Nearby Ghetto
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i wish i didn’t* but
i have to get across town
so off i go taking the bus
that drives through a nasty ghetto
i’m shocked as i look out the window
to see several dismal characters
i can’t i...
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Categories:
orderlies, life, poverty,
Form: Free verse
Sarah’s Origin
...My eyes stare straight,
fixated on something in the distance,
humming a song that would send chills,
if you ever got the chance to listen.
A padded cell and a straitjacket,
the doctor giving ...
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Categories:
orderlies, dark, death, gothic,
Form: Epic
Turning Down Starry Night
...Van Gogh worked on his canvas
In his usual manic frenzied state
Which was better than his other depressed dour state
The orderlies were glad, they did not have to go in there.
He was entertaining...
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Categories:
orderlies, art,
Form: Free verse
The Dolphin and I
...The Dolphin and I.
I think it was in 1967 when the Junta of Greek coronels
took power, I was in Piraeus on holiday
the water on the stretch is calm, and one day I met a dolphin
we swam side by...
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Categories:
orderlies, best friend, cinderella, dance,
Form: Blank verse
Turned Off
...In the deepest of sad emotions
My mind as been turned off
Exiting off the highway of life
The turn off of all time
As I rot in Ward J
Insane and sublime
The bars on the windows speak
The bart...
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Categories:
orderlies, crazy, cry, imagery, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Ins and Outs Part 3
...Author's note: This is an epic length poem that will have to be split into parts and will be serialized in successive posts.
Part 3
our subject awoke
while still dark everywhere
dark with ...
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Categories:
orderlies, how i feel, ,
Form: Free verse
The Man Who Lost It All
...The world had taken everything
and left the man as broke.
When anger rose up in his gut
and this is what he spoke:
I've given my life for everyone
who only sought to take.
And now that I have...
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Categories:
orderlies, abuse, addiction, analogy, angst,
Form: Quatrain
The Scorpion King-Part One
...THE SCORPION KING-A FABLE BY GWENDOLEN RIX
ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A VERY DARK AND DANGEROUS KINGDOM
ITS GOVERNING PRINCIPLES WERE HATRED AND GLOOM
ITS GOVERNMENT WAS ESTABLISHED BY AN EVIL D...
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Categories:
orderlies, betrayal, christian, death, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Bionic Betty: Another True Tale From the Mental Ward
...Betty was bonafide crazy. She had shot her husband after a night of drunken quarreling, and was in the state mental hospital instead of being in the slammer. She'd shot the louse in the stomach and h...
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Categories:
orderlies, crazy, woman,
Form: Narrative
Mogya We
...Mogya We
MOGYA WE !MOGYA WE!
MOGYA WE!!
WHERE AT THOU?
WHERE LIES THEE, MOGYA
WE?
HAVE THE CORROSIVE
BREATHE OF NAI
YOUR AGE-OLD FATHER AND
NEIGHBOUR ERODED YOUR
RELICS?
WHERE LIE...
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Categories:
orderlies, faith
Form: Ode