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Hyphenated and Half-Proud

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By Gerard DiLeoPublished 3 years ago • Updated 3 years ago • 1 min read

I'm a hyphenated man

Half-walking, semi-erect

High-fund-aided and ill-tempered

Fully-throttled and a quarter-kami-kaze

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I am semi-colonic, but full-stomached

Half-witted, but level-headed

Half-brothered and mother-smothered

Full-bodied but not-so-fasted

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Hell-bent but demi-godlike

In quasi-divinity and hyper-salinity

A woman-stalker and sweet-talker

In a tongue-tied merry-go-round

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I fast-walk, semi-running willy-nilly

High-fiving my half-hearted,

Red-handed, yellow-bellied, green-eyed,

Red-blooded, purple-people-eating color-blindness

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I high-tail it, second-run in first-place

Coma-toes and topsy-turvy googley-eyed

In uncommon-sensical yet non-rational

Gobble-D-Gook-D-licousness

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I'm a part-time also-ran

Ne'er-do-well Johnny-come-lately

Penny-wise and dollar-foolish, hip-deep into harass:

A should-be compound-worded hyphenation

surreal poetry

About the Creator

Gerard DiLeo

Retired, not tired. Hippocampus, behave!

Make me rich! https://www.amazon.com/Gerard-DiLeo/e/B00JE6LL2W/

My substrack at https://substack.com/@drdileo

[email protected]

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    Written by Gerard DiLeo