Short Noire Poems

tumbled symbols scream
tongue-tied tussled bed wetter
fomenter of torment. seeps
dandelion seed shout
unbound denizen of night
angels guardian of sleep...

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Rapturous youth and tranquil prime, 
Withered with a weird dream.
I was compelled to enter a realm bete-noire,
That of Stephen Hawking, O dear!
Despite the 'black hole' studs,
Our realm 'emits' a glorious radiance....

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For Christmas, Trump got a guitar
But he wanted to be a czar
So he pulled some strings
And underwear things
And now he's our POTUS Bête Noire!

* Trump translates, "au secours"
            as "Oh, suckers!" ...

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Drip, drip, dripping down
The moon it shimmers
In the blood that ripples
On the ground

Pink water
In the sink
A cockroach
On the wall

Sip, sip, sipping up
The whiskey from an
Old tin cup; one last
Gulp devours all

Now lay
Back and
Go to 
Sleep...

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High in the noire and empty skies ,
 They blink like broken bulbs..
 Late in the eve when the last bird flies,
They shine like diamonds in dirt..

 When the sun`s sunk down and the tides are high 
 And the weather`s pleasant with glee..
 They burn-on across in the somber sky
 With the glow of pearls in the sea.....

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Fleur noir
Fleur effrayée le soir 
Fleur de la nuit
Fleur invisible
Fleur qui n'a jamais touché la pluie
Une fleur qui n’a  jamais dansé dans le vent
Une fleur qui ne chante
La fleur qui se cache nue
S`est jamais souvenu 
Une fleur qui est tout simplement
Une petite fleur
Toutes les fleurs avec des pétales brisés
Enfin réunis
Au-dessus de mon cercueil
Aujourd'hui, vous êtes tous au soleil
Je dors avec la lune...

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For cloning of small gods
you took out the kidneys, lungs
and stomach, from slain truth’s
body. My bête noire, the lies.

Do you smell the stink? You make
yourself, you are not your id.
The urge to take a flight was very strong.
Groins aching for the heroic jump.

Legs amputated, the tragedy, swims
like a fossil truth in the sea, under
the layers of centuries.
Man has not changed, cheated of the death.


SATISH VERMA...

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Body and soul are the devil's take has he come to seal my fate? From needles eye through poisoned veins awakening my lifeless brain. Fire and lightning pierce the skin with it's flash the storm begins. Tempest's whir I cannot quiet inside me my emotions riot, help me God I cannot fight it. I pulled the iron from my arms and stood with God to face my bete noire. "I will not give you my last breath" as I turned and walked away from meth....

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Thinking I knew you from your smile
you wormed your way in with guile
my bete noire*, my bogey man
long of tooth and without a clan 
I let you in, a worm with style.

le grand faux pas*, angel vile,
seeming weak, yet, so versatile.
Hobgoblin of dread, bogey man 
Thinking I knew

Shrink back now into your defile
of sagging skin and toothy smile.
But, I have seen a reviled hand
and my open heart still here stands
wishing sweetness all the while
Thinking I knew...

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J'ai oublié le jour


Quand tu as volé mon coeur
je suis devenu très froid
la vie je ne crois pas encore
la musique m'a échappé

Je ne ris plus
je n'ai plus de larmes
ni de charme
morte comme la rose noire

J'ai oublié le jour
j'ai oublie mon coeur
je ne connais plus l'amour
rien n'est tout ce qui m'appartient

J'ai oublie ma vie
et tout le reste
comme ça il n'y a pas d'histoire
seulement une larme et le noir

Viens me voir
sous les étoiles
sous la terre
oublie moi...

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