Short Dry Mouth Poems

Furry tongue, dry mouth
Head throbing in guilty pain
WHY?..Did I get so drunk....

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I went to call
Hung up
Thought again
Tried once more

My mouth
was dry
It thirst
for water

My lungs
Colapsed
From your
Empty heart...

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drought
dry mouth
wanting green
just the waiting
tears

wind
blowing
old curtains
the scent of rain
hope


Barbara Gorelick
For the Turn on The Lanterne contest...

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        Dry mouth,
   shallow breathing;
In your dessert mirage
I thought I saw a waterfall;
            Dizzy,
I’m completely decimated;
   It is too hot to care;
   Please wet my lips,
          full tilt....

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A wretched bitter after taste

Engulfs my now dry mouth

My swollen tongue

No longer able to manuever with freedom

Lips scorched with schaffing skin

Revealing my raw flesh from your lips

Hampering from forever kissing another...

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Riding, riding, high tail cowboy!
Dry mouth, sunken orbits squint in the sunshine
Rearview mirror, grinning silver toothed

Gently rocking,  singing in the trunk

Laugh, laugh! stainless eyes,  steel sharpened grin
Splitting for the hills, knuckles white on the wheel

A killer on the run, Big Ed...

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Warm night
   Cold day

Sleep light
   Work heavy

Hot dinner
   Cold drink

Eat light
   Drink heavy

One drink
   Feel fine

To many
   Drunk belligerence

Up late
  Much fun

Text message
   Driver designated

More drinks
   Sleeps mine

Wake up
   Dry mouth

All this
   Over & over...

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Parched lips dry mouth in sweltering heat,
Tantalized to tremble as fingers rest,
Caressed by the silky covered skin; 
The thumb plays within her navel spot.

Denuding probe; she peels with laughter. 
The sun breaks to split in smacked moves;
In the sweetness our juices combine
Quench my thirst in flesh provoked Delight.

The lips gain color in wet kisses; 
 A Florida orange whets my dream....

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       Scuba Diving
Heavy SCUBA tanks
As if flying in water
Everywhere blue

  
Dry mouth icky salt
Regulator gets knocked out
Can't breathe in water
  
   
See a shark hiding
Marveling in its stealth
Hope it's not hungry
  
   
Running our of air
Better get to boat fast
Stupid lungs why why?
   
Brightly colored fish
And coral everywhere    
I wish I could stay
...

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empty stomach
eyes bagged from lunch
lingering taste 
of the hangover hunch
cotton chew 
of minced inner cheek
dead cigarette cloak
stains of the meek

dreams of a bedside fountain
flow through
the dry mouth dream
hopes for buildup to swallow
to flush the liquid unclean

ache of head
drool glued to the bed
a familiar vortex
spins out of control
sudden slip
of equilibrium
force dishonest tears to roll...

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Hidden messages. 
Subliminal.
Yet glaringly obvious to the keen observer.
I wouldn't have relations with someone incompetent. 
So it shouldn't come to great surprise that I am seen through.
The intentions of youth obvious.
Yet Hope prevails.
The irony of the hidden message hidden in dab and shot soaked memory's.
Soon to be corroded from the flow of recollection.  
A late nights morning. 
Kissing the dry mouth of the dreary after a hard days night....

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Dry mouth, air crisp, the snap on my skin,
Room dark, curtains drawn, I stay within.
Dare not check the time, I bury my head,
Excuses keep me warm in this bed.

Yesterday’s troubles left behind,
Today, my heart’s strong, peace of mind.
Coughs and cold, sugar in check,
I rise with courage, no turning back.

Pyjamas tight, it’s a lazy day,
Perhaps a prayer to clear the way.
Outside, the world waits, blanketed white,
And though I can't see, I know it's right.




...

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I shake my head like a dog
that just crawled out of a pond;
 with gratified grunts I stretch,
     struggling to yawn away 
          sweet seductions 
                of sleep
        from groggy bottles 
                  deep.

  Bone weary, dry mouth, dusty,
muscles aching, stomach souring,
 whiff of stale beer in my breath;
  like an overripe banana I wilt,
     and, yeah, it surprises me 
                    not
      that I feel rotten, stinking 
                   a lot....

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