Best Staples Poems
A Dump Truck Full of StaplesIf my heart breaks and there’s no one around
Does it still make a sound
Does it still fall to the floor
And shatter on the ground
And if I buy a million rolls of duck tape
And a dump truck full of staples
Can I patch it back together
If...
Continue reading...
Categories:
staples, life, lost love, sad,
Form:
Free verse
Trip To StaplesWizened old person that I am,
wading through the horde
of clerks at Staples, I loiter a bit
trying to recall the cartridge number I need.
Too loudly, a mordacious clerk comments,
“Wonder if we should call 911.”
I elicit your sympathy, she has some nerve!
My mind was...
Continue reading...
Categories:
staples, anxiety, memory,
Form:
Narrative
T El L John Staples It I S Not a S Uici De Lte Ter I Jus T S Uff Er B Ad Mental HealthI would love a life of death
I would like to slit my throat and kill myself
Take a razor and sharpen my neck
But I would not want that for you
Ye who lives with regret
I will reserve for you the boring death
With a bed, some family and...
Continue reading...
Categories:
staples, art, death, depression, mental
Form:
Verse