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A Purple People Poem

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Retro thrusters, smokey hot, Thunder in the dim of night. Sprouting things all green and broke, Mutant brains are taking flight. Mole like beasts with huge blind eyes Push and pour from glowing holes. Corpses scream with undead cries. Gelatinous blobs expand with souls. Bodies flail in polka-dot bikinis While death rays rip through flesh and bone. Heady cyborgs sip oily martinis With metallic olives that chirp and groan. Curious apparitions haunt vampiric covens Of werewolves and werecats without revulsions. Scientists (most mad) create life in lab ovens In the midst of their monstrous id compulsions. But the worst and most horrific to face Are those poetry spouting people beaters, Cannibalistic abominations from outer space: The shunned and reviled Purple People Eaters.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016




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Date: 12/7/2016 7:19:00 PM
Nice, Tom. (Go Minnesota Vikings.) Cheers, Doug.
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Date: 9/8/2016 12:57:00 AM
Fantastic
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Tom Arnone
Date: 10/5/2016 9:09:00 AM
Thanks, Stanley! :-)
Date: 7/20/2016 10:09:00 PM
Note: The last stanza, second line says (correctly), "poetry spouting" -- the audio file (incorrectly) says, "poetry sprouting." We'll just call it an insignificant, trivial accident. See Parkinson’s Law of Triviality: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_Law_of_Triviality
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Date: 4/21/2016 12:01:00 PM
Well, I have no idea who purple people eaters are, but I find the poem to be one of your most interesting. What got you to write this? That would be one of my first questions. :) Love LINDA
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Tom Arnone
Date: 4/21/2016 1:18:00 PM
A compilation of various retro and current sci-fi/horror media; All Hallows Eve; and, of course, the horrible "Purple People Eater" song: https://youtu.be/Rx47qrH1GRs
Date: 4/20/2016 8:59:00 PM
VERY clever and seemingly a parody on humanity. I really like this. It's so cool to see a new poet that I can enjoy reading this much. I have to get offline now. Wish I could stay and see a few more of your poems!!!
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Date: 2/19/2016 8:42:00 AM
- What great poems, flowing and skillful rhyming - A unique and well done finish Tom, like it :) - Welcome to our "soup" - hugs from Norway // Anne-Lise :)
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Tom Arnone
Date: 2/19/2016 10:15:00 AM
Thanks, Anne.

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