the trayer
...The tryer
in short bursts, the quiet expresses
a need to communicate about work
done but not published
Self-critical, raked with doubts
with no connection to the world
of publishing
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Categories:
self disgust, absence, age, art,
Form: ABC
detox
...self disgust
and disappointment
for the slip-up
but I need to know
what cheapens intimacy
devaluing myself
devalues anyone
with whom I
would share something
valuable
it's why
I'm deto...
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Categories:
self disgust, emotions,
Form: Free verse
The Dread
...The dread
He had slept too long hours lost
in a dream of deep dissatisfaction down a well of evil failure.
The depth had a silt of regrets and self- disgust.
Getting back up was slow progress
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Categories:
self disgust, anti bullying, corruption, heartbroken,
Form: Blank verse
The World Is Weeping
...The world is weeping, can you hear it?
For the first child whose innocence we stole, for the first tree we cut, for the first soul we omitted..the earth wept......faint.....distant...unimportant
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Categories:
self disgust, analogy, deep, earth,
Form: Free verse
The Failure
...The Failure
When I was bored with sea life
and walked ashore in Santiago
I could find no work except in house of ill repute
throwing out the rebellious and for some reason
became a father confes...
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Categories:
self disgust, character, chocolate, cinderella, color,
Form: Blank verse
The Undertow
...The Undertow
The two could feel the undertow
Pull at them both - then let them go
He wondered if she could know
Or sense it too and let it flow
The undertow in the fast-running tide
Ebbed...
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Categories:
self disgust, anxiety, conflict, confusion, desire,
Form: Verse
Flamenco Song
...I wasn't ready for it when it hit.
Pathetic, self-absorbed, wallowing in grief,
plaiting the threads of self-disgust and wit,
I toyed with tragic sonnets for relief.
The night was hot. The ...
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Categories:
self disgust, music,
Form: Quatrain
Self-Disgust
...I know I've let my body go and grow so spare me of your incantations,
The slither betwixt your pretty lips saying thoughts of thy own fascination.
Sinew may seep from neath thy skin,
And beauty ...
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Categories:
self disgust, depression, love,
Form: Rhyme
The Longest Sleep
...The Long Sleep
I had been sleeping too long hours lost
in a dream of deep dissatisfaction down a well
lined with failures
Its depth had silt of regrets and self- disgust
getting back up was a sl...
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Categories:
self disgust, clothes, color, confidence, conflict,
Form: Blank verse
Black Magic Swindles
...Here in Bolehland, one video clip is making its viral round...
A staged episode of how talking to strangers can be far from sound...
The power of black magic via touch or suggestion...
Must be s...
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Categories:
self disgust, community, education, future, people,
Form: Free verse
Rape - trigger warning
...October: I'm eighteen, shortcutting home
through an autumn-burnished churchyard -
copper-lustred leaves, moss-skinned stone -
a jaunty swing of skater skirt and arm,
college folder square-sturdy ...
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Categories:
self disgust, abuse, violence,
Form: Free verse
My Fuse Explodes
...Three neighbors litter on our street
buzzing along as I stroll past their gates;
and they jiggle like vicious wasps
while a silent howl drills on my head.
Yeah…all that drama, women of farce,
gr...
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Categories:
self disgust, anger, spoken word,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Scumbag
...I'm covered in dirt
that i can't scrub off
no matter how hard i try
A film of pure filth
of self disgust
still see that look in your eye
You did that to me
and you cant take it back
no m...
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Categories:
self disgust, abuse,
Form: Rhyme
Marriage
...Marriage
is being stuck in the elevator with that hot flirty associate
Clive Christian lux on him invigorating your senses
inviting muscles clearly designed on the twill tight shirt
his butt narr...
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Categories:
self disgust, courage, for him, marriage,
Form: Narrative
Apology
...I’m sorry I left so abruptly.
I knew it would end premature.
Wasn't strong enough you see.
Didn't really tell anybody.
Hidden from most
Exposed to few
Not even fully.
Masked by comedy.
The little thi...
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Categories:
self disgust, suicide,
Form: I do not know?
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