yet iron of will. Before time they stood, guarding their shore and their sad secrets. And here they stand still, clinging to life in this all but barren landscape. If I could see the well they tap to find their strength, I would join them here in their eternal wait, plant myself beside these ghosts and turn my eyes and thoughts toward the deep that creeps close to mock and spray at their feet.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-113113008048981640?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/113113008048981640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=113113008048981640' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/113113008048981640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/113113008048981640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/11/lonely-spirits.html' title='Lonely Spirits'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-112991663273691342</id><published>2005-10-21T01:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-21T10:43:52.743-07:00</updated><title type='text'>she's got dumps like a truck</title><content type='html'>baby move your butt! sweat, check it:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="http://www.mrcomputerservices.com/DancingHippo.htm" href="javascript:ol("&gt;http://www.mrcomputerservices.com/DancingHippo.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-112991663273691342?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/112991663273691342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=112991663273691342' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112991663273691342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112991663273691342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/10/shes-got-dumps-like-truck.html' title='she&apos;s got dumps like a truck'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-112947775654259887</id><published>2005-10-16T11:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T08:49:16.543-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Morning</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wake up.&lt;br /&gt;The fish are dead, swirling, trailing white rot, circling, floating in the water, eyes dark and loose in their sockets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Coffee.&lt;br /&gt;My mouth is warm, lips hard, jaw set. I need to floss, shower, my armpits and crotch wet with night sweat and dreams…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;murder, prison, warm red oozing from slashes and gashes, sinewy yellow inside, and again rot, cold hard cinder, grey dusty blocks stacked high around, all encompassing, enclosed, blue iron, solid smooth toothpick legs block my entrance, exit, glimpses of orgasm, pleasure in brown and purple, I am cavernous, empty and full of white creamy waste, chins and fingers searching, thrusting, and I explode…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look out.&lt;br /&gt;The fan arches in perfect semi-circles, blowing and sucking, vibrating on its pedestal neck, nothing but mouth and lungs and air. Outside sirens in the drizzly cool wail and scream for the Handmaid. They are coming for her red robe. They will leave her naked, without heart and she will lie heavy and thin, waiting. She has always waited, but she has no patience. She sees all the minutes of my life rolled into a rubber band ball bouncing on dirty hardwood floors, polished by feet and paws and tears. There is no backwards, only forward, and together we wait without patience, without expectation, without hope for what comes in the afternoon. There is no comfort in routine, only restlessness, and the night brings no rescue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am beautiful.&lt;br /&gt;A blank sheet of recycled paper, wrinkled, balled up and thrown away, perfectly wasted, unnoticed in the basket.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I quake.&lt;br /&gt;Spin and land with my finger on a country whose name I can’t pronounce. I want to go there, see the people, help them, die for them, watch them yellow and fade, crispy before my eyes. The Earth ages, grows wise, and sees all. She knows what is wrong, what eats us, what kills the fish and leaves them to swell in the water. She sees us running and pushing, yelling with our eyes squeezed shut, hands pressed over ears. I wish I had two more to hold my nose and cover my mouth. Two more to press and shove and close the holes between my legs. Too many holes. Eight arms, eight hands, suffocating, keeping it all inside. Too much goes out, too much goes in. Faster and wetter because I can’t decide if it should stop or keep going. All I know is nothing. I am not helpful. I want to hurt you, especially. The wash cycle is quick and it leaves me dirty. The world is dirty and refuses to stop, keep spinning until you vomit, and then throw it away and do it all over again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don’t eat.&lt;br /&gt;Don’t sleep, get the fish out, watch them spiral and circle to the right, the rot washes off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fuck you.&lt;br /&gt;I hate this. I can’t learn and you never will. Not I, you, me, nobody. Like personalities all staring at themselves in a mirror, turn away and I am one again, just me, there is no I or you. Just me, to sit here and wait for something I doubt will ever happen. You tell me that I don’t care, but you do care and so does me. There’s nothing we can do but wait. And so we wait. In the morning wet and new, we wait for the afternoon to drive up and drop off night, home from college. We wait for this world, these people to grow up and find meaning, something, anything real, anything worth dying for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No. Know.&lt;br /&gt;No this. Know this. Know that I would shove it down your throat if I could, and watch it strangle you from the inside. I would sit and watch your eyes begging, your hands pleading. I sit and watch. I sit on my metal folding chair in the middle of the stadium and watch you fall to your knees, face purple, eyes bulging, neck cording and gasping and spasming. I sit and watch you die because you sat. You taught me to sit. I don’t know how to save you and I don’t want to learn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enough.&lt;br /&gt;The fish scream, tiny wet screams through soggy wet lips. The fish scream and then all is silent. The world stops turning and all that is left is the fish tank, full of dead cold fish, neon coral, and the drunk skeleton man stuffed under gravel and held in place by the weight of the water.&lt;br /&gt;           &lt;br /&gt;I am clean.&lt;br /&gt;I floss and pieces of food fleck out onto the mirror. I leave them there to watch what happens. Little guardians, sentinels, pieces of pizza crust, chicken nuggets clinging to the mirror. They’ve been ousted, flung, flossed, tossed recklessly from their homes into a strange sterile place. They will stay there, stuck to the mirror until cleaning day. Disinfectant, bleach, Windex and I wipe them away, flushed along with the fish, bubbling and burping until I’m finished.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A growl and I am finished.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10/11/05 eg&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-112947775654259887?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/112947775654259887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=112947775654259887' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112947775654259887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112947775654259887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/10/morning.html' title='Morning'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-112947754057195912</id><published>2005-10-16T11:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-26T14:21:47.633-07:00</updated><title type='text'>CRY</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;MY ROOT. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;DEEP GREEN MARROW, SURROUNDED BY CAKEY EARTH, DARK AND CEMENTED.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;I HEAR VOICES, DO YOU HEAR, YOU HEAR ME.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;MOUTHS LUNGE OPEN, AGAPE WITH PURPLE AND ORANGE TONGUES, HOT BREATH&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;ON MY CHEEKS.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;SWEET IS THE HEAT BEHIND MY LANGUID EYES THAT TEARS ROLL FROM,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;BROKEN FROM THE LEVEE.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-112947754057195912?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/112947754057195912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=112947754057195912' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112947754057195912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112947754057195912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/10/cry.html' title='CRY'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-112947735387134096</id><published>2005-10-16T11:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-26T14:22:24.136-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pillows</title><content type='html'>Lush citrus green and moist plump velvety purple, cool in the crisp night and welcoming me in her soft breast. The breeze dances in behind me, rustling tiny hairs, and lands with a sigh on the splash of orange pumpkin spice by my belly. My nose is lost in mountains of cloudy white, sweet smelling breath and brown locket discs that seal up your heart at a glance. I hear the rain drip.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-112947735387134096?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/112947735387134096/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=112947735387134096' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112947735387134096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112947735387134096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/10/pillows.html' title='Pillows'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-112947701346698186</id><published>2005-10-16T11:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T08:36:53.466-07:00</updated><title type='text'>(none)</title><content type='html'>All the years have faded.&lt;br /&gt;I have moved on and you've stayed.&lt;br /&gt;For all the gifts you've given&lt;br /&gt;There's not one debt that's been paid.&lt;br /&gt;You've been patient and unkind&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes cruel, often rude.&lt;br /&gt;Not one pleasure has been real.&lt;br /&gt;All this time my soul was nude.&lt;br /&gt;You've not noticed, nor I doubt&lt;br /&gt;If you even had would care.&lt;br /&gt;All the times you've been beside me&lt;br /&gt;I have never felt you there.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-112947701346698186?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/112947701346698186/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=112947701346698186' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112947701346698186'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112947701346698186'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/10/none.html' title='(none)'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-112947656597538766</id><published>2005-10-16T11:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-16T08:29:25.976-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lickmaster</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;He licks, burumph, lick lick, goes the Lickmaster.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;Smell, I smell you lick lick. Barumph, boo bar, who &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;goes there? I must know you.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;Wee little man, a doctor, quite special. The palm of my &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;hand is his belly's right prop. Warming and waiting to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;cup and bar bar! His tender paws and barumph umph brrow!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-112947656597538766?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/112947656597538766/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=112947656597538766' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112947656597538766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112947656597538766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/10/lickmaster.html' title='Lickmaster'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-112947637550046774</id><published>2005-10-16T11:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-26T14:24:53.780-07:00</updated><title type='text'>sarah rose's wine</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;a heat enters, and builds, and dwells,&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;and brings with it a hunger&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;bright lines like trains approach and crash&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;the explosion is deadly&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;glass so thin it shatters upon a word&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;a breath&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;one breath and it's gone&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;the music is carnivalesque, so carnal in its pleasure&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;just raw juices and you and me and this&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;heat that has entered and abides&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-112947637550046774?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112947637550046774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112947637550046774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/10/sarah-roses-wine.html' title='sarah rose&apos;s wine'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-112238488198347629</id><published>2005-07-26T09:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-28T12:35:40.793-07:00</updated><title type='text'>small animal friends: installment #2</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#cc33cc;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;penny, penny, quite contrary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;has a burden she can't carry&lt;br /&gt;always guarded, all claws bared&lt;br /&gt;not sure if she's bored or scared&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tuck'd under bed or coverlet&lt;br /&gt;you never know if she's upset&lt;br /&gt;hiding, plotting, then - ATTACK!&lt;br /&gt;careful not to turn her back...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;she'll come running with a purr&lt;br /&gt;begging you to stroke her fur&lt;br /&gt;intertwining through your legs&lt;br /&gt;meowing softly as she begs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but, alas, you must be wary&lt;br /&gt;i've discovered she's quite scary&lt;br /&gt;with a swipe and then a flash&lt;br /&gt;off she sprints, quick as a dash&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;leaving you with teary eyes&lt;br /&gt;and bloody scratches; but be wise&lt;br /&gt;for she's a princess in her heart&lt;br /&gt;and you'll find she's rather smart&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;penny, penny, quite contrary&lt;br /&gt;with your burden you can't carry&lt;br /&gt;let your guard down, and you'll see&lt;br /&gt;i want to love you completely&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#663366;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-112238488198347629?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/112238488198347629/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=112238488198347629' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112238488198347629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112238488198347629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/07/small-animal-friends-installment-2.html' title='small animal friends: installment #2'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-112136578620002568</id><published>2005-07-14T14:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-14T11:29:46.200-07:00</updated><title type='text'>starsucks coffee</title><content type='html'>this isn't a poem, but it's really funny all the same. check it out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://parody.organique.com/001.html"&gt;http://parody.organique.com/001.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-112136578620002568?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/112136578620002568/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=112136578620002568' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112136578620002568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112136578620002568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/07/starsucks-coffee.html' title='starsucks coffee'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-112118855746891732</id><published>2005-07-12T13:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-12T10:15:57.476-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Marshy Marshy Bog</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Glip glop sloppidy slop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Muddy bubbles blip and blop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Oh, Marshy Bog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Glip glop sloppidy sloppy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;bloppy bubbles glop and glot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;and blurpidy blop along the boggy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;bloggidy boggies marshy mop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-112118855746891732?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/112118855746891732/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=112118855746891732' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112118855746891732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112118855746891732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/07/marshy-marshy-bog.html' title='Marshy Marshy Bog'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-112076081527040243</id><published>2005-07-07T14:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-07T13:13:04.560-07:00</updated><title type='text'>interlude</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;what if we go?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;speak the unspeakable.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;it will break their hearts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;and turn mine to sweet heavy lead. again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;(i don't know if it will hold. hold!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;and my boys. i hardly-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;leave it. all that has become. became.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;drop like a dead crusty cursing fly. fly &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;away.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;mine. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;haunt me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;familiar streets as ghosts, with buildings - faces - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;and black window eyes that have seen me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;these past years. seen. and heard. and felt me driving by. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;what if all i've made has rotted?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;what if we don't make it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;what if it hurts?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;it hurts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-112076081527040243?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/112076081527040243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=112076081527040243' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112076081527040243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112076081527040243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/07/interlude.html' title='interlude'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-112005175577129342</id><published>2005-06-29T09:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-26T06:46:33.496-07:00</updated><title type='text'>small animal friends: installment #1</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;in tiny tank my four fish friends&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;live happily; like summer winds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;they flit and sway to pass their time,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;each perfect in its small design.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;there's ponch and john, with tiger stripes,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;and otis with his round mouth wipes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;the tank and cleans the plants&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;that float in underwater dance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;and summer, yellow as the sun,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;had a mate but now is one.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;they know when i approach the tank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;-my footsteps make the water shake-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;it's feeding time! that's twice a day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;excitedly they swarm and play &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;around the top where i drop in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;their flakes, and let the fun begin!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;fins ashimmer, scales aglow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;how was i to ever know&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;the great affection i now hold&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;for four fish friends with hearts of gold?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;now really, fish are kind of creepy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;so i chose mine carefully &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;and named them to make me smile.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;ponch and john? you can't ignore &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;the CHiP's, man. their huge black&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;eyes remind me of aviator sunglasses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;summer's mate was star. they were my redneck friends. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;but now summer swims alone, a sad sad tragedy, and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;star went swimming in a circle...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffcc00;"&gt;otis kicks ass, that's all. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-112005175577129342?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/112005175577129342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=112005175577129342' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112005175577129342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/112005175577129342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/06/small-animal-friends-installment-1.html' title='small animal friends: installment #1'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-111946481628068460</id><published>2005-06-22T15:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-22T12:04:45.213-07:00</updated><title type='text'>pot bellied stove</title><content type='html'>she started out quite unassuming&lt;br /&gt;with sheets, clothes, pillows, and the like.&lt;br /&gt;but as time passed she grew more comfortable&lt;br /&gt;with me, with us, and so she unloaded.&lt;br /&gt;the rocking chair i adore;&lt;br /&gt;so much character and love worn into the soft&lt;br /&gt;wooden arms and seat, the smooth buttery&lt;br /&gt;wood that holds memories on laps of laughs.&lt;br /&gt;then came the desk, tiny and tight and full of surprises.&lt;br /&gt;small cubbies in which to keep my knick-knacks and&lt;br /&gt;stationary, my little projects and papers.&lt;br /&gt;stripping it bare of the thick coats of bright paint&lt;br /&gt;i can see it still sitting in my home when i'm old,&lt;br /&gt;opening it's lid at the whim of my wrinkled hands.&lt;br /&gt;and next the decorations. supplies for every occasion;&lt;br /&gt;christmas, easter, 4th of july, halloween, thanksgiving,&lt;br /&gt;birthdays, and graduations. flags and candles,&lt;br /&gt;heirlooms, trinkets and tins for every event and some for naught,&lt;br /&gt;all in boxes and bags stored in closets and under the bed&lt;br /&gt;waiting with anticipation for the right moment to emerge&lt;br /&gt;again and adorn the normal with hints of celebration.&lt;br /&gt;and now, rumors of a pot bellied stove.&lt;br /&gt;another treasure will find it's resting place&lt;br /&gt;beneath my roof. it will witness this uncompromising&lt;br /&gt;roller coaster along side my love and i.&lt;br /&gt;it will remember the past and watch with pregnant heart&lt;br /&gt;as we fill up and float away, still sitting there in it's cast iron shell.&lt;br /&gt;i do not mind. bring them all to find a place within the&lt;br /&gt;warmth of these four walls that make my home.&lt;br /&gt;let them sit or lay as they please, and they will speak to us&lt;br /&gt;as old friends do, long gone, through images and flashes&lt;br /&gt;of memories so bright and yet so faded. and within our daily&lt;br /&gt;exchanges we will make new ones. i do not mind, for they&lt;br /&gt;come from love, and into love they shall pass.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-111946481628068460?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/111946481628068460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=111946481628068460' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/111946481628068460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/111946481628068460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/06/pot-bellied-stove.html' title='pot bellied stove'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-111522227642712453</id><published>2005-05-04T12:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-04T08:57:56.493-07:00</updated><title type='text'>regarding midgets</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;i have a query for you today;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;if a midget approached, what would you say?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;he's small and yet intimidating, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;looks as if he's almost waiting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;for you to wince or laugh or grin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;and kick him in his tiny shin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;why so affected by his plight,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;like you should shrink to meet his height?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;he's just a person, although small.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;(reminds you of a baby doll.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;no wait, that's weird, he's a grown man.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;you see the quandry now at hand?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;if approached by said wee midget&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;i'll admit, i'd fuss and fidget.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;but in the end i'd have to say&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;i'd treat him in no different way.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;a smile, a wave, one small hello&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;now that was odd, i've got to go!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-111522227642712453?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/111522227642712453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=111522227642712453' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/111522227642712453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/111522227642712453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/05/regarding-midgets.html' title='regarding midgets'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-111402374802930614</id><published>2005-04-20T15:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-20T12:02:28.030-07:00</updated><title type='text'>allergy haiku</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;"&gt;blooming, growing plants&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;"&gt;pollen in the air around&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#009900;"&gt;sneezing, snot, springtime!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-111402374802930614?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/111402374802930614/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=111402374802930614' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/111402374802930614'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/111402374802930614'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/04/allergy-haiku.html' title='allergy haiku'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-111402435610113929</id><published>2005-04-20T12:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-20T12:12:36.103-07:00</updated><title type='text'>4/20/05</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#00cccc;"&gt;take off your hat and stay awhile;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#00cccc;"&gt;i have some herb to make you smile.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#00cccc;"&gt;the greenest k.b. ever seen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#00cccc;"&gt;to make you feel like quite a queen!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#00cccc;"&gt;today's the day to celebrate-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#00cccc;"&gt;don't ignore me, this can't wait!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#00cccc;"&gt;you must sit down and take a hit;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="right"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#00cccc;"&gt;relax, get high, and enjoy it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#00cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-111402435610113929?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/111402435610113929/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=111402435610113929' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/111402435610113929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/111402435610113929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/04/42005.html' title='4/20/05'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-111340175280698809</id><published>2005-04-13T10:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-13T07:15:52.813-07:00</updated><title type='text'>un-work</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;each new morning i arise&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;to rub the darkness from my eyes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;groggily i drag myself&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;from comfy bed to bathroom shelf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;where in the mirror i half see&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;my dreams and then i half see me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;i shower, dress, and cough - awake -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;the sleep and pollen sure do make&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;my day begin as i resist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;the rising sun and clearing mist.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;off to work after swift kiss&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;this job makes me mad as piss.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;before lunch i sit and play&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;card games, poems, emails stay&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;my number one, in terms of fun,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;and then it's lunch time, time to run!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;the afternoon, my work' s begun.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;but not too much, it's more like "un"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;work. yes, that's right, i must admit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;my job is lame, i have a fit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;every time my boss says "hey".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;i want to run far far away.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;and so my question now is this:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;do your jobs make you boo and hiss?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;color:#cc6600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;color:#cc6600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(i want to see some poetic verse about your jobs &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;color:#cc6600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;and how they make you feel (happy, stressed, nauseous, etc.). &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;color:#cc6600;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;please comment in the "comments" section. thank you.)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;color:#cc6600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-111340175280698809?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/111340175280698809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=111340175280698809' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/111340175280698809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/111340175280698809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/04/un-work.html' title='un-work'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-111049221584083962</id><published>2005-03-10T17:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-10T14:03:35.843-08:00</updated><title type='text'>stream of thought: observations</title><content type='html'>a week has nearly passed us by...&lt;br /&gt;and here i sit; i ask you why?&lt;br /&gt;why indeed must i so feel&lt;br /&gt;i must go to the gym to peel&lt;br /&gt;the layers off; what layers, hey?&lt;br /&gt;i'd rather just enjoy my stay.&lt;br /&gt;i want to be the best; you know,&lt;br /&gt;life is just one big long show&lt;br /&gt;of who did what and how with who:&lt;br /&gt;i don't give a flying fuck, do you?&lt;br /&gt;the only thing i really want&lt;br /&gt;is to be truly happy, not&lt;br /&gt;most famous, not the most exciting.&lt;br /&gt;all of this is rather frightening.&lt;br /&gt;more and more i've come to learn&lt;br /&gt;sometimes i'd love to watch it burn.&lt;br /&gt;i'll go home and i'll eat dinner;&lt;br /&gt;she'll tell me that i'm a winner,&lt;br /&gt;then i'll know it's all ok,&lt;br /&gt;i've got her, i know she'll stay.&lt;br /&gt;what is it that i'm holding on to?&lt;br /&gt;on the bottom of my shoe&lt;br /&gt;there is an ideal of myself;&lt;br /&gt;i'll have to put it on the shelf&lt;br /&gt;and slowly watch it gather dust&lt;br /&gt;or wither, rot, and then grow rust.&lt;br /&gt;but in it's place i will have found&lt;br /&gt;a different plot of fresh, new ground&lt;br /&gt;for planting things and brand new passions;&lt;br /&gt;bowling, horses, singing, fashions...&lt;br /&gt;where is my identity?&lt;br /&gt;how do i know that it is me?&lt;br /&gt;this is the question i now ask,&lt;br /&gt;(i need a jack-and-coke filled flask)&lt;br /&gt;it's 5:00, it's time to go,&lt;br /&gt;i hope you've all enjoyed the show.&lt;br /&gt;to the gym i now must fly,&lt;br /&gt;i don't care, don't ask me why&lt;br /&gt;we started here, and here we'll end.&lt;br /&gt;thanks for lending your ear, friend.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-111049221584083962?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/111049221584083962/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=111049221584083962' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/111049221584083962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/111049221584083962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/03/stream-of-thought-observations.html' title='stream of thought: observations'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-110969977902970491</id><published>2005-03-01T13:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-01T09:56:19.033-08:00</updated><title type='text'>We've Moved!</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#ff6600;"&gt;downtown we've moved, to the heart of the city.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;lend me your ear and on me take pity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#ff6600;"&gt;our office has moved, i need some advice;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;how do i decorate and make it look nice?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;i've got my own office with a big open window,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;four giant walls all bare and with no show.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;my office is huge and i can't fill it up,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;i need some pictures, some flair, some fluff...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;i'm all alone, just a soul by myself&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;with big empty walls and a bare ugly shelf.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;my office mate has moved to the office next door;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;now my dumb job is really a bore!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;we will prevail and we will have fun.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;to B's&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt; adjacent office i surely will run.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;casual fridays will not be the same&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;we'll sing journey loud and we will not feel lame.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;we'll fight for our rights; we're up and we're proud!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;we want to waste time, not work, and be loud.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;but alas, our paradise has changed just a titch,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;insurance is a bore, and this is a bitch!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-110969977902970491?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/110969977902970491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=110969977902970491' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/110969977902970491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/110969977902970491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/03/weve-moved.html' title='We&apos;ve Moved!'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-110755174057444336</id><published>2005-02-04T16:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-02-04T13:16:58.233-08:00</updated><title type='text'>office chairs</title><content type='html'>new office chairs arrived today&lt;br /&gt;raise your hands and say "yay hay!"&lt;br /&gt;our backs rejoice&lt;br /&gt;my ass's choice&lt;br /&gt;these new chairs are the way&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we both assembled our new chairs&lt;br /&gt;wearing jeans and holding flares&lt;br /&gt;phones were ringing&lt;br /&gt;i was singing&lt;br /&gt;we're rid of ergonomic cares&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-110755174057444336?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/110755174057444336/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=110755174057444336' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/110755174057444336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/110755174057444336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/02/office-chairs.html' title='office chairs'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-110729236715405934</id><published>2005-02-01T16:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-02-01T13:12:47.153-08:00</updated><title type='text'>nuts</title><content type='html'>roasted, salted, sliced, and whole&lt;br /&gt;eat them out of bag or bowl&lt;br /&gt;cashews, peanuts, pecans too&lt;br /&gt;share with me, i'll share with you&lt;br /&gt;i like them natural and deluxe&lt;br /&gt;at most they'll cost you a few bucks&lt;br /&gt;mixed nuts, corn nuts, all so tasty&lt;br /&gt;but be wise and don't be hasty&lt;br /&gt;walnuts and some almond slivers&lt;br /&gt;oh so good they give me shivers&lt;br /&gt;pistachio and hazelnut&lt;br /&gt;macadamia will make the cut&lt;br /&gt;fancy, jumbo, all the same&lt;br /&gt;i love my nuts, your face is lame&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-110729236715405934?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/110729236715405934/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=110729236715405934' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/110729236715405934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/110729236715405934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/02/nuts.html' title='nuts'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-110633567967517365</id><published>2005-01-21T14:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-01-21T11:27:59.676-08:00</updated><title type='text'>to: the donut and the driver</title><content type='html'>i am sad that you can't visit.&lt;br /&gt;our soiree wont be the same.&lt;br /&gt;it's only snow, come on, get with it!&lt;br /&gt;on you i cannot place the blame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we had the guest room prepped and ready;&lt;br /&gt;clean sheets, towels, food, and wine.&lt;br /&gt;fun events and plans to party...&lt;br /&gt;we'll just do it all next time!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-110633567967517365?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/110633567967517365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=110633567967517365' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/110633567967517365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/110633567967517365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/01/to-donut-and-driver.html' title='to: the donut and the driver'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-110633414053447918</id><published>2005-01-21T14:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-01-21T11:02:20.533-08:00</updated><title type='text'>DON'T STOP BELIEVING</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;"don't stop believing!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;hold on to that feeling...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;streetlights, people...whoaa!!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;just a little tribute&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-110633414053447918?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/110633414053447918/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=110633414053447918' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/110633414053447918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/110633414053447918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/01/dont-stop-believing.html' title='DON&apos;T STOP BELIEVING'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-110608031843352805</id><published>2005-01-18T15:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-01-19T05:35:56.643-08:00</updated><title type='text'>poo</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#ff0000;"&gt;red is for the rage i feel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ff0000;"&gt;when you call me names and bite my heel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#33cc00;"&gt;green is for your nasty bogies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#33cc00;"&gt;thank allah that we're not old fogies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ff9900;"&gt;orange is my favorite fruit;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ff9900;"&gt;what rhymes with fruit except for poot?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ffff00;"&gt;my post-it notes are all quite yellow;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ffff00;"&gt;like your belly, you fat fellow!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#3366ff;"&gt;blue is for the sky so vast&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#3366ff;"&gt;like your very shady past.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#993399;"&gt;purple is because i'm gay.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#993399;"&gt;i don't care what you say.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#00cccc;"&gt;turquoise reminds me of the beach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#00cccc;"&gt;where i like to check out hotties. ha! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#00cccc;"&gt;this doesn't rhyme on purpose just to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#66ffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#00cccc;"&gt;piss you mean people off who criticize me for not writing enough.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ff6666;"&gt;pink is pretty, don't you think?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ff6666;"&gt;i am so close, so on the brink&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ff6666;"&gt;of something new and exciting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ff6666;"&gt;i need some freakin' blingin' bling!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;black is for your cold, cold heart.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;you look like poo and smell like fart.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ffcc33;"&gt;i love my ring, so gold and shiny,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ffcc33;"&gt;like your big and fat, white hiney.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ff0000;"&gt;now i must go and work work work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ff0000;"&gt;insurance sucks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ffcc33;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-110608031843352805?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/110608031843352805/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=110608031843352805' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/110608031843352805'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/110608031843352805'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/01/poo.html' title='poo'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-110513170433557075</id><published>2005-01-07T16:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-01-07T13:06:28.606-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Elite Positions</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Oh, my little Erin,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;For your humor you should be a Barron.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Work is so lame,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;If only we could play a game.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The bird that flew by was a Herron.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Today is a day of work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;I feel like a freakin' tax clerk.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;I'm working so hard,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;I'll turn into a retard.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;For that comment I'm a jerk.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;by B$&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;it's funny you say you're a retard,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;for i often wear a tight leotard.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;i stand on my toes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;and cry for my woes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc66cc;"&gt;when i should just call you a big tard!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#cc66cc;"&gt;by poet 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-110513170433557075?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/110513170433557075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=110513170433557075' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/110513170433557075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/110513170433557075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2005/01/our-elite-positions.html' title='Our Elite Positions'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-110495289476520004</id><published>2005-01-05T14:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-01-05T11:23:18.206-08:00</updated><title type='text'>ily</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;(this one's about my fiance...i'm so romantic!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;the touch of your lips&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;the sway of your hips&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;the smell of your hair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;your skin so bare&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;i love you my dear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;to you i am near&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;my heart does delight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;resting in your sight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-110495289476520004?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-110477824614977951</id><published>2005-01-03T13:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-01-03T10:50:46.150-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bogies!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;At work was I, and working hard.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;I reached in my file for letterhead.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;My hand recoiled - I had the card...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;I looked, I gasped, I'd rather be dead!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;For there on my finger, all green and hairy,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;(Oh how I wish it was covered in sugar!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;'Twas tiny, and yet, incredibly scary!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;I found sitting there a wee little booger!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-110477824614977951?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-110425288758924522</id><published>2004-12-28T12:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-12-28T09:23:13.740-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bobby</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Bobby is an enormous man. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;His neck's the size of one huge ham.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;A vest he wears, with buttons spread;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;A tiny cap rests on his head.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Oh, what a man is he!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;His legs look like two sausages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Underneath a hippopotamus.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;A cane he uses for his aid.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;It's been so long since he got laid!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Oh, what a man is he!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;His mustache is so worn and gray.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;It looks like he has lost his way&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;And sat upon a wee lil' chair&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;To spend the rest of his days there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Oh, what a man is he!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;The clothes so tight, so worn and thin,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;The triple fold of his white chin...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;How charming can one person be?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;He who always smiles at me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;Oh, what a man is he!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;color:#6600cc;"&gt;To see a picture of Bobby, go to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pennypostcards.com/mixed/mixed24.jpg.html"&gt;http://www.pennypostcards.com/mixed/mixed24.jpg.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-110425288758924522?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/110425288758924522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=110425288758924522' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/110425288758924522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/110425288758924522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/2004/12/bobby.html' title='Bobby'/><author><name>poet1</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-110332870440407464</id><published>2004-12-17T16:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-12-17T16:13:51.886-08:00</updated><title type='text'>bucket</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;think of it this way...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;you are cool and you are gay.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;bush can just shove it;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;into his but i'll shove a bucket.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;onto his head i'll put a rubber glove,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;no worries, you and dina are in love.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:85%;"&gt;by: Poet 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-110332870440407464?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/110332870440407464/comments/default' 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type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;I know a girl and I know some things,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Ping pong is full of pongs and pings,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Everyone should be happy, tell the fat lady who sings,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Erin and Dina exchanged rings!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;By: Poet 2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-110332842812921425?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-110322098667216177</id><published>2004-12-16T13:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-12-16T10:18:11.193-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Nun?</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;I have no desire to be here.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;(I'll mention again that I'm queer.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;The sun's out so bright,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Can't wait for tonight!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;We'll be at the fair, never fear!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Insurance today is not fun.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;In fact I think I should run;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Run far far away&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;And there I shall stay,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;And I may just become quite a nun.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;"A nun?" you say, "no not a nun!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Come back and we'll have lots of fun!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;We'll play rock and roll&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;And go for a stroll&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Out in the bright beautiful sun.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Ok, so I won't be a nun.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;(I'd rather shoot myself with a gun.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;My tummy is full,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Don't give me any bull.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;I love my new handbag a ton!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-110322098667216177?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://88poetryanthology.blogspot.com/feeds/110322098667216177/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9646583&amp;postID=110322098667216177' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9646583/posts/default/110322098667216177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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mold,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;I'm glad she's friends with me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bridget is funny,&lt;br /&gt;And that rhymes with bunny,&lt;br /&gt;She's floppy and hoppy and gay.&lt;br /&gt;Oh wait, that's me.&lt;br /&gt;The homo's 23,&lt;br /&gt;RRR girls rock all the way!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Today is Erin's day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Good thing she's such a gay.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;She's frinds with Bobby,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;She'll wait in a lobby,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;She's gonna give Dina a lay.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While RL's away, the girls will play.&lt;br /&gt;That's a fact you cannot deny.&lt;br /&gt;Lil' Frida agrees, and everyone sees,&lt;br /&gt;We should all just go and get high!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Oh, my darling lil' Frida.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;She's such a cutie, I need 'er.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;She should be in our office,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Her and not crawfish.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;I need soda in the amount of a liter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Erin, Erin she's our gal.&lt;br /&gt;We're all happy she's such a pal!!&lt;br /&gt;Dancer, Dancer extraordinaire,&lt;br /&gt;Her girlfriend has quite a pair!&lt;br /&gt;Happy, Happy day to you,&lt;br /&gt;Now get out of here, you smell like poo!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9646583-110322036178940679?l=88poetryanthology.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link 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src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9646583.post-110495329801647137</id><published>2004-12-10T10:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-01-05T11:28:18.016-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ode to Casual Friday</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;I'm wide awake,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;Ready for a quake,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;Alert and happy to bout'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;So why is it hard to sit still?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;Perhaps I need a pill,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;Maybe I'll go jump in a lake.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff9900;"&gt;(By: Poet 2, aka B$)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff9900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;i must admit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;i have a fit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;on fridays,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;never fear!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;wearing jeans&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;i have the means;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;i know the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;weekend's near!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;journey hour,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;hour of power,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;gets me through&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;the day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;filing, faxing,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;energy maxing,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;i'll make it,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;come what may!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#6666cc;"&gt;(by: Poet 1)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' 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