Short Loose End Poems

Adrift
in a mist
of Advent's glare-
dying dregs of Autumn's
fare...

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Jan 2, 2018

Hanging on a loose end rope is utterly in vain
You feel like you have a hope
 but in the end is only pain...

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To be honest my friend, when I’m at a loose end
I can fall prey to worry and fear
So give me a shout and I may help you out
When your burden’s too grievous to bear

I will offer my hand that together we’ll stand
United and facing down fear
And with every shared breath we will contradict death
So that just for today we are spared....

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The lapdog is our friend
The laptop is our mend

There’s no end
We are trapped in a pen
Maybe this is a trend
We don’t need to spend
However, we need to pretend
We enjoy our weekend
Although it’s only a bitter end

When we’re at a loose end
Nobody wants to understand
Because they only care about the stock dividends
They are our internet's friends...

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If everything were simple it would shape just like a brain,
And I’d take it out and look at it and never feel a pain,
And I’d pity poorer mortals who didn’t care if it were true,
For the clear and simple reasons that explained their shallow view,
And my life would be a pleasure with no pondering to annoy,
For there wouldn’t be a single loose end to tie up......

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Every stroke of my pen 
tightens a hold on my heart
every loose end
made one deeper scar
with every line painted
with words so vain
this one moment
has driven me insane
this written question
of how do I find myself
for he has done nothing 
but hurt me
and make me long for help
knowing it will never come
I am the weakest will
and here I lay coming undone...

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Plush red velvet pillows rest  secluded
light bent amid scenic shoji screens
ornate vines twist and turn giving way
a silhouette stares ahead without face 

Pin pricked blood blackened by pain
drips  holes drilled out   stitched
loop by loop  the fabrics of life 
tying up loose-end-less thoughts 

Time  still  lost but never found
feelings frost within a frigid wind
felt  in the recesses of the dark
trembling  fingers wave farewell...

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I choose 
the strongest thread 
amongst the many spools
in my house
to mend 
my garments

I pull the loose end of the thread
on the spool of thread
in the sewing basket
slowly 
until the thread is taut 
and there is no slack

I pull and pull 
the thread
until as in  the end
the thread leaves the spool
and floats free in the air
as a body from a soul

I leave 
the empty spool
in the old sewing basket
while the strong thread 
mends 
my family’s torn garments...

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Skiggin Skiggin my bonhomie friend
Imported From Mars I can apprehend
Skiggin Skiggin suspended at world's loose end


Skiggin Skiggin I do love you
Skiggin Skiggin no kitchen no loo
I have gone to City mall to buy you a shoe

Skiggin Skiggin my Martian bee 
No flower no honey only you and me
Skiggin Skiggin mom has made a cup of tea


Skiggin Skiggin my bonhomie friend
So glossy so mossy so lossy rear end
Let your eyes be closed and dream descend....

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cut and paste attitudes
collage  costume ball
of personality clashes
over glued
to cover tracks

experience of multitude
all pick and choosy
lightweight hyenas
with mismatched spots
pulling dog-eyed at
every string and
tying loose end frayed
knots like collars

strangulated sensibility
when everything’s
in reach, not good enough
or past tense 
in fashion sense

got the best of all worldly
minds, but chopped
brains resemble those of
monster frankenstien’s....

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