Deadweight Poems - Poems about Deadweight

Along With The Thunder

...in the corner
of a blanched bungalow 
sits a self-portrait: 
loose bantu knots 
the color of volcanic ash 
her living nightmare 
   it was so much-
stampeding rain 
wild winds
the icon of tr...

Frostbitten Heartstrings and Drunken Truths

...My eyes couldn’t help 
But wander 
And smile at every passing inch 

Aimlessly following the walls 
And your voice 
Throughout the house you lay your head at night 

It was cozy 
Decorated d...

Prima Facie

...Prima Facie
adjective
based on the first impression; accepted as correct until proved otherwise.

so i accept
what choice do I have
i'm such a big fan
i love you so much
you are pure art

s...

Level 8

...7/17/23


To all I must send my thanks
Again my very best a waste
Took a right, next left and then straight
After seven takes
Only reached level 8
Nearby a metal gate
I felt the hate
To tel...

-we Walked-

...I want little sparrows singing to me that everything will be alright.

I want a hug from each of my friends that lasts forever.

I want to hear you say that I am safe tonight.

I want to freeze...

Snow Bird

...SNOW BIRD

In the dead of winter comes great beauty, 
with broody storms and the elegant snow. 
The hoarfrost spears hang icy and fluty,
like aliens in guise as they stretch and grow. 
Crisp ra...

Call of Nature

...I am at one with myself
I am the tree trunk that grows from the ground
As the branches and twigs move when the wind blows
I myself remain robust

Extentions of my life break off and die
Or just...

Rap Diss Unwrap This

...The fact is you rhyme 
like a flatulent behind
and that’s me kind
you’re a waste of time 
and time isn’t indication you climb 
stuck same place is basically decline

So it’s something you got ...

Benevolence Fund

...For several ages 
Our relationship can be compared 
To a benevolence fund 
Always seeking a hand out 
Never offering a hand up 
The scales were never balanced 
On one scale counterbalanced in p...

Valley of the Shadow of Death

...
VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH

          Death blew his misty breath at me 
      And I trembled in the cold,
  Feelings frozen, I stood affixed,
My heart encrusted with salty cryst...

Don'T Sink Me

...Why did you, friend, tell me your secret?
I mean you know I can keep it,
but are you trying to break me?
Don’t you see the broken girl I see?
I can’t handle any more problems
since I already hit...

Weightless

...those beaten eyes glazed with a film

of bitter almond

shakily receiving her post partum reward

of a broken thyroid and a lumpy lack of form

 

once upon a time she lived

a lighter li...

A Necessary Evil

...Have you never tasted hunger
Tread the alleys with the stealthy
Cried the tears of someone younger
While you dined among the wealthy
Shuffled through the papers
Through the pages of despair
Emb...

Be Alive

...Headlong I fall into a trap
The ascend back a slippery slope
My hands absorb the weight
My feet are deadweight
The puffs of exhaustion, 
Sink with all intension
Trying to save myself
Despite m...

Dark Angels of Highgate

...Enough Angelina, drop the bouquet of harebells.  
The flowers wilt as your graying hands stiffen. See, how grave
is our newborn son. We gift him a black crêpe layette.
Say Darling Edward,...

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