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Friday, September 17, 2021

poem 10,000

by dog e relaford



i have a billion poems
buzzing inside my head
and i think a couple of them
before i go to bed

a beautiful princess stands at a window
in a gown of purest white
a deadly assassin walks alone
through the darkest night

a homicide detective
sips a cup of coffee
a whirling planet says
please get off me

the last person on earth
finds a billion dollar bill
if genghis won’t do it
khan will

johnny put his hat on
to go to the fair
but after he shot the sheriff
nobody was there

the pope walks into a bar
with a flower in his hair
delilah says to samson
don’t be scared

abe lincoln picked a flower
to adorn his buttonhole
he remembered to buy a pack of gum
but not to save his soul

noah stands on the corner
waiting to place a bet
suddenly the rain comes down
and he gets wet

pick a number, any number
and close your eyes real tight
count to a trillion and open them
everything will be all right



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