ruined
...I can feel it all burning down,
the walls I painted in soft colors,
the corners I swept clean for company—
they crackle in silence.
Instead of exploring other ruins,
chasing ghosts in ...
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Categories:
misfiring, absence, dark, depression, environment,
Form: Free verse
Ashen Aqualung
...Daddy's specter plectrums mercilessly
Fraying my nerves raw
with oxidized guitar strings.
my thoughts relentlessly hemorrhage
onto clay vinyl grooves
s p i n n i n g
endless nights
of
suffoca...
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Categories:
misfiring, abuse, father son, mental
Form: Free verse
turning point
...spinning on high speed mostly out of control
the washing machine failed to conclude any
of its operation according to a wished for manual
given at birth he had not much choice in the matter
due...
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Categories:
misfiring, depression,
Form: Free verse
Confluence
...
Title 3/ Confluence Quote: Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. Confucius
In the poetic story of my life,
I hesitate and ponder 'don't be so obvious,'
but whatever I am thinking...
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Categories:
misfiring, analogy, angst, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
A Haunted Ghost Trimeric
...The hairs on my arm are electrified,
I can sense a nasty apparition;
Used to think it was all in my head,
my subconscious just doesn’t lie;
I can sense a nasty apparition;
Such wicked and tain...
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Categories:
misfiring, dark, emotions, horror,
Form: Other
Hell Is Freezing Overtime
...paralyzed in
hellishly cold
confining space
pummeled by cruel
icy shards
feeling lost & unfound
waiting to get lost as
the past cries
the present sighs &
the future screams
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Categories:
misfiring, dark, society, surreal, weather,
Form: Free verse
Out of Step
...Talking heads are synchronized,
words are replicated like cloned sheep.
Dodging in and out of an unchanging static
I skip the beat.
Hey, something just flashed my drive!
Time to suspend a st...
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Categories:
misfiring, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Eclipse This
...eclipse an errant eon
inhale discordant ions
exhale insectile icons
disarm misfiring memes
take umbrage under a titanic umbrella
recede from seething red-holes in sinkholes
just so you know...
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Categories:
misfiring, humorous, satire, society, space,
Form: Free verse
Misfiring With Love
...Death appeared in our relationship
The misappropriation of love was the cause
Someone I loved was drenched in solitude
We never really knew that both of us
Shoved each other away with misalignm...
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Categories:
misfiring, love, mirror,
Form: Free verse
Denial
...Night time rituals, that little space of time,
Cathartic relief, along with sweat and grime,
Tribulations of the day wash away, too,
Pool down the sink hole, tomorrow starts brand new.
Night ti...
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Categories:
misfiring, analogy,
Form: Rhyme
In the Fragility of Dreams
...in the fragility of dreams lies their opportunity
to chose between the royal road to consciousness
and a random clutter of misfiring synaptic transmission
cotton wooled clouds harvest...
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Categories:
misfiring, dream,
Form: Free verse
Left For Dead
...Left for dead.
Rocket on the floor; dead men in a war.
When you hear the call, come prepared to fall.
Picture on a door shows the face on the dart board,
Through which the injured will soon w...
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Categories:
misfiring, death, emotions, love, memory,
Form: I do not know?
Philosophical Fallacy
...living in this flagitious society life becomes numb
yet we extrapolate irrespective reality till we become dumb
mental break downs and frivolous exercises of intellectual contempt
permeates a ...
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Categories:
misfiring, autumn, birth, inspirational, romantic,
Form: Rhyme
Bad Sad Choices In Love
...Slim Fast
For the diet can not last
The weight that which we weigh
Is produced by the calories our mouth intakes
And if it is more cakes and bakes
Than salad and fiber breakfast flakes
The noi...
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Categories:
misfiring, pride, romantic love,
Form: Free verse
Checking the Car
...It’s late. I’m becoming paranoid. I can hear the thumping of bass from passing cars. Doors slamming. Screaming. My window shudders with me. To look into my peripheral- my irises must cross oceans. Wa...
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Categories:
misfiring, analogy, anxiety, car, depression,
Form: Free verse
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