Short Infest Poems

Black elephant in the sun
As the biblical tower of Babel
Hordes of twisted tongues
Infest width, breadth
From Ajegunle slums
To the plateaus of Jos!...

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I inflict Kindness 
to punish each act 
of violence 

Pre dominanced 
Predatory 
Vermin 

I infest Love 
in each space 
in and between 

I inflict Life 

There has to be 
a way 
Out 
of 
Here...

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Pink skies infest the starry dark.
Pest sprays reject the fireflies’ spark.
Bald eagles chopped by green windmills.
Right whales lie beached as sonar kills.
Rage that I can no longer view,
Bids my sense of wonder adieux....

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I want to splat you
Sir, sucker pinching veins
With itch, mosquito!

My tongue pierced skin cries
And merciless you zip drink
A bump, your tombstone!

Sizzling in my ear
Halt these needs to sense me what germs
Infest your entrails

Settle still in place
Slippery rogue, test my swat
Awful mess, my blood!...

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No matter how many frowns infest your life
No matter how many tears dim your life
No matter how many failures, plunge you down further 
No matter how much hurt, wounds every inch of you
No matter how ugly your past & how foggy your present is, Be Thankful 


Inspired by the story of Dr Stellah Bosire-Otieno...

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patronizing 
condescending 
attitudes
grew within 
the heart 
till one day
they began to 
run amuck
then as they
moved further 
and further inwards
it began to infest 
the inner workings
of the soul
till finally it 
was free to
roam 
through 
out the
interpersonal
encounters of  
the past 
within the 
land of 
lost love...

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MAGGOT MONOTONY

on the precipice I survey
the sea of 
stores and casual faceless
crowds, I the  planet
lost in the tide
swarming with skulls
thrashing the facades
restless brows 

maggots infest the nucleus
until the centre shrieks
like a sheet in
the night, startled by
the intense glare that
neon signs cast 
upon blankness and
pointless vows


© Kim van Breda—29 June 2014...

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Companionless, unloved,
abhorrent creatures 
that are the slime of cyberspace.

Lurking behind the fortification
of their keyboards,
they infest innumerable sites
with despicable, foul-mouthed,
rants,and remarks
in an attempt to inflict
as much suffering as possible. 

Craven snipers, using words
to kill spirits, talent and dreams.
Never would they come
face to face with those 
they try to disparage....

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Expel those bitter pangs of unrequited love
Lest the pungent taste of gall infest the soul,
And steal the joy unattended in your heart
For love that’s lost is seldom ever reclaimed.
By fast-held pining, sorrow, and crying spells
Consider how quickly your lover went away,
Likely, to embrace another with open arms
Shedding nary a tear nor suffering the loss.

written July 22, 2021...

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  "Skeleton Tree"

withered branches wane
buried bones beneath tree trunk
mummified death chant.

legends lifeless limbs
haunted hurricane swallowed
breath of bloom denied.

whispered memories
hidden skeletal remains
infest tainted tree.

brittle branches bough
parched to perish in black dust
screams in effigy.


*For Nathan's Skeleton Tree Contest.
*Written by:  Linda-Marie The "Sweetheart" of P.S....

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Don’t get too close
You’ll crumble
It’s not the life she chose
But she doesn’t grumble

You’ll turn pale
You’ll become ash
This isn’t a tale
You’ll be gone in a flash

If you get near
You have a last request
Steer clear
Or death will infest

She’ll choose your fate
If you take another stride
She’ll find the right bait
And a grave she’ll provide

I warned you
I wasted my breath
Everything she touches
Turns to death

Written in October 2012...

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At the wind's behest
 At the sun's command 
 Swarming worms infest 
 Legs and arms and hands

 Flesh from bone undressed 
 Withers in the sand
 Denser forms divest 
 Of filaments and strands

 As rigid limbs relax 
 Bound by sky and land 
 Mouth and throat contract 
 Chest and brain expand 

 Set free by their collapse 
 Fulfilled by new demands 
 Enshrined as they're enclasped 
 By rasping sea and sand 

 Written by © Raven Drake...

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Joyful Santa’s heart was twirling with pure happiness.
He was on top of the world, for life was better than the best.
He danced and sang and gave everyone a feeling of delight.
In truth he was hiding sadness that might to others severely infest.

But by hiding his sadness, he had completely fooled his heart.
He began feeling better and better, although worlds apart.
From his own family, because of the pandemic and gloom.
At least I can see them on a monitor, he thought, for I have Zoom....

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