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Twitpoems

By Allen Taylor
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May 2009 was a different kind of month. A busy month. For starters, it's themonth high school students graduate and move on to become adults Godhelp us all. My wife and I flew to Texas at the end of the month to attend heryoungest daughter's graduation so we were out of pocket and out of ourminds for four days.

But Twitter decided to get a little tough on duplicate tweets. Right in themiddle of my migration from my personal account (@Allen_Taylor) to mynew branded account (@WorldClassPoetry), they started to reject poemsthat were being published under both accounts. I was planning to stopposting them to the personal account at the end of the month. I had startedpublishing them at the WCP account in the middle of the month, but I had tostop publishing as Allen Taylor and complete the migration early.

To top it off, the folks at Twitter also decided to stop letting me post the

same message multiple times in one day. So the three-a-day tweets stoppedand I began posting only once a day. In the hustle and bustle of all of this Imanaged to skip a day somewhere even though I tweeted a poem everyday. So you've only got 30 poems here, not 31. I hope you enjoy them.

Allen Tayloraka @WorldClassPoethttp://twitter.com/WorldClassPoet
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#1

May Day, May DayIs a hey dayfor hearsay

#2

She said my love for her was sweet as

Dung, beetled and hunglike a sock out to dry

She made meCry.

#3

A loss of wagesequals agesof lack

I hear the sagesspeak of stagesand smack

It's their tackto packmove like invasive phages

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#4

Whistled and tetheredI am gluedto the bonds of my youth

Weathered and thistledI've been imbuedwith the pleasure of vermouth

#5

There was a boy who did manly thingsAnd a man who did boyish stuffTogether they did quite a bunchToo bad it wasn't enough

#6

Little bitty Nathen is a peckerwilly johnhe eats fried chicken with his little breeches on

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#7

tuftstuffedmuffedluft-

waffegaffelaughstaff-

edfed

ledbed

lamslamshamdam

nation

#8

Monster eats Muenster cheeseHe's a minstrel from WestminsterLost his thumb in ThiesSpun a thing with a spinsterin Leeds

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#9

Mi madreis a bawdrydancer down in the Padre sun

I asked her whyshe likes to lienaked;

she said"Because I'm your Mum"

#10

I took flightjust last nightwith a few masturbatory geese

We all flew southwith open mouthsand lost worldwide peace

#11

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r!s?tuvw:x;y,z).

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#12

Lunch and lapidaries are cutfrom the same rock.Never run with brokers, chefs or dealers in gems,they hardly take stockin bread

#13

He likes baths and bed time bottleshe knows they're filled with love;thrives on kisses that cottletho there be no rub-a-dub-dub

#14

I'm parsedwith my hand on the pulse of the nationcutting off its circulation.

#15

We don't treat disposable pets,

said the vet.

He was trashed;I got pissed.

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#16

She called me a moron;More on than off.Truth be told,I'd rather get off than on.

More on that later.I'm off to deflate 'er.

#17

She said she loves meI s'pose she does

When I asked her to hitch meShe put on gloves

Hooked me to a pickupLeft me with my

#18

It's your birthdaywell, you say

just for the record

may it be a day

that brings joy and good thingsyours and my way

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#19

I remember you when you were youngSmiles and dapper bridgesacross your teeth;let life unsheatheyour mettleI'm here

#20She said half past this is where it's atI said no such thing as this or that;It's all that or thisNot that, she said, kiss this

#21

Screaming Eagles are eagerto play;

But not today,the rain washesthoughts away.

#22She's a flirtShe means no harmDespite the factI lost my armTrying to get in touchShe's just too much

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#23

Love never leavesLeaves seldom loveBut those are lovely leaves indeedAnd you, my dear, are a lovely, leaveless breed

#24

Let's firm it upConfirmed

We are not infirmBut informed

We'll form a new teamThat's conformed

Ferments new winesAnd dines

#25

It's just a memory, she saidA jamboree, he said

Better than webcam, she saidLike leg o' lamb, he said

Not tonight, she said

#26

Pretzels are cutePixies are muteDown the chuteTo meet the gluteWhat a fruit!

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#27

There's more to life than birth and deathlots of sleep, short of breath

For most of us, that's enoughEven then we huff and puff

#28

Runner's calves and boxer's glovesThat's why I fell in loveShe made me do it, that's no lieIf I'd refused, she'd made me cry

#29

Baby Red has no teethTo me he gladly did bequeathHis little smile that glows so brightAnd the stinky mess he makes at night

#30

Lil rambunctious

is so scrumptiouseating his pudd'n pie

Bigger now, growing tooGrown plumb out of shoesand didn't even try

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