Antiseptic Poems

Red Floor and Out the Door

...under foot a pebble, no 
opposite toe scrapes it off
crimson sole and toe
shard of glass missed the dust bin
and both feet caught the action

spouse to the rescue
bandaids and antiseptic
bloo...

A CRACK IN THE SIDEWALK: When My Life Changed Poetry Contest

...A CRACK IN THE SIDEWALK
Poem written for and submitted to “When My Life Changed” Poetry Contest, Kai Micheal Neumann, sponsor.
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FRAGILITY

...FRAGILITY
Poem written for Body Possession Horror Poetry contest, Micheal Fulkerson, sponsor, 7/22/2025
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Locusts serenade ...

Arian's First Breath

...That morning, I prayed
to flickering exit signs,
to humming fluorescents,
to anything that would listen—
in that sterile room.

Then—
your cry shattered the air,
like dawn cracking open night...

Brainwash

...They wiped my thoughts
with antiseptic hands,
wrung my mind through linen logic
and hung me between breakfast
and scheduled silence.
Every hour—accounted for.
Every spark—neutralised.
Brainwas...

Back Door Balm

...To treat an ulcer that was peptic

My Doc gave me an antiseptic 

Then he made it quite clear

That it goes up my rear

I think you could say I'm a skeptic...

When a Tree Falls

...Struck down, destroyed
  the tree hit the ground
thunder on pavement
as the pavement glows red

Found out
  ferocious is the growl
in the forest, festering
wound without antiseptic

Held ba...

Komodo's Final Feral Kiss

...In the beginning was the word-
and the word was…

light darkness 
dawn promise  dusk despair.

I was a tempest
child a feral cat-
alone wild and
untamed eyes a
jigsaw of shattered chaos.

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Oh Captcha Squares

...Oh captcha squares, oh captcha squares
What are these objects in your frames?
Oh captcha squares, oh captcha squares
Why must they gotta be the same?

    Cars and busses, traffic lights
    Bi...

Lavender Faerie In the Lilacs

...she was discovered nursing her wounds inside my lilac tree
what are you? I asked her, could she a butterfly be?
She did not answer at first, tried to hide under her pretty wing.
Dainty and shy, sh...

Fellowships

...I’ve only been at my fellowship gig a week, but It’s official, I’m a candy-striper. Sort of, I wear a blue vest, not the old, red-striped dress, but it’s the same job. I shadow my surgeon (Rebecca) m...

Gateway Town

...Gateway town, Mississippi and Missouri river flooding confluence,
with its celebration of manifest destiny, its looming, iconic archway.
Stainless westward marker, its culture flowed southward for ...

Ye Olde Folks Mill

...For Angie



The hallways rotated over and around me, maybe it was that aged smell of antiseptic affecting my equilibrium...
Trying to keep my feet, bracing the wall of the room she was assigned...

What Have I Left

...Again, and again
Lips stained by death
Uttering words—dead, dying, gone forever
Incurably cast to eternal rest

Spoken in whispers
Words drenched in tears
Besieged within antiseptic wa...

Metamorphosis

...The ocean beast leaps forward,
Then slinks back, lying in wait.
It tosses its billowy mane, and,
With a snarl, springs up and pounces
On the slippery black rocks of the jetty,
Frothing at the mo...

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