Ted Sheridan Poems

Note to Al Qaeda and all you Wannabes:

If you want me then come and get me
But be forewarned you godless bastards...
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I am nearing the end of my life cycle
each day the Rigor Mortis seeps in deeper
from my loss of spine and conviction to my principles....
I have become a coward...afraid to move
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This is for you...who called me a dreamer
if I thought for one minute I could shut your mouth....
How dare you tell me to shove it up my ass...
I'm not the name caller here....it's you
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as long as she doesn't think about it
it never happened
and if it did
it never mattered....
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Last Tuesday afternoon
when you stood outside the Catholic school
waiting for the young girls short skirts to catch a breeze
and blow you....into Friday's confessional...
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I can sum up my life in a hundred words or less....
I don't like ketchup on hotdogs...mustard and onions only
and that goes for burgers too....
Unless forced by necessity I never drink light beer...
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I want to have a big party
Invite 1 million or more Americans
To all meet at the borderline
And then we immigrate into Mexico....
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I was up all hours last night
insomniac that am
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You do not
confuse me
you only confound
the issues.
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She places a strategic
well placed kiss
on the back of my neck
injecting me with
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