Brief Poems

1.28

To say Acerra stinks of day-old booze is wrong!
Each drink is freshened all night long!

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1.47

Diaulus was a physician;
now he’s a mortician.
The undertaking’s the same –
it just has a new name.

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2.20

Paul is reciting poems he buys.
At least he doesn’t plagiarize.

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3.18

Dear Max:

Your reading opened with a whine
about your laryngitis,
but since your alibi was fine
why reread on and incite us.

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3.79

Sex with Sertorius is anticlimactic;
rapid withdrawal is his typical tactic.

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8.35

Since you both share the same approach to life
(a lousy husband and a lousy wife),
I am bewildered it
is not a better fit.

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10.43

Your seventh wife, Phil, is buried in your field.
Nobody gets from land, Phil, that kind of yield.

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11.97

Dear Telesilla,

Four times in one night is what I can do.
Damn! Once in four years is plenty with you.