Short God Awful Poems

does the process of elimination ~ make much sense by inclusion 

or is mans reasoning clearly rearranged ~ by woman’s exclusion 

By
David Kavanagh 

hms...

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outskirt's landscape's
rude God awful
it's outlandish
in the garden
nonchalant
kinda crude 
did it go smooth
dry zone
crackle main central
in the meadow?...

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Across the room hearing the smack, smack, smack,
My jaw clenched,
Giving it the sharpness that makes girls swoon,
Yet my ears were blowing with steam,
She look and half smiled,
Mouth full of food,
God she had no manners,
Smack, 
There was that god awful noise again,
It took all I had not to walk out,
She sat there unknowingly,
Making my skin crawl off me....

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his mind works strange,
not how its intended to work
his handwriting changes,
leaving him in a state of daze,
and often,
he is vacant in his own body
a small, useless shell
surrendering to the god-awful feeling of not being able to do anything,
inside of that shell,
lies a scared, little boy,
who likes to detach
but only when it hurts too bad
his mind is strange...

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Turmoil
God awful gut wrenching 
nightmare riding
turmoil.

Throat clenching
acid rising murder of crows,
False importance on the trivial grows.

A gag reflex of learned fear
turmoil roils hurricane high
calms counterweight on the psychic scale.

Taste the bitter bile of discontent.
Far fetching fowl…
fouling the content
eating the brash bits of joy
Turmoil....

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Oh! No!
There's a mosquito in my ear,
And I can't hear!
Anything but that god awful sound.
Like fingernails on a chalkboard.
If I had a teeny tiny sword
I'd give him what for!
I whopped myself in the eye!
No time to cry.
Too busy flailing my arms.
He's going to keep me up all night!
I put up a fight.
With nothing to show for it.
Except this mouse under my eye.
A mouse!!!..... Oh! No!...

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your name still in the streets 
and maybe always going to be
keep your head up 
and continue praying for me
always blood
nothing can change that 
and always love
staying strong keeps that
learning from where we've been 
changing where we go
making God awful mistakes
teaching others what we know
wanting to be
the next thing in history
beating tribulations, leaving places
with holding the misery...

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Staring at the wall 
Trying to feel nothing 
As if I could mask out the thoughts in my brain
Sometimes I can’t breathe and I’m left gasping 
for air 
only to not have it found 
Breathing seems so hard
 in the moment
And the air invisible, 
Barely able to move down my throat.
I still can’t seem to catch a breath
And the memories are suffocating me 
I try to let out a loud scream 
But I’m afraid I’m stuck,
in this god-awful dream....

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I don't have a house, all of my things are gone. 
In a big ass trash can being emptied at dawn. 
I tried to save it guess with not enough effort. 
I'm sure everyone knows how exactly this must hurt. 
So many memories and pictures that I can't get back. 
God awful pain similar to a heart attack. 
Guess I deserve it,  I knew it was eventually gonna  transpire.
Probably would have felt better if I walked away, after setting everything on fire....

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A little bug climbed in beside me last night
He decided to snuggle close and tight 
I woke up in the morning not feeling so right
Sneezing and coughing i was a god awful sight
One minute i am cold the next i am hot 
I know its more than a cold i have got
My eyes are all weepy it hurts to look at the light
I feel sicker than a dog and that really bites
I called the Doctor and the Doctor said 
Take two aspirins and kick the bugs out of your bed...

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Unwanted Gifts


She checked out the biggest gift first
Saw what was inside when it burst
Two seven foot blokes
Telling God-awful jokes
But that wasn’t even the worst...

A very small piano musician
Adopted a seated position
My ear-drums are ringing
At least he ain’t singing
As he starts yet another rendition

I think Santa speed-read our list
Or maybe some items got missed
My good wife, Beatrix
Got a big pair of twits
And I got an eighteen inch pianist...

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I would have looked her in the eye
Daring her to make you cry
I’d stand before you like a wall
I’d take each blow as they would fall
Shrieking screams and calling names
I’d mute from you will falling rain
I’d wipe off the pepper she rubbed on your thumb
I’d stop her before she pounded it numb
I’d rescue you from that god awful place
I’d take you to safety and spit in her face
Nestle you in a safe little nest
I’d hold you and love you
Because you are the best
...

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Standing on a stump, looking down the road..
Waiting for the old truck to come into view.
Brother watching from the roof.. In trouble again.

At last it chugged around the corner..
Smiling faces that cautioned- “quiet now”..
A small blue bundle cradled in loving arms.

At last, the most beautiful face we’d ever seen..
Then that face let out a god-awful screech….
We looked at each other..both thinking..
                   -   Maybe this isn’t going to be so great after all!...

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