Short Buttoned Up Poems

As he unbuttoned her blouse
he soon  became aroused
She unbuttoned his shirt
and took off her skirt
He didn't know about her spouse

Then the doorbell rang
It was her husband Stan
He buttoned up his shirt
She pulled up her skirt
he  went out the window and away he ran...

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The Moon knows never to gossip,
keeping secrets close to the heart;
Buttoned up tight whispers don’t slip,
nothing pries what’s sacred apart;
Never one with an aimless dart,
brazen wishes know where he stands;
A loaded plan cannot outsmart 
credence the cosmos understands....

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She wants to warm him like the sun, 
Heal his hurts with a whisper. 
She wants to seal her lips with his smile, 
And show her devotion, 
In a million silent ways.
She will be his buttoned up confidante, 
Gently trustworthy, 
Just so she can stay his quiet darling of spring
And forever bloom in his direction.
....

© 2012 
Ruby Honeytip...

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buttoned up tightly
black iris maiden
smoky extrapolation of time
dancing along in rhythm

guarded by black cameo
pierced, not pampered
silent, stoic, revealing nothing

black iris maiden,
resigned to her fate
greeting no one
smoky memories

hazy not helpful
hurt beyond recognition
dragged to doctors
silent, stoic, revealing nothing...

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Is your shirt buttoned up too tight?
Are your pants up in your crotch?
Do you live in your mothers basement?
Do you keep that corduroy jacket with patches on it elbows
back from when you thought you had something original to say?
Do you have tenure in a local community college?
Well then, you might just be an over-educated, low IQ,
poetry critic....

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Climate changed into just weather.
We watched it happen,
watched the meth-maidens and the hookers
turn pale and ill
Senators secretly paying their motel bills.
Denials fling insults at each other,
It's election fever
and we are fools or establishment tools.
Picking sides is a choice between lies
yet go vote anyhow
you're fully vaccinated now
buttoned-up tight
nothing bad could possibly happen - right?...

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Buttoned-up sunshine silhouette
draped in early evening fantasy
captured in aromatic ecstasy

let me 

d    e
 o     a
  w     s
    n     y 

let me 
wander 
in your 

b r
     e e
          z e

Drips of cinnamon touch
the true taste of innocence 
and her lips melt atop
burning gasoline jet streams

b
   l
     o
        w
           n

across the sheets of time
with the corners holding me still
sunsets wink good night...

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He pushed all the right buttons
To gain access to her heart
And then he broke it
Ripping the threads of love apart
Leaving  her in tears when he split

She buttoned up her broken heart
And refused to let anyone in
Lest  the  tender thoughts she might impart
Cause her heart to be broken once  again

The emotional buttons of her heart loosened  over  time
Her heart  began  to trust and  love again
Bringing her sunshine instead of rain
Joy instead of pain
As she found a love sublime...

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