Flophouse

     Portraits of hedgehogs on his grimy tiled walls
        Pete did for good taste what heat does for snow balls  

     Though a weird kind of charm lay on his carpeted floor
        Not hedgehogs, but bedbugs as Pete flopped kissed him like whores
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Fowler Avatar
May 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Ick...nasty little bugs they say. Hope you were dreaming gw! :)
Romios Avatar
May 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Colotful! Men and women can be whores these days. They ( the men) are quite quite proud of it. But the world is no longer the same, is it? Have you ever been in a flophouse? I hope not., yikes. People stun me,.. it is the other who is a wretch- human who is a creep. Poets are angels, no, we are humans., a very imaginative creation. Thanks Pangie
Wolf Avatar
May 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Imaginative, alright. Weirdly so, methinks... And I often flop on my bed in my house from tiredness. ~ Call me, 'Floppy'
DiMino Avatar
May 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Ouch! We lie in beds we make...or don't make ourselves. Not good memories -- but cherish the lessons.
Wolf Avatar
May 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Thanks for commenting on this weird effort of mine, Joe.
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