Formaldehyde Poems - Poems about Formaldehyde

Contemplating the Great Beyond

...
     There are those who squirm
        at the sight of the urn

     Others can’t mask it
        sobbing over a casket

     As for myself, I’m like the elf ~
        floating in formaldeh...

Honest Doctor

...


My doctor is like no other,
he treats me like a brother.
Never unfair nor dishonest
in diagnosis or prognosis;
he tells me all just as it is –
a trait he’s known for best.
During my recen...

Sour Pickles From New Orleans

...

His  smelled of semi-soft cheese 
with a low moldy blue undertone 
I had no tolerance for his smell 
for compared to gym socks,
ammonia, 
or barnyards,  
it was pure Eau de Toilet ! 

Aft...

Cadaver Elegy

...They handed me the scalpel like a crown- 
Queenship of the pail and prostrate.
I ascended my throne of sterile steel,
The body laid bare, my unwilling courtier. 
Death they said was merely a text...

His Right Leg

...A ticket pinned to the thigh reserves it,
the whole cadaver is parceled off - of course.
Legs are a late harvest, these often-indigent parts
carry a visual poverty long after the body is plucked.
...

Anesthetization Of Pickles

...It smells like pickles green in Autumn
Aromas arise like Frankenstein in formaldehyde
Tubular, somewhat spiny, objects plump
Ready to be plucked at midnight

Be not pickled in perpetuity
Be not...

Formaldehyde

...I have no excuse
And as for my reasons
I will deliver them to you
On silver plates
Glazed with formaldehyde
And we will dance to their eulogies
And feast on their thighs
And you will know that...

Their World

...

"Their World"

Of course, there was no re-assurance from them that they would respond to the message I had sent. Morning had arrived. 

The day had commenced as any other, unravelling ...

move-in

...We moved back into the residence yesterday - we were jubilant - and had a slumb-over last night, to celebrate our reunification. We woke up joyous, on the right side of the same bed (slumb-over), and...

Artificial Intelligence

...(political tongue-in-cheek humor) (no political sense of humor...pass this one up)

Artificial Intelligence has been around a long time: before Biden invented the wheel, was first man to step foot ...

Halloween Visitors

... 
I put a pumpkin on my porch outside,
and he had a hideous face;
I prepared the many treats, myself and my cat,
so, with things in order- on the sofa we sat.

The kids so cute a sm...

Palm History Awash With Drips

...Courtesy handy dandy
palmar hyperhidrosis
impossible mission to defeat
except poe wet tickly
even courtesy drysol.

(Me slippery fingers slither,
slip and slide splashing ala
Jackson Pollock)...

Uncertain End

...Thick darkness conquers each scrambling sense
No longer sure if my eyes are closed or open
If my stagnant limbs are futile, or just tense

Can I compose myself if I count to ten?
Whatever fate t...

Poetry: a Panacea For Poets

...The cud I rechewed // in the riverside // was from a sett of dreadful hemlock // that struck the aquifers of my soul.

Blight glue my night // as mournful as the grave-in my streets // silence defe...

Flying Monkeys

...How banal is heartbreak
yet the masses belly up to the bar
to imbibe the bitter brew by the gallon
fermented from the pounds of flesh
she's cut away with her pen 
that she keeps preserved 
in j...

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