Affronted Poems

If I were to,

...Lock ruby ridden doors for roach ridden floors bleed without grace 
Roused rounded wounds throughout nightly escapes
And gaping fields of endless escapades
And gaping seas my moses blade has wrenc...

Trial of Bridget Bishop

...Salem Village, Massachusetts
May 11, 1692

Of evil works in league with the devil, I am accused.
Spit upon, bolts tethered in chains, I have been abused.
People mardle I cast spells of palsie to...

Lemme regale you with splendid and fabulous exuberance

...Lemme regale you with splendid and fabulous exuberance

Despite being an amateur
paperback writer wannabe,
whose storied protagonist
stars colporteur wannabe
(thinly veiled cover as yours truly...

Mary

..."I wish they would not call me that."
It's just an expression of endearment." I said,
but after her words fell into my meditation
I thought about it a lot.

Devotees are affronted,
when she is ...

Rage

...Where does rage reside
when not in use
does it have its own little hidey-hole
like a fish in a coral-reef 
tucked away somewhere deep inside us
or is it evoked
by word or action
by either ours...

Electric Anticipation

...I can feel it. 
It’s not quite tangible, 
Just out of reach,
Yet nonetheless real. 
Like a sixth sense on my sixth sense. 
The anticipation hangs in the air, 
The thick, jelly like, immovable a...

St Mary's

...It was an island of piety
out of place in Port Adelaide’s 
working class sea of pubs.
Off the main road,
St Mary’s was a refuge
for the Catholic faithful
and a few wino’s 
pretending a prayer
...

Danger

...Her laugh was a sharp sound. 
It made you wonder whether she was amused or if her throat was simply incapable of making any other sound. 
It suited the heavy look in her eyes, the straightness of h...

A Touching Moment

...He mentioned that she was beautiful.
He touched her
needing a tactile communion.

She pulled away affronted.

He wrote a poem about the incident
that later was used
as evidence agains...

Linen and Lace

...She lived to be the oldest of a staid, 
unremarkable bourgeois family.
Lavender and off-white lace,
complemented her black ruffled attire.
She played the Granddame with much aplomb,
the matriarc...

Catharsis

...I feel all at once affronted by the peculiarity of the state of being, 
existing both in the planes of the body and the heart.
Where does the spirit return to?
Which is the true homeland,
that bi...

Maze

...she had lost the plot long before in an insane labyrinth of her mind

trapped in the rat race of high speed and the volume on full blast

incarcerated shackled and straight jacketed thumb screws ...

Tauschung

...Täuschung

A very powerful German feminine noun that’s
replete in certain life situations with shades of
of deception, delusion, and illusion—which, in
turn, depend on certain circumstances and ...

He Touched Her

...He mentioned that she was beautiful.
He mentioned, perhaps too eagerly,
that she was kissable.

He touched her
(as he would a sculpture)
needing a tactile communion.
He simply wanted to curve
...

Margins of Pandora

...Tim’s father had been a refugee once he put down his fight and his gun

The story is that he embarked on the very last ship leaving East Prussia

Under siege tanks and bombs from above fireworks ...

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