Short Lopped Off Poems

If I were a poisonous snake
I would get the last laugh
Giving my slayer a surprisingly venomous bite
Hours after he lopped off my head with a machete.
Only snakes are able to do this you know....

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Listen to poem:

The Coming of Summer The Fear of Fall
David J Walker

Half-past every euphemism defining 
The truthfulness of youthful youth 
		or
The youthfulness of truthful truth 

Crumbling behind the chime of clocks 
And locks of hair lopped off along the way

Today is 
	Today is
Today

Listen for the pitter-patter of
Little feet 

Catching up 
Spinning calendars

Faster
	Faster

Summer is calling
	A fearful Fall
Is all 
one can count on...

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carved cruicifixes,
slashed n’ sliced stars of david,
chiseled taijitus,
hacked stars n’ crescents 
cleaved christs
dissected n’ shaped buddhas,
engraved menorahs
chipped n’ etched away Confucius 
trimmed dharmachakras
whittled & molded muhammad
severed n’ separated astrological zodiac signs 
snipped aum
chopped n’ cracked pentagrams  
lopped off lotus flowers
shaved n’ grated ichthys &
pierced pentacles---
all wash away in the sink
after running warm water over them
for a little while....

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