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Pep Talks and Promises (a found poem)

19 Friday May 2017

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Pep Talks and Promises:
(an alphabetized conversation between Hall’s cough drop wrappers and Dove chocolate wrappers)

Be unstoppable.                                  Be fearless.
Buckle down and push forth.       Believe in love at first sight, just in case!
Conquer today.           Break the mold, be extraordinary!
Don’t try harder. Do harder!        Close your eyes and relax.
Don’t waste a precious minute.             Decorate your life.
Dust off and get up.                   Do all things with love.
Elicit a few “wows” today.           Even small celebrations deserve a dance.
Fire up those engines!                      Feel the sun on your face.
Flex your “can do” muscle.          Forget the rules and play by your heart.
Get back in the game.                 Get a good night’s sleep.
Get back in there, champ!                    Indulge your sense of amusement.
Go for it.              It’s definitely a bubble bath day.
Inspire envy.                                It’s OK to not do it all.
It’s yours for the taking.              Laugh, laugh, and laugh some more.
Let’s hear your battle cry.            Listen to your heart and dance.
March forward!               Live in the present, forgive your past.
Nothing you can’t handle.                Live your dreams.
Power through!                        Lose yourself in a moment.
Push on!                      Love like there is no tomorrow.
Put a little strut in it.                          Send your best friend flowers.
Put your game face on.                 Simply be, rather than do, for a moment.
Seize the day.              Sing along with the elevator music.
Take charge and mean it.            Someone is thinking of you right now.
Tough is your middle name.              Take time out for a catnap.
Turn “can do” into “can did!”           Think of every day as a Sunday.
You can do it and you know it.           Think without boundaries.
You’ve survived tougher.                                 You make everything lovely.

Guy (a found poem)

10 Monday Mar 2014

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(a found poem: Henry’s description, verbatim, of what he’d just noticed out our window)

Guy

There was a young man crossing Excelsior from
east to west, and he was—first, he was in a
t-shirt and shorts in this weather; then, he was
limping, so that, I don’t know if he had a cast
on his foot or sprained or something, and, then,
he was carrying a large bag of ice. Um, so he’s
obviously going to a party to get drunk. So you
had a whole little story just in watching this guy
cross the street. It’s a story I know well from just
having finished grading their personal narrative
essays in composition, so I really was in that
world, for hours and hours, yesterday.

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You Need to Know This (a found poem)

18 Monday Nov 2013

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You Need to Know This (a found poem)

Enlarge your pole with wonder pills
Cumming has never been stronger
Your package is set to grow
Your love tool is set to thrill
Nothing beats a huge stick
You need to know this

Disappointed at your lack of performance?
Stop being a nervous wreck
Don’t embarrass yourself in bed again
Get the manhood you’ve always desired
Big self-esteem makes her crazy
Be the master of the bed

Get huge and scare off the competition
Scare people with your tool today
Rectify your manhood issues easily
Impress all in the locker room
Power pack your tool in your pants
Size DOES matter

Smell sweeter below the belt
Evoke your girl’s delight
Make her the queen of the world
Stop leaving your partner dissatisfied
Give her the best of you
Have the pecker of her dreams

She will surely pounce on you
She will not be able to resist
She will want MORE of you
Hitting her g-spot everytime
Make her come again and again
Never let her down again

Attract the RIGHT girls with wonder pills
Your erection will become huge
So hard you can break an egg
Every cunt is tight after having that size
Hear ladies scream in bed
Leave a lasting impression

Rock her hard on your first date
Turn her into a pleasure machine
Give her more of your love rod
Give her what she deserves
She’ll swallow if you take this
Because she wants it

This is totally unbelievable
Certified by doctors
Fantastic results for length and girth
Why waste any more time
This is not a myth
You need to know this

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