Short Splints Poems

Nuzzled in the splints of light
that turn to neon felt tipped butterfly mist
of the street light hugging night...

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When churches of honor decay

                    Mired in cynicism's wet glue

                    She splints the feet of hobbled faith

                    To believe as the unbroken do.


          
9/27/20

For 'Writing Challenge - Decay' contest
Sponsor: Constance La France...

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Merrily merrily I say unto thee
It's time to go in for surgery!
Anesthesia pumping through my veins; knocked out for forty five
Oh please oh please do not let me die
Post-op's a *****, tortuous at that
Splints in my nose, feeling so whack
But **** it I say, this could be more dire
It could be worse, I could be on fire!...

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I am the door she ran through;
Broken, off the hinges, jammed in place 
I lie on the floor that once brushed off my shoulders 
Unable to move as I stare at the ceiling 
Watching her walk away as she steps over me 
For, I was just an obstacle for her to clear 
Life's view is narrowed by my perspective 
Looking for a quick pick me up 
My dead weight is too heavy for the weak to lift 
Easy has left me when difficult moved in 
I need to fix my splints and oil my hinges 
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