Lifting the Hex
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I bit the ampule
hard enough to cut my tongue.
I let the splinters rake their penance
against my frenulum for months.
Still, it won't change the trajectory,
not all at once—nothing does.
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Categories:
ampule, forgiveness, magic, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Putin non gmo gluten free cheese on the ritz as a celiac to follow
...Putin non gmo gluten free cheese on the ritz as a celiac to follow
Initially written March 18th, 2023
and revised exactly two years later
tweaking the poem here and there
courtesy adding or sub...
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Categories:
ampule, absence, adventure, analogy, birth,
Form: Free verse
Maleficent Tyranny
...This sudden warped concern for ampule,
the cruel force of world dictators,
these psychological taunt of the media,
Nescient chemists controlling our minds,
tycoons uttering lies in eg...
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Categories:
ampule, addiction, anxiety, confusion, drug,
Form: Imagism
July 25th, 1996 Tied the Gordian Knot
...July 25th, 1996 tied the Gordian knot,...
(I spent noose cents)
begot deux daughters, the major events
both since flew cuckoo's nest,
the eldest angry at papa for offense
sieve behavior father...
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Categories:
ampule, 12th grade, anniversary, celebration,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Putin Non Gmo Gluten Free Cheese On the Ritz
...Though a wimpy, tiny, and puny
(smaller than a breadbox) Ogre
whereat my portable minuscule
fingerhut size adobe abode ex
posed to Strunk and White raw
grammatical elements of style,
I counte...
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Categories:
ampule, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Reason For Our Freedom
...Fighting – They do it everyday
Just to make sure our freedom doesn’t get taken away
An ampule amount of respect is what they deserve
A million bullets coming at them that they have to swerve
Lov...
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Categories:
ampule, america, blessing, devotion, military,
Form: Rhyme