I possess an unusual knack for making women bristle
...I possess an unusual knack for making women bristle
hence immediately this birdman
wishes to escape into his eyrie
or seriously considers joining a nunnery
mainly for the less common slang defi...
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Categories:
anorexia nervosa, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
The very abridged version recounting untold tragicomic storied life of Matthew Scott Harris
...The very abridged version recounting untold tragicomic storied life of Matthew Scott Harris
I led a boring life.
The end.
All joking aside, now the epilogue.
As a bookish fellow born Januar...
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Categories:
anorexia nervosa, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
Black and blue boo boo bruises courtesy hurled Bobo box
...Black and blue boo boo bruises courtesy hurled Bobo box
No matter I sustained multiple contusions about the face and neck and minor head concussion after the missus tossed an unopened box of five ...
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Categories:
anorexia nervosa, abuse, adventure, allegory, analogy,
Form: Rhyme
I stand proud with pride
...I stand proud with pride...
exuding suave debonair air
plus head and shoulders taller
(than the empire state building -
hey what's a little hyperbole, eh?)
since September eleventh
two thous...
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Categories:
anorexia nervosa, adventure, beautiful, color, faith,
Form: Free verse
Eye cannot envision not wearing glasses
...Eye cannot envision not wearing glasses
Ever since second grade
an ever stronger prescription
for nearsightedness donned my countenance,
cuz myopia (inherited courtesy
both parents) rendered m...
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Categories:
anorexia nervosa, 12th grade, adventure, age,
Form: Free verse
Bank rolled by billionaires
...Bank rolled by billionaires
No matter Tuesday, November 5, 2024
still one hundred and eight days away,
(thank you Julian Date Calendar -
FOR LEAP YEARS ONLY),
I believe a foregone conclusion
...
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Categories:
anorexia nervosa, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Where art thou unknown spellcaster
...Where art thou unknown spellcaster?
If in fact such a female and/or male exists
an insufferable existence clamors for surcease
against riptide of ineradicable anguish.
Living hand to mouth
f...
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Categories:
anorexia nervosa, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Mine psyche riddled with dybbuk
...Mine psyche riddled with dybbuk
Thru emerging adulthood awareness awoke
within noggin of average baby boomer bloke
catastrophization toward risk taking I evoke
positive growth experiences through...
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Categories:
anorexia nervosa, abuse, analogy, angst, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Au Revoir Oh Perilous Freedom
...Au revoir oh perilous freedom...
Since pledging my troth
to the missus July 25th, 1996
after the comma error
punctuated mein kampf with disequilibrium.
Ever since the notions
of life, liber...
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Categories:
anorexia nervosa, age, america, anger, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Lamenting Life Lost Before Mine Untimely Death
...Lamenting life lost before mine untimely death
Last rays of wicked flickering candlelight
even to this present day
(October 4th, 2023)
lxiv anniversaries marking birth
emotions of ambivalence...
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Categories:
anorexia nervosa, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Self Destructive Wickedness Arrested, Convicted, and Gaoled
...Self destructive wickedness arrested, convicted, and gaoled...
with kidnapping little boy
ordered to suffer
life sentence without parole.
The deadly scourge of
one obsessive/compulsive di...
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Categories:
anorexia nervosa, 2nd grade, 6th grade,
Form: Free verse
Shame and Guilt Sabotaged Mine Healthy Growth
...Shame and guilt sabotaged mine healthy growth...
and let yours truly not forget emasculation
that prickly emotional immobilization
whereby these lovely bones
subject courtesy senescence
upon...
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Categories:
anorexia nervosa, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Stricken With Anguished Nausea
...Stricken with anguished nausea
Written three years ago tomorrow,
yet superimposed (likened to
emotional palimpsest) upon
mental state of yore
recent post traumatic stress
triggered courte...
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Categories:
anorexia nervosa, abuse, age, analogy, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Emotional Fatigue Courtesy Exhaustive Vituperative Harangue
...Emotional fatigue courtesy exhaustive vituperative harangue...
Lobbed and unleashed upon the heads
of (yours truly and the missus)
so called selfish "monsters."
The evening of Wednesday April...
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Categories:
anorexia nervosa, 7th grade, abuse, angst,
Form: Free verse
Goodbye Six Pack Hello Poetry Scribes
...Goodbye six pack hello* poetry scribes
My poetic side COSMOFUNNEL
wordsmith thanks tumblr in his noggin
ofttimes triggering babbling brook
to swell after deluge
becoming stream of consciousne...
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Categories:
anorexia nervosa, adventure, angst, april, body,
Form: Rhyme
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