Short Gritting Poems

Gritting my teeth
Swing low, swinging high.
I've come too far to break
not again, not this time....

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Daily rushing,

Anger on freeway,

How can we slow this down?


Daily rushing.

Clenching my gum teeth,

Level 10 Hostile


Daily rushing

Lower back tensing

Is work worth it?...

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She was a daring escape artist,
secret agent in her own maniacally
complicit central intelligence gravitas,
gritting darkly ravaged plug-in gray matter
weapon of choice - unsystematic wordy tumult 
seducing unhinged recondite translations...

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Swallowing hard the slain,
Gritting teeth like  gnats;
Toss your card nonchalantly and move.
Even if your ears ring like bells;
Don’t get the hernia over it,
Frothing wont smoothen the slit.
The bait has died out;
For neon thighs come with a jaunty cough....

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The air was not ok.

It was rubbery feeling.

Squeaking and sometimes churning.

But the sounds are my own voice and it scares me that I hate my own voice.

A weeping discordant voice.

Gritting and annoying.

I order my food online.

I order everything online....

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Go ahead choose your tune
What floats your boat away from the gloom
Some say it must be on a vinyl record
To hear the sound in each gritting chord

But I like to hear the clean sound 
Close your eyes and image them getting down
And when you do just that and lay back
The music you choose will be where it’s at.

© Paul Warren Poetry...

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"I'll have a number six meal with a coke to go please."
"What will you have to drink with that?" McDonalds asked me.
"A coke," I repeated, "to go please."
"Will that be to stay or to go?" asked the inattentive employee.
"To go," I said gritting my teeth.
Every time at McDonalds it's the same old thing.
The next time I get hungry, I'm going to Burger King....

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gritting teeth behind the liars smile
walking takes an effort i cant afford
smiling at the idiots as the wish a morning full of goodness
mourning who you once were
and fearful of what you will be
breathing in your tears
and no one knows your fears
filling the abyss with an emptiness it cant hold
the secret life of the sad
the addiction with no rehab...

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Three days of brutal angry pain has changed her
Eighty-two hours of pain
She is joyless now
Irritation and meanness, 
Gritting of the teeth
Feeling mean, everything hurts

She just got a Charley Horse in her leg
Old age is killing her
She is angry with her body today
The one that is failing her
Letting her down in so many directions
Pain has changed her completely...

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As we slide down the slippery slope
From utter despair to glimmer of hope
From gritting of teeth and perspiration
To gentle candle-light of inspiration
We ask ourselves, we explore the thought
From whence it comes, if not from nought
We see the glimmer, the spark we see
From whence it comes, if not from me? 
We see the light, we from the thought
Oh inspiration, in your web I’m caught!...

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One minute left on the clock
Four points down, championship at stake
Third down, five yards from the goal

Hefty defensive linemen gritting teeth
     eager
          anxious

Do you run the ball?
     or pass?

Quarterback fakes a hand-off
Linemen not fooled, scatter to block receivers
Quarterback sneak wins the game!



*For the "Pass" contest.  Probably only football fans will get this one....

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Growing up in purest innocence
Greeted as a friend
Groomed with a fine tooth comb
Grabbed unexpectedly
Groped involuntarily
Grouping parts of self
Gripping deeper fears
Grinding self image
Gritting teeth
Gryping of opportunity lost
Grifting gratification
Grappling with truth
Grieving childhood missed
Gripping reality loosely
Grousing silently
Graduating in faith
Grinning of small hopes
Granting mercy
Graced with love
Jaw Relaxes

9/17/17...

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My head is about to explode
Get a grip and take hold
My body feels old
A story never told
Gritting my teeth tight
Time to catch the next flight
No reason that's right
Everyone's out of sight
Fingers tremble so
Too many loads
My mind takes its toll
Watch how it blows
My face covered by my hands
Watch the bright stars dance
Eyes glisting in a trance
Took just one glance
A wish is asked
Always this, always that
Just one come true that's all I ask!...

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Dark grey are the skies,
Hot tears scald my eyes,

Emotions simmer underneath,
I stand gritting my angered teeth,

Grief hid in those unshed tears, 
A bit more than unsaid fears,

Layer by layer fury is unsheathed,
Little by little my restlessness breathed, 

Spoken words reveal their violent sharpness, 
Unspoken words pierce through the silent darkness, 

Silence has a language of its own, 
It stifles me and chills every bone.





02/22/19...

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