Short Sharpie Poems

the pale blue sharpie
lies open upon the floor ...
blue tongued chihuahua ...

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With a flick of all eight carpi
Our POTUS dismissed an harpy
Trump's Vanity Wall
Shall attest to all:
Donald Trump is NOT a Sharpie!...

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Sharp.
Cutting. Ouch!
Sharp writing, revered.
Sharpshooter. Wow!
Sharp-sighted. Flight cleared.
Sharp-tailed grouse.
Sharp-eyed mouse.
Sharp-witted, admired.
Sharp-tongue makes me tired.
Sharp-cut, defined.
Sharpish,
Sharpie
Sharp!...

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Do you know the cardboard man?
The one who is filled with joy?
He was walking along the street
The other day, acting very coy.
His head is made of a square box,
Smiling from corner to corner,
His face drawn on with sharpie,
Always watching Time Warner.
...

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I draw my smiles with Sharpie
And avoid hand sanitizer. 
Its bitter taste-
Cleansing-
Healing-
Burns the facade I’ve built.
I’ve painted my confidence
Across the boarded windows of my body.
I wear my sensuality
Like the makeup smeared on my cheeks:
As armor.
The sun’s shadow masks my flaws
But as you turn out the lights
You find them all again
With the sweep of your fingertips.
12/6/17...

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You see them, 
Butterflies all along my arm. 
You do not know why they're there, 
You just get angry because I've marked myself. 
Dearest Mother, 
Do not yell. 
For the butterflies hide something much worse. 
I could have chosen not to take the Sharpie to my skin, 
But had I done that, 
I would have taken a razor to my skin. 
The delicate pale skin was decorated years ago, 
It is no longer a big deal to me. 
You did not know then, 
You would not know now....

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