analogy allergy
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I’m not one but a whisper -
I’m nothing ‘cept a sham
a pharaoh for the faceless
and the finer freaks, I am
cormorant for the chinamen
rusty wire wraps...
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Categories:
chinamen, analogy, introspection, poems, poetry,
Form: Quatrain
Desert Dreaming
...A violent scene lay before me
Huddled in death, there’s Ella, Mary-belle, everywhere I could see
Swollen tongues, sunken eyes, frail bodies strewn in the hot powdery dirt,
I sniff the sharp stench...
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Categories:
chinamen, anxiety, nature, suicide,
Form: Free verse
Fake Food Anyone
...Fake Food Anyone
Hohoho....
First it was fake food and vegetables for the house decor......
Until one day the line was crossed and food as we know before.....
Are no longer assumed to be natura...
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Categories:
chinamen, anxiety, community, confusion,
Form: Free verse
Lion Dancing To a New Year
...Lion Dancing To A New Year
It is that time of the year, you'll know it by the din reaching your ears...
Thunderous gong beats, clashing cymbals that's all you can hear...
It is a most riotous ...
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Categories:
chinamen, appreciation, blessing, celebration, community,
Form: Free verse
Ode To the Madman
...Ode to the Madman
It was heaven in hell, both.
It was 115 degrees and I was in hell.
But heaven was in sweltering Palm Springs.
And I tasted nectar and ambrosia, both,
Under the dauntless palms.
I t...
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Categories:
chinamen, tribute, beautiful, me, women,
Form: Ode