Gods plan
...In this life I've seen several people die.
It used to really haunt me and I would
ask God why.
The first time I was just a teen so many
years ago, I was in the middle of giving
a massage to a pe...
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Categories:
nitroglycerin, death, god,
Form: Narrative
Colin the Caped Cabbie
...Colin is a cabby with a proper taxi cab
He drives for all the passengers an Uber didn’t grab
Which means he has a lot of time to kill most every day
And lots of evil folk to deal with if they come...
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Categories:
nitroglycerin, hero, humorous,
Form: Narrative
Explosive Personalities
...Young ladies drink nitroglycerin
They would never hurt a fly
Please forgive them for their sins
They commit murders by mistake
It was an accident or a bad day
Let us pray
When they see God fo...
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Categories:
nitroglycerin, conflict, endurance, faith, god,
Form: Free verse
Banana Republic Appeal
...
Peel back the onion tear squeals
coming from a televised live politico lynch rally
See the sound byte rubber duckie
teflon touting
his favorite effigy combustible hits
Penguin stru...
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Categories:
nitroglycerin, imagery, perspective, political, word
Form: Narrative
Dark Side of the Sun
...On the dark side of the sun
So hard to see beyond yourself
Too bright to see the back yard
Of the stars behind the curtain
Behind the mind of time
Are oceans really on the sun?
The forest fo...
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Categories:
nitroglycerin, appreciation, image, inspirational, nature,
Form: Free verse
At the End of 2017
...Just took a Nitroglycerin,
Do you know what that is?
A pill to ease stress and pain
When the World seems to dis!
Never been written up yet,
From Nursery to Adult Jobs
Even though I was no fo...
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Categories:
nitroglycerin, betrayal, character, confidence, courage,
Form: Quatrain
Tick Tick Tick
...
I warned you not to get too close to me
But you ignored me,
because you were used to getting what you wanted
I told you when the sparks start to fly ...
Duck,
drop what's in your hand
Run ...
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Categories:
nitroglycerin, desire, love hurts, passion,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Introspection
...Inside, deep inside, at your window
Near the dim light and mystic shadow
Twinkle your moistened graceful eyes
Rustling leaves of moonlit memories
Opening the gates of many a garden
Sonnets of so...
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Categories:
nitroglycerin, assonance, beauty, emotions, garden,
Form: Acrostic