Short Uncured Poems

I binged…bewildered…
I eat away my sorrow
I binged…a caged bird

I binged...I’m so uncured
I eat away tomorrow
I’m winged – set-free bird

I am delighted
I binged...I’m so immature
Gleefully hazy...

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Deepest hurt was all around
Antidote is not yet found

The scars of the past remain
Refresh the bundles of pain

Memories seemed so bitter
Animalistic glitter

Mad man plays the rules of love
Tears from lover full of doubt...

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Legacy of Errors
(Epitaph)


An eternity of anguish, endured,

Wounds healed, scars uncured,

A legacy of errors and mistakes,

A lifetime of lessons unlearned,



Won 6th Place in the contest: Any 5 line Poem by friend 'Poet Destroyer':)

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His ebony tongue mouth discord;
Abundant flourished uncured;
Purple Heart death came close;
Browning skies fled past the nose to throat;
Blues blue brews asking hosts;
Blackness is the body of the voice ;

9/12/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©...

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Spoiled soy burgers
  and marshmallow spam
Find all the worms
  in the uncured ham

Mustard stew a la mode
  pistachio-flavored tongue of toad
Dandelion roots in stuffing of turkey
  makes digestion extra-perky

Fancy diets? - Gain weight and kvetch
  Eat this stuff! Shed pounds ~ just retch...

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Shards of tears 
engrave memories
like a tattered glass
recalling years scarred by desire.

she went mountain climbing 
too high, gasped, got 
wedged like a pinched rose
then hoisted by a fish hook in the jaw.

he did 60 pills in 60 days
still uncured, he grabbed a feather
tickled a powder keg
and exploded.

this marriage was a crown of thorns....

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