Best Clammy Poems

My hands are clammy
as I try to unlock Uncle Nick's door,
he left me the imposing house
high on the hill as his heir,
the Victorian structure is gloomy,
and probably full of ghosts,
who will wake me up to be bold,
dusty sheets cover the furniture
adding to the spector-like decor.

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Tiny
Spiny
Surly
Ugly
Tiny spiny slimy creepiness
Surly ugly spooky nastiness



AP: 3rd place 2021

Posted on August 5, 2019...

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   A handshake clammy as a dead fish
      is not meant to nourish or flourish

   It sends a signal to its receiver 
      You’re much too eager a beaver


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So many dead bodies have climbed up
on and down off me
where my head rests it is wet there
and clammy.

The smell of it
when plunging deep into sleep
feeling by the depth I can taste
what I see
as it came and went in my dream.

If I can't see, it...

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