Self Help Addict Needles Unsuspecting Reader
...Self help addict needles unsuspecting reader
Expounded late today April 27th, 2023
since being written
countless years ago
maybe a baker's dozen
as thee doodling cock doth crow
scouting abo...
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Categories:
underclothes, 12th grade, abuse, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Robed In Jealousy
...How many colors in jealousy?
The participants - a favorite child,
parents, and a rainbow of siblings.
The lining feels good and comfortable
for the swaddled tale bearer, enough so
the dreamer dr...
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Categories:
underclothes, bible,
Form: Free verse
Exposed
...exposed from under the sheets
underclothes and socks
the chill of the morning
the smell of bacon
not likely
a cup of coffee
absolutely
goes down the frozen pipes
hopefully
into the appendage...
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Categories:
underclothes, weather, winter,
Form: Free verse
Almost
...We had—almost—an affair.
You almost ran your fingers through my hair.
I almost kissed the almonds of your toes.
We almost loved,
that’s always how love goes.
You almost...
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Categories:
underclothes, loneliness, lonely, loss, lost,
Form: Rhyme
The Sacred Part of Town
...Barcelona looked like a church
as I walked down La Rambla
in search of a vacant room
on that warm morning.
The balconies of the flanking
high-rise apartments were pews
festooned with holy da...
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Categories:
underclothes, allegory, baptism, jesus, religious,
Form: Free verse
Gravity of a Surrealist
...arched mirror on the cold stone,
blackglorious dress,
Xoloitzcuintlis at heel.
quiet reflection,
forfeiting Frida’s apparition
beneath her underclothes.
her fate was switched
from ...
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Categories:
underclothes, art, pain,
Form: Free verse
Robert Burns Translation: Comin Thro the Rye
...Comin Thro the Rye
by Robert Burns
modern English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Oh, Jenny's all wet, poor body,
Jenny's seldom dry;
She's draggin' all her petticoats
Comin' ...
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Categories:
underclothes, body, desire, kiss, love,
Form: Verse
Regalia
...A poodle lives like a shadow.
It is not ill-treated, just ignored,
so it moves from room to room
but stays away from her couch.
The place is littered with her underclothes,
discarded bras, pa...
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Categories:
underclothes, poetry,
Form: Blank verse
With Apologies To Joyce Kilmer
...?I thought that I would never see
Another macho man like me.
Ex-green Beret and Airborne Ranger,
Who never shirked in face of danger.
But that ancient myth was soon dissolved,
When my wife aske...
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Categories:
underclothes, clothes, humor, parody,
Form: Rhyme