Short Rivets Poems

I lie awake; I have become
like a bird alone on a roof.
                              Psalm 102:7 Bible NIV

NIGHT RAVEN

squawks; silence deaf’ning
the sphere sleeps as he fears - blinding
rain rivets tin roof

7/12/2020...

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Trickling water, a natural bell
flows in rivets with carved rock.
Lush ferns spring up in the crevasses
rather alike the children of the water.
I hear the wind call me,
as I step onto the grassy ground.
Turning to face the sun,
my shadow falls behind me....

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When I’m wearing jeans with rivets,
Which is like a fashion thing,
Does the fact I’m wearing rivets
Make me much more riveting?

I suspect the answer’s equal
To the men all sporting studs.
Sometimes thoughts that feel like firecrackers
Turn out to be duds....

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About any girl walking by
Can pop rivets off a man's fly
So what can we do
But make eyes at you
And hope your response is thigh high?*

*Inspired by an elderly woman basking
on Kuhio Beach with "Hi!" tattoos
on both upper inner thighs.
What's next?  "Welcome!" beach towels?...

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LEVI STRAUSE

Levi Strauss  
From Germany to New York 
Known as denim maker, 
literally "de Nimes" “from Nimes”
Wear tailor Jacob Davis?
Needed strong clothes not worn not holey
For miners purchased bolts of cloth
Corners pockets with metal rivets with that made them stronger 


8/17/18
written by James Edward Lee Sr.©2018...

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So let dust sleep
For it was all we were before the flame
Had brazen a pot for the potter's fame
Held together rivets of dream
Nothing left now, mere form 
For the feeding of miry worm
And the memory bright with esteem
And these too shall past
Like a drip in the vast
Domain of clay
From stars to the roots of hay
So let dust sleep...

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rivets of grandeur
telecommunications
static blur
triple digits
percentage proof liquor
liquid licking her all over
much 
    lower 

much
    slower
coming closer to being solar
being filled with sexual energy
record this image
in the banks of your memory
every second, minute, hour even the centuries
sexy versions corrupting my circuitry
welcome to my written version of a sexy me...

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Gold light caresses the clouds gray
Where spring green dots forest deep
Tassels give way to tender leaves
While nature awakes from sleep

A woodpecker rivets on metal
Drowning out the morn's peace
Undisturbed birds perform harmony
As winter's cold decrease

The doves' coos float across the hollow
Mingling with roosters' crows
Free symphony for all who listen
Melodies to help grow  ...

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She came in all flirty and dirty
attractive and active about thirty
all open jaws in the bar
a neon light, all eyes on her bra
made of metal rivets; they inhale,
pants out of shining chainmail.

The music played
and a dance card was placed
on the bar
all the man raced to fill in the space
Staring straight ahead they waited
for a dangerous wink
smoldering ting, ping, clink,
Woman with a metal bra.


11/12/2021...

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Soars beating is my heart 
as it flex it's muscle so in part
 it's flat Like an Eagle abreast
 breath hovering over its nest
Elder Statesman and women sleep depressed
Nonchalantly inadvertently not aware
 that they are blessed
Like the Rhythm Section in the rhythm and blues band 
play on beat the drums rhythmatically
Soar beatings of the heart
Percussion rivets beats in my heart

5/31/24
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2024...

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