Best Pound Of Flesh Poems

Do not be diabolically deceived by this entity called ‘Love’, and the Blue Jewell we call Earth. For both of them work in unison to capture their prey, like a Venus Fly Trap. Some will die a thousand deaths, before a pound of flesh must...

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A man of unquestioned probity in his community, stumbles upon
A hidden duffel bag in the woods while camping with his family
He pulls it out of the dirt and zips it open. The duffel bag 
Is stuffed with $100 bills. He turns in the money, in...

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~...A mutilated body comes down the hall victim of a crime. Someone pushing the gurnee down under the florescent lights erratically flickering beams. Exiting off the elevator wheeling downward still. Sheet covered body of a corpse yet still, not moving. White tiles white walls and...

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My Heart Palpitated,
When you hurt me
You can imagine, 
How is sensible this organ?
That seems only a pound of flesh.
It realised the pain,
When you insulted my trust,
And broken my faith.
My heart showed me mercy,
And compelled to forgive you,
Although it was tearing bitterly,
And crying in pain.
I were...

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Living in one
renting the other
Owning them both
then to discover
As owner I’m captive
the tenant is free
In debt to the banker
—remortgaging me

(The New Room: January, 2024)
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What is it that you need from me? -
  I pray that you do tell.
For everything I've offered -
  hasn't gone over too well.
Patience as you grow? -
  As you learn from your mistakes?
No, that cannot be it -
  because you've...

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