donmatthewspoetry

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My head’s so jolly emptyThey call it writer’s blockDon’t want to waste what’s up there nowSo blank blank blank blank blank DM

Froggie

I am a froggie leapingSuspended in the airPaid for by the councilShowing little wear DM

How? Why?

We don’t know how it happenedWe ended up in here?We’re always so sure-footedWhy did we end up here? DM

Sensitivity Readers Hired to Rewrite Moby Dick

Moby Dick’s in troubleTrouble in rewriteSex is being axed right outAll sex in full sight Moby Dick to become Moby Gender-Neutral Biological Genital Object DM

All of us are Mortal (RIP Jeff Beck)

All of us are mortalAll of us will dieJeffrey Beck has just diedAll did say goodbye Reader, you are mortalAlso you will dieI as poet will alsoAll will say goodbye Which then got me to thinkingWhere I will go to next?If you get there before meJust let me know by text DM

Incorrect, American

You ask to use the bathroom?The bathroom to do itIncorrect, AmericanIt’s toilet on we sit Bathrooms are for bathingToilets, shit and peeIncorrect, AmericanIt’s toilet sit for thee Found it. It’s in the bathroom…… DM

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (street lunch vendor)

“Washington, D.c., In 1919. Street Lunch Vendor” There is never a timeto stop learning new things

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (chimney sweep boys)

“Chimney Sweep Boys In Victorian England.c1880s A Horrible Tale” There is never a timeto stop learning new things

Lighter

I feel we are bit lighterImagination dearI’m sure we are much lighterImagination dear Do you think we should stop and check dear?…… DM

Johnny and his Red Car

It’s nice here with my daddyIn my nice red carWatching all the passers-byPassing near and far Daddy, there’s another red car like mine…… Don MatthewsFebruary 2023