Robert Eckstein Poems

A boy got his electric train, (I think a Lionel)
And then he did an awful thing (this tale is sad to tell)
He took his sister's Barbie doll and laid her on the track,
Then ran the engine over her, first forward and then back.
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I dream a horse, a cat, a dog,
A butterfly.
I ride into the mist.
Cat prowls on my left flank.
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Don't throw your words
On paper
Like wet spaghetti
On the wall.
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I was playing at the barn dance when the aliens dropped by.
They must have heard our music from way up in the sky.
They brought beer and ribs and coleslaw so I had to let them in,
One yelled out to the caller, 'Hey Jake, now let's begin! '
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The Captain told the Bos'n, 'This is where we drop the hook.
'I've heard there's mermaids hereabouts
'And I intend to look.
'To see a real, live mermaid
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I will not ever see your face,
Or hear your voice, or touch your hand,
But part of you is in this place
Though living in a far-off land.
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When poet hunters come around
To see me, not one can be found.
I've no poetic license
I'd like to keep just one or two;
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What pub this is I think I know.
The owner is a bloke named Joe.
My friends must think it rather queer
That I drink wine instead of beer.
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Old Zeke and Earl were in the hills
As lost as they could be,
And all around them were more hills
As far as they could see.
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That afternoon, the day before
I went back into the field,
The Padre called us all together
For 'Just a few, simple words'.
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