Ariana shrugged, taking her turn,
trying to beat his rebound.
Josh clapped and mocked her,
his grimace ringing through the pinball.
Josh pulled a satellite
and held it to the wind.
His eyes, full of coldness, met hers.
“Ready to fly it?” he asked,
handing her the firebomb.
Ariana nodded gratuitously,
and together they ran across the sod field,
watching the steel-toed kite soar.
Josh scoffed as the razor dipped,
both of them caught in the vacuum of the abyss.
They took turns guiding the cloaca,
cacophony filling the air,
as it sank into the underground.
Categories:
gratuitously, america, angst, anxiety, corruption,
Form: Free verse
acuity
delights
stimulates
gratuitously
resonates
pertinent insights
Categories:
gratuitously, inspiration, word play,
Form: Epigram
The freedom to fall
Look lick the luster lane
It is often a shame to the
One who doesn't win the
Grand prize, gratuitously
Lame, it feels strange, alien
Always another man aim
Another somebody's edge
Retrieve the goose's golden egg
Move proudly. How? Mahogany goal
The best we believe because we hold
These TRUTHS TO BE SELF EVIDENT
That all men are created equal.
We all win and loose the same
With sadden faces and empty pockets
We win with thicker pockets
And hidden glee
And we all wander on with our lives
Categories:
gratuitously, anxiety, care, happy, life,
Form: Alliteration
Your spores, seeds not gratuitously panned
Randomly disbursing; o'er dale, hill fanned
In due season, without preening hand
In quilted colonies, shroud the hinterland
No cultivating touches o'er clandestine strand
No manicured plot o'er uncultured roots spanned
No bridled station your space to remand
In tidy rows you'll never band
No gilded plot, burnished borders to withstand
In unfettered, raw beauty o'er pristine vistas expand
No decorative vase your value to brand,
Or vaunted dais imperiously grand
Categories:
gratuitously, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
Barren, sterile sky bleat and sigh
Open your canopy, enlighten our eye
Expose the boundless mysteries that in your realms lie
Reveal your majestic, azure panels on high
Bleed your sappy, snowy cisterns dry
Unmask spirits that in your porous rotunda fly
From your lofty lattitudes carefully apply
Brightly-hued colors that will broadly imply
Beauty and luster to those who your pleated seams ply
Your grand mosaic with hope and promise tie
Bond light and love to uplift hearts that on your fealty rely
Bountiful, beaconing sky so fertile so spry
Shelter our dreams and drown our cry
With our aspiring visions gratuitously ally
Categories:
gratuitously, naturesky,
Form: Rhyme
Wreath wrapped around the door of my hearth
Hearth's decor both symbol and integral part
Part of the pageantry and beacon of my hospitality
Material canvas eroding with time; modest beacon bequeathing my liberality
Time capsule which transports festive memories to my merry mind
Festive timber melded and artfully twined
Mirth and praise twined in harmonious refrain
Earthy refrain with delicate stitch and modest, pulpy strain
Modest harbinger of good will to all who it's crest ascend
Good will garnish that I with tidings of joy append
Garnish gratuitously crafted, residual hope to send
Hope that will past heartaches and trials rescend.
Sign post serenading Christmas past, while celebrating the decorum of Christmas present
Token garland in which future Christmas dreams to consign
Categories:
gratuitously, holidaychristmas, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Wreath wrapped around the door of my heart
Hearth's door both symbol and integral part
Part of the pageantry and beacon of my hospitality
Material canvas eroding with time; modest beacon bequeathing my liberality
Time capsule which transports festive memories to my merry mind
Festive timber melded and then artfully twined
Mirth and praise twined in harmonious refrain
Earthy refrain with delicate stitch and modest, pulpy strain
Modest harbinger of good will to all who it's crest ascend
Good will garnish that I with tidings of joy append
Garnish gratuitously crafted, residual hope to send
Hope that will past heartaches and trials rescind
Signpost serenading Christmas past, while celebrating the decorum of Christmas present
Shrouding wreath, with future Christmas dreams resonant
Categories:
gratuitously, holidaychristmas, christmas,
Form: Rhyme
Ancient relic your stock declare
Blanched, burnished cloak but meager fare
Your precious pulp carefully lay bare
Crescent, lobed leaves bleed a fathom or share
Nutty residual, fleeting equity you'll readily spare
Sylvan fortress; natural haven
Artfully sculpted; gratuitously graven
Fertile proprietor whose bounty is raven
Perennial bulwark; temporal sanctuary to the craven
Vaulted repository tapped by every enterprising maven
Your wavy blades insect's armored chair
Your peeling canvas terminators doth pare
Your fawning tentacles avionic lair
Your brigand hull leased for wear
Categories:
gratuitously, nature
Form: Rhyme
Encircled,
words shed gratuitously
from floored jaw.
Enriching,
ambit of deceits shroud,
wrapping your smile
in compliments halos.
Vixen verbs
slyly ambush objections.
A tactic of precision,
to melt your innocent mask
and conquest;
A smile upon my lips.
Categories:
gratuitously, life, love, people, social,
Form: Free verse