Short Adhesive Poems

Strewn adhesive pearls,
In-between Summer branches:
Web of survival....

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Red Ant pile bad news 
Adhesive glue work real fine  
Spray once laugh out loud...

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To lose my heart
Will be a failure
Considering the man
Who comes back home
Every night, torn from inside
A trembling smile
Being held together
With a familiar adhesive....

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A handsome young bloke sported a cowlick
Highly adhesive -- to things it would stick
   'Twas time for his first kiss
   He'd found the perfect miss
She stuck to that cowlick with gloss lipstick...

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it surrounds my heart
an easy feeling
bonding us together
love the adhesive
it's an absolute truth
between you and me
this road we're on
all limits exceeded
it's an abundant love
that we share...

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Feet glued to your welcome mat,
our fingers meshed like Velcro
and pieces of our shattered hearts
haphazardly taped together;
my tears and your fidgeting
weaken the adhesive,
yet, we do not—
can not—
move....

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super glue isn't super enough
masking tape just won't mask
duct tape isn't strong enough
for the quake that caused these cracks

nothing can hold it together
the crevices are too deep
no wonders of modern science
a miracle adhesive is what I need...

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Flimsy tissue paper bliss, 
gift wrapped wafer-thin
  promises midst kisses,
glued together with
    yesterday's adhesive, 
fallen as separate shrouds
   in wayward glances &
   capricious charades razing 
     death do us part illusions 
   of finale's papier-mâché knots...

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twitches belie pressure, nerve endings fray ~ in shock from the exposé 

love child appears out of the blue ~ dna sticks tight, unlike cheap screw

damage done, tied is the splice ~ heat of the moment has balls in a vice

prenuptial’s void, tightening grip ~ busted now, far too late for that snip


By
David Kavanagh...

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That palm-smeared red flower
blossoming down your fingers;
reminding you of when tying shoelaces 
was an accomplishment.
When falling down wasn't a blessure,
but a scrap
- a prize worthy of adhesive
and swift kiss.

It is the instinct to lean back
and (*) give yourself an aneurysm.

*swallow; to take back what was once yours....

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Feelings kept together with the adhesive of emotion,
Will eventually fall apart.
Feelings crave nurturing and understanding,
The adhesive of life.

Emotions are swept in and out of our lives on waves of feelings,
Always ending crashing on the shore of existence.
Each experience ensure we learn and grow,
Till eventually life gives us the ultimate test...

Death....

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It’s been years
I synthesize the pictures
That I have 
Adhesive binds my pictures
and I grasp… a pillow
I never washed dishes 
While they laughed
Or ran my little girls bubble bath
Not to hot
If only I could rot in their faces
All they know is that 
Daddy waste his time around them
Through image I kiss you all good night
I love you my kids
You kids be my life...

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Paste
Resin
Adhesive

Shattered on the ground
Porcelain, her cracked face 
Dripping sooty tears and snot.

“And over these scars, we'll paste stars."

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Lately I've been trying out different forms of poetry.
This is called a Clarity Pyramid. You can find out more about it by visiting 
Shadow Poetry's site, I'm not sure what PS's policy is on links....

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You hold my hand
aware of capacity
for bonding

hands can do that
fingers fond conduits
palms firm suctions
of secure presence

hands yielding
while they also solidify
the mystery of divine
grasp – adhesive nature
of caring touch, giving
while receiving
taking possession with
tender balance of freedom

Love need never hurry

ageless and timeless
the Royal Flush of Hearts


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two abreast
a wall of flesh
i left my coat
at the hat rack

from my mind
consumed
a looping 
tune

that need be 
written down
as for what 
i found

on my finger 
tips tapping
from a played
plucked string

that made 
her sing
my score 
board 

pre prepared
paper squared
needing no
licking 

self adhesive 
to please 
to post 
what 

i wrote
written 
on those
sticky notes...

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The mind holds many memories
Which cling to it like glue,
A storehouse of forgotten facts
You hardly knew you knew.

But as we age, the files get filled
And when we try to store
New knowledge or experience,
There isn’t room for more.

And that explains why I just read
A novel I’d once finished,
A little hint to let me know
My brain cells have diminished.

For just like old adhesive
Will no longer do the trick,
There comes a point within your brain
When nothing new will stick....

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