Expunge Poems

Champions

...

You’ll hear an earth shattering crunch,
hesitation that is broken instantly.
Lick the eight ball and throw a punch.

Devouring a scared reflection for lunch, 
got out and be who you’re meant...

One Step Forward

...One step forward, two steps back –
That’s the way I function.
There is something that I lack
When I am at the junction

Of making a decision
Which will finalize a plan,
No matter the precision...

Tchotchke

...Spring cleaning comes and I seek to expunge from every counter and corner
All clutter and dried rose that serves no purpose
Knickknacks and little trinkets all go in the basket.
To be given to tho...

Letter to Sam Hunt

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Dear Sam, hello it’s me, don’t fret
old friend whom I have never met.
I wrote a letter time forgot,
you may ask why, I ask why not?
A sad meditation of late
on our nation’s new police stat...

A cry to solace

...Someone told me... "You look like you're going through the most..."
Was it that bad? I didn't realize it....
My frustrations, my anger... always tucked in... never present when it matters. 
It see...

FAILURE HUMBLES

...

Failure first
Makes you humble.
The deeper the sting,
The greater the revelation.

Release the need
To assign someone blame.
Accept it as your own
To expunge your searing shame.

Guilty...

And So Do You

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You can pretend I never happened
Expunge me from you mind
Exorcize the ghost of me
Leave it all behind 
You can play the role of happy
On your convoluted stage
Recite the same old monologue
...

Senior Living

...Brochures arrive quite often
And they beckon with a deal – 
It’s time for senior living – 
You don’t know how good you’ll feel!

There’s a pool, a gym, a clubhouse
With so much that you can do
...

View from the Cult

...I gave them all my riches,
I gave them all my fame,
I gave them all the things I loved 
That caused me woe and shame.
Now I sit here penniless,
With no one else to blame,
Attempting to achieve ...

hinterlands of thee netherlands

...alternately titles: I got noose for you,
Yours truly doth garrotte tee
another itsy bitsy, 
betsy wetsy easy breezy read.

oft times ('specially 
these latter unsainted days and nights) 
in wh...

Temper Whispers-SHM

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Written: November 17, 2023 For Charles Messina Contest
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In peace of mind and unwavering pride
Draw out your inner disgruntled ...

Hostages Kidnapped: Casualties of War

...Hostages kidnapped: casualties of war

After extorting pound of flesh
lifetime humiliation drummed into captives
hammering indelible nightmare
no amount of therapy can expunge.

Lifetime traum...

Adumbrated Aeration Regarding

...Adumbrated aeration regarding...

crafting reasonable poetic rhyme 
nothing to sneeze... at chew
asthma lingua franca – 
acts as supercalifragilisticexpialidocious glue
inspiring me to skip to ...

Things Are Not the Same - Father's Day Wishes

...Things are not the same
People are out of my frame
Nothing is the same without you
Still, No one is to blame, I feel so...

Time will heal everything,
They say so;
Still we feel...

Plunge

...Love beckons, let’s take the plunge 
but first dark desires expunge,
lest cravings lead us astray
and our soul, we so betray.

If pure joy we wish to find, 
we must first rest lower...

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