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Lonnie
Jan 12, 2010 ⭐ View statistics (Premium feature)

Neurotic Nonsense

When jack the Ripper starts to laugh
I feel that it is time
for me to calmly photograph
my daily nursery rhyme

Pounding nails into my cheese
I know there's naught to fear
but screaming loudly as I please
and pissing in my beer

When Springtime comes with lots of snow
I'll dress in Tupperware
and travel where I should not go
breathing deep of shallow air

I'll pet the baby,  kiss a frog,
and fiddle with a crab
make a stew from road-kill dog
and eat it off a slab

tell Humpty-Dumpty not to fart
he's sure to break a leg
or maybe he'll fall all apart
since he's just an egg

I'll leave you now with this advice
don't walk when you should run
never skate on melting ice
or wipe before you're done

C.  Lon  R.  Bruso

— Lonnie, Jan 12, 2010

About the Author

Region, Country: New England, originally, now, Macon, N.C., USA

Favorite Poets: Poe, Frost, Bob Dylan

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Lonnie

16 years 4 months ago

Thanks, Indi

Glad you dropped by to read and comment, always good to hear from someone new for a change! I'm also happy you enjoyed the poem!
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Lonnie

16 years 4 months ago

Many thanks, Anna!

Don't strain that botox too much, though! HEHE!!! Seriously, glad you liked this little attempt at humor!
docmaverick

docmaverick

16 years 5 months ago

Lonnie....

...this is the "lighter side" of, Lonnie ! Seriously, I knew ye were wet with a sense of humor...but, ee-gads and little fishes ! Man, you've parloured yourself in the land of levity ! I DID enjoy reading this, romp. "Write on"! sincerely, #{:-{)}8==== docmaverick.
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Lonnie

16 years 4 months ago

Thank you, doc!

Good to see you drop by and comment! I need to go and see what you have come up with lately also! Thanks again for the kind words!
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poewriter58

16 years 5 months ago

Lon

Still do not care for those two lines. People are beginning to see what I see Me
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Lonnie

16 years 4 months ago

Thank you, Dear!

I will fix it just for you! (then maybe I'll get at least four stars!) HEEHEE!!!!
ifoundaplace

ifoundaplace

16 years 5 months ago

hehe Lonnie..

Haha this is quite the poem you came up with her. I like it. I never read poems like these, it was a great read. Good Job with the humour. Dani :)
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Lonnie

16 years 4 months ago

Thank you, Dani !!

I'm pleased you stopped by to read this and leave a kind word or two! Also, I'm glad it gave you a smile!
weirdelf

weirdelf

16 years 5 months ago

ah, there is a deep dark side to this frivolity,

as hilarious as the ending is I think you could punch home the dark side, but that's just me. Cheers, Jess, reprehensibly irrepressible [my new avatar is my skin with tattoo, kookaburra dive bombing with lit TNT in beak]
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Lonnie

16 years 4 months ago

Thanks, Elf!

Perhaps it could go a bit darker, will have to mull that over! I do appreciate you stopping by to read and critique, as always!
infinite_dwarf

infinite_dwarf

16 years 4 months ago

I want what you're smoking....

Those last two lines are absolute classic. I'm liking the change of scenery! ~Jess K. ----------------------- "If your rear end looks like two full grown raccoons wrestling in a fifty-pound bag of feed corn, say 'no' to Spandex!" - Jeff Foxworthy
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magics02

16 years 4 months ago

What is in that chili Lonnie??

I love it my friend and now sit here and wonder just what did you put in the chili the other day? LOL I know alot of beans it seems....lol Ms Mona
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Lonnie

16 years 4 months ago

Thank you, Mona!

Nothing unusual in the Chili, unless most people DON'T use Peyote in theirs! LOL, just kidding! Anyways, glad you liked the poem!
Rett

Rett

16 years 4 months ago

*LOL* I love it Lonnie!

As far as roadkill goes, Trolley sliced collie isn't too bad. Of course flat cats, in singles or stacks make a good breakfast. Bumper Boudin isn't too bad as long as not to many June bugs are mixed in. Tend to make it a bit too crunchy. Loved the write man! Respectfully, Rett: “Anyone who sacrifices liberty for security deserves neither.” Benjamin Franklin
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Lonnie

16 years 4 months ago

HAHA!!! Thanks, Rett!

This was another fun one to write! Thanks for stopping by and giving a kind word, and I'm glad you got a chuckle or two!
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poewriter58

16 years 4 months ago

Lon

Much better , but I don't know by how much what was Rett up there smoking
Rett

Rett

16 years 4 months ago

shhh

I'll never tell. *G* Respectfully, Rett: “Anyone who sacrifices liberty for security deserves neither.” Benjamin Franklin
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R.M.Shanmugam

16 years 4 months ago

don’t walk when you should

don’t walk when you should run never skate on melting ice fine lines. shan
Nordic cloud

Nordic cloud

16 years 4 months ago

Rip Van Winkle of a romp in

Rip Van Winkle of a romp in the absurdity of nursery rhymes and good fun you were smiling like a child with a new toy when you wrote this one Lonnie, weren't you? Great fun. Yours Ann of Norway.
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Lonnie

16 years 4 months ago

Thanks loads, Ann!

Yeah, this was a fun write, I do admit! Every once in a while I have to let the Badger loose, so to speak!

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