Sardonic Whimsy
In a constant game of deceit and request.
Where the whistles of steam are dribbling.
Hoots in light of my cynical eccentricity.
Where a reflected area of stars sparkled.
Mirror the perspicuity of my pain.'
There I am, hanging unstably in the air.
I was quashed in a fog of moist regret.
Written: March 20, 2022
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Categories:
sardonic, analogy, angst, bereavement,
Form: Free verse
Why
Because I said so that's why
Because this is the old west
Because there's gold in them thar hills
There's graves that need to be dug
Someone has to take charge
There are two kinds of people in the world
People with guns and people with shovels
A cigar moves from side to side in the mouth
To a smirk with gleaming teeth
Pick
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Categories:
sardonic, abuse, appreciation, conflict, corruption,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
The Sardonic Smile
Faint mysterious humour was just a facial rumour,
although you knew she meant business when you were with her;
I was carried under my master's arm for ten years,
when I was finished, nothing was as it appears.
I smiled because I knew I would be worth a fortune,
finally placed in the Louvre, not for sale anytime soon;
La Giaconda
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Categories:
sardonic, beauty, smile, woman,
Form: Sonnet
Land of the Selfie
Send us your snowflakes, your selfies
Send us your huddled masses for sure
Send us your poor to our shores
Bring abortions over our borders
America is the land of the free
Of food stamps, of me and more me
Send us your gender equality
If you remember who you can be
Bring diseases and enemies
To build bridges not walls we need people
From
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Categories:
sardonic, change, corruption, dark, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
Sardonic Edge
Sardonic Edge
When you have money people love you
Even strangers want to see you, save you
And help you through your days
Subtle imperfections cling on psyches cliff
This is not a trick…. This is not a glitch
If only you would look
Take the problem as you could
Less lightly…..You should simply not exist
Nudge a nerve to
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Categories:
sardonic, betrayal, dark, hate, life,
Form: Free verse