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Masticates Poems - Poems about Masticates


Leaving

...I am the monomaniac who masticates 
edges of my own mandible 
to keep from swallowing you whole…
I feel the hunger crawl through me,
a hot hellish hold—
pressing its way out of my ribs.

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Categories: masticates, absence, abuse, break up,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Premium MemberOlivia and Owl are One

...Olivia does not shapeshift into an owl
she is never not one, her hooting is real
shapeshifters can separate their animal personas
Olivia does not attempt it; their connection cannot be severed
th...
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Categories: masticates, animal,
Form: Free verse



Premium MemberAngelic Appetite

...Gorgeous gobbledygook in a babe’s mouth
— masticates with angelic appetite.
From your mouth to his hearty-grumbling ear,
the stomach of his mind chews up the light,

spits out uncomp...
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Categories: masticates, baby, words,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberShe Is a Cereal Killer

...She’s a cereal killer
She chomps the Wheaties into bits
She’s a cereal killer
But please let’s not have any fits.

She masticates harder than most
She’s a killer of breads
Does serious damage ...
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Categories: masticates, 10th grade, 4th grade,
Form: Light Verse

Asteroid Belt

...A trifling sum of clamour during the crisis of my faith
Bedazzled by immortelle, or steamed away by Nuevo Fidelidad
Down the muddy river where splinters in the brain
                    Carry-on m...
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Categories: masticates, life,
Form: Free verse



My Wife the Paper Shredder

...Buried in an avalanche you
might see on "Hoarders buried alive"
back and foreground
white sheet with limited pay per view,
nonetheless sky scraping heap

(Uriah not kid) nsync with a 'U'-
shap...
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Categories: masticates, appreciation, april, father, humorous,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Ones Who Glare At Us With Hate Eyes

...If we are nicer they will come around, yes, we think so.
We are optimists, we are teachers, and social workers, right?
We are moms and dads, right?
We are grandmas and grandpas, right?

Until we...
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Categories: masticates, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberShe Masticates Three Times a Day

...Sweet Caren’s an ace masticator
and opens her mouth like a gator
Breakfast dinner and tea
She will chew thoroughly
Her husband just acts as her waiter!

Inspired by this poem writte...
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Categories: masticates, food, for her, humorous,
Form: Limerick

Premium MemberFavorite Recurring Nightmares Part 2 Final

...Nightmare 8. To Lose the Gift of Feeling Heard

Is each person not poet when he spills his heart?
Has your verse lost its edge if it’s true no one listens,
Or does God mean that no one is ever al...
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Categories: masticates, anxiety, christian, fun, humor,
Form: Quatrain

Decisions

...I've got decisions to make,
a wall or two to hit

I've got a mind that endless
masticates on one small
detail

It keeps me up nights

But my decision gets easier
each day that goes by....
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Categories: masticates, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

Do Not Grieve Your Muse

...(For My Younger Self)



You have forgotten your muse.
You neglected her, in the hustle and bustle
of city life, in trying to carve a niche,
driving yourself too hard -
thinking it...
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Categories: masticates, introspection, life, poetry, youth,
Form: Free verse

Grazing Stallion

...Dark-colored prince in his 
prime
Strolls amidst summer 
heralds
As he masticates
Thrill takes me away


His streamline hairs curve 
downward
As they drench in 
nature's touch
Sharp dark ...
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Categories: masticates, animals
Form: Dodoitsu

Devil In Disguise

...Her crimson lipstick stains my innocent skin
Her perfect aura bleeds upon me and it seeps within
And this carnal flame has ignited
The night thickens and I get more excited...
Blood fluxes throug...
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Categories: masticates, fantasy
Form: Rhyme

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