Long House guest Poems

but this is certainly not intended
to be an instrument of terror
except maybe for the habitual
who are out for my blood
and from whom I am occasionally rescued
speaking of which
it looks like time for my fairy godmother's...

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I felt his fingers bruising my flesh, tearing me till I bled onto him.
He made me taste it for him, I thought this would be the night I died.
Panic seized me anew when he settled...

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I used to have a house guest
And he never helps me get
Things arranged, didn't clean
Up behind his mess
of hopelessness, depressions, variances and stifles
Live before up on a shelf
Didn't care about others nor anyone else
Didn't have...

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I wear blinders of my own ignorant
Creation I stumble aimlessly albeit
Backwards into a pile heaped with 
The stench of her own devilish lust 
To feast upon my immortal weaknesses 
I am but a moth still...

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it starts underneath a small table
near the entrance to a motel lobby
and grows with great speed and sprite
quieting the house-guest at the counter
as it flows - muted down the hallway

glass doors opened with dampened yawn
and...

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My sisters were coming for a visit for the very first time,
Heading to New Hampshire, leaving the Georgia heat behind.
Our friend Charlie was a house guest before they arrived.
My husband, Charlie, and I all hatched...

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The poor little boy who cries in the night
His stomach is giving him pain
I wish I could make him all better right now
But now my stomach’s feeling the same.

A bug, it has entered into my...

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There he sat trembling, cowering in fright,
Twilight's pall submerging shadowy form;
His green eyes distinctive, piercing the night,
Body arching with each drop of the storm.
My wife signaled me: "Let's help keep him warm."
She scooped him up,...

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Taxied to the terminal. The fare paid,
vagrants begged for alms, some too drunk to care.
Shrunken faces, weather beaten, they played
a sad tune of which I was unaware.
Some had the means, even possessed the fare
to transport...

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The House Guest

You found yourself in a bind 
and ask me if I would mind
You say you need a place to stay 
it would only be for one day

The day turned into nights 
the nights...

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Your set to get married, 
No cold feet or regrets, 
A house guest shows up, 
Wishing you nothing but the best, 
A kiss on the cheek, 
A conratulations is in order, 
But they want to...

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He's an elder now so don't dare forget.
He has special needs and they need to be met..
Always been a hot boy so keep the thermostat down,
or he'll gulp too much water and in urine you'll...

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You’re never more than six feet from a spider,
And this includes your car, beneath your seat.
Though you may find him an unwelcome rider,
It’s likely because there is stuff to eat.

They’re normally an easy-going house guest,
Though...

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We noticed one day we had a guest
It seemed to be looking for a nest.
From the window, up across the wall,
And up to the ceiling, oh so tall.
It was fat, and had eight fuzzy legs.
So...

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Have you met pink praying mantis faerie yet asked my house guest.
He was on my last nerve as apes are often, kind of a tolerated pest.
I was surprised, for I had not even heard of...

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For breakfast I had warmed up barbeque pork.
With a left over roll and honey butter.
Did I mention I also had baked beans
And a scrumptious sweet potato slathered with syrup?

It was one of my finest meals
It...

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What are you looking for? 
I ask my house guest.
I’m not snooping, she replies, after jumping a foot.

What do you think you’ll find? 
I ask her, as she cleans out my silverware drawer.
“I dropped a...

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