Dark Burlesque Poems

Dark curly hair on the stomach
soft, wiry, or somewhere in between—
with a unique texture especially after bath.

Deep voice that carries a break
especially when in the...

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            Twisted
            In...

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                wrock
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I derive no pleasure in hurting a fly,
Preferring to let spiders do that for me,
Or just to shoo them away.
Bug spray is only used as...

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She plays a song,her favorite one,her favorite one she plays,
In bright time of afternoon,
She plays to ease,she plays to calm the ravaging monster in her,

Afar,she...

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A sweetie dialed up,
to the Dark knight.
Sez mac the knife,
He won't treat me right.
Knight sez Oh No,
Just one thing to do.
Let's go to a Bash,
on...

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Bearded
 like a snail
 jealous of
 his big manly voice
Turning again
 with noses
 on spectacles
We seek
  exits from the theater
sans teeth
sans eyes
sans everything

To die
...

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Personified evil


I feel repulsed when he is near; I ought to have compassion 
for this cripple, his twisted foot and arm
a beggar with scabby skin...

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The me that you see’s just a face that I wear.
You have no idea what’s really on my mind.
The me of my soul regards you...

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BUTTERFLY IN TUTU

Butterfly in tutu, deliriously delusional, bright
with spangles, tapping her wings.  All knew
she was cocky with glorified golden teeth.

She followed the cockamamie caterpillar...

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Unnoticed 

Reading the papers and seeing the news on TV
the festive season has begun, like an eager blue tractor
little time for those caught up in...

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Suppress women
And you get a society
Of men shooting holes
In a dark cloud 

Driving on the left side
Of the road
Makes a nation somewhat
Intransigent...

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Out on the edge of the shadow, the day begins
Charting out a course to an aimless star, but not to wander
The pioneer has a map,...

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This bowl is no longer mine,

was never so,  

Let it go. 

well worn before the oath,

A gift that despised the guardian, 

Presented freely without...

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incompetence seats imperviously in the rock, 
watching his last drama in senility; 

surrounded by old scoundrels as himself.
Same tyrant of yesteryear who through the powder...

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