Book Him Granno
...My granny was sick as a parrot
She always liked that Steve Mcgarrett
Her favorite show
Hawaii 5-0
Was cancelled for football, Goddamnit
As Hawaii she couldn’t afford
Struck a pose on ...
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Categories:
goddamnit, age, grandmother, humorous,
Form: Limerick
No Time For Goodbye
...One moment
One action
All the things that can happen
One word
One lie
A tear glistens in my eye
You leave
No trace
A smile fading from my face
Your gone
No goodbye
I can’t hold it ...
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Categories:
goddamnit, break up, dad, longing,
Form: Rhyme
The Tiger King
...Inspired by the incongruous
Joe exotic Documentary
You think because I smile I’m
happy, well it’s one big facade,
Strut round my insane kingdom,
driving all and sundry mad,
Like the tigers...
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Categories:
goddamnit, allusion, animal, conflict, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
Depression In Parts
...No, I am not oppressed.
What I am, is tired. I’m tired of all of the things that have happened in my lifetime. Tired of the things to come. Tired of the pain.
If you want me to be safe, then put m...
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Categories:
goddamnit, depression, mental illness,
Form: ABC
Put On a Happy Face
...Put on a happy face
when I release taut fingers
from your pallid cheeks.
Promises and empty lies
are sported clichés
that spoil a silenced vocabulary.
A quieted understanding we've
vocally committe...
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Categories:
goddamnit, on writing and words,
Form: Free verse
Amphibians
...How much lower could I go?
How much more could I take?
Hadn't I had my fill,
my share
more than my share?
And you held my head underneath
the water in the wooden trough
you, gestapo god
and ...
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Categories:
goddamnit, angst, animals, confusion, depressionme,
Form: Free verse
Depression Is a Sin
...Whenever they can, your troubles persist
Your mind becomes stressed.
And your life's reduced to plot twists
Designed to make you depressed.
Life isn't fair
But Goddamnit!
Don't let despair
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Categories:
goddamnit, depression, life
Form: Free verse