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Luxury Item

...Just how long does a steaming lobster sob? 
How terribly do boiling limbs and guts
burn? Like a million simultaneous cuts? 
When does its sweltering heart cease to throb? 

On who’s authority do...

Fire and Fire

...Tug-of-War
Alpha Dog
Carnivore

Locked our horns
Power struggle 
Crown of thorns

Neither bows nor bends nor folds
Instead digs their heels
Leans in and holds

Under weights of worlds sho...

The Cruelty Of Hate

...

I thought for so long you were my good friend,
trusted you with a faithful mind without any doubt,
but in the difficult times I didn’t find you by my side,
saw instead the mask you wore fall d...

Twenty years elapsed since Harriet Harris, nee Kuritsky gave up the ghost May 5th, 2004

...Twenty years elapsed since Harriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost ~ May 5th, 2004

Often these days
the following genuine sentiment
Matthew Scott Harris
doth wish to share one son,
cuz ...

Aliens! I shouted above the roar of the blaze

..."Aliens!" I shouted above the roar of the blaze.

Please rescue us from this godforsaken place
veritable hellscape, where angels fear ingress.

Just then an unexpected pleasant distraction
woke...

a fading friendship

...I think friendship breakups are so weird—
From belly laughs and soul-deep chats, moonlit strolls and silly spats,
Yet another slip and the thread of camaraderie is severed,
casting shadows upon th...

A civil war ferociously raged

...A civil war ferociously raged...

within complex edifice...
derelict hulking corpse delineated courtesy
seared, singed, smoldered smithereens
formerly robust warrior
slain during prime of his l...

The Battle of Britain II

...A pulsing motive met them in the sky
to paint his birds before they flew your way,
then talons reared, determined to deny
the devil’s flying wolves a win this day.
Your heaven’s filled relentless...

Acid reflux very early morning March 3rd, 2024

...Acid reflux ~ very early morning March 3rd, 2024

Ah... nothing more enjoyable
than acidic gastric fluid (bile)
flowing backward into esophagus,
resulting in heartburn, meanwhile
disrupting ple...

Dragon

...
Brimstone throats burned,
before bursting into combustible myths.
Dragons were effigies,
deeply scorched into hearts.

Forever became extinct, it became,
the lick of a decaying fire.
Smoke b...

Harriet Harris, Nee Kuritsky Gave Up the Ghost

...Harriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost...

~ May fourth, 2005
wedded bliss nearly fifty years
half a century almost
me not most favorite grown offspring,
she (when alive) did boast,
ab...

Wish Somebody Would'Ve Told Me

...In the desolate desert of my forlorn life,
I wander across the desiccating dunes you make.
Enticed by your impulsive mindscape,
I saunter in the sandstorm of the dismal time. 

My longin...

Acid Reflux Early Morning August 9th 2022

...Acid reflux ~ early morning August 9th, 2022

Ah... nothing more enjoyable
than acidic gastric fluid (bile)
flowing backward into esophagus,
resulting in heartburn, meanwhile
disrupting pleasan...

Harriet Harris Nee Kuritsky Gave Up the Ghost May 4th, 2004

...Harriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost ~ May 4th, 2004

Often these days
(closing in on the eighth
anniversary of eighth orbit
around mister sun),
the following genuine sentiment
Matth...

Journey From Exile

...The journey to rescue my soul began in your eyes
where I traveled for hours
in a warm wondrous afterglow of emotion
trying to find the unguarded gate of your heart's invitation
to come in from a ...

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