Best Stalling Poems

Taking
My time, thinking,
Wandering, Pondering
On what to write for a poem 
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stuck between smoke stack volumes
in alphabetical order
woven metal bodies
straight lines leaving little to the imagination

some big, some small
from exhausted paint rollers
leaving their mark
just outside of the jewelry store

crushed cigarette butts on the ground
falling between the cracks
of walkways reflecting diamond brooches 
you can’t afford

designer dreams offered...

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Out of my womb you came 
Lifeless there you laid
The room grew still
One breath, was all it took 
Stop stalling my child 
I chose this one just for you

Your existence was tested
I fought for you from the beginning
Although weak and broken you fought back
One day...

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weeks months days pass by
like strangers on the street
never looking him in the eyes
or stopping to notice the
bitterness behind them
but the seconds the minutes
stall
and he feels them all
like needles in the skin
acupuncture for the soul
but this is all the pain
without the treatment
banality and triviality
and now...

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You're not doing a stellar job
distracting me with idle chatter.

Life is not something to be ignored
and swept under a mat.
I've been living in limbo
no matter how you sugarcoat it.

Life is short and every beat matters.
Every day is another notch in the cog of time fleeting.
Life...

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