No Jellyfish Dancing Rain

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tattoo down your spine
every vertebrae is green
quite an adjustment

if you want pain
just go to the chiropractor
masochistic spine

” remember the entertainment
you got last night ”
taps me on shoulder

remember too well
not haiku entertainment
dancing rain

looks like a lobster
are my sunglasses red tint
well done on both sides

go inside mr.
pool will not stop sun’s rays
not even three bells

elephant flotation device
pretzels in your fingers
flapping arms

boy can’t quit singing
all fall down to his sister
he’s four and she’s five

someone killed ten thousand bees
will life end as we know it
down the road

expects more to die
obviously his HOA
lawsuit against

italian ice
” twenty dollars in my pocket ”
blue tongue finally

missy asked me
if i was writing poetry
she would love a book

not a bad idea
tourists from everywhere
ten copies every week

i jump off the tram
” woah where are you going ”
to live with my ducklings

point at cigarette
always chose flight over switch
she said oh i’ll walk

she would rather walk
than put out cigarette
lightning all around

that’s a good reason
to sue RJR right there
addictive con men

know it’s illegal
smoking on transportation
was better to run

just as bad as her
rather get hit by lightning
poor oxygen- less soul

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(sixth poem in three days
about horrors of smoking
ruin your lungs and life

living in paradise
horror of tobacco
fight you til you die)

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Camelflaged & other pairings


when camel camouflages
himself against sand
master cannot see.

lethargic camel
devising way to rest
in dictionary.

“send your camel to bed”
he’s not a “belly dancer”
or prancer.

it’s midnight do you
know where your camel is
wrapping hanukkah gift.


grandmother chased
uncle around the table
sweet potato pie.

daddy could eat
twenty potato pancakes
she counted one day.


excuse me can you
please stop a minute so i
can read your tattoo .

why do people have
writing across their neck
tiny lettering .