Long Off the wagon Poems

Poet Convention

Lost in a poets convention, 
I can't recall every poem, I've read through the years
50518, unique comments I 'validate'--- 
Thank You For Sharing Your Happy and Sad tears 
Since March 24, 2010 In the...

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once upon a time there was a handsome dude

made water into wine and then walked upon it

a sorcerer diviner hero and likeable companion

washed sore feet and sins in anterograde fashion

but just the same a clairvoyant...

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when younger & full of life,
idealistic with fist in the air,
hell bent on changing the world
with a communicative heart
whose capacity to give &
care for those around her/him
seemed without need to ever
replenish,
the thought that an institution
whose...

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No one ever talks about it
it hurts
it throbs
uncomfortable

\No one knew what to say
especially when it was no longer all about them
but it was

Who have i been with?
who have you been with!!!?

the tears
pain
throbbing
thief of under
under where?
under...

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Rainbow Nation

Blanca is white like beautiful snow in the Drakensberg Mountains
                      she snorted star...

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Patience and length of time does more than force and rage
This I have come to learn with age
Repeating destructive patterns, like an LP skipping
Over my own radical behaviour I am tripping

Drug and alcohol counselling and...

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he just meant to go for a pit stop of water

fell off the wagon and drowned once again

on the road to futile self-imposed slaughter

conflict full blown addiction and endless pain


once a man of status respect...

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she had lost the plot long before in an insane labyrinth of her mind

trapped in the rat race of high speed and the volume on full blast

incarcerated shackled and straight jacketed thumb screws and all

contorting...

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Oh, we need honey?
And milk?
And cheese?
Well, I will get them
If you please.

I am now leaving.
My friend
Is now talking.
I take a detour
As we are out walking.

Soon, we are lost
In the jungle
And squelching
Through the wet bog.
I think...

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The Key to Salvation and Salvations’ Door

I have been given a key to salvation
It has the power to unlock every
Good thing in my life

I am looking for the door of salvation,
But along the way are...

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Kurt floats on bubble wrapped ice-cream in marshmallow guise

Swathed in a blanket of temptation he drifts on the sweet taste

White tender bliss cushioned in pink illusions of sugary dreams

Caress his saddle as he straddles a...

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A broken torpedo got wedged in my eye,
making me squint out some tea
Laughed at a submarine sauntering by,
hoagies afloat on the sea

Gathering minnows from dams ‘bout to break,
opening flood gates again
Stood midst a puddle dressed...

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White supremacy has expired, its perpetrators continue to try and resurrect the impossible
Sawing beans that brood only wickedness 
White supremacists you have fallen off the wagon, your time has been suppressed and deleted 
Your kingdoms...

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She goes to church on Sunday,
Loudly she praises His name
She remembers what was said by Monday
Still reeling from the same
Tuesday comes and she’s in bed,
She struggles to recall
What is was the father said, 
Or did...

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i remember those nights,
you showed up with your Russian haired hood,
it was as the restaurant at the end of the world,
more like a diner;
you don't remember,
you weren't always there.



it was the night i fell off...

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Hello, Baub. This is froufrou,                              ...

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BETTER THAN VODKA OR BEER

Where would I be had I never met you?
I suppose it would be in yet another bar
now I love you and everything you do
and to me you've become an newly discoved...

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Another year
           Of too much beer;
         When will my head
       ...

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Buy rum and eggnog
Buy the decorations
Decorations to put up
Decorations to light up
Up shit creek
Up on the roof
Rooftop Santa
Rooftop sleigh
Sleigh bells ring
Sleigh and reindeer
Reindeer eat
Reindeer crap
Crap to shovel
Crap to do
Do not drink
Do not fall
Fall off the...

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They fade away 
Like distant memories
Do not cling to their toxic remarks

It’s meant to pull you down
Hidden behind
Their smiles and falsified hugs
Of reassurance

Watch their hands
Watch your back
Do a double take

For the marks made by their...

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There’s young girls and women
All frantically slimming
Perhaps they’re all seeking a mate

But blokes around here
Full of burgers and beer
Are ugly or well overweight

They wear their beer goggles
And when their mind boggles
They ask some old trout...

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What if growth wasnt pain
What if I was sane
What if love would last
What if I foget my past
What if I was blind
Would I get wind of the sign
What if God wasnt God
OH how we would...

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Lately, I'm trying to diet
There's a lot of pain in fitness
All the tasty foods are taboo
Tell me, can I get a witness?

Standing on scales Saturday
Was my motivation to try
But without my chocolate sundae
I don't know...

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5 mi. away from Mount. Mental,
Take a left on Anxiety Avenue.
Stare into space and dream for the great,
But there's nothing left to view.

Panic Palace is up ahead,
Lost in the Forest of Fear.
Fell off the scrappy,...

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I had a red wagon full
of lots of stuff
I pulled around and it was enough
for me to smile and tug along.

It was enough just to be
and more fun than a doll
you could only dress
or undress...

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