Short Tightens Poems

A zipper climbs
as leather tightens,
'Pon thy knees awaits
Le Soumis...

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I own her body,
Raunchy sweat tightens the knot,
Tightly bundled lust.

(c) PJ Bayliss
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thy heart
is a kite
on a string
that tightens and pulls
thy love within
through this
jealous wind...

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Sutures of steel
tendrils
from the broken heart
tightens her grip
on her beloved
dives headlong
into the sea....

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Your hardness deepens,
Lusts essence flowing within,
My knotted rope tightens.

(c) 2015 PJ Bayliss

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My heart beats faster
My lips tingle excitedly
My eyes glimmer
My hold tightens
My kiss deepens
His expression grows warmer...

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My chest tightens 
with invisible hands
Thoughts race, 
unraveling faster than I can breathe.
I'm drowning in the quiet noise 
of my own mind 
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Took a dosage of music.
Now shedding tears as my chest gently tightens.

Not enough to end me.
But just right amount to make me feel so numb....

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scarlet cardinal laboriously tightens nest
leaf colors dazzle
November smiles at diverse colors
Flows into her redness as naturally
As December sprinkles white...

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Stick a band-aid on it, patch it up
  Say I'm sorry, it'll go away...

Next time it happens, you'll know what to do
  The very same thing -- what tightens the screw...

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The British Petroleum
Oil slick
She tightens
The grip
Like a boa constrictor
Surrounding the flesh of
The Mexican Gulf and
From head-to-toe
She swallows
It all...

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Angst
        Pressure
     Tension Builds
  Nerves Tautly Wound
Stomach's Knot Tightens
   Imminent Deadline
     Boss's Threats
        Pressure
          Angst...

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our fontanel pulsates
we pause to listen
to whispers of God
sensed as bliss strobes

love’s embrace tightens
our soul yields
breathing in the elixir
of heavenly delight...

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Enveloped in black
Darkness of a living death
The black shroud tightens
Heightened frenzy of thrashing
Pinned in the arms of Black Knight

For Andrea's Color Tanka Contest
May 14, 2013...

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Tender toes,
Treading tentativly,
Taking time, 
Trying tactfully. 
Tendons tremble,
Tension tightens,
Tilting, Twisting, 
Tripping, tumbling!
Terror. Trouble.
Touching totality.
Tomorrow. taken....

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Bridging the gap…
hate falling away

Into the chasm,
fate tightens the stays

Forging two armies,
to now fight as one

Entreating their union
—Saint Michael has come

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)...

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My   senses  are  more intense than usual 

My throat tightens

My jaws ache

My eyes well up for tears

Why?  Why do I feel like crying?

Can’t anyone see I cannot hold the world up for everyone?


9/7/2016...

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Have tightens the necklace around his neck to kill the pain.
Empty bottles, and smoke fills the room.
The one he loved left, with his heart.
Now he breathes a sigh of relief.
As the pain he's felt falls to the ground....

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When i watch you sleep
i can tell you're not hurting.
i see how peaceful you look.
I realize then, how much i love you,
my heart drops,
my stomach tightens,
and my body collapses.
That feeling,
is what i live for....

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Icy darkness tightens its embrace.
Flailing, thrashing, clawing, waning;
implacable liquid death
threatens to overwhelm.
Grasped by unseen hands;
propelled upwards.
Surface breached!
Sweet, sweet
air!...

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a shiver down my spine
alerts me of a sign
something isn't right
will i die tonight
every day my stomach tightens
and everything around me frightens
don't tell me it isn't how i feel
I'm telling you now this is for real...

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Barks of frustration and irritation
Man, their counterpart, shall not be moved 
At an impass, tension slowly tightens
The stalemated similarity between different species 
Listening is not a choice in this debate 
Just another adventure at the dog park...

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the noose of fate tightens
even as time slows
and space lengthens 

such interpretations of mind
fickle, unsound, temperamental 
are politely declined

be it instinct, be it reason
if we choose to indulge in thought
it is against soul’s light treason...

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Always there, something that I dread;
Tired of emotional bloodshed;
Tightens and unravels the thread
inside my head, inside my head;

Keeping a serene habitat,
grabbing a close friend for a chat 
quick to lower your thermostat;
Imagine that, imagine that....

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Her beauty surpasses the most majestic of scenes
Her laughter resounds like a rolling sea
My throat tightens at the thought of losing her
Her smile brightens the most tepid of days
With her I’ve learned “I Love You” in a million ways
She is my daughter, the love of my life....

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