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Countless wrappers were strewn in the yard and the sugar was kicking in hard. All Hallow’s bequeath? A new set of teeth that would max out his dad’s credit card....

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Categories: incidental, candy, halloween,
Form: Limerick
Incidental Catch
Incidental Catch ‘The catch of non-fish species’ At the town’s cusp, terraced homes blaze out. The mill and the green jetty wane to abandoned garages. Kept, like trophies, by the type of men who have love affairs with themselves. I was met by an agricultural runoff - where land intersects water, sky and rock. Your image waded flat over the water...

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Categories: incidental, identity, imagery, love,
Form: Lyric



Incidental Story
Step softly over this silken knot; Ease into this particular caress.. I have a story Written slowly on cloth of gold.. The wrappings shimmer sightlessly Around the nearest ornamental Diary. And then, we wonder as we read Who earns such gifts as nonchalonce..? For effort lost we all expire Into an alien heat To find someone especially sacred. Ending in historic settlement Legitimized or notarized As each becomes...

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Categories: incidental, love,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Incidental Contact
Tattered pieces of time Envelope my very soul Awakened by the silence As the tears began to flow All those borrowed memories Forever now returned A perfect lover's serenade Never to be learned Just incidental contact Is what was meant to be Trading passing glances For all eternity Stolen hopes and dreams For a future that didn't last Shattered broken promises Discarded to the past I count the very heartbeats That's spelling...

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Categories: incidental, lost love, sad
Form: Rhyme
Incidental Contact
Tattered pieces of time Envelope my very soul Awakened by the silence As the tears began to flow All those borrowed memories Forever now returned A perfect lover's serenade Never to be learned Just incidental contact Is what was meant to be Trading passing glances For all eternity Stolen hopes and dreams For a future that didn't last Shattered broken promises Discarded to the past I count the very heartbeats That's spelling...

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Categories: incidental, lost love
Form: Rhyme



Incidental Contact
Tattered pieces of time Envelope my very soul Awakened by the silence As the tears began to flow All those borrowed memories Forever now returned A perfect lover's serenade Never to be learned Just incidental contact Is what was meant to be Trading passing glances For all eternity Stolen hopes and dreams For a future that didn't last Shattered broken promises Discarded to the past I count the very heartbeats That's spelling...

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Categories: incidental, lost love
Form: Rhyme

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