In the Hours Between
...It was in the morning
When I heard him snoring
Like loud like a lion
He who falls from my eyes
Every sense feeling nonsense
Early lights in goosebumps
Served myself a red riddle
Leaving ...
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Categories:
kidneys, assonance, change, emotions, imagery,
Form: Lyric
Evin Prison
...Khaled was a bodybuilding champ in Iran
A photo shows a smiling and very strong man
Then in Evin Prison, at the mercy of nasty folk
His spine fractured, kidneys failed, heart was harmed, leg was b...
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Categories:
kidneys, abuse, courage, evil, freedom,
Form: Lyric
Naked Legacy
...I taste the beating of your heart
As truth drizzles onto my soul
Daring me to challenge this equation
That turns two pieces into one whole
I embrace a broken mirror
As I am claimed by torment ...
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Categories:
kidneys, allegory, allusion, anxiety, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Bhami
...Bhami
Slow down take a run
Wobbly—?dribble?— dabble addled eye balls gawking at.. what is that? First encounter of the second kind
Clanging?—?clinging?—?cloistering—?changin co...
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Categories:
kidneys, absence, allusion, angst, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Bhami
...Bhami
Slow down take a run
Wobbly—?dribble?— dabble addled eye balls gawking at.. what is that? First encounter of the second kind
Clanging?—?clinging?—?cloistering—?changin co...
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Categories:
kidneys, absence, allusion, angst, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
PAINTBRUSH
...PAINTBRUSH
Fingertips the bristles of a
pagan paintbrush
painting a Tree of Life
on pacified cheekbones
instead of in liver
from whence it sprung
now it burns to feed
HeartSpace with wi...
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Categories:
kidneys, allegory, art, body, color,
Form: Alliteration
A Threesome in Sioux Falls South Dakota Josh Moore
...Whisper is jealous of Josh's black leather boots and Katie's fur lined boots, so they have a threesome to make up for it. They frolic in the moonlight, playing the oboe, xylophone, and vacuum, drooli...
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Categories:
kidneys, america, angst, beautiful, environment,
Form: Ballad
Dialysis
...Dialysis
Dialysis
What is that
Let's do some research
Get a few facts
It's a procedure to remove waste products and excess fluid from the blood when the kidneys stop working properly
Th...
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Categories:
kidneys, age, art,
Form: Free verse
Looking Forward to
...Looking Forward to
I look forward to
wringing my
endocrine glands covering the
top exterior of
the kidneys; loving deeply, intensely, first respecting and
approving the
toilet brush; t...
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Categories:
kidneys, humor,
Form: Free verse
Clear Black
...Melt into me
Give in and give up
Let your skin drape over my shoulders
Shed the light on your insides
feel deeper
Hear farther
Black hair growing
Get out of your head
A baby-faced ...
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Categories:
kidneys, absence, art, break up,
Form: Free verse
The remnants of August 2024 Hurricane Debbie
...The remnants of August 2024 Hurricane Debbie
Like a humane huntress, she
(the anthropomorphized storm)
brought a spate of cool Autumn like
temperatures and gentle soothing rain
here within my ...
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Categories:
kidneys, adventure, appreciation, august, cool,
Form: Free verse
Silent Scream
...It was a movement 70 million strong
So the CCP decided to annihilate Falun Gong
You wouldn’t think the movement was much of a threat
It was non-political, but its doom was set.
Normally a good ...
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Categories:
kidneys, evil,
Form: Lyric
ALCOHOL AND SMOKE
...Is there any pleasure
In a slow, painful, untimely death?
Trading your happy ending
For the dread of this earth.
They say alcohol lessens
Our burdens of this world.
We smoke to blur our worri...
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Categories:
kidneys, addiction,
Form: Free verse
Bitter Wind - Page 1
...Bitter Wind
With the winds beginning in the autumn season, the Soul seems to be a leaf falling towards new pain.
In the heat of the fire flying with the wind, it inhales us with the new breath ...
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Categories:
kidneys, literature, war,
Form: Free verse
Never Took
...Never took illegal drugs but now I am loaded with prescriptions
Did eat a mountain of sugary sweets and gulped an ocean of soda
Never used tobacco or liked the smell and taste of alcohol
Don't kno...
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Categories:
kidneys, life,
Form: Free verse
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