Angst Simile Poems

Now tell me that you've felt a failure
In doing what was right
As salted pillows dampen
In the dead of sleepless night
A wonder, wonders bless the wicked
And...

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Making sure my building’s secure
from midnight until A.M. six
wears on this guard’s fidgety nerves
like eating breakfast with chopsticks.

On my walk home in dawn’s wet light
I...

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Light crashes sounds like brittle glass 
Slashes shards across my worn aching eyes 
The colors reak of deep rot like blues 
Creeping green burning acidic...

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Give me five minutes to face all the facts.  The notes on the fridge of not coming back.  A half-track of slow turns...

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Dear soil of the Earth, 
     please hide me. I'm the last one left!
     I repeat once...

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Her face was the oasis i needed to see
the sands of time draining
when i went to drink
She was gone
mirages of love filled me till i...

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The old soul classic 
Smiling faces got it right 

“Smiling faces sometimes
Pretend to be your friend
Smiling faces show no traces
Of the evil that lurks within...

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Striking teachers demanding higher pay
Immigration hiccups giving "dreamers" a migraine
Gun violence perennially choking America's throat
Numerous scandals plaguing Washington politicians

Outspoken Black Lives Matter activists take to...

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The sea became angry around mid-day;
  waves rolled in and crashed against the shore.
The sky became dark and clouds turned grey;
the winds blew strong,...

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Closed Wide

	Eyes closed wide
In a dream on the other side,
	Open to the imagined
Things that are crazy and so tangent,

	Night comes at last
Shut eye is now...

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of love of war

the staff of a prophet, seen
fairness not imagine, sings
shouting out, obscenity
recognized, yet

in search of fame, seeking stance
the moment arises, seek
of voice of...

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Once more without sleep
all dreams exhausted
Neurotransmitters on high alert
rekindling furious flames
that lap hungrily through mid-back to feet
Like a chippy chiseling wood on the lathe
I splinter...

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Which way leads to the 
land of green white 
green?
Which way are we 
heading?
   A country the wicked 
bears the rulership, and 
the...

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