Short Scalped Poems

Went for a haircut, forgot to say “a trim”
Nearly got scalped, ticked me off to the brim
Kids yelled wahoo
Big rocks I threw
Next time I'll tear 'em apart limb by limb...

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It's been said, divorce is Latin for “scalped”
To rip out a man's genitals through his ass
Sounds about right
In the morning light
When all's said and done, it's really god's wrath...

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HOLLOW EVE

scalped with precision
pressure and scooping of pulp —
wax burns inside skull

brains and seeds sodden
the black and white newspaper —
picking bits to eat

the orange crater
carried and placed on the porch —
cold and scary dark

flame flicker-licks wounds —
rounded eyes and crooked smile
mock the midnight hour

10/29/2018...

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The cowboys always won
    The Indians always lost
       I yearned to see a cowboy
       with an arrow through his chest

    But then I read a story 'bout
    a cowboy who'd been scalped
       Promised to myself, I said
       Now I'd see a red man dead

    Put on two toy store holsters
    Courage blazing from their guns
       Bagged me the bony remnants
       Of a graveyard skeleton



         Blood-curdling Scene ~
           Happy Halloween!...

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