Nibble on the last pistachio in my packet
Freshly-baked sweet potato in its jacket
Don’t frown go to town get down and snack it
If you leave it you know you're gonna lack it
Lick it flick it pick it up and whack it
Tease it torture it whip it and rack it
Pull it out put it back tuck it in and pack it
Make me a Burger Queen go down and Big Mac it
Port arms fix bayonets forward march attack it
Odds-on favourite money down back it
You don’t need to nail it only need to tack it
Hire it fire it take it back and sack it
Lennon & McCartney and Burt Bacharach it
Nick-nack bric-a-brac Mick and Paddywhack it
Musique non-stop boing boum tschack it
Love-a-duck hate-a-drake quick quaec quack it
Pitch it catch it bash it with a racket
Smother it blether it yodel it and yack it
Hill-betty southern belle Zeke Zeb Zak it
Swallow like the Amazon Nancy Blackett
Great big palace it little tin shack it
Marble statue celebratory plaque it
Pulitzer Howitzer cannon and ack-ack it
More where this came from if only you can hack it
Nibble on the last pistachio in my packet!
[c] 2006
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Written February 3rd, 2006
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Mairi
One of my favorites by Bob Dylan.
Johnny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It's somethin' you did
God knows when
But you're doin' it again
You better duck down the alley way
Lookin' for a new friend
The man in the coon-skin cap
In the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten
Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin' that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone's tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D. A.
Look out kid
Don't matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes
Don't try "No Doz"
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows
Get sick, get well
Hang around a ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goin' to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
Look out kid
You're gonna get hit
But users, cheaters
Six-time losers
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Lookin' for a new fool
Don't follow leaders
Watch the parkin' meters
Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Don't steal, don't lift
Twenty years of schoolin'
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don't wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don't wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handles
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You think I should hire The Band? Or maybe stand there with the words on pieces of card, and drop them as each line comes?
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tee hee hee!
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Most excellent
Well sweet one, you know what I think of this one...clearing my throat... what a way with words you have. -
Ummm ... how to explain "it" without giving the game away too much ... I know someone to whom pistachios are an aphrodisiac ... the idea of trying to winkle the last one out of the corner poke of a paper bag or a packet ... maybe using one's ... oh heck I am digging myself deeper into the hole! ... umm ... I mean ....
Thank you for visiting. I read your material whenever I come across it. Always worthwhile. -
"it" sure gets around! Been everywhere and smashed by everything. Gosh is this real or is it a dream? I liked the visions "IT" did bring. This poem defiantly has a nice ring. Did I leave out anything? This was a cute read and I enjoyed "It." Thanks for you visit with my work Too! The Shaker
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Glad you enjoyed it.
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I love pistachios great read :-) x
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I would be delighted if you did just that!
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I'll use this for your acrostic.
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