Long Astor Poems

In my head, I’m in the library, at
a podium, before a microphone, looking
out into the faces of a yearning sea
of people, knowing they expect 
a little kindness but mostly, a lot of
answers from me. ...

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Dedicated to Donald Duck


You are greatly admired
By the following
The deplorables

Kellyanne Conway
   She will con you all the way!
Adolph Hitler
Joseph Stalin
Mussolini
Sarah Palin
Pol Pot
Vladimir Putin
Saudi Royals
Palestinian boils
Tayyip Erdogan
Rudy Giuliani
Mike Pence
Chris Christie
Fran Drescher
Denis Rodman
Jesse Ventura
Astor Mark...

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"Snapdragons and Dandy Lions - Part 2"


The day was cooling down 
pressing itself close into
the amythest and musk pink early eve
as the eggshell pale blue sky rolled over into 
Astor Purple to get ready for...

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She wore an Armour over her dress
to go on and fight in the face of death
Joan of Arc is the name of the girl
that died at an age of nineteen years old
For the chance to...

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Titanic Traveler

I’ve a job on the mighty Titanic
Rearranging the deck chairs each day
If I put them where rich people want them
I understand, they’ll gladly pay
And then I met John Jacob Astor
As he was descending the...

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Home, James

By Elton Camp

The usual hallmark of the one percent
Is that by chauffeured limo they went

If Astor, Rockefeller or Vanderbilt
You knew they were loaded to the hilt

When they were ready to leave the scene
They loaded...

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Monday Morning 
When I opened the kitchen door the fridge
had an attack of the shakes then feel into
dejected stillness which bayed in my ears.
To break this force of nothingness I spoke
and sounded like a wounded...

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(A hullabaloo in hotel Astor)


                          My wife was flat-chested I...

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