Splurging Poems

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...12/13/23



Secrets still buried
Stories in the wind got carried
Historical accounts occasionally varied
The truth can be sad and scary
We've barely
Discovered much so spare me
The same can...

Intentionally Profound

...Completed forces take away mindless memories
forsaken by the lost who cherished them once!

No place to capture thoughts that wander spaciously in
glorified unblemished visions, spreading lighted...

Huh, Miss

...She slipped from among us
in search of good hummus,
like a whispery breeze
at the scent of chickpeas;
escapes for tahini
rivalled old Houdini.
Her nose for good cumin
was simply inhuman,
her ...

Will Power

...Will power will power
In defining moments may build or demolish towers
Monuments and pyramids it really only takes a step
Yes not only that
Sweat drying into crystals
Droplets of effort driven b...

Intentional Profound

...Completed forces take away mindless memories
forsaken by the lost who cherished them once!

No place to capture thoughts that wander spaciously in
glorified unblemished visions, spreading lighted...

Never Alone

...In this time of quarantine,
One does not know 
Whether you are being forgotten
Or you’re suffering all alone.

You miss going outside,
To Escape from your worries.
You miss seeing your classma...

Ashes

...Something trembled the world,
It seems like endless,
horrendous,
But also tremendous:
The Amazon rainforest has burnt into ashes.

Before,
The rainforest was so fascinating,
We all appreciate...

Chiclets

...On subway platforms, long ago,
Were 2 cent gum machines
And splurging on some Chiclets
Was just one of my routines.

I didn’t chew gum often
But I couldn’t quite resist
Those tiny boxes, 2 squ...

Hypothetically, What If I a Born Again Atheist

...Hypothetically, what if I (a born again atheist)...
tentatively took page from playbook of devout believers...

Allowing, enabling, and providing
cautious optimism to abound
thus easing grief in...

Liquified Dream

...Liquified Dream

As a splattering of genius juices streamed and eddied within my
cranium, opening covert courses of enlightenment, splurging 
thoughts and gushing ideas, wherein, crea...

Hope For Uhuru At Dawn

...At the darkest hour of night
Before night shadows
Steal across the wall of darkness
Into the welcoming hands of dawn;
As with defecting soldiers
At Korea's demilitarized zone
With my spoke,
I ...

Overdraft Finds Me Chill and Off Balance

...Penuriousness long did acquaint
yours truly, who feels loath
to lodge complaint
regarding series of unfortunate events
(Lemony Snicket be damned)
imposed monetary constraint,

now aghast with ...

Over the Edge, Four Flights Up

...`

I opened the rusted iron gateway
bound in chain and wire, to find a landing
caked in muddied footprints, scattered about like roaches
Magpie shadows course the rain soaked streets
and pu...

Woe To the Lust Nemesis

...Woe to you Lust
Nemesis of men whose conscience you manipulate and ensnare
Reducing their pituitary gland to impotent dust
Singing their future and dignity with no iota of care 

To plunge King ...

Ashore

...margins stimulate and juxtapose
  edges greet with troubled, disturbing friction
  faraway forces exert influence and combine relentlessly
  how the Sun and Moon dance together about the planet Ea...

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