Short Turpentine Poems

the beaches are
   bought & kept clean
     the air is free & turpentine sheen...

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I have sanitized my state of mind
With extra virgin turpentine;
I did it thrice
after losing count, twice...

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Soak in turpentine,
and,
in time,
it binds
the pigments painted.

Clean gleam,
and the color scheme:
redeemed....

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PASTELISTA  degas chardin
manner &
    movement
investigating light
broader
  freer
soft fragility
layered
  superimposed
turpentine
  sealed...

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Pay no attention I'm a bit off line
A bit off centre it could be the wine
Or might be my arm pits
Or maybe my bollocks
Perhaps it was that bucket of turpentine...

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You are my Valentine
   You look like Frankenstein
You smell like turpentine
   Your lips like iodine

You wear size twenty-nine
   You mope around and whine
But I like you mighty fine
   You're all I've got ~ You're mine!...

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I use to have a paper doll,
once upon a time.
She had bubble gum matted hair
and veins filled with turpentine.

Her dress was sequenced Percocet,
that went passed her knees.
She spent her time smoking cigarettes,
to medicate her anxiety....

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The world is at a loss
But I'm leaning on the cross

I know I wasn't born
To bear the devil's scorn!

Have some help from CARE
Express yourself - if you dare!

Stop the deadly tick 
Of producing an anger flick!

Have some courage and don't whine
The latter's like drinking turpentine!...

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Betty  didn't came to her own wake
said she had other things to do
Didn't share the news with the mourners
she hadn't heard of her own demise

Wretched wet warm summers
clouds of turpentine
Going to see the river man
and tell of her past travails
Betty is wading in the bay
without a word to say
unaware she be missed...

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      Ah, the fragrant fumes of paint drying on a picket fence
         followed by the grease-stained smell of turpentine on the brush

      Though doubtless matched by the aroma of oil spills gracing
         a service station’s garage floor 

      These pungent memories of childhood, wiped clean today
        by vastly improved technology, yet linger with me 
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The future is here
    AI is its name
  It too is concerned
    with the gender game

  A feminine name 
    like Alexa or Cortana
  does not pull its weight
    in the state of Montana
  
  While masculine names
    like Harley or Hal
  too easily become 
    'good old boy pals' ...

  So when selecting a name
    I hereby recommend
  Pick one as neutral as possible
    ~ like 'Vulture' or 'Turpentine'...

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The room in the corner, 
With its three wood doors, 
Each heavier than before, 
A subtle air not of fear, 
Patient vents waiting to hear, 

Clenching at the scent, 
Umbrage and stale paint, 
Taste of turpentine and taint , 
Dust gracefully composed, 
Large eraser shards in throws, 

Senile light made rent, 
Lingering weight of lead, 
Below a layered graphite bed, 
Glows like the antithesis of chrome, 
A shallow doom drawn in monotone....

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