My dear old uncle Bill
Thought he'd try a Viagra pill
The only affect
Is he got a stiff neck
Which seemed to amuse auntie Jill.
Balloons they float
Across the sky
In rainbow mood
Excessive high
Intruding birds
Like cloudless thoughts
With do's and don'ts
With musts and oughts
Above the trees
Rooted, they cheer
They dream of floating
Far from here
The gusting breeze
Can guide your joy
Away from ground
That can destroy
The brightest hopes
Of friendship's love
Enduring winds
Of push and shove
But bright the sky
If dull the heart
The journey home..
Yet, first depart
From dreamscape fields
From comfort clouds
To launch away
From chains and shrouds
The freedom of
The endless blue
Of eyes and skies
So pure, so true
He scored on me with each shot he took ~ until I deflated his balls
Gather her up with velvet mitts.
Dab with cotton wipes.
Toss her gently on a bed of roses.
Yank her light switch until she glows.
Purge blues with muted pastels.
Whisper of wealth yet to come,
encourage with chocolates and wine.
Agree to die first;
love her back to roundness.
Gather her up
with rubber gloves and Lysol.
Toss her gently on a bed of roses.
Yank her light switch,
immerse blues in soft sell.
Whisper of wealth yet to come,
encourage with chocolates,
agree to die first;
love her back to roundness.
My way is not that far
my path is not that black tar
my bicycle is deflated
but your heart is inflated
i go in peace and war the way i came
all i see in my eye is a blank game
your yellow pale face
turning shifts like a phase
the crescent waits for me
as the horizon sinks deep in the tree
roses are now dried
our wedding ring is now fried
let me go my way
till i will forget this day
You once brought me hope and sunny days,
now I sit in shock and dazed.
How could you turn your back on me?
I did nothing wrong that I can see.
I sat in shock and disbelief,
what once was hope has turned to grief.
Despite the truth...you turn your back,
you say some proof is what you lack.
The proof is right before your eyes,
but you'd rather choose to back up lies.
With head held low, I walk away...
there seems to be nothing more to say.
P.R. Deremer
Sunday in February
a pigskin
deflates on the one yard line.
Deflated Raft 1 and 2 – Haiku
Deflated Raft 1
air depleted, sigh
rubber flat, spinning chaos
raft takes on water
Deflated Raft 2
floats on cold water
flat, under maelstroms great weight
watch the raft turn, sink
Was she a dream
Or was she real
Makes no difference
How I feel
She once was here
But now she's gone
Makes no difference
Right or wrong
She's my life and death
Perfume with in my breath
Makes no difference
If I long
I'm still here
But she's gone
Though there are a few downsides in my life
The good still outweighs the bad
Love’s never deflated
Russell Sivey
Misshapen flimsy mass
Rubbage under foot
Wet with spittle and DNA
Morphing into a Dali
Time melting away
Family needs more
Rubbage on the floor
Unmoving joints staring eyes
Hollow unfelt emotions
Sweep over like a helium balloon
Surrealism opens the chest of me
Deflated spirit; deflated balloon
your critical words
flatten me like a pancake -
please pass the syrup
Sitting here thinking,
while I’m holding my own,
I’m wondering how so many big heads
fit into a pontifical cone?
Riding in a chair of gold leaf,
always raised way above the rest
No wonder these elevated mortals
start feeling they’re better than the best.
Oh omniscient, watch out for that nearby and
lowly dreg with a humbling stick.
He’ll let the air out of your head you oblivious,
magnificent but self-made schtick!
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