Act of Abuse
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Act of abuse, frequent event
Someone tailgates our car
No need to rage needlessly vent
Or to foolishly spar
As we shrug and move on
Smile benignly and yawn
We see through ego co...
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Categories:
tailgates, abuse, anger, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Heartache and Memories
...Country and cowboys
PB&J
Old pickup trucks
And rusty tailgates
The stars and the sky
No show and Jones
But one stands above them
And it's set in stone
Nothing goes together
Like heartac...
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Categories:
tailgates, death, emotions, fate, life,
Form: Lyric
Tailgates and Porch Swings
...Out in the driveway
Sits my old pickup truck
Whose tailgates the first place
I learned about love
Its held on with cables
That are rusted and worn
While its seen better days
Its weathered ...
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Categories:
tailgates, character, journey, life,
Form: Lyric
Finding Me
...I’m from toy cars and mismatched Barbie shoes.
I’m from bike races down the one road where no unpadded limb was safe.
I’m from a Sunday carpool and Tom Thumb slushies in Florala.
I’m from the twan...
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Categories:
tailgates, appreciation, i am,
Form: Free verse
Coup D'Etat
...You’re the stain that scars the silence
Evidently echoed in everyone’s eyes
The whispers articulate the evidence
That results in my elegant demise.
It is the shadow that tailgates the night
An...
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Categories:
tailgates, people, poetry, political, relationship,
Form: Prose Poetry