Short Switchblade Poems

Her trap was laid
Rubies and jade
Faint scent of perfume
  ~ Bejeweled switchblade...

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As I sit, staring out the window
'Bring back the sun' rings in my ear;
Constantly echoing in my mind,
destroying me like a switchblade;
Eating me from inside
feverish, I long for Summer...

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Tutting. The old lady's switchblade. Like Moses she parts the youth creating a much justified path of way. Must be respected like an old antique. Manners are for the weak. Public transport is her domain....

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Why is a knife on my porch railing?
I stare at it.
Daring it to tell me how it got here.
The knife is silent.

A red switchblade knife.
It looks ominous; it seems threatening.
It stares me down. I can barely take my nap.
It has won....

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This ink switchblade scraped the page
Imbibed by my musical sage
This isn't just a love sick cantata
A heartless melody, baby hold that fermata
Oh look out! More lyrical crimes
Hear me butcher these rhymes?
My murderous hymn in 4/4 times...

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The dark prince and his ever dark bride,
They sit together on the beast they ride.

The dark prince and his forever dark maid,
Sharp tongues like any knife or switchblade.

Talking back and forth like an evil river flow,
They are both invited to hell this you know....

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To everything..
Turn, turn, turn
Standing upon this ledges edge
Uncovered as peering amid
The city lights below
Biopsies water colours..
Moments splashed about
This vestige of neons
Dissecting organisms hues called life ?
Time, seeking purlieu sorties
Reasons incised..
Lifted from the palette
Of brushed; their rhyme....

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I
Obsess
Over you.
Thoughts are like knives
Stabbing at my brain,
Killing me; thought by thought,
My consuming mania!
I need to crawl out of my skin
To get away from the cutting edge
Before switchblade thoughts of you do me in.


Susan Ashley
July 23, 2017


N/A
Contest: 1-10 Lines Old or New
Sponsor: Rick Parise...

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To everything turn, turn, turn ~

Standing upon the ledges edge; uncovered

As peering about her city lights below?!

Gathering in biopsies water colours

Moments splashed atop their vestige be neons

Dissecting organisms called life; time

Seeking purlieu sorties reasons incised!?

Lifted, from his palette of brushed; this rhyme....

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.."SwitchBlade" *...

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To everything turn, turn, turn ~

Standing upon this ledges edge; uncovered

As peering amid the city lights below?!

Gathering in biopsies water colours....

Moments splashed upon the vestige of neons

Dissecting organisms called life; time

Seeking purlieu sorties reasons incised!?

Lifted from the palette of brushed; this rhyme....

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...."SwitchBlade" ~...

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This season, the Easter Bunny was running late.
He made a bad decision that sealed his fate.
Nobody can say that his choice was good.
He took a shortcut through a low-income neighborhood.
Some young hood carrying a switchblade knife,
put an end to the fabled Easter Bunny’s life.
That was very tragic and not at all funny.
He was hopping through the slums without any money.
That was the tragic end of the poor Easter Bunny.

February 28, 2013
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The cold digging in my grave
Your voice I hear in the mist
Carry me to your arms
Warm next to your bosom
Safe within thy womb
Until I'm not affraid

Conscious I'll be
When you set me free
Not for the world:
The crystal ship not sailing
The snow not falling
The color not seeing
The switchblade not felt yet


Will it come
Will I live it
It's not clear
But the time will come
The choice I'll have to make
Carry me in your arms 
for a while longer...

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