David McLansky Poems

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361.
Elaine At The Mini-Mart

Was that you at the supermarket;
Eating Pringles from your pocket,
Drinking Pepsi while on line,
Beneath the Fastfood Checkout sign?
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362.
A Riff On Diane Hines Fine Rondeau

I love a tree’s
Rich canopy
It’s leaves and branches
Shelter me
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363.
Against All Odds

I don’t waste my money on lottery tickets
The thought of winning more makes me feel sick;
For I found you when I had exhausted all my luck;
I couldn’t chance for more, not for even for a buck;
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364.
Tattoo

How could you put a dragon there
Just above your pubic hair;
That inked perfection so neatly drawn
Does not improve your pubic bone;
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365.
Anne Hathaway: On Her Famous Husband's Yearly Visit

You old baboon with pox red sores,
You mount me like your tavern whores,
Am I to swoon and faint with pleasure
That you've returned to ease your leisure;
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366.
Shakespeare In Love

To me my beauty you never shall be old,
Though Time shall scourge your fragile shield of flesh;
I balm those wounds as Time's cruel lash does scold,
And heal his welts, your loveliness refreshed;
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367.
Bangladesh (A Riff)

Everywhere I stand, I stand in water
It's wide expanse defines the border;
My country sinking into the sea,
The waters lapping at my knee;
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368.
The Cloak

The Cloak

Give to me
Your web of sorrow
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369.
Riff On Dr. Aggarwal's 'The Battered Wife.'

The pretty girl
With the battered face
Who swept the empty halls;
Her head bent low
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370.
Riff On Gajanan Mishra's Fine Poem: 'Of Human Bondage.'

The man who has a slave
Is easily debased
For who deserves the praise
When his lineage is traced?
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