Long Renter Poems

Deva Ossig, the landlady (and property owner) turned rogue

Just a couple weeks shy 
and seven years ago to the day,
I still remember contractual obligations
our previous residential abode
724 West Railroad Avenue, 
Bryn Mawr 19010 zip code
volatile...

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I posit picayune propensities prevail among pesky management

Most favored renter status imposed on us
i.e. meaning myself;
(one tarnished prince of Highland Manor)
and the missus, his princess consort
who must abide by rigorous writ
of tidiness, whereby
every flat surface...

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Encounter with guardian angel January 20th, 2022

We (myself and thee missus)
experienced shell shock
analogous to war weary soldiers
back home from the western front
experiencing battlefield flashback
analogous to awakening dormant
post traumatic stress disorder.

Mental health challenged renter
twice threatened us
(think...

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when another (anointed as lady lucky) 
 resident renter bequeathed her bed  
prior to that good samaritan deed thyself and spouse 
   slept on the floor like dogs dead
tired from another day...

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back a small number of years thee diva of this domicile
exhibited an aura, charisma, enigma…devoid of any guile
boot of late turned a cold shoulder to me and I’ll
avoid denigrating, haranguing, and lambasting said dell lisle
la,...

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-
Terence a Griffiths of Tyrone or Leitrim!
Did he know but later of 1820 he would be there born
A Flax Grower a renter from landlords of Lord Leitrim's domain
To thresh and sack and cloth and sow...

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It was all supposed to be mine.  I bowed once, but refused to do it again for the lowly stupid small ones.
 Exiled to my new land, I wandered back and forth, walking to...

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The Haunted House

‘Room to Let’ the signage read, 
and though it looked run down,
I’d found no other place to stay
since I was new in town.

When I knocked upon the door,
a voice called out, “Please enter.”
“Hello,”...

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I’m dancing on the boardline.
Forgotten distances leaving dust behind.
A sudden movement turned over the weel
a lifetime’s search remains dark and incomplete.

Joined lights shining over the sea whole.
Hidden slaves, warriors of blood still sole,
nailing knifes to...

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Some day, someone will change all this.
The yard, no longer mine,
 having neither the work nor the fruits of my labor,
 will go unappreciated and require change.
The pond, once filling mewith joy and quiet peace...

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Life in Deep Space (Air Added)

True freedom can feel like an exquisite jail,
our colonized space bound by bars that we love.
Childs’ nutrition once favored, a lap dance now passé,
our restaurants change with new owners (when...

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True freedom can feel like an exquisite jail
Our inhabited space bound by bars we drink in.
Child’s nutrition once favored, a lap dance now passé,
Our restaurants change with new owners, or chefs find
New orbits, food loved...

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Perpetual Darkness:
It runs like a river.
It screams in our thoughts.
It goes further down than the diver.
It causes our minds to rot.
Why, how could anything do so much?
It causes us to fall prey to a rueful...

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A Poet tell the best stories,
It’s a daily struggle for me, when I am on
 Schedule, to show up there….at 3035
I usually take one foot slowly off the bed
I have to transform my body into...

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Head shaved to
floods of tears 
Been told months
Pray for years 
Don't know what's in store for me
Cross my fingers and wait and see

Had a visit to the surgery for a routine appointment 
Dr sat me...

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The following scenario occurred via the guest sharing with me 
when I was managing the front desk at a hotel in San Francisco, 
fronting Union Square. I found his morals promising and conform 
to a...

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The church doors would then open on both sides of the street.
A young man heard Cecelia’s words sounding effete.
He said in response to those words no one would condone:
“There is no need for a car...

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So many gaps are getting bigger by the day,
The gap between the rich and those that are not rich,
The gap between the famous and the infamous,
The gap between the generous and the not so generous,
The...

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A very good morning to all my fans, 
My uplighters, my blossom, 
an add on to my faithful viewers
 amongst my midst 
in a pandemonium world:

While the bush fire continues out west
in Brooklyn streets, we...

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I listen to the Leftists
I listen to the Rightists
  They are not among the brightest.

The Leftists want a $15 minimum wage, a guaranteed job
For every wage-earner in the US, be he gentleman or slob.
They...

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Gray days, cobweb clouds, skeleton trees through my frosty window
Cold coffee, a piece of half-eaten toast, butter puddles frozen in place
Cat rubbing against my bare legs, half listening to the TV-babble
Wanting to stay in bed...

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On the outskirts of town there's a house on Brooding Hill
that leaves those who pass by with shivers and a chill.
It's rumored that murders have taken place in the home
since it's been haunted by ghosts...

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The sun remains in a constant darkness
Lava still flowing from the ground
Nature’s revenge was ever so violent
At last, no man is left to hang around.

The gods allowed only so much destruction
Before finally having had quite...

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No candy or flowers did he offer, 
something more special,
the gift of his heart, he gave 
mine already his.

I accepted his ring 
           and the...

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Put a U in topia
Every house renter is to own, 
forget the rich, cos they will moan,
about this change of pitch,
self serving super twits,

Dollar greed is never fair,
 for when you're dead it isn't there,
you...

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