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An Evening In With the Cat
If I had a bottle of pills
I’d dump them out inside my mouth
Take the last few swigs of vodka
And swallow all of them down

If I...

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Categories: swigs, death, depression, loss, pets,
Form: Quatrain



Cup of Love
.

        I guzzle
      she quaffs
        ...

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Categories: swigs, love,
Form: Free verse
In the End
Two swigs of tequilla
Strawberry Daiquri
A pair of scissors
Some anger
Pain
Emptiness
An arm and a leg
Meke a good time
For shedding some blood
Tears anyone?
Breaths feel cool
Taste rebelious....

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Categories: swigs, peace,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member I'M Coming Home
He looks through the curtains as the meal is served

The sweat on his brow and the I.V. drips

Mom wears her apron with a picture of...

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Categories: swigs, angst, faith, family, mom,
Form: Ballad
Skeletons In the Cupboard
All he is rackety-raggedy walking the streets.
Talking about things that are conflicting.
His mind has been captured by the wrongful deeds of people.
He has been cheated...

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Categories: swigs, character, conflict, crazy, education,
Form: Narrative



Premium Member Luck of the Irish Limerick
Last night I heard the banshee,
After a few swigs of whiskey,
And after I heard her scream,
I poured some Bailey's and cream.
Now I cannot hear her...

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Categories: swigs, drink, humor, ireland,
Form: Limerick
Let Them Burn
I shall bloom with unrelenting persistence

and murderous resistance,

fighting back with mental pistons,

shattering the framerworks of my current existence.

I find self expression

from the roots of my...

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Categories: swigs, anxiety, depression, heart, identity,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Good Ol' Rex
He heard the car and came running,
Jumped and whirled in the air,
Barking his happiness! 
Dad lifted her down in her yellow-flowered 
Camisole  and high...

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Categories: swigs, 8th grade, dog, happiness,
Form: Free verse
Bada Bing
8/21/17
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Taking swigs
Continuing to dig
Doing it big

Bada-bing
Crown me I am king
Doing my thing
Toward the fences I swing
My all I bring
Sting like a bee, And knock them...

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Categories: swigs, dark, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
Gratitude
Gratitude 




Perpetual fragrance of life sojourns in air,
As golden glitz of sun swigs despair;

Nature endows its riches on us to cherish,
His boundless bounties will never...

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Categories: swigs, beauty, thanksgiving,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The World and Lifestyle of a Tycoon
He sure enjoys 
his life of Reilly; 
lavishly living it up! 
A globe-trotter. 
A man-about-town. 
He's a big hit 
with the ladies, 
and he doesn't...

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Categories: swigs, humor, perspective, tribute,
Form: Free verse
Incarceration
A welter of anxious faces gawks curiously at him,
But by now he is immune to the consternation. 
His effervescent expression glows,
As he swigs down their...

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Categories: swigs, death, depression, introspection, life,
Form: Verse
Candlelight and Caviar
Candlelight And Caviar

Luxury, wealth and sophistication
describe my exquisite fascination.
Rare to find in the out of doors
rich in passion behind closed doors.
Dress me in silk, cashmere...

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Categories: swigs, mysteryme, me,
Form: Rhyme
Rainy Days and Mondays
Turning over I shut my alarm off while in my bed
forcing myself out of my cocoon I have a feeling of dread
its another Monday morning...

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Categories: swigs, humor, rain, work,
Form: Light Verse
Limerick Ii Barber Sweeney
A barber called Sweeney and Mrs Lovett
Both catch human heads inside her bucket
Cooking human head pies 
With blood and eyeball fries
Each bite so tough that...

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Categories: swigs, death, food, horror, murder,
Form: Limerick

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