Flaying Poems - Poems about Flaying

Soul Rose Fulcrum

... my soul-rose has a fulcrum 
sometimes
veined petals spread a  c  R    o   Ss 

skies unknown
                           thorns ready 

for piercing when blood
too perfumed passionat...

Tongue Tattle Tales

...Hold your tongue, tie it up tight,
for a loose tongue that strays in devious ways,
can slip and cut deep, too quick, right to bone.
It wags the dog, flaying in many ways failing.

Telltale tongu...

Thirty Nine Minutes to Nowhere

...As I look upward at the wooden door labeled 'My Demise',
I clearly see thirty-nine wooden steps on the rise.
Each step takes a minute to grasp what I'll leave behind,
With many memories and though...

Parasitic revolution

...Most everybody can handle a few parasites
but eventually it reaches critical mass
the body runs low on flesh and laughs
it begins a slow collapse from the inside out.

America's body is infested...

Roadkill

...
He hears again
the far-off jiggling of keys,
the throaty cough of ignition,
recalls strafing lights
on a night-blurred road.

Moths, like pale flowers,
crash against the windscreen.
Over-re...

While attempting going to sleep after midnight

...While attempting going to sleep after midnight...

December 27th, 2023,
the missus pounded mine posterior
(she played paddywhack 
on me blimey buttucks)
not only causing contusion, 
but flayin...

Zippily

...Zippily, zippity, I slip down
the slippery dip slide.
Zippity-doo-dah, slippily-dippity-do!
Suddenly and nippily, tipping 
backwards to quicken the pace.
Snappily, I whippingly 
swish right off...

Selfish

...the judge implores me: raise your right hand.
do you swear to lie?
the scalpel pulls my skin back, flaying eyes
vivisect me on the witness stand
for the crime of feeling anything other 
than con...

Baneful Brickbats Begat Grievous Barrier

...Baneful brickbats begat grievous barrier

Tell tale indelible woe y'all
privy to learn yours truly harbors
traces of the masterful
impregnable prepubescent wall
still extant scads of decades si...

Transcending

...In silence, as nausea passes 
as I crawl into a corner shaking 
head violent visions 
of somewhere or something.

Flashing nano fire of my spine 
flaying hot the essence of thought 
a razor in...

In Search of Some Je Ne Sais Quoi

...His lines he always wanted to shine
With éclat and style mingled fine
To bedazzle and strike with awe
Those who bothered to read a line

For hours on end, would he ponder
On how he could rive y...

Conscientious Objector

...Oh my god, what have we done 
Just gone and killed, your only son
Even worse, tortured him to death 
Jeering whilst he gasped for breath 
In realisation, we’re overwhelmed 
Certain now, to be al...

I Thought They Were Weak Liars

...A constant throbbing
Soreness often 
Stabbing two or three time a day
Acute anxiety 
I never know when it is coming
Like a searing spear slashing and flaying
I had never felt sorry for others w...

I Keep My Ideas To Myself

...My mouth almost opened 
But I quickly clamped it shut
Experience taught me not to try
To find my voice

Stifling myself is easy 
I have sixty-seven-years experience
It is my natural reaction
...

Phoenix

...Awoke by a nightmare, in cold sweat
dews were to settle on foliage yet
sun was below the horizon still
birds were calm in their nests in chill
rooster had not sounded alarm yet
the darkness a fo...

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