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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



Premium Member 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
Premium Member 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
Premium Member 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
Premium Member 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
Premium Member 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
Premium Member 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
TRUTH
...I am, for the most part, most scared to speak. Not because I don't necessarily have anything to say, My mouth, alongside the virility of my brain, just seem to like putting me in reticence But eve......

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Categories: reeked, fear, self, society, truth,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Poland II
...A blitzkrieg wipes your innocence away and only heaven’s hand can help you now. Your counterparts lie trepid to the fray, for they can sense the wolfen on the prowl. Oh dear Poland, there’ll be n......

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Categories: reeked, world war ii,
Form: Crown of Sonnets

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