Best Volt Poems

The verb, when well wired,
acts as a unit of electrical potential 
equal to the difference between two sparks of meaning
on a graduated scale of question marks,
carrying a constant current of one impact.
When poetic power charges the space
between the thought and the word
there is a jolt,
and...

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Ballot dolts
who got a gun love for the vote,
lift the sidearm
and affirm
their right to fire a bullet nope
Pulling the trigger lever
with lightning speed,
they choose to cast 
bolts of volt impurity
Spirit children of Frankenstein orthodoxy,
whose parents gave democratic birth
to a Hitler monstrosity 
by voting mad scientist...

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Swallow my PRIDE 
It tastes like copper pennies
Find the words to apologize
My tongue is numb with apprehension
I dont remember chewing on a nine-volt
The sting cutting off my breath
My mind swimming with everything left unsaid....

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(This is a true story)

Years ago my mom was shocked by a heater that belonged to my dad.
When she was mopping around the heater, she didn't know that the cord was 
bad.
Some bare wires were exposed on the cord and a terrible shock was what...

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