Best Smithereens Poems

AMERICAN DREAMS SMASHED TO SMITHEREENS

Miss American pie has a dream -
whipped cream of tijuana brass.

Groovy tunes quit on smoking grass.
Frisbee LP like steaming saucers crash.

The homecoming court is plastered.
What could possibly be the matter?

Moon rockets in flight, rock me all night baby.
There were stars in...

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Oh, your skin,
your skin and bones…
Such a fine paste, I can’t 
-I can’t separate the lines.
Where do I go from here?
There are so 
so many questions.
And unopened letters
on a desk 
I don’t recognize.
Smithereens,
smitten,
A system?
Will I find the gems?
Lit sequins
fashion a butterfly,
and knit secrets
wind around my
neck.
Protection?
Possession.
You,...

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"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life:" Robert Frost



A
thousand
scalpel nicks
on his poor heart
How her words cut deep!
"Sorry, you're not my type"
That's a bit much to take from...
the object of his affection
Bright hopes of a budding romance, dashed.
Rejected; his heart left...

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