Best Crap Shoot Poems

On the surface 
you’re all sweetness and light

But ... 
the truth is life isn't a game
and if I were to start digging
digging deeper than a...

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the groveler 

I.  finding out that the other party has in fact stopped the affection
finding out that the other party has found interest in...

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The game started a long time ago
In the dark recess of unsure times
On the board of wasteland unknown
With quicksand pierced by cactus.

The sky filled with...

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Roll the dice, 
it’s a crap shoot;
Looking for paradise,
hard to refute;
I want racing hearts, 
I crave intensity; 
I need comfortable silence; 
I know, it’s a...

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          CRAP SHOOT

          Take your chance, random.
...

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How beautiful is what I see today
          peeking from the green
     ...

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One wake-up away
From the best day of your life.
Life’s just a crap shoot. 
...

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There I go…watching a young girl across my garden,
her body language exposing both pleasure  and piety—
soil   roots tended  with naturalness amidst...

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The bet had been bound ... and boldly called,
          Right there on the cold castle grounds...

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Some days I totally amaze myself... but other days
Put my keys in the fridge, so questions could be raised
It's a daily crap shoot
Go outside in...

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“god” is a gateway drug

“god” is a gateway drug
stuffed into little babies when they are too innocent &
unable to fight the parents injecting them with...

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              I'm always within striking distance, so...

     ...

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Your eyes a dark archipelago
Mysterious then exotic across my seas;
I perceive their warmth inviting
While those lips blow a tangy flavour-
Irresistible, poised to reach for a...

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A broken-hearted lady shuts her eyes
and summons forth sweet scenes from days long past.
She loved him so. His promises gave rise
to firm assurances their love...

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at first glance it appears harmless to look upon
 so you take your first sip
 a numbing sensation comes from within
 then gradually you build...

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Another twilight that time just before the comming of a new dawn
to early to start to late for the night it's already gone.
  ...

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The marksmen took their position a century away from the target

The silhouette shape stood defenceless at the far end of the range

A clear sign of...

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I float 
in breathless transience
of heartbeats
as the moon's feral pupil peers
through keyholes
in the clouds

The Orpheus kiss
is a crap shoot
elevens showering sterling whispers
of soft Tiffany roses
from...

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My turn to roll the dice
No time to play nice
The bones stop and I realize
Once again I've rolled snake eyes

I am not able
To walk away...

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poker face
covering a bluff
the all in bet

intensity
building
under breath

random hit of
chance and skill
cutting wins and losses



Submitted on April 29, 2019, for contest THE CRAP SHOOT POETRY...

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There’s nothing better than the sigh
when the first draft’s finally done,
the emptiness that comes to mind
after the marathon is run.

What started as a fun notion,
an...

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