Short Aftertaste Poems

freedom of choice
not free of consequence
first bite's aftertaste

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Like the aftertaste of  peat smoke single malt
and eye water chaser on my tongue...

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the slick that sticks to the back of your tongue 
   a little space time transporter
   you can hear the music
   smell the smoke...

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Quick and forever to forget.
The aftertaste 
of those words and all nerves 
sobbing spasms and tears.
Quick and forever to forget....

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Love hugs. That warmth, especial
To it, puts as deep
Hearts' lone fears to sleep.
Love speaks. Sweetest devoured fruits.
In kissing have chased
Up their aftertaste....

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His aroma danced
Gracefully, resurrecting
Familiar seasons.

Whirlwind through the mind,
An aftertaste quite ancient,
Rhythms soon deceased.

BY:sabina nicole
Written:11-29-11...

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Noel

Amalgamated emotions, like good wine,
blendings for intensified taste.
Christmas stirrings of affection, greed and piety,
great nose, rich savor, but bittersweet aftertaste....

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great rendition made so plain,
of the bitter hurt n pain,
flows its spirit free,
recurring constantly,
the bitter aftertaste,
gets me...

thank you Laura  Breidenthal  
"Death Trophy"

Don...

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love's aftertaste
from the centrifuge
of flushed toilets
marking it's spiraling descent
from the Perseids of highest heaven
to Davy Jones' locker
one can survive such an excursion
but some do not

we should meet again in a tiger's dream....

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Thanks Mum, that meal was a nice tasty dish
But no one will say if my breath smells of fish
I ask them but no-one will tell me the truth
Not even the seagull that’s sat on the roof
It’s only you, Mum, that I can rely on.
Son, she said grinning, you’re a sea lion...

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That targeted sleep will not come
at once
in the tamed night.

A shifted pain
lifts the irretrievable word
shamed at edge.

The godwings
weave the rhyme of flight
for the wedding of death.

You are born again
in sleep
for  another journey.


Satish Verma...

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Clad in flowing purple
Like a full-bodied
Cabernet Sauvignon
She vanishes into the 
Shadows of the night
While I stand alone, 
Dreamily savouring 
The lingering aftertaste
Of her aromatic kiss. 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
© September, 2018
    Inspired by RS...

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biting the bullet

savor the aftertaste

of lead killed

by friendly fire

we learn to listen

to our own voice

peeling an orange

from the inside out

every day our lives

try to start again

if we are afraid

to live our dreams

how are these

not nightmares...

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I've eaten enough stars in my dreams to know that the wishes leave a unique aftertaste. Something akin to spoiled blueberries and lilypads. I knew my dreams were vivid but this is too much for my stomach to handle. I wake up as if I were falling, losing last night's dinner on the way down....

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getting drunk
drinking her
fermented sweat

mixed with
a bouquet
of musk with

an aftertaste
unrelated
to anything ever

to touch
my palette
sweet but dry

she's full bodied
with a bite
of cinnamon spice

she goes down
smoothly aged
to perfection

a vintage
Colombian
1994...

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they look unassuming and gentle
I know better, for they are not ripe
if I eat one now my mouth will pucker
the bitterness will leave a horrible aftertaste

in a few days, these persimmons will calm down
they will have a silky slippery honey-like taste
tangier than an apricot
I do not mind waiting...

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Mutual grief and joy to I
Euphoria reverses to dysphoria
Lessons learnt warmly
Action speaks louder than word
No regret with bitter aftertaste
Colour varied, bright against dull
Hope invites its beautiful face
Owning emotion rare and true
Looking ahead, lighter walk in step
Young at heart, never give up....

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Upon the roof, outside the walls,

                              now tapping soft its whispered calls,

                                              aftertaste of pain,

                                             this afternoon rain,

                                  like a  fading afterthought, falls....

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Spring paints so many shades and hues of green
I swear she's Erin born
dancing mad till lazy Summer's sun
she's gone before she's e'er begun
the aftertaste of her laughing taunting teasing fling
makes winter's long cold torture easy on my soul of souls
pipes and strings and songs to sing
she greenly springs on eire...

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Spring paints so many shades and hues of green
I swear she's Erin born
dancing mad till lazy Summer's sun
she's gone before she's e'er begun
the aftertaste of her  taunting teasing fling
makes winter's long cold torture easy on my soul of souls
pipes and strings and songs to sing
she greenly springs and  much too swiftly rolls...

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I need your salty succulence
Sweating alongside my tongue
Dipped with your orange masterpiece
A painting in my mouth
Only guarded by the teeth in my half-cocked smile
But your rancid aftertaste
Causes me to gag
And I want you out of my system
Out, out
Leave all that you have inhabited
You leave a bitter flavor
That refuses to brush away...

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My two miracles, black and white lay dreaming. 
I roll the last of the Cabernet over my tongue
as I
inhale every drop of the prose she has so skillfully penned; 
tannic, yet satisfactory.

The attack.........ripened, smashed cherries
The evolution.......bitter cacoa nibs..........
The finish.......an aftertaste of lonliness and heartbreak....
yet still I want more....

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the time was up
your ticket expired
ashes thick
from smokeless fire
distance grew, you try harder
gone the love of my desire

messages come
left unattended
inbox filled with
those you send
deleted now the memory
no good reason to pretend

once in awhile,
you cross my mind
thinking of dreams
left far behind
nothing here, no aftertaste
from those stars that were
aligned...

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Bubble gum and kiss worthy 
chew, exhale, then it just pops
now we can taste each other 
desiring your time and attention
let’s see if we can make it last
such relentless muscle reflex
punch berry scent fills the air 
dissolving into slight banana 
to awaken the fading aftertaste 
yeah I’ll take another hard stick 
slightly to the left of fruity
A sweet flavor that’s everlasting...

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Like an aftertaste you elude to; 
Delicate freshness in the air,
sunshine citrus breaks through; 

Forecast’s aftermath is unclear, 
the only way to know is just to bite; 
Ignore what lingers like ‘beware’; 

You’ll be amazed at what hits right, 
let your palate go where you’re unsure; 
A surprisingly potent delight;

Expectation is the tip of rapture, 
the foreplay of grande adventure....

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