Humorous Poetry
coffee machine (95)
Beer Guzzling Preps (10/95)
Kicker Nightmare (1/96)
Psychology Major (96)
Chained-Smoker (94)
Odd Beer Run (6/96)
you never said i love you (2/8/97)
David Was A Frat Boy (1/6/97)
Art These Days (6/11/97)
Drool (7/18/97)
I've never met a midget (9/97)
Angie Kisses Girls (9/97)
i'm not straight edge (3/98)
no spillage (written long ago)
attention starved (9/2/98)
material possessions (10/7/98)
gator girl (11/98)
who wrote the unwritten law (12/98)
Who let Jackie in? (12/98)
Someone Get the Kid Wearing Black a Tissue (12/99)
Everything About Her is Fake (01/2000)
you make me want to shower (02/14/2000)
shopping for my girlfriend (10/01/2000)
stop bad poetry (06/24/01)
internet conversation (06/28/00)
i eat genetically engineered food and i'm okay (06/14/01)

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coffee machine
i crave
a craving like no other
my drug my choice
coffee
lots of cream
lots of sugar
hyper activity in a cup
yet one cup is not enough
i drink by the pot
i drink by the dim light
coffee
i am addicted to it warming
my throat which goes sour without it
funnel it down
drink until the blood vessels
in my eyes swell to find light outside
stains my teeth, so i use crest
i reek from a distance
coffee
enhancing my urges
powering my thoughts
my cup
my coffee
my cup of coffee
refill it
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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Beer Guzzling Preps
They are all the same
Shirts and jeans all brand name
Stupid hair cuts all the same
I think, they're ALL lame!

Only one and you're so trashed
Have a sip and you'll be smashed
Beer! - Guzzling preps make me sick
Beer! - Guzzling preps all suck dick

They hate drugs, but drinking's fine
They're all selfish, mine mine mine
If a bomb killed them it'd be fine
Parties are for their own kind

Spoiled to the core
Loose, rich whore
So much for dad's girl
Can't take it had to hurl

Beer Guzzling Preps - on the couch
Beer Guzzling Preps - all passed out
Beer Guzzling Preps - suck so hard
Beer Guzzling Preps - in the backyard -Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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Kicker Nightmare
Ball-tight Wranglers and cowboy boots
Redneck shirt, you think you're cute
Confederate flag and a can of dip
And you wonder why I call you a hick?

A primer Ford truck gets you far
You'll spend the rest of your life working on cars
You dream of being the Marlboro man
When you need to learn to spit in a can

Senior in high school with a 5th grade education
You're still obsessed with masturbation
Stupid haircut and a stetson hat
All this and a girl who's fat

You have an incest disposition
'Cuz inbreeding is tradition
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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Psychology Major
Will I still write when I'm out of ink
When do the blind blink
Why don't cockroaches become extinct
I don't know -- all I do is think

Unemployed with a college degree
Even McDonald's won't hire me
I'm overqualified for the job
And have too much pride to push a mop

I sit on a bench
And help the bums
With their problems
And take their booze in return

Psychology Major
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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Chained-Smoker
Don't smoke here
Can't smoke there
Smoking causes cancer
It'll make you lose your hair

Not at school, not at work
Surgeon general's a fucking jerk
Not around your parents
Not around the kids
Please I need a drag
Where can I smoke my cigs?
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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Odd Beer Run
A quick stop, at a convince store
turned out to be, more than i bargained for

Casually i went, to find me some beer
then i looked up, at the convex mirror
and the fat mini mart lady was dying!
this dude was choking her and she was trying, to scream

At first I thought this was all right
She'd ID'd me earlier tonight
And figured the bitch would do it again
She did this quite often, the dyke hated men

About two minutes later the man left
Taking the cash, shooting her in the chest
This had never happened to me before
Should I call for help or exit out the door?

I loaded up on groceries, they were free tonight
Didn't stop to think if my actions were right
Finished up my shopping didn't even pay
This was the strangest beer run I've ever made
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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you never said i love you
Something has been bothering you,
I've noticed for quite some time.
You haven't seemed yourself,
And now I realize why.

I've been suspicious of you,
I thought there was another.
But now I know your style,
Just how many were there?

You never said I love you,
I was never sure you cared.
And when I saw you having sex,
I dropped my jaw and stared.

I didn't know whose voice,
Was coming from our bed.
But it blew my mind when I peeked in,
Her bra was on your head!

I wouldn't forgive cheating,
It's worse than a lie.
But when I saw you bumpin' tacos,
I fell to my knees and cried.

You never said I love you,
I never knew you were bi.
But I can tell you now,
All those orgasms were a lie.

You want to stay together,
You like my company.
But when you bring those girls over,
Will you let me have a piece?

I guess we'll work it out,
No more in our bed than three.
But there is one last condition,
You gotta tell me you love me.
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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David was a Frat Boy

*for david tawil

David joined the frat
In his freshman year
He saw them getting girls
And guzzling lots of beer

David knew at first sight
This was the path for him
Just get initiated and
He can finally be a pimp

DAVID WAS A FRAT BOY!

David was left out
He needed to get fucked
So he called up Rhonda Valdez
And it cost him twenty bucks

Then came the time
When he had to pay his dues
He said, "Just charge it to my parents
I'm a rich Jew!"

DAVID WAS A FRAT BOY!

Lambda Masta Beta
Alpha Gamma Zeta
One beer plus one girl
And you get into her Theta

Now many of you don't know David
....But I bet you do,
There's an army of these David's
And they're joining frats near you!
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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Art These Days
I just don't get the art I see
Colours thrown on a piece of paper
Sells for lots of money

Others see what I haven't found
Like how the artist feels
As he throws the paint around

That's the beauty of art these days
It can look like shit
And you can still get paid

A coked-up psycho with no paint brush
He paints with his face
This is just too much

Well here's a block of wood
I just urinated on
The going price is one hundred
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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Drool
if happiness was bottled
i'd buy a forty ounce
and if i had a pet tourist
i'd teach him how to count
but the humidity's dried me out
and it's really hard to think
i ponder the impossible
and fix another drink
my psychiatrist thinks i'm crazy
my mom won't accept my calls
the infomercial salesman
has that audience by the balls
if i was a deity
i'd sleep a thousand years
and if i met another god
i'd buy that god a beer
sobriety sets on empty pockets
my creativity stops it's flow
what was i just saying?
oh shit, i don't know
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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i've never met a midget
i've never met a midget
that i can recall
but i wanna meet some little people
standing three feet tall

i wanna put my midget
in a pair of overalls
put him on a leash
and take him to the mall
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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Angie Kisses Girls
it was a little party
and no harm was meant
but angie kissed a girl
and from there it got bent

she did it for attention
not from hormones
but i hear the other girl
tried to slip her some tongue

angie kisses girls
on new years eve
angie kisses girls
for all the guys to see
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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i'm not straight edge

* This is a parody of minor threat's infamous "straight edge" song

i'm a person just like you
but i have better things to do
than mark my hands with an X
being underfoot, the punk rock pest
i drink when i want, smoke sometimes too
i'm not an addict so what's with you
i don't waste my time
preaching my adolescent mind

i'm not straight edge

i'm a person just like you
but i have better things to do
than be abusive with teen angst
because i have some growing pains
laugh at the thought of your X'd hands
don't be pissed, i don't hate you man
but don't start shit you brainwashed fuck
because you think you're so damn punk

i'm not straight edge

i'm a person just like you
but i got better things to do
than sit around and judge my friends
or preach about life's dead ends
i have no problems if you don't drink
but you're not better, if that's what you think
a punk rock religion whose future's bleak
your scene is a cop out for the weak

"don't mock me for my actions
i'm in control of my reactions"

*last two lines by Mark Adkins, ala Guttermouth*
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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no spillage
a hollow sound
like an aluminum can
crashing to a checker-tiled floor
the resonating voice of the can
in harmony with the tile
is symphonic to the hum of the fluorescent light above
the can is empty
no spillage
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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attention starved
Lisa was the fat girl in the back of the class
Her special desk specially fit her ass
She wasn't asked to the prom and she wasn't very liked
She almost committed suicide, but she knew it wasn't right

So Lisa stopped eating and started regurgitating food
She dropped out of school and tried for something new
Found herself a job as a phone sex operator
Made a lot of money as a professional masturbator

Spent the day sleeping, spent her evenings on the phone
Sure this sounds nice, but things weren't right at home
Lisa got sick and lost a lot of weight
After almost dying she found her new fate

With all her saved wealth, Lisa got surgery
New ass, new breasts, straightened hair dyed burgundy
With all the contacts from her previous experience
She made a few calls and got herself into the business

She made her first movie and boy she felt great
Sent a copy to her old classmates
Little did she remember, she attended prep school
To her old classmates, she still wasn't cool

Always starving for attention and doing everything she could
No matter who she was or what she did, it was never any good
The ending to the story is neither swell nor sad
Lisa continued her life wishing for what she could never have

There are some people in this world you can't make happy
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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material possessions
some girls take guys' jackets
some girls take guys' clothes
why the sentimental attachment
no one really knows

my girl has a dopey doll
i got for her birthday
she holds it close to her heart
when i am far away

some do it for trophies
some for memories
but if you want something that is mine
i hope you ask me please

material possessions
remind us everyday
of little things in our lives
that happened along the way

some girls take guys' hearts
others collect alimony
either way the guy gets screwed
'cause all he'll get is pity

some guys take girls' underwear
others take virginity
but since that's taken only once
they aren't left so empty

material possessions
remind us everyday
of experiences both good and bad
that have happened along the way
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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gator girl
* I had always wanted to write a country-folk song that told a pretty wild story, I don't remember how I came up with this one, but I put some music to my first verse and the rest just flowed right out....I am not always consistent with the lyrics, and I use a refrain when I play it, so here's a more complete version of it....hope you find it fun. - Derek

i was driving down to mardi gras
i'd been driving nine hours straight
from my home in san antonio
I didn't want to show up late

well i took a turn into a swamp
after sleeping at the wheel
i woke up to see an alligator's eyes
awaiting his next meal

well i doggie paddled to the bank
and the gator was on my tail
my life flashed right before my eyes
and i started to go pale

when out of the swampland she did come
towering six feet tall
she picked that motherfucker up
and wrestled it to the ground

well she was raised down in the bayou
by four brothers and her dad
she was the only mother
that family ever had

she drug it home for dinner
where i met her brothers and her dad
they didn't speak good english
because home schooling was all they had

well i didn't know where i was gonna go
the nearest phone was two days away
my car was totaled in the wreck
my only choice was to stay

three months have passed and i'm glad
tomorrow is the wedding day
her dress is made of gator hide
even the ring was home made

sometimes i think i'm crazy but
i'm the luckiest guy in the world
just don't go messin with my new bride
that mean ass gator girl
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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who wrote the unwritten law
just because we're friends
shouldn't mean that we can't fuck
who wrote this unwritten law
because i think it sucks

casual sex with you
would be better than you think
it sure beats a perfect stranger
who's a prostitute for a drink

'lets just be friends'
should be tattooed on my back
from all the times i've had to hear it
i'm surprised i haven't cracked

so who wrote the unwritten law
and put an end to my fantasies
did this song earn a sympathy fuck
or do i have to ask you please
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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Who Let Jackie In?
who let Jackie in
she's drinking all our beer
loud, obnoxious girl
she's puking on the chair

no Jackie you can not
borrow twenty bucks
yes I know if you don't get money
you can't get fucked up

who let Jackie in
she made a mess of the place
she's eaten most my food
and slapped my girlfriend in the face

"I'm sorry I broke your lamp,
when I get a job I'll pay you back"
"No Jackie shut up, you're too loud,
what part don't you get about get the hell out"

oh no the landlord's coming
the neighbors hate me so
it's all your fault Jackie
just leave me alone
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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Someone Get the Kid Wearing Black a Tissue
Your poetry is whiney and tells me nothing
"numb with pain and a bloody heart"
the only thing bloody are my eyes
from having read the same trite expressions
about how you're twenty-four and still upset
over something that happened years ago.

Is this what generation x is all about?

Or does it include those wannabe-Seattle kids
with dirty fingernails and torn jeans
who pump their hamburger-flipping pay checks
on schwag only to sit around and talk about
how bored they are?

You have claims of not wanting to fit in
yet you wear goth makeup to make you special
ever think to try something more original?
Your elite club is just as unaccepting as any other
Do you see yourself with black fingernail polish
and moonlight skin when you are thirty years old?

Does the world need more art majors?

This is not a request for the conformity of your subculture.
What exactly does subculture mean?
Sub meaning below, should this imply this group is below culture?
Is this offending you or just making you more morose?
Oh don't cry, quick, someone get the kid wearing black a tissue!
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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Everything About Her Is Fake
* back to my roots: short songs about stupid people

Everything about her is fake
Her personality is blank
When I ask her a question she smiles and agrees
Many guys wonder where are all the girls like these
But meeting one is a mistake

Everything about her is fake
Her silicone boobs are great
They're bouncy, yet firm
But my gender never learns
How to find a good mate

Everything about her is fake
Her chest, her thighs, her face
She talks about nothing
She's stupid or something
But oh well, she's fun to date
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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you make me want to shower
* the cheesiest thing I've probably ever written....too much Ramones lately :)

i've never cared for getting clean
it's never been important to me
but now i think i've found a reason
to be clean this spring season

you, you make me want to shower
i, i just needed some will power
you, you make me want to shower
my, my heart is pumping like rush hour

i now look after my hygiene
in hopes that i'll be seen
would you like to go on a date
i promise i won't smell up the place
-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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shopping for my girlfriend
i made my way to the clothing store
the sales lady was a . . .
helpful person, but i don't even know what to ask
shopping for women is such a task

i wandered more through no man's land
there's so much i don't understand
why is there a number and not a size
this is nothing like shopping for a guy

if i was gay i could pick medium or large
but they have to go and make it hard
this shirt costs more than i weigh
i hope you wear it everyday

i think i smelled thirty perfumes
but none of them would smell good on you
they'd make me think of the door greeter
and how much i want to beat her

they say that diamonds are a girls best friend
but they're more than i have to spend
i know why guys just give up their credit card
shopping for women is just too hard

if you only knew the things i went through
to get this gift for you
then maybe you'd understand
what it's like to be a man....in love with you

-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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stop bad poetry
"hate", "kill", "pain"
get a fucking thesaurus
how about "trite", "cliche", "worn"
like an overplayed chorus

when can we get poets to stop using the same old words to describe the same old rife
about how they hate the one they love and other paradoxes of life

"crying", "agony", "hurt"
get a new vocabulary
more like "over-used", "tired", "jaded"
your lack of words scares me

if i have to read one more hackneyed teen angst poem i'm going to mark it up
using a red marker and force them to write something that doesn't suck

-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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internet conversation
age, sex, location
just an internet conversation
though there is a desperation
for a little education
to correct the spelling abomination

sup how r u 2day
im kool nuthin much
juz spendin ours chattin n such

c's become k's
s's become z's
kan u type more klearly pleeze

what r u up 2 2marrow
im going 2 skool
ahight thats kool

how can you misspell a misspelling
i'm not the spell check patrol
but learn a little keyboard control

-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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i eat genetically engineered food and i'm okay
they say derek you just don't get it, you don't understand
the food you're eating has been contaminated by man

i'm not against organic anything, i buy some of that too
but don't feed me propaganda about GE being bad for you

between organic and GE food, with the latter at a lower price
the general public will choose GE and roll the genetic dice

the little proof that activists hang on to is wearing rather thin
and until there is some real evidence, the public will discredit them

what about corn and other wonders of cross pollination
and being able to take out the randomness of edible creation

hey what happened to the scares of global warming and acid rain?
i eat genetically engineered food and i'm okay

-Derek del Barrio   <derek.delbarrio@gmail.com>

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