Les Cirque des Morts, Collaboration with Sara Jama
...A cocooned cacophony of crickets serenades overgrown fields,
drowning out the creaking of rusted cars long since abandoned.
Maroon and sable tents blot the dilapidated ground—
bloated and we...
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Categories:
mustachioed, analogy, dark, death, horror,
Form: Rhyme
Carnival of Hatred
...“Come one, come all!”
The hawker summons
Try your luck
On the unmoored Ferris wheel
Hurl a dart
At the Kewpie dolls
Win one for the lady
To consummate the deal
(Chorus)
Intruders in the ...
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Categories:
mustachioed, allegory, america, anxiety, celebration,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
Watchful Eyes
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The cordiality of punctuality
bespeaks hidden venality
spooks watchful eyes
over dour mustachioed disguise
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Categories:
mustachioed, mystery, surreal,
Form: Couplet
Banned Book Club VII- 1984
...Midtone grey surrounds what’s left of a man’s soul
Scenes of biblical abominations troll
Inky are the hellish horizons appalled
An okay is needed for anything at all
Manipulating truth determin...
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Categories:
mustachioed, anxiety, books,
Form: Dramatic Verse
To Flatter my Delicate Arms - Sara Kendrick's contest
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Suitors lined up, hoping to court me
Promising plethoras of pleasure
Tantalizing, teasing hints of treasure
To move my reticent, reluctant lips to say ‘Oui...
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Categories:
mustachioed, beauty, fear, romance,
Form: Rhyme
A Mustachioed Chef
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A hearty bowl of broth
overflows its rim
Proudly served by a mustachioed chef
whose heart swells up in him
to see his patrons savor its taste
lean back with dre...
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Categories:
mustachioed, food, happiness, smile,
Form: Rhyme
Champagne and Caviar
...Colonel Volkov would surely impress the lovely Anastasia
His limousine driver pulled up at the Palace of the Czar
Taking lovely Anastasia by her dainty hand
Volkov would introduce h...
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Categories:
mustachioed, food, future, music, nice,
Form: Narrative
Just Walking That Lonely Road
...He walks the loneliest road
Where he's from is buried in snow
Where he's going, it's long ago
Just walking that lonely road
Life didn't start out that way
Married his best girl on a sunn...
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Categories:
mustachioed, betrayal, death, journey, life,
Form: Narrative
Twirling Mustachioed Ends
...~ 'Don't Dream it, Drive it!' ~
A slogan's a salesmans' smile
twirling mustachioed ends
Lures your reason into a black hole
as the devil takes hold of your soul...
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Categories:
mustachioed, car, confidence, dark, judgement,
Form: Epigram
The Sacred Part of Town
...Barcelona looked like a church
as I walked down La Rambla
in search of a vacant room
on that warm morning.
The balconies of the flanking
high-rise apartments were pews
festooned with holy da...
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Categories:
mustachioed, allegory, baptism, jesus, religious,
Form: Free verse
The New Modern
...Friction
Dereliction
Tattoo addiction
Drones
Bunk loans
"You're fired" immune deficiency syndrome
Boatloads
Troll roads
Hipster mustachioed
Deadlock
Rhetoric squawk
Locker room talk
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Categories:
mustachioed, life, world,
Form: Free verse