Short Oxidized Poems

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          and about that
        “mine next think”

             you know
     theze oxidized digit's
          flutter’n 'bout
            mine spillz
             machine

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You gave me a sleepless night
or two, remembering how I tensed
beneath your deep kiss, your
hands, caressing the satin arms
of my blouse; your hands, gentle

in my hair so that I became a cloud,
vapor you oxidized.  That's all 
there ever was, yet in my dreams
of ecstacy, all men become you--
such was the power of that kiss....

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Oceanic octopus south of the border
Eight elongated tentacles in a ripe order
An organic obstacle to outrageous pirate queens.
Housing grizzly omnivores and oily other things.

Overwhelmingly ostentatious in the oceanic sea.
Oxymorons galore; floating in Earl Gray’s English tea.
Brown oxidized treasure chests gliding in the water.
Oriental spaceships spelling out watch out daughter....

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Waiting at the window
In the upper floor red brick
Through glaze oxidized opaquely
With grime that has grown thick

From eary day she
 arrives at post
The arc begun at easternmost
She watches the light progress

At noon she dines a simple meal
that to her holds no real appeal
Around she moves it on her plate
And soon is quite the mess

Throughout her vigil ever she crept
This guardianess
Who seldom slept
Yet dreams of his return a dream to her heart she's kept


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