I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome
...I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome...
Whereby yours truly presages and doth abhor
nothing short of an imminent civil war
dwarfing insurrection on January 6, 2021
oddly enough e...
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Categories:
recidivist, abuse, america, anger, animal,
Form: Free verse
Great Expectations
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great expectations
anticipated in the
poetic heart
Havisham delivered
all and more for love,
a separate unseen thief,
tore the others’ worlds apart
webs like ectoplasm
from underneath...
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Categories:
recidivist, dark, muse, satire,
Form: Free verse
The Haunting
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"The Haunting"
What happened
was a crime
in more ways
than one
who can understand
the mind of a recidivist
twisted, calculating
in this story, there is
more tha...
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Categories:
recidivist, dark, journey, light, strength,
Form: Narrative
Ronald Rump Reasonably Roasted
...Ronald Rump reasonably roasted
Remarkable – recourse retaining rickety
rambling reverence regarding “r.”
Ronald Rump
repugnant racist republican reviled -
rickettsia re:itch ruler.
Rap...
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Categories:
recidivist, 12th grade, america, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Alas I Knew Him Well
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He walked with a swagger,
was a delinquent lagger
and recidivist wagger
all his schoolboy days.
Joyridin on the Pare’ bus
he’d skylark and cuss
just like one of us
a...
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Categories:
recidivist, school,
Form: Rhyme
Before the Firing Squad
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“Before The Firing Squad”
the firing squad
came dressed
in faux smiles
the intervention cake
was spoon fed, like honey,
by mother superior
to the lesser bee,
...
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Categories:
recidivist, muse, psychological, symbolism,
Form: Epic
Strange Ways, Here We Come
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“Strange Ways, Here We Come”
the devil’s advocate
came waltzing
through my doors
“I had no choice”
the supercilious harbinger said,
“to intervene, to parlay awa...
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Categories:
recidivist, dark, death, grief, psychological,
Form: Narrative
Recidivist
...Released from prison.
Refused to follow
Rules explained to him;
Repeat offender
Robs convenience store.
Real smart, grasshopper!
Return...
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Categories:
recidivist, poetry, write,
Form: Pleiades
Open Oceans
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"Open Oceans"
Kneeling on pearls
wisdom preys
praying
preying
hungry hearts
count the days
wasting away
in all that preying
for...
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Categories:
recidivist, journey, love, mother daughter,
Form: Epic
Opposites Extract
...The ethereal glow only dims to get brighter
The day only darkens to later get lighter
The burden only shrinks to increase my strength
Time only shortens to extend its length
Sometimes we must b...
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Categories:
recidivist, imagery, imagination, poetry, simile,
Form: Rhyme
Would the Real Matthew Scott Harris Please Stand Up
...Would the real “Matthew Scott Harris” please stand up!
Yo...over here in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania
all the other ones (that follow below)...
them guys imposters I write – every ƒµ©**** one.
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Categories:
recidivist, 12th grade, adventure, age,
Form: Free verse
The Fallen
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“The Fallen”
Remote,
he sees himself
in the reflection of cold close
yet distant shop windows,
his final journey along the
Hard Time Roa...
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Categories:
recidivist, family, freedom, friendship, god,
Form: Free verse
50 Words For Poe: Epoche
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50 Words for Poe: Epoché
A short stay in Hell is
often part of the journey
required to reach Home
Sometimes one finds
oneself recidivist
...
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Categories:
recidivist, dark, freedom, journey, kiss,
Form: Free verse
The History of a Wasted Mind
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“The History of a Wasted Mind”
What goes through the mind of a recidivist
Fist full of hate and hurt marking time
Fist full of history, got down with the dirt
The History of a Was...
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Categories:
recidivist, abuse, child abuse, war,
Form: Free verse
Placebo - Part 2
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"Placebo - Part 2"
There’s little sins and HUGE SINS
Little mistakes, possibly forgiveable.
HUGE MISTAKES, HUGE SINS?
That’s a different kind of metronome
marking tim...
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Categories:
recidivist, abuse, addiction, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
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