Desert Stargazer's Poetry

You love the fame of fifteen minutes
from Andy Warhols mind
you search all your life
for the perfect cave
a stage that you might find
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Some days you will have it
and some days you will not
so plan for other things
Do not leap from a high rise ledge
just see what tomorrow brings
If you get a little borderline
sit back and enjoy the show
remember you can't be totally crazy
for there is no place to go
C February 9 2005 Desert Stargazer
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Chuckle Buddy

I had a friend awhile ago
who made be laugh all day
I doubled over and shed some tears
and he just called it "play"

I cannot quite get over him
despite the fact he's dead
he left on me a perma-smile
they call me "Chuckle Head"
C February 10 2005 Stargazer

 

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The Sycamore told me I was free to go​

altho my heart was broken​

The neon clock was moving on​

my past had just been spoken​

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My memories of you sweet man​

have failed to go away​

sometimes you were eclipsed awhile​

but never would I stay​

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I could not share my heart with them​

altho I often tried​

I feared that you'd forget me​

or figure I had died​

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And now I hope to find you​

no matter how you have fared​

will you see me as a delightful treat​

or feel a wee bit scared ?​

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If you belong to another​

then I will belong to the stars​

we can be reincarnated perhaps​

and meet again on Mars​

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C February 17 2005 Desert Stargazer​

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I really began to adore the girl​

in nineteen fifty four​

she grew upon my senses​

and of course I wanted more​

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I wrapped my arms around her waist​

and then declared my love​

but her heart was wild ​

and somewhat free​

like a solitary dove​

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I bought a diamond collar​

and a lovely leash for her​

and a silver horsie saddle​

with a jingle bobbing spur​

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And still she never loved me​

altho I tried so hard​

I killed that silly ingrate​

one night in my front yard​

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My coffee cup is getting cold​

my pillows have been fluffed​

I long to share my java​

my darling has been stuffed​

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C February 17 2005 Desert Stargazer​

 

The ticket man had all he needed​

from many kinds of people greeted​

the bad news came ​

at the worst time of all​

the hard things happened to him in the Fall​

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The theatre was a grand but simple place​

the ladies room had flowers and lace​

he'd worked there forever and ever it seems​

where people escaped to celluloid dreams​

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Where the curtains parted before each show​

and the candy counter continued to glow​

cartoons and previews greeted the crowd​

from tiny tots to the well-endowed​

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Ushers led people from seat to seat​

while our ticket taker continued to greet​

popcorn wafted all thru the air​

don't sit behind the biggest of hair​

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This was a perfect Zagnut bar​

as people gawked at the movie star​

our ticket taker recieved the news​

he felt his knees shake into his shoes​

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The theatre would be closed and levelled soon​

the ticket man peered at the moon​

he thought this news was just a joke​

so he walked outside to have a smoke​

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The world was changing and much too fast​

this movie house should last and last​

he went back in to double check​

by intermission his nerves a wreck​

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"What will I do ? where will I go ?​

this place IS me...we live to show"​

he closed the door when everyone left​

he stared at the screen​

he was bereft​

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He walked down the aisle in deepest hurtin'​

his shaky hand caressed the curtain​

he'd worked so hard for 40 years​

the curtains now would dab his tears​

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His final paycheck would come on Friday​

he decided "Time to die day"​

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They found him hunkered in his seat​

with 3-D glasses on his feet​

the popcorn rested in his lap​

he seemed at peace​

and "took a nap"​

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But he was "dead alright" the coroner said​

they carried him out like heavy lead​

but the truth be told at 3 AM​

Frankenstein had called him "FRIEND"!​

his arms reached out at 3:11​

he took our man to Movie Heaven​

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C August 30 2004 Stargazer​

 

All the boys wanted to dance with her​

and some of the girls were jealous​

Jamie had a secret way​

to turn on all the fellas​

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With her pony tail hanging right to her hips​

she waltzed about on the floor​

her thick dark lashes mesmerized​

the fools just asked for more​

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Her fuzzy sweater silhouetted her charms​

she had always showcased proudly​

peevish chicks with flaccid profiles​

often grumbled loudly​

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Randy Hot Rod Greaser Boy​

cornered Jamie by the bar​

he chewed his cinnamon toothpick and said​

"Hey I know what you are"​

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Jamie shifted nervously​

then whispered in his ear​

"Maybe we can talk this whole thing over​

let's get away from here"​

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The bartender wasn't at his station​

so Randy cold cocked this lovely lass​

he tossed her over his shoulder​

and gripped her by the ass​

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Jamie awoke in the back seat​

and stared at Randys neck​

he had crossed the line this time​

so she figured "What the heck ?"​

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She strangled him with her pony tail​

and they plunged into the lake​

Jamie hoped they never found this jerk​

it was more than she could take​

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When Jamies clothes and hair were dry​

she walked on back to the party​

she resumed her place on the dance floor​

this trannie was a smarty​

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C August 17 2004 Stargazer​

 

Eddie Barker stole a puppy
from a pet shop late one night
Johnny Cliffton saw what he did
'cuz he was parked there by the light
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Eddie gave Johnny the bird finger
and shifted his toothpick aside
Johnny felt his anger increase
old Eddie was in for a ride
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Eddie stuck the puppy
undereath his shirt
Johnny sipped his vanilla coke
"This time you're gonna hurt"
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Eddie headed for the mountain curves
to shake Johhny off his tail
but Donny Jones drove ahead of him
with the pace of a frozen snail
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"Screw you Donnie" Eddie bellowed
and went around him fast
"Get some Ovaltine you old grey coot
and maybe you will last"
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Johnny then tooted to Donny
and gave him the "Thumbs up" sign
Donny moved over to let John pass
they were headed for the mine !
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Eddie heard the puppy whine
and threw him from the car
the critter landed on Johnnys windshield
and thanked his lucky star
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Johnny reached out and grabbed the pup
then placed it under his shirt
his opinion of Eddie was different now
this guy was lower than dirt
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Eddie blew a tire out
and drove up to the mine
the flubbing tire and Eddies grimace
suited Johnny fine
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"Come on Johnny" Eddie puffed
as he strutted like a rooster
that challenge to Johnnys integrity
served him like a booster
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Johnny left the pup in his front seat
covered with his sweater
then he got out from the car
to see Eddies cockiness better
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Eddie led Johnny to the open shaft
and challenged a game of "chicken"
Johnny never feared any heights
and Eddie needed a lickin'
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Johnny jumped first
and made it across
and dropped a rock for effect
they never heard the rock hit bottom
so what could they expect?
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Eddie puffed his chest up
and revved up for a run
but just before he took the leap
the puppy had some fun
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He made the sweater jump around
'cos his head was caught in the sleeve
Eddie fell backwards into the shaft
it was time for him to leave
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C September 6 2004 Stargazer
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The flight had seemed so normal​

and nothing was amiss​

she remembered her dead lover Jacky ​

and his final parting kiss​

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Her life was now quite empty​

as clouds hovered near the plane​

she hurt so deeply at the thought​

she'd never see him again​

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Smoke began to pour from the engine​

and her heart increased its pound​

the wing dipped like a see saw​

as her eyes focused on the ground​

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There was no point in looking away​

she saw Death face to face​

when metal hit the ground that day​

she ran the human's race​

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C September 21 2004 Stargazer​

 

Oh how I hated High School​

or any school for that matter​

stuff that came after first grade​

was just a lot of chatter​

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All that mindless competition​

and journeys thru the halls​

to see who had the biggest hair​

or things from shopping malls​

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I glanced up from my book bags​

to see a poodle skirt​

Mary's poodle was bigger than mine​

I felt a word of hurt !​

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The boy I had a crush on​

loved another girl​

she wore those pale pink blouses​

her hair had better curl​

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I often wanted to kill myself​

and jump right off a bridge​

but more often than not I pondered​

what was in the fridge​

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I never graduated​

it seemed a waste of time​

I picked up pen and paper​

and turned to a life of rhyme​

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C February 20 2005 Desert Stargazer​

 

Drag Race


Hot Rod Bodeen
was kinda mean
he wanted to have
the beauty queen

His acelerator stuck
and he lost his spleen
so much so much
for young Bodeen

Hot Rod Mulgrew
got sick on stew
his bellicose
let out a moo
it let him down
so he left town
so much for Young Mulgrew

Hot Rod Earl
obtained the girl
she sat and played with
his forehead curl

she gave his car
a buffing twirl
in time she made
his flag unfurl

So Much So Much for Hot Rod Earl

C September 5 2004 Stargazer

 

Caught a bunch of pesky gnats
caught 'em in a jar
sealed up tight with no way out
they can't get very far
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But as they died
neutrinos came
and bounced around a leg
the souls were whisked
right out to space
they didn't have to beg
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So off to planet Gnat-o
they'll trap us in a jar
neutrinos will fetch us up in time
and take us to a star
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C September 5 2004 Stargazer
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Awake at dawn to a pouring rain
coming down my gutter drain
"an ordinary morn"
(I thought)
the day before
had just been fought
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The memories I had stored inside
placed my mind on "fast collide"
I thought I knew where I was going
my lack of perfect bliss was showing
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The doorbell rang
and I clamored down
ginger steps and flannel gown
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The policeman told me you were dead
shattered limbs and broken head
someone ran you off the road
while gearing up
in drunken mode
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You were buried dressed in blue
somehow I was buried too
I'll make some coffee and warm your cup
and then one night
I'll dig you up
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They'll put me away for doing that
a Necromatic Crazy Cat
you'll dig back out and file my bars
and then we'll be "The Dead Beat Stars"
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C February 21 2005 Stargazer

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Johnny Ratchet sat out front​

on four wheels or maybe two ​

there wasn't anything ​

of a mechanical nature ​

that Johnny couldn't do ​

He lived in a tiny town ​

beside the railroad crossing ​

he was independently employed ​

he never took to bossing ​

He had an eye for the ladies​

and loved them as much as his truck​

Then one night our hero Johnny ​

plum ran out of luck​

He drove upon the train tracks ​

beneath a pale full moon​

Johnny's truck engine decided to stall​

he felt just like a goon​

He pushed the truck with all his might​

but Murphys Law won out​

Johnny's heel was caught somehow​

and he gave an awful shout​

"Oh dammit I'm a dead man" he bellowed​

(then he was sliced in two)​

Johnny never gave in to adversity​

here's what he would do :​

When his soul hovered by the high beams ​

he kissed his truck on the hood​

despite the fact he had no lips​

he saw that it was good​

The truck survived as a jalopy​

and every moonlit night​

Johnny's soul peered from the headlights​

and gave the girls a fright​

Johnny Ratchet...haunts this place​

this quiet little town​

his eyes are big as saucers​

nice and bright and round ​

C. July 2 2003 Desert Stargazer​

 

Mr. Cool

I thought that you
were Mr. Cool
way back when
so young in school

The moment I
laid eyes on you
I was hooked
what could I do ?

Silly girl
on a yellow bus
full of nerves
and neurotic fuss

Asked you out
to a small-time dance
figured I
should take that chance

Petrified and excited too
what's a programmed girl to do ?

I hated school if you must know
but I went for you
so I had to go

I lost touch and travelled away
but we met up another day

You were married
and I was confused
but now I'm blue
and not amused

The search goes on
for Mr.Cool
by a Lovesick Poet Fool

C February 23 2005 Stargazer

 

Hey there pretty girl​

sitting in your chair​

ooh now pretty girl​

playing with your hair​

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I watch you lift your night gown​

and wield the powder puff​

please go back to the curly parts​

I just can't get enough​

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Lean forward on your elbows​

and gaze into the mirror​

I want you to be my woman​

that part is getting clearer​

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Tomorrow I will follow you​

to your meager little job​

but I know you'll view me surely​

as a Bubble Bellied Slob​

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I'll find you in the parking lot​

and then our eyes will meet​

then you'll end up back in my trailer​

and yes won't that be sweet ?​

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It will be fun to see you squirm​

as I give my shirt a twirl​

trust me Pretty Pretty Thing​

I'm not a dirty girl​

C. February 22 2005 Stargazer​

 

Swinger
She bought a swing
and hung it outside
plunked down her ass
and took a ride
back and forth
she swung all day
Little Peggidy
had to play
C February 23 2005
Stargazer

 

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Robert was a rubberneck
he "craned" to see a mess
the mangled twisted wreckage
was what he loved the best
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He never liked to see anyone hurting
but Robert (in fine fettle)
focused like a maniac
on the shiny jagged metal
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"Mr. Robert" bought a telephoto camera
and parked just down the shoulder
the policemen whisked him far away
so Robert grew much bolder
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He climbed upon the bumpy hood
of his old jalopy car
his pix of twisted metal
would make old Bob a star
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He waited for the sunlight
to glint upon the wreck
Bob...despite his increasing age...
was still a rubberneck
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When the action slowed down a bit
he focused on the survivors
they often became the curios
of rubbernecky drivers
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A lady smoking a cigarette
peered toward an injured head
I wonder if old Bob would
snap her puffing
even if she's dead
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So Bob wrapped up his photo shoot
and scooted on down the road
He spied a tiny truck stop called
"The Lonesome Horney Toad"
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He goes to use the restroom
and right there on the door
the sign said "No more rubbernecks"
and Bob fainted on the floor !
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When he came to
a crowd had gathered
and pretty as you please
Bob was facing the cameras
of a group of Japanese
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C. July 6 2003
Del Norte Colorado Stargazer
Revised Feb 25 2005
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just woke up and find myself tuning into the continuing saga of desert stargazer. desert, i seem to recall having read 'one' of your poems awhile back. entitled kit kat kitchen. it was allright. you're right up there with at least a gazillion other self published poets. good for you. with over seven hundred poems inserted on over four sites, (if i remember correctly) i'd say you literally have the world glued to their monitor. ever consider publishing a real book of writing. some words that come to mind when i read your stuff, and as i said i did only read 'one', are arrogance, self-centeredness, rude....you get what i mean. of course those are based on your attitude and not your writing, as i had only read 'one'. so there you go desert. negativity begets negativity.

 

Thanks to all of you who truly enjoyed my poems ! You are right cujo, I do need to move up, and get away from blow holes like you. All my best to the rest of you....without the foam around your muzzles.

 

Always remember that no one holds a gun to your head, forcing you to read anything, nor do they get you into a piledriver, a full, or a half nelson.