Register Call
A skeletal smirk at the school door -
the greeter-teacher; 50 years later,
I feel his gimlet eyes at my back,
that leer is now plugged with dirt,
yet it can still be traced in the brown water stains
of mottled toilet walls.
A female slave-unit named ‘Miss,’
She never did speak directly to a kid,
only through the thin lips of her
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Categories:
register, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Inner Workings of the Mom n Pop Pizza Shop
Taped to the door’s plexiglass pane, a portrait
Of a Savior with ardent heart burning
Sunlight invades with the turning of hinges
Untethering the hospitality of Tony, the lone waiter
His Brazilian arms are swinging doors, open to embrace
He wore fishnet leggings to the Halloween Jamboree
Leather corset paired with his jet black hair,
Moving with grace at the age of
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Categories:
register, food, fun, people, places,
Form: Rhyme
Midnight Mecca
Fluorescent lights hummed
a monotone drone,
In the background,
the resonant chimes and dings
of the cash register sing.
A lone moth fluttered
past my empty dome
Light, purposeless,
similar to myself.
Glassy eyes wandered back,
staring deep into the infinite
assembly line I could not help
but lose myself in.
Neon nectars beckoned me
like a sugary siren,
I was a
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Categories:
register, addiction, childhood, drug, humor,
Form: Free verse
Americans Register To Vote
A beautiful girl killed in LA!
Today an eleven month old, shot in the face?
We can’t stand by electing men who are more than a total disgrace!
A lovely Asian woman pushed to her
death in the New York subway?
Is violence the only way ?
Things can change here, but we must fight.
It begins with electing men who
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Categories:
register, america,
Form: Rhyme
The Register Book
When I attend a wake I always try to arrive a short time after the service starts, this way it gives some of my friends and relatives some time to get there and I can share my grief and sorrows with them.
This particular time I had to make it there quickly and get in and
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Categories:
register, death,
Form: Narrative
Those L O N G Register Receipts
Those L O N G Register Receipts
I move up as next on the line.
She checks out my rations just fine.
Some milk, eggs, and bread
are pushed up ahead
when packer, to bag, does assign.
But then, my receipt, oh my lord,
keeps coming and coming, I'm floored!
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Categories:
register, angst, feelings, technology,
Form: Limerick
The Single Guy Waiting With His Groceries At the Register Whilst a Child Screams
the single guy waiting with his groceries at the register whilst a child screams & mother whispers/growls obscenities
after placing the divider stick
between the groceries making their way on the conveyor
towards the cashier &
his own,
he begins to unload his foodstuffs onto the belt
amidst the escalating drama in front of him---
a small child, age 2
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Categories:
register, life, mother, child, child,
Form: Free verse
Register
I don't know maybe it didn't register in my head yet
but times are changing and my life is rearranging
I feel like almost everything is in place
except someone warm next to me
The person who makes all the blessing worth while
the person who will surprise you
the one to make you smile
I guess through all the stress
it
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Categories:
register, life, love,
Form: Free verse
Register the Mundane
I have no problem
Finding beauty in the most ordinary things
Like sunshine’s crystallized mourning song
Falling down the Arizona sky like raindrops from India
Purple, pink, orange destiny
Slowly reclining before the ebony embrace of twilight
There is nothing wrong
With a coffee before bedtime
Rich pumpkin spice scent wafting from the air vents
Hugging the streets between breaths of hot air
Autumn memories
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Categories:
register, introspection, beauty, beauty,
Form: Bio
Read Register
feel the ledger.seal the bedder.give me header.said her.was turned by the
learned attempt of me.tricia alverez a temp.simply awesome.baulsy of me to
choose that.loose that,fat ass.
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Categories:
register, faith, me,
Form: ABC