Evil Has a Childhood
...toss anger, he said
into the bin of waste
waste not mankind’s love
with abuse and bite
the bullet skies
high the eagle flies
why not the steeple
less with feathers flocked
why not the pews on...
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Categories:
sheetrock, anger, hate,
Form: Free verse
From Your Daughter
...you scream at me.
through dry wall the vibration
of your voice sends me into
a wide awake coma.
stuck between these four walls
keep closing in on me
no where to run you yell more.
my baby no b...
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Categories:
sheetrock, endurance, family,
Form: Bio
Crunck and Jost
...The groom will keep his name
whilst she will change hers
to his. We talked over these things
as we constructed a home
that would become home to the new couple.
Some laughed when they asked us
t...
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Categories:
sheetrock, business, creation, culture,
Form: Ballad
God Around the Corner
...God Around the Corner
By Mark D. Stucky
My cat’s favorite spot to sleep and surveil the house
was at the top of the hallway-to-basement stairs.
I would sometimes stealth...
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Categories:
sheetrock, cat, god, prayer, psychological,
Form: Free verse
Through the Eyes of My Beloved, My Mother
...Sitting this morning
head in hand
starting at my bedroom wall;
I remember my mother
sitting like this
her tired eyes
boring holes into the sheetrock
or the streetlight
outside our house
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Categories:
sheetrock, birth, caregiving, daughter, growing
Form: Free verse
A Wooden Riddle
...A Wooden Riddle
I walk through walls,
but I'm not dead.
(as they are unfinished)
I try to keep the plans,
locked in my head.
From the morning I wake up,
until the time I hit the bed.
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Categories:
sheetrock, blessing, education, husband, motivation,
Form: Free verse
Confessing Outside Preferences
...I am much more likely to feel like a respectful,
trusting family member
than an entitled warrior,
while outside "property improvements"
rather than inside anthropocentric habitats.
Sometimes
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Categories:
sheetrock, community, earth, environment, humanity,
Form: Political Verse
The 12 Days of Christmas
...On the 1st day of Christmas my employer gave to me
A paycheck without an increase
On the 2nd day of Christmas my employer gave to me
2 tools from Tool World and a paycheck without an increase
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Categories:
sheetrock, appreciation, christmas, fun, giving,
Form: Narrative
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
...Schwegmann, Winn Dixie, the Superstore and more
Customer service was instilled indeed in you for sure
You hungry so you pull up in the drive thru
Welcome to McDonald's, how may I help you?
Bask...
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Categories:
sheetrock, change, fun, growth, jobs,
Form: Rhyme
Less Than Perfect
...I came from a land of redneck drinkers, who mounted deer heads on walls without sheetrock. It was a simpler time. You shot or hooked what you ate. A wood stove heated the whole house. It ran on bottl...
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Categories:
sheetrock, introspection,
Form: Haibun
Wallpaper
...WALLPAPER
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Paper Thin
Cut down to any size,
Crumble, crop me wrong
Pull the insulation from my heart.
Never will I be "A Paper Doll!"
Thank you for calling me a "Friend...
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Categories:
sheetrock, change, creation, friend, identity,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Feeling of Being Underwater
...Looking at his house
He sees nothing special
A pile of wood and sheetrock
Bigger than others
But he owes more than it’s worth
His house is underwater
A term he doesn’t understand
In real spea...
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Categories:
sheetrock, lifehouse, wife, house,
Form: Narrative
I Hate Home Depot!
...I Hate Home Depot!
I hate Home Depot!
Just the sight of that
orange and white sign
makes my stomach turn.
However I know every
square inch of that store,
I’ve spent
thousands of hours the...
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Categories:
sheetrock, angst, parodyhome, hate, home,
Form: Free verse
Murphy's Law In Autumn (Part 1)
...There’s a piece of sheetrock in my aunts house.
That’s newer than the rest of the pieces.
It hasn’t experienced the joyful times
The rest of the ceiling has.
I remember the days when life was nor...
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Categories:
sheetrock, death, lossnight, autumn, night,
Form: Narrative
Murphy's Law In Autumn (Part 2)
...He was found that morning, the peace of the day was shattered
Before the day had begun.
That call raped my virgin heart from its’ happy emotions.
Leaving behind an emotional scar.
As I walked dow...
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Categories:
sheetrock, death, lossheart, sound, day,
Form: Narrative
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