Sidi Mahtrow Poems

Save your pity for others,
Those who follow and drool
Over these few blessed ones
Who strut about and make like a fool.
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Met a lady from Nantucket
Who kept all her dreams in a bucket.
When I asked where she was going,
Said, "Away from this place, it's so boring."
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Some come to Sarasota
For the Beautiful Sunsets
The last glow in the evening
The phosphorescence in the water
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'Don't Complain, If Your Mouth Is Full.'*
Once was a farmer so bold and proud
Who in the small town, stood out in the crowd.
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On the hyena and the Mockingbird

The hyena's laugh was his last
This meal, not his best
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You sir, have a talent
In relating many a most memorable event.
Did they happen only yesterday?
Perhaps in memory they'll stay.
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Animals tame and animals feral
prowled the Dark Ages in search of a moral:
the canine was Loyal, the lion was Virile,
rabbits were Potent and gryphons were Sterile.
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See the bulbous body
Slither through the rocks
On the desert floor.
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No caps here for the intent
Is to diminish the title; time well spent,
For the laureates that abound
Are for the most part hide-bound.
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The Mad Hatter of Sacramento

There's a Town that deserves no pity,
Not far from famous Davis city;
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