DAYS OF OLD 50's
... East of Eden and
The Tingler.
The lady killer and
Julius Caesar.
A star is born and
Vertigo.
The Killing and
Ace in the hole.
Godzilla and
The night and fog.
Jo...
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Categories:
tingler, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Terrrified of the Tingler
...When I was thirteen we watched Friday night fright night
scared to death, to the edge of our seat, screaming in terror
it was the best night of the week, my cousins and I thought
someone usually s...
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Categories:
tingler, fear,
Form: Narrative
The Tingler Lingers
...It lingers, magic fingers
of the rich and greedy tingler,
just when you hoped 2020 was over
the itchy touch returns over and over;
a sore throat, a loud voice in exasperated attempts to vent
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Categories:
tingler, allusion, america,
Form: Rhyme
Water of Life
...What difference to me
Is the source of the pain,
From an ancient salt ocean
Or a pool of spring rain.
The clever deceptions
Of color, grace and form
Veil the singular predations
Of a savage,...
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Categories:
tingler, allegory, drink, fish, life,
Form: Quatrain