Long Headpiece Poems

Written: December 04, 2024, For Contest, Sponsored by: Ink Empress
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A grimacing goon
in a destructive drug-driven delirium 
faces...

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MY BEAUTY
Piece by piece
I will remove them
I will undo them now.
I will undress now
Like the stripper you wish me to be
I will throw them at you
Daring you to grab them
Measuring how vast your desire is
Seeing...

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It's used as an afterthought, fattening festive 
arrangements for Mother's Day, Easter, 
someone's birthday.  An underrated vine,
enhancing center-stage flowers whose star-power 
doesn't wear well. It's the "coming attraction" 
that's there after the clapping dies down,...

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WHILE TAKING IT IN.


While taking it in, 
It is quite unlikely
Like me

While taking it in, 
An unsaid force pushes frame
Into a pit of no fame

While taking it in,
A misframe of said things 
That are unsaid

While...

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A horse that runs wild and free
 Enjoys freedom with each stride
    No saddle on his withers be
 No grazing muzzle as a guide
    No headpiece on his poll...

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Throughout the years, my kids had
A variety of hats,
Along with all the books and dolls
And games and baseball bats.

A few were parts of costumes
Or vacation souvenirs,
While others served as props
For princesses or buccaneers.

Though most have...

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Morti Martha was from a bigger town
A glitzy town, a jazzy town, Las Vegas.
She had been a showgirl; is what I was told.
Not by her, but by many others.

She had visited our church once, and...

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