Long Mouthwash Poems

My Iphone softly played Reveille as my 4:30 morning alarm.  Without opening my eyes, I found the phone in the dark and tapped off the alarm.

I gradually worked my way out of the guest...

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Out of all of the plastic mouth wash bottles in America, I had to fall into this one.
It happened in the middle of a life changing moment on Tuesday when I wished too hard to...

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Her lips caress another cigarette
A fading belle looking for love
The smoke veils a creature of habit
Chasing a young girls dream

But this Genie found the palace doors locked 
Her youth distilled into a bottle of gin
Diluted...

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Daylight is greeted with the horrific stench of food chunks 
swimming in stomach acid, dribbling onto bed sheets.
Accompanied with the embarrassment of
brown syrup puddle stains.

Head is pounding 
like a hammer - hammering nails into the...

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We were best friends. 
We were lovers.
Inexorably linked.
For such a commitment-phobe, I fell in love quickly.  But I didn’t fall, really.
I dove headfirst.
I chose her.  No, she chose me. 
She was always lurking...

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As I strolled  down Beaker Street
A neon sign flashed in front of me

That said "Only Serious Poets Need Apply" 
(Blink) "Need Apply" (Blink) "Need Apply"

So it was I thought to myself
I can think of...

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"The most vicious of all species, the human is reddest in tooth and
manicured claw."
-- the countless animal organisms
killed
on Beast Planet
 
*   *   *
 
"Together let us mourn the gruesome death of...

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fear makes it all so real,
the people round us dropping like
flies, with no age spared & no
combination of genes, environment
or upbringing, determined to be
perfect, so as to locate its reason or
motive---for it creeps in, seemingly
indiscriminately...

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My nutty week stays long in my memory
My brain didn't process like it would normally
But just to be sure I now lay of the pink gin
I will share you my tale and shall now begin.

Paracetamol...

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It was vanity that killed him,
not the flames, nor acrid smoke.
If he had got out straight away,
they would have said, "What a lucky bloke."
But he stopped to put on his best PJ's,
which hung behind the...

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Hobgoblin in the gutter under canopy of midnight, 
magic brew of muti without rein.
Shadow figure torchon, darting half-light dare.
Spine chilling droplets wobble slowly down drains,
rusty copper mouthwash at the edge of jagged chutes. 
Eerie urban...

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Hey you! 
Yeah, you. 
Know what I plan to do?  
I’ll spread Vaseline all over your windshield 
And Krazy Glue your wipers in place.  
I’ll insert sewing needles, point up, 
Into your driver’s...

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Coming off third shift..
My brain was in a fog.. 
Feeling worn and old..
I arrive home, tired as a dog.. 

Went to get a drink..
Spilled some water on me.. 
Went to grap a sponge... 
It was~a...

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I've tried to tell you you’ve got bad halitosis
When you open your mouth folk can’t fail to notice!

The stench of your putrid dog breath I simply abhor
Just use a toothbrush before you head out the...

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At the end of the night,
you walked her up to the door in the light.
What you expected next would be a delight.
You did not get that goodnight kiss.
Your girl discovered there was something amiss.
While you...

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Scope is the drink sans pleasure
That always burns a hole
And stings your gums -and have you heard
It's worse than vile gall

And Listerine is more absurd
And sure your tongue to harm
Yet mouthwash wasn't meant to hurt
Like...

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There’s been a lot of speculatin’
‘Bout the cologne some cowboys wear,
And the toothpaste and the sweet mouthwash
And the way he combs his long hair!

I’s here to clear up the confusion
‘Bout these gallant ol’ equine gents—
And...

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Dear Abbieanne, my love life is in tatters.
All I seem to do now is blither and moan.
Absent a mate all my dreams have been shattered.
In spite of best efforts my prospects have flown.
I thought a...

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The glass was half empty until he smashed it on the room divider

		Tequila Sunrise on the wall

Shattered the pieces lay on the ground when he walked on his shards

		Barefoot floored surrender

A bitter taste of guilt...

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There’s one special moment during your day, 
When you can be honest and open and true,
And that’s the moment after you roll, 
With your one special lover and you,

And your words should be coated with...

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On Sunday I went to the movies,
A space that the theater now shares
With a church that was holding a service
On the second floor, right up the stairs.

As the clerk took ahold of my ticket,
I noticed...

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putting on deodorant in my car
no shower....no wash-off
brushing my teeth with mouthwash
no toothbrush....no toothpaste
shaving with focus on being alert
no privacy....no home
still stinking....still nappy....still jobless
all i have is my plastic bag and my latest travel clock
i...

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Say good morning to the cold bathroom floor-
mouthwash tastes like a reused mojito
vomit erupting from a molten core-
in the sink, fermented blood starts to show
from sacrament taken on Thursday night,
my last supper. Judas, feel what...

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Morning Blues

Clock rings
Bells sing

Eyes wink
Can't think

Flannelmouth
Wet snout

Stretching limbs
Looks grim

Hair mess 
Birds nest

Mouthwash
Bad breath

Late up
Break-fast

Drink tea
Need a pee

More late
Slam gate

Gassy arse
Runs fast 

Feet pain
No gain

Miss train
Broke a vein

Gives up 
I suck

Mouth foams
Limps home

Back fired
Now tired

In bed
Heavy...

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We're so underappreciated
  You'd think we're in-laws
Yet without us you could have
  The most powerful set of jaws

Yet it'd be nigh impossible
  To chew, eat or swallow
If you dared pose for a...

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