The Shadows Following Apparitions
...like shadows they follow us
they tell their stories
on pages
that may or may not
be seen, or read,
we a'muse them -
"we", of course, are truly inconsequential
in the greater scheme of thi...
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Categories:
obsequiously, poets, truth,
Form: Free verse
Bubble Gum
...We are happy about the music,
a Mozart serenade that is not too dangerously deep.
Somewhere in the night
angels are falling off their nightmares,
black horse escaping on an ebbing tide.
Mozart...
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Categories:
obsequiously, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Bajillion Dollar Business of Christmas Circa December 2019
...Despite being atheist,
with serpent teen eyes,
I would nonetheless bet
Eve fen number guys
named Adam, or gals noel lies
(christened) dollars to donuts
(Dunkin and/or otherwise)
Jesus would ...
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Categories:
obsequiously, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Bajillion Dollar Business of Christmas
...Despite being atheist,
I would nonetheless bet
dollars to donuts
(Dunkin and/or other wise)
Jesus would be mighty pleased
to know, his sir name
linkedin with commercial...
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Categories:
obsequiously, 12th grade, bible, humor,
Form: Free verse
Lip Bent Overly Yours
...
Most dastardly
Executive Majesty,
we serve at your pique pleasure
obsequiously so
Yea, Darth Lord,
we be the surreptitious, servile ones:
Leper skin publicans, publicly hiss revil...
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Categories:
obsequiously, parody, perspective, satire, word
Form: Burlesque
I Remember You
...I remember you,
Like now that I'm all alone
watching the coming waves that
seem to be lively and are
wanting to land
Where I stand in silence.
The world is quiet beneath the
serene sky
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Categories:
obsequiously, memory,
Form: Free verse
With Gentlemen Ease
...
In the unforgiving August heat
of a hot Alabama noonday
They sit in secluded shade,
resting in high-back, woven bamboo chairs
on a mahogany carved veranda
Their bodies face outward to t...
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Categories:
obsequiously, black african american, pain,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Carnival Time
...Venetian lacy, black masks with feathery eyes
Others gilded in gold leaf and sequinned gems
Come gliding in gondolas to disguise
Obsequiously they dip and bowing bend
St Mark's Square is ...
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Categories:
obsequiously, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Reckless Abandon
...empty building, footsteps resound
deep sigh echoes
frames of photographic moods so vivid
of a zesty bare imagination!
casual talks, moistened lips
perpetuated gentle passing touch
his kisses of mor...
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Categories:
obsequiously, addiction, adventure, desire, love,
Form: Free verse