the
wind
snapped and howl
from
the
fresh
whiskey smile
through
the
bloodshot eyes
from
the
jack-o-lantern
orange moon
yes
the
wind
snapped and howl
Why snap at him
He didn’t do anything ~
Precisely why she snapped
snapped, the contraption
snarling with a mask and fear
cage door opens, darts
supericalifrag…
and Mary Poppins is pooped
…flies off the handle
The mighty wind, snaps the twig
of a delicate branch
Drops to ground gently,
as if flying down angelically
To firm grass, with no sound
As a passerby's feet snap it in half,
again
So your old man left
I told you he was a bum
He's been abusing you
Since you were young
Here's some ice for your eye
And your bloody nose
He says live with it
That's the way it goes
Good riddance I say
What are you going to do
Stay with me
You know I love you
He's coming back up the drive
Decided to come back home
Where are you going
Just leave him alone
I can hear the yelling
A fearful shout
The six gunshots
That blew his brains out
Half a century
of wedded bliss
kindness and love
soulmates
by any other name
A life to the power of two
Bliss that is
Till early one morning
he found her
laying still
on the cold floor
What could he do
She was gone
There
In front of him
Lifeless and unresponsive
All he could think to do
Was grab his camera
Capture forever the last
of her loving eyes
her tender lips
his mind had snapped
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he snapped
he snapped
we are
the
led
in
his
head
he snapped
calm down you word puppet
your strings are tangled with stupid letters
here ... hold my hand
water always gets colder
this time
of
year
dont worry
i love you dear
his hands were like ice
the grip in his eyes like a vice
he plunged deeper into me
each worded glance
he drove
into
me
indecision undecided
precision guidance
hand held
through
death
bring
me
back to life
season mine
tongues bitten
watched that word come from his mouth
his every thought we have captured
he writes and babbles with bangles
tangled like blue
barstool clues
red lipstick
on
a
cigarrete filter
smoke ring parted lips
welcome ing loves
sweetest kiss
little finger
wrapped
he
snapped
?
My brain is totally tapped
Something in me finally snapped
My blood pressures on the rise
Flames are shooting from my eyes
Getting feverish and hot
Tightness is about to start
In my hands as fists are closing
Signs of anger surely showing
Veins in my head fastly thumping
Stress is furiously pumping
Through every inch and every space
Redness on my cheeks and face
Tremors causing me to shake
Like a dangerous earthquake
That will do a lot of damage
I can not control or manage
These emotions so watch out
Smoke is coming from my "snout"
I'm a bull about to charge
Painful sharp horns big and large
So stay clear out of my path
At full force I will attack
Everyone who's been a jerk
In my life causing the hurt
Making me go this insane
Revenge is such a deadly game
The wind was blowing when she left the city...
I believe it was twenty below...
Where she was going she already knew...
But... first she had things she had to do...
Get rid of the body that was clear....
There were no options, it had to disappear....
The heater was broken and blowing cold air...
She could feel the ice, building up in her hair..
She had cleaned up the blood as best she could...
As she had hit him hard with that log of wood...
All she had asked him, was to light a fire...
To take off the chill in the house....
Do it yourself if you are cold...he snapped
And while you’re at it get me a cold beer...from the fridge..
It was early morning when she finally arrived at the bridge..
This was his favourite fishing spot...
She pushed his body off the pier...along with his ice cold beer..
And suddenly began to shiver and sneeze.....
Oh well, she said...this too shall pass..
When I get to the Florida Keys..
PS..this is the first in a series..watch for part 2.."gator bait..the dream "
Giving is giving
bodily, mindly or Soully
snapped quite silently
(This is a fictional poem)
I've never been happy because I've endured one tragedy after another.
It began at the age of six when I lost my father and mother.
Three years ago my wife blew her brains out right in front of me.
That's probably going to be the most horrifying thing I'll ever see.
I had a bad breakdown after her death and life was very grim.
My kids were taken from me because I could no longer take care of them.
Two years ago I snapped when I went to a diner with a gun.
I opened fire and when I was finished, I had killed everyone.
Now I'm in an insane asylum and I'm wasting away.
I'll rot in here for the rest of my days.
Long-suffering shattered the window’s streaked pane
Tongue snapped like rubber band stretched beyond hell
Deep shards of blood pressure, jagged terrain
Fingernails screeching down slate boarded cell
Tongue snapped like rubber band stretched beyond hell
Cat-o’-nine-tails lashing words into gashes
Fingernails screeching down slate boarded cell
Sunday school lessons reduced to ashes
Cat-o’-nine-tails lashing words into gashes
Razor sharp chaos impervious to shame
Sunday school lessons reduced to ashes
Virtue out shadowed by rage's bright flame
Razor sharp chaos impervious to shame
Deep shards of blood pressure, jagged terrain
Virtue out shadowed by rage's bright flame
Long-suffering shattered the window’s streaked pane
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