Chris O’Carroll: Rabbit Hole Menu Specials
Snacks bade Alice, Munch me. Swig me.
Be a giant. Be a pygmy.
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Tony Peyser: Funerals
Unsure if you’re going to stay home or go?
Attending is always the right thing to do.
Bad haircut? Out of work? Put on weight?
No worries – the funeral isn’t about you.
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Terese Coe: Aging Gracefully
Whatever your manifesto,
seize the day, because Presto!
There’s nothing like the funereal
for becoming immaterial.
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Michael R. Burch: Not with a Bang
Know, at least, that you were desired
until my testosterone retired.
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Alan Millichip: Belief
They interrupt to bring some " breaking news "
Which once it's broken seems to lose its thrust;
We sit and listen to opposing views,
And struggle, wondering where to put our trust.
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Terese Coe: Bottom Line
Although it’s demoralizing
that oceans go on rising,
it twists your head and torso
that drowning’s even more so.
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Brue McGuffin: Thunder
In summer, storms with booming thunder
Blow my PM plans asunder.
I sit inside in comfort, reading
Not out in the garden weeding.
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Chris O’ Carroll: 50 Shades of No Way
Rooms painted in tones such as ecru and beige
Arouse a revulsion not much can assuage.
One hates them the way E. coli hates a phage.
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Felicia Nimue Ackerman: Explanation Creation
"It’s amazing that President Trump calls in the
National Guard and the U.S. Marines for a
demonstration in L.A. but not for an attempted
coup on Jan. 6. Can anyone explain that?"
– The New York Daily News
I'll put it simply; so can you.
His moral compass is askew.
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Michael R. Burch: Hard Men
A good man is hard to find,
which leaves the bad girls in a helluva bind.
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Steven Kent: Let's Check the Books
My publisher says I'm now selling
Both here and abroad, present tense.
Who knows, I could earn – here's no telling –
Five figures (including the cents).
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L. A. Mereoie: Lack Of Traction Or Attraction
Trains cancelled or late can be signs
Of ‘the wrong sort of leaves on the lines’
But reviews that a bad book receives
Of ‘the wrong sort of lines on the leaves’?
