Short Formaldehyde Poems

side by side 
on the dusty bookshelf
twin jars of formaldehyde
slowly drying
in poison preserve
my heart always
to guard yours...

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Hairline trigger is how I’d describe my mind.
My thoughts are slippery and reek of formaldehyde.
very neat, very clean.
dangerous....

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(1) when I am wrapped with a feeling of ecstasy: monoku of 17 syllables or fewer
contest prompt 

a momentary dreamscape in rose tinted formaldehyde...

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O sorrow doth linger and last,
injection of formaldehyde —
preservation of solitude 
on shroud swept cliffs — they call my name!

2/19/2020
Poe-etic Verse Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Charles Messina...

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In a bubble,
a life self-contained,
separate from reality.
Enclosed,
self-oriented.
centred upon 
ourself..
          with
our thoughts
our feelings
our desires:
Remote ,alone
with oneself.
Preserved yes..
in formaldehyde..
dead before..
         our time...

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I have no excuse
And as for my reasons
I will deliver them to you
On silver plates
Glazed with formaldehyde
And we will dance to their eulogies
And feast on their thighs
And you will know that I have always loved you
The way that I said I did

I am sorry that you could not know it sooner...

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Can you feel it in the air?
Stunning smile lures you inside 
Cold laughter but no ‘beware’;

Poison like formaldehyde
sticking to your lips like sugar 
as you seek that easy ride;

Medicinal karma cures bad behavior 
Pill mills create easy distribution;
A prescription with a fatal answer 

One dose you see true intention,
the end of the virus of illusion....

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Sipping formaldehyde with medical hype
A lab coat cloaked sterile destiny
Balding with bare hands to compute
Imprinting watery vitality to a blue tooth
Chip sensor, genetic desire plunges
Closeted towards strapped hardwired control
Engineers veer deaths machination icons
As chirping screens bleat out information barriers
To pass through fat nurses and white hallways
The delayed security of death...

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My doctor is like no other,
he treats me like a brother.
Never unfair nor dishonest
in diagnosis or prognosis;
he tells me all just as it is –
a trait he’s known for best.
During my recent physical,
with expertise and acumen,
he revealed nothing amiss,
my health sound and admirable.
And with beaming pride
of a respected professional
said I’d make a fine specimen
in formaldehyde....

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You don’t need the deer
Your grandfather’s perk
The skill of his kill
Preserved head of a dead
And wormeaten body
Formaldehyde face
Eyes chilled black
Lips lifeless and knowing their place.

You don’t need a taciturn taxiderm treasure
Pokerface saddled 
On a laquered wooden plaque.
You have the byproduct 
Of your singular skill,
And each night and day
Slowly,
You gnaw off her head....

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Another year has passed

Happy memories 

counted on one hand

Like a constant cold rain

or playing in an unknown band

I sit here on the new year's eve

looking out at the drab day

An impenetrable gray sky

not a single sun's ray

Will tomorrow be different?

Is there hope lodged deep inside?

I sigh an contemplate a drink

 as I watch the past year float in 

formaldehyde...

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How banal is heartbreak
yet the masses belly up to the bar
to imbibe the bitter brew by the gallon
fermented from the pounds of flesh
she's cut away with her pen 
that she keeps preserved 
in jars of formaldehyde

Drunk with disdain
her potion resurrecting their pain
her patrons grab the pitchforks
she keeps sharpened by the door
Silent she watches them stumble out
smiling as she counts the bills in the till...

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Following Suzette's lead and going with 5 senses:

Hearing: midnight drums / blood rushing through your ears
Taste: the tingle tongue from too many kiwis / anticipation 
Smell: lipstick / 1985
Touch: a handful of grated cheese / falling down a hill having grabbed grass that snapped 
Sight: people sat in parked cars / brains in formaldehyde

Oh and...
Proprioception: knowing where your toe is / waiting expectantly for someone to arrive home...

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Arsenic
Bisphenol-A
Cresol
Defoliants
Ethanol
Formaldehyde
Government collusion
Herbicides
Insecticides
Junk food
Killing us all
Lead
Mercury
Naphthalene
Oil
Pesticides
Quiet destruction
Rodenticides
Styrene butadine
Trichlorothylene
U.S. produced 15 trillion lbs. of chemicals in 2007
Vinyl chloride
Water pollution
Xylene
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*** "Poisoned Profits: The Toxic Assault on Our Children"
         by Philip & Alice Shabecoff...

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