No One Counts the Bodies Jesus Walked Past
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Kensington spreads its legs—
lets the city crawl in,
dripping Xylazine / fentanyl / tranq,
open sore veins
moaning dirty dirges.
False prophets—
all piss and panic—
bark half-lies
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Categories:
shirtless, addiction, death, drug, mental
Form: Didactic
I See You America
...Down that back road
that heads out of town
across the railroad tracks
past the water treatment plant
in a mobile home park
where howling dogs are
hooked with logging chains
to blue plastic...
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Categories:
shirtless, poverty,
Form: Free verse
The shirt'
...Out for the night, on the outskirts of London, we chanced
On a tavern, it was more or less random we few got our
Drinks and listened to some songs there was a musican
And when he took a break, a ...
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Categories:
shirtless, assonance, friendship,
Form: Free verse
A Cry Against Indecency- Part 02
...And Men, have you no honor?
Sagging your dignity below your knees,
You walk shirtless, muscles exposed,
as though your body were an idol to be worshipped.
lost in a cycle of rebellion mistaken fo...
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Categories:
shirtless, 12th grade, addiction, appreciation,
Form: Spoken Word
SUFFERING SUSIE
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Sister Susie sewed so many shirts for soldiers,
She sometimes suffered serious SSD.
That’s sewing stress disorder, so stressed out Susie says;
Something seamstresses all suffer from you see.
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Categories:
shirtless, nursery rhyme,
Form: Alliteration
Life's Quotes
...Don't judge a book by its cover
The inside can even be worse.
Body building is for health
Not for showoff.
To become shamess
First be shirtless.
Legend focus on target
Novice focus on s...
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Categories:
shirtless, inspiration, life, motivation,
Form: Free verse
Will wonders never cease!?
...Will wonders never cease!?
Alternately titled: Last of the fluff
belonging to a Mohican
Norwegian bachelor farmer wannabe.
Any resemblance between said unnamed individual
and living persons ...
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Categories:
shirtless, absence, adventure, analogy, angst,
Form: Free verse
Life
...I still cannot breathe fresh air after tarrying in this place for five long years, I still cannot breath fresh air, my stomach is stiff and the salt is burnt out of the atmosphere, the earth has lost...
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Categories:
shirtless, care, career, class, dance,
Form: Prose
skin
...My bare feet rest gently on the stones at the bottom of a shallow, rushing stream. Through the clear water, I see the meandering veins beneath the skin. I feel a brisk shiver travel up my body, chi...
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Categories:
shirtless, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Awaiting a growth spurt that never happened
...Awaiting a growth spurt that never happened
When a boy,
I wanted to be as tall as my father
(he passed away October seventh
two thousand and twenty
linkedin to congestive heart failure),
who ...
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Categories:
shirtless, 12th grade, 9th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Sun is Shining Again
...The sun is shining in the east with petals opening bright, spreading its fragrance into the light and an epiphany of hope resting on the branches swinging from limb to limb while my heart entertains ...
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Categories:
shirtless, america, body, change, community,
Form: Narrative
The Struggle
...The morning dew spreads out on the grass adding moisture to the thirsty ground, the birds gather in the treetop flying around in curbs, and circling the interior of the earth.
They are trying to ...
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Categories:
shirtless, community, sound, space, strength,
Form: Narrative
Young and Wild
...I’m young and wild standing in the middle of this field.
Blowing winds like hurricane strength can’t take me down.
In this town, I’m young and wild.
Running wild through this town.
Shirtless and...
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Categories:
shirtless, family, happiness, home, kiss,
Form: Free verse
Near Fall
...Reading some homework
The day seems like artwork
Has the sky ever been so blue
Three guys toss a frisbee
perilously near me
shirtless boys silhouetted in turquoise
We’ve got our shades on
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Categories:
shirtless, holiday, homework, humor, school,
Form: Rhyme
Saved
...Some folks wallow in power, yet seem cold
Some souls have softened callous hearts.
Somewhere, a mother and her baby lay dying
Mud, sweat, tears, and blood, baked.
Somewhere a father has sacrifice...
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Categories:
shirtless, abuse, addiction, adventure, appreciation,
Form: Couplet
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