Jezebel
...Amnesia
... or impaired memory?
Jezebel stood firm before my eyes!
Behold Her Imperial Ruthlessness!
And her bosom, harbouring bile,
Was bleached like lightning.
Arachnid fingernails mock the...
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Categories:
reeked, allusion, culture, history,
Form: Free verse
Deep end
...I came to you already drowning.
You reeked of endings.
I dove in head-first.
Perfect....
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Categories:
reeked, angst, deep, lust,
Form: Free verse
the neck tie
...The Necktie
He woke up fully dressed, minus his tie, in the lumpy bed
of a third-rate hotel, which had a fridge beside the TV
The last semi-civilized place, one up from sleeping rough
The roo...
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Categories:
reeked, abuse, age, america, angst,
Form: ABC
A new spring
...The bitterly heavy rains had cleared,
and though the afternoon heat
reeked more of eternal summer
than of spring, we felt her hover
through our wide-eyed gazes,
the unapologetic smiles and in
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Categories:
reeked, education, imagery, nature, spring,
Form: Free verse
A golly whopper's catch
...There was a young woman who yearned for a mate.
Sadly cat food was all that she ate...
The cans with seafood she clearly favored and from
this diet she never wavered.
Many thought her an attracti...
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Categories:
reeked, cat, fish, humor,
Form: Light Verse
The Gate Sprung, Shut
...
I turned to look back, feeling anxious as I stood
"by the squeaky old gate that tomorrow will find."
Was there someone there watching me?
The gate creaked shut, echoing the taint of guilt
That ...
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Categories:
reeked, cry, grief, sound,
Form: Free verse
The day a poet didn’t die-I: The melodramatic poet
...A night in fragments—
Breath reeked mildewed regrets,
and static collided behind my eyes.
I tasted shattered neon,
sipping cheap club gin.
Even alcohol can’t silence the poet—
I mock her per...
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Categories:
reeked, depression,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Words From the Grave
..."It's all going to be okay" he would say,
with no scent of doubt in his breath,
even as its aroma reeked from mine,
as I'd blurt out "how can you be so sure?"
I never figured out what...
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Categories:
reeked, dad, death, grave, grief,
Form: Spoken Word
The Heart
...For most of my life, I had heard it said,
'Follow your heart.' It made sense to me,
but there was a measure of vagueness.
Only a few years ago did I hear someone say,
'Do not follow your heart;...
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Categories:
reeked, christian, god,
Form: Narrative
IP Wifi hacked by jay townsend johnson henry Gargano night crawler lot lizard
...This was my Seventh computer hacked stolen by jay townsend Johnson Henry hacking to personal information social security accounts bank a accounts severe breach cyberattack she even breaking into my h...
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Categories:
reeked, allah,
Form: Lento
Laura Norder 2 - New Balls Please
...Laura Norder took her gun and strapped it to her thigh
The skirt she wore was so damned short she had to strap it high
And stood there on the corner where the street lamps dare not tread
She waite...
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Categories:
reeked, courage,
Form: Narrative
The Key Bridge and Your Voice
...
{"HOPE splurges angst my rib cage as I thrust aside the bed sheets and allow them to bundle up on their own. There was a longing extravagance in my spirit.
The voices were painfully appalling a...
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Categories:
reeked, absence, addiction, anger, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
a wornout ragamuffin
...Julie looked like a worn out ragamuffin
rolled out from under an alley garbage dumpster
her hair was dirty, her teeth reeked of tobacco
her clothes were unkempt and unfitted
there were holes in h...
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Categories:
reeked, drug,
Form: Free verse
I've Gone Before Judge's Since Age Nine
...they sat up there
high and clean,
robes that reeked of power
and I stood down below,
a kid,
hands in pockets
or chained behind my back.
since nine, it was always the same—
the faces changed...
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Categories:
reeked, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Don’t Cry Over
...The waitress spilled a beer last night
Right on my husband’s clothes.
He was upset, but these things happen,
Sometimes, I suppose.
He went back to our room to change
And rinse his threads of b...
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Categories:
reeked, drink, travel,
Form: Rhyme
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