Extenuating Poems

The Waltz Of The Werewolves

...At high noontime, the tires are burning in the streets
The sound of barking dogs is everywhere; the cats of hell smell
Like never showered rats who are locked up in death row cells
Where the air d...

Why do today what you can put off till tomorrow?

...Why do today what you can put off till tomorrow?

The following extrapolated 
thought thread exercised,
NOT utilized to intimate 
how Fats Domino belied,
and wowed a crowded house ass-sized.

...

Hollow With Water

...Hollow 
Stay to be filled
We can help
To fill with drudgery and voids
To fill with poison and blank pages 
that we said was a love letter 

I wasn’t before, perhaps a little more
So now. Holl...

The Last 4 Years and the Coming Decade 4

...In Jan 6. 2021, a number of his myrmidons from all parts of the country converged to Washington to seize and squat the Capitol mansion following his seditious malarkeys, ending this country's long un...

Execution

...Execution

In the absence of complication,
intricacies of wayward living,
matters emphatically mitigated,
compelling conclusions, well-received,
extenuating circumstance acco...

Re Dna

...distant, sweet, moments
extenuating reasons
no apology...

Fathers, Day 2003 Boundaries

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Fathers, Day 2003
"Boundaries"
Written: By Tom Wright
6/16/03

For the elixir of the vine,
Dad could scarcely refrain.
Now just thoughts of his labor,
Like green persimmons, remain....

The Divorce Portrait Metaphor

...
The Divorce / Portrait Metaphor
By: Tom Wright 
January 16 2006

In each divorce there’s two portraits painted
But children, as pawns, only one will see.
*Neither portrait is ever qui...

Why Do Today What You Can Put Off Til Tomorrow

...(the following extrapolated 
     thought thread exercised,
NOT utilized to intimate 
     how Fats Domino belied,
and wowed a crowded house as-sized).

as a former ace procrastinator, i abhor
...

Inadequacy

...Thoughts that swarm inside my head,
Because of what she's made me dread.
So now I hear that laugh and die 
And see that smile and away I hide.
Her alluring voice just makes me break
Because a li...

The Artist

...Oh DARK artist 
What a beautiful picture you create
Not with hues, pigments, and light
But with tone, imagery, and night
The soul an awaiting canvas
Your pen the finest brush
With reckless abandon yo...

Vanity

...
In the beginning Love proved concept is vain 
Extenuating circumstances of concepts are vain,
Truth proved love, the same, not to be vain,
Manifesting truth as a body in essence vain,
That l...

Is There Anybody Out There

...Is there anybody out there
Behind the poetry wall
Lost for words
Writing the truth 
Yet extenuating the absurd...

How Many Times

...HOW    MANY    TIMES ?


Now I’m a commonsense-o-holic
But when I was a practising catholic
Confession was always a trial or a show.
The guy behind the wire-gauze fence 
Always seemed to want ...

Frustration Or Elation

...situations are
extenuating
leaving me gasping...

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