Angst Simple Poems

Why fret the things you can't control

That daily stress will take its toll

It leaves you feeling out of place

And etches lines across your face

When life...

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my cigarette carton smells like gum
like my mothers bag when i was young. 
the cicadas are hidden in the bushes 
as if surrounded by the...

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Clear this clutter from my mind
So I can sleep and rest I will find
No more thoughts heading no-where
No more circles as if time to spare
Clutter...

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thin sandwiches 
we make thin sandwiches in thin times 
we don’t have much but the rust of the engine 
and the dust of an old...

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I’m a radiant river’s lack of flowing ecstasy 
and all
I’m a serene sky’s lack of cloudy, 
unbearable rainfall...

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Here I am fading
Into the past

Here I am waiting 
For the future is black 

Here I am living 
In a life of my own

Here I...

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His wisdom did his happiness destroy,
Aiming to know that world he should enjoy;
And wit was his vain, frivolous pretense
Of pleasing others, at his own expense

...

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Hidden flashlights 
And hushed voices 
Open windows
Scared of small noises 

Sitting on rooftops
Not to leave but to stay 
Grounding myself
So my mind isn’t in the...

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I have met a lot of people in my life
some are profiles on the internet
others are names in books,
others are pictures on television
others live in...

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Do you believe in Santa Claus
the Easter bunny or Lady luck?
If so, you probably think this coronavirus
will die on its own.
But there’s as much chance...

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Clown at the abyss...
Am I just a simple clown?
Clown at the abyss...

2 March 2020

Written for "Clown at the Abyss" contest, sponsored by Kai Michael Neumann...

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Count 1, 2 or 3 failed breaths
Insatiable hunger in my chest
Breathe, struggle, gasp and yawn
My body drowns in the air

I always pull through, a fleeting...

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I called but you did not answer me,
You spoke a language I did not understand.

I reached for you and we touched fingertips, 
Then swiftly you...

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a lifetime
of stuff
i would
trade it all
for freedom
for time
for open fields



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology ~DARK CLOUDS~ 2020

AP: 2nd place 2021

Posted on January 3, 2019...

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Momento Mori 
Remember you must die

We must walk thru the valley of the skulls
You can get there by using the proper tools
Everlasting life is for...

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