Short Ratchets Poems

Razor-ed Pain
stroked into might
heaving a scream
throwing respite


Aches to be bleed
wound turning green
mauling a body
who’s insides reamed


Soaked into rags
misery Dazzled
break in thought
memories are frazzled


Sockets of agony
ratchets in mind
swirling a tempest 
unhitching inside


Spines of fire
gliding above
touching on heaven
to rainbows of Love...

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The thunder booms; the rain, it pours.
We're half inside and half outdoors.
A screened-in porch brings Nature close
But not enough to overdose.

And so we sit and mix our tiles*
As Nature ratchets up the dials.
We gaze up at the stormy sky 
And dripping trees, while we stay dry.

At last it ebbs as we play on
Until the downpour's up and gone.
How cool to watch such changing scenes
Behind the shelter of the screens.

*mah Jongg playing pieces...

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