Bargained Poems - Poems about Bargained

what a palette

...
he liked it black and white with no greys in between
even when cracks appeared so strikingly evident
strictly speaking he preferred pink purple and orange
yet when life gave him lemons the brush...

I'm Sorry You're Missing

...
—all this.
You'd love it,
but you lost
personality privileges
when you bargained against
the middle of my chest,
never starting
compressions
even though it was you
who shocked me into 
an...

chateau

...
legions …

of shadowed purpose
they rattle the parapets of my flesh
morning paints the
stark reality that lays like shards of
tea-stained saucers before me …
an iniquitous army of intent
po...

The sharp snap of branches masked the bark of distant dogs

...
A stolen life. A split-second decision.
Disorganised thoughts, jumbled—
Tangled around an anaesthetised cortex.
Clocks mockingly ticking,
Ticking down inevitability,
As a lone fly buzzes r...

THE VERDICT

...The Feds loomed, a shadow long,
· "Guilty," the verdict, a chilling song.

· Life in prison, the sentence decreed, 
· Attorney's plea, a desperate seed.

· But fate's cruel hand, a twisted game...

Three am

...I've been awake since three am 
My mind just woke up suddenly 
It circled round and round on things 
Needing attention urgently 

It panicked and catastrophised 
It wandered back in time 
It m...

Donald Mark and James Francis

...MARILYN HOLDING ON TO 
MEMORIES THROUGH ASHES 
REMEMERING THE LOST DONATE 
BONE MARROW SHORE CLAIR MICHIGAN 
MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU PLEASE 
STOP THREATENING MY LIFE 
I CAN'T IMAGINE AFTER ALL ...

Flea Market Jazz Vinyl Diggin'

...on weekends, Mondays, and maybe Fridays too/
across the Bebop time zones/
people be digging at flea markets 4 Bebop jazz gold/
walkin', talkin', lookin' workin' the price/
on a table way in the b...

Cubist Composition

...It’s all been decided for me
I was told to get up and go
To reap the harvests for free
Which I had no idea to sow
In a competition of fictions
The most plausible won
I bargained three new convi...

Life After Loved One's Death

...
“God gave you life and bestowed upon you His attributes; eventually you will return to Him.”    Quote by Rumi

We could not get an ambulance, so I took him to the hospital
Having always come bac...

MY MOTHER

...My mother my everything so rare
Like a diamond blooming with pure love
Not to be compared to or bargained for
A very precious and priceless gem
My life giver right from the womb
Before existence...

P O E T , up and running phatic expressions, up and running it is!

...Mirror 
mirror 
on the wall,

the pre decided fairest of all

When I utter fiancé ,
Did you see all kinds of fees incurred?

When I utter Feodor 
Fees and beyond?

And a lightyear and a “...

the grand masked ball

...We’re in Paris, staying with my Grandmère (Grandmother) for a few days around Mother’s day.
Peter (my bf) is getting to know my Grandmère. They’ve started to relax and enjoy each other. This time, w...

Shift the Blame, Shift the Pain

...Shift the blame that way you can shift the pain, push it all onto me, put my heart in first gear and gnash down with your teeth
Put me in the lowest gear the one that hurts the most, the one where t...

Vince and the Pacu

...The story's told of bygone days,
Of a man named Vince with his soul ablaze,
While the hearts of animals far and near
Were filled with abject dread and fear.
The best these beasts could do was run...

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