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Best Poems Written by Brandon Mulkey

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New Amsterdam

falling from the sky
i scraped my knees on concrete
fingernails darkened by metropolitan deceit

the gale of inner city enterprise
fueling trader commodities
and welcoming queues that form

their redundant mantra
echoing a delayed expedition
the signal beginning our attrition

elsewhere,
coal smeared spartans clash
their frosted resolve melting slowly
inside a timeless arena

closer to home,
oppressed vegetation sprouts
cultured venues calling nature's miracle
a tertiary attraction

despite the pain of this vision
we develop a certain rheumatism
numbing perception and the id
our carnal revelry guided by mohammad

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Driftwood

stiff as a board lying
in the wake of another dream
an imprint of your body fading
from my bed's white shore

"when will you be back?"
the soft breeze gone unanswered
lost to the loneliness of the wind

"i want you to come.."
yet a sudden realization sucked breath
from yearning's end

although death was on your lips last night
i will not forget what we had

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Beef Flavored Ramen

barren
i pour life into your carcass
three minute companion
join me for an afternoon busied by the flusters of the world

endless noodle sucked through an indifferent orifice
brown abyss
what lies beneath the surface?
floating buoys aptly distract my visual analysis
yellow, orange, green

styrofoam smirk!
allow me to revel in your sweat
for my lack of toil

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Quetzalcoatl

scaling the tower
cold-blooded and crammed
in a silver bullet shot
through the night sky

we stopped short of the door
intertwining with passion
slowly sliding in

molting our outer layers
the bird lay clutched with claws
she screams the serpent's name
in passionate praise of a naked god

for a time, feathers fly
bodies roaring like thunder
that woke me to morning

as silence stood bare
the serpent sank back to the depths below

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After Class

ewe wore a woolen mini skirt
with thighs as sheer as indigenous mountains
raised high upon tilted pedestals
charcoal straps protecting the achilles' tendon
yet exposing your callous sole

an openness of character denotes your legs' spread
creamy latte cinnamon brown
aromatic appetizers before the main course

um...umm...um
the mantra echoed through the cavernous recess
hundreds of eyes blind to what women want

nervous flailing of the pointer
endangers my tactful approach
belabored lecturing covering all possible angles
except the corner pocket after class

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Real Folk Blues

what's left to say?
save it for another day
tell me some other way
than this

i don't like when you attack
everything i do behind my back
you're going to regret
this pain you've caused me

should faith spring from within?
or maybe without?
deliverance is on your lips

my remorse for days gone by
falling short of the feeling i got running
into a wall of insecurities

brick by brick
liar by liar
we remove ourselves from conflict

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Come Comanche

demon allure coaxing me near
to a place inhabited
roadside flare

with ample provisions
action follows suit
distress, undressed with motive too

rustic claw piercing
tetanus thighs
sullied my hands and bolstered a lie

absolved of blame
i return unchanged

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Open Season

i want to say i took my shot and snared the woman with one thought
held my breath, tempting fate, i gave myself the day to prey
charged at the door from across the room i knew it simply wasn't true
traps and guises failed my amorous pursuit

i want to say all my truth from the moment i set eyes on you
masked and hidden from suspicion, the mouth speaks with aimed precision
words waking moments of shared pain following through side street plain
unarmed and adrenaline fused we went home

i want to do things with you that bring us back to childhood
learning with a string onside, tickling your recurved spine
our education a lifelong goal forging a promise: we'll break the mold
ignoring warnings and what we were told

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White Whale

what's an ahab to do?
hot to trot on the beach
salt crusting my mouth
baked and begging to take a stab at whale tail

harpoon in hand, i make a splash
diving down to the floor
an ocean undulating, feet flailing wildly
i breach the surface then gasp for air

unable to fight for long, the calf relents
writhing in a pool of her own fluids
she shudders, closing her eyes
sated by the bloodless death

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Homecoming

tapping on the glass of decorative balls
I was sorting through the flavors
trying to savor them all
slowing down for a moment to read the writing on the wall
saw your signature there, etched in ink scrawl

I wonder why it took love's haze to find my way
used to thinking with my mind, but the feeling's here to stay
falling to my knees like crescent clippings on the floor
I stare up at the face that I dream of more and more

your smile's a wet welcome
your body my home