Best Injured Poems

Today I found you cornered, drenched in cold,
your fur coat nothing but a newborn's down,
a tiny ball unfolding while I hold
you shivering. Your lacerations frown

and at a distance, I can see the why
of your abandonment, the birds of prey.
I’ve saved you, but you’re causing me...

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ON RESCUING AN INJURED PIGEON
	I.
sliding screen door screeches, pigeons scatter
thump of wing against breast, shockwave breeze
more frequent than in the past, shimmering necks
soundtrack squirrel zig-zags, new-green lawn
perches like the pigeons, await my departure

	II.
he appeared in the night, a tattered statue
grey as the rumbling skies, white...

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He fell, fell to the ground
At the gunshot that created such a sound
Nobody took notice of the injured soldier
He was left there lying as the war grew thicker.

He screamed from the pain growing in his shoulder
Nobody realized the pain he would suffer
Trampling feet and screams...

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I dressed with style in my best suit,
As off to church I went.
I knew I looked quite lovely and
My time had been well spent.
I was to read the lesson so
I sat in convenient pew
And listened to the choir
As I waited for my cue.
I walked gracefully...

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Finished before start
Colts fans leap from Bandwagon
Peyton Manning's hurt...

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Still coming around
Like an injured bird
It's all just a matter of time
But that will come too



4/11/2018 6 pm...

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What lies well hidden in your heart
Is there because you knew I’d weep
To hear that I had played a part
In your torment within the deep. 

If I had been then truly wise
To understand your love for me,
I would have never let the rise
Of sorrow maim...

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White Cadillac
waiting for her.
Black night shadows
hide crimson lips.
Rude passerby
tosses a coin.
It injures more
than just her arm.
Someone's daughter
of meager means....

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The dog seemed injured, moved but limped; it hurt to see him walk!
As cars drove by on either side, the center's curb too much
(It seemed) with injury to scale, he'd try, but then he'd balk,
His left front limb, I ascertained, looked tender to the touch.

With...

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On my palm, as I keep to rest my chin 
Injured heart among the city din,
Healthy spirit to live it search
Days are so dark, for there is no torch. 
Sand I am baked, in the desert brown, 
Unfamiliar is the place, insipid is the town....

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Where silhouetted sentinels silently stand in vain
bleeding shades of layered shame on blight-lined highways below, 
their ghostly shadows remind us of dreams we dared to drain.   
  
Interred on unkempt plots, crumbling brick carcasses maintain
evidence we’re forced to see if the trails...

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Tow my burdensome feather of essence,
And ignore the ghost of my regret,
Watch the trail of unseen and broken tears,
Stain the dust sapphire with vacillating reluctance. 

Stretch me; rip me towards one poison or the other, 
Sit, reflect—agonize,    
Confront the demon who damaged...

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4 Marines Murdered and I am wondering why? He killed 1 Police Officer and I still have no clue but let’s continue and move on, looking back at what is at stake I pray for the families who will be crying each and every day...

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Guns, Guns, Who Loves Guns
Oops, We Shot Our Own Loved Ones
Guns, Guns, Tons Of Guns
Shoot You In Your Flabby Buns....

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Finally my blood began to coagulate, the bleeding had stopped.
Not sure how far along the tunnel I had come. All the way I hopped.
Now to make my way out of this loathsome place.
Cobwebs drooped from the ceiling like filigree lace.

I stepped carefully over sodden earth,...

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