Tremblors
...Tremblors
By Sy Roth
They could feel it
Creeping beneath their feet,
Messaging their sole
Sending tremblors
Up into their thigh
Had to put a stop to its progress
Fearful that ecstasy migh...
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Categories:
st vitus, corruption,
Form: Free verse
As Usual She Did Not Take Part
...I’ll never forget what’s her name
A PE teacher and ogre she became
For I was such a sickly child
it really made this ogre wild
Held in my hand a medical certificate
exempted from all things phy...
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Categories:
st vitus, bullying, child, health,
Form: Rhyme
Oh Dear I Do Feel Poorly
...Oh dear I do feel poorly
oh dear I do feel weird
My chest it is a wheezing
I’ve infection in my ears
I cannot hear a blooming thing
Oh dear I do feel quite done in
My Parkinson’s leg is sh...
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Categories:
st vitus, encouraging, humor, pain, recovery
Form: Rhyme
Star Gazer
...Beneath the dam St. Vitus swam
Till he settled upon a bar
Where heaven's light reflected bright
In eyes fixed upon a star
No move he made, or mind he paid
When minnows gently kissed
Good night to him...
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Categories:
st vitus, humor, imagery, satire, universe,
Form: Rhyme
St. Vitus Dance
...The staccato stammering of bass guitars
punctuated the flash of strobe lights.
Limitless vistas of black and gray;
smothering the crowd in ghoulish poses.
Framed, as if frozen, in a glow of acid ...
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Categories:
st vitus, allegory, angst, art, confusion,
Form: Free verse