Skittish of Prophetic Noise
...‘We played wedding songs,
and you didn’t dance,
so we played funeral songs,
and you didn’t weep’
Luke 7:32b
Scribes and Pharisees, lean in.
They lean away, their fingertips at play...
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Categories:
underhandedly, christian,
Form: Free verse
Puppy Meets Her Future
...She was as naïve and honest
as he was unscrupulous.
Her sincerity resonated in direct contradiction
to his entire clan’s diabolical ways.
Unsophisticated, unused to any form of deceit,
she f...
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Categories:
underhandedly, abuse, family, woman, women,
Form: Narrative
Perpetual Queasy Student Days Recess 1
...Decades since frittering like - yule
ne'er believe me, boot true
lee, I wreck clues lee wasted
my life lock, stock, and barrel
as if there whiz no tomorrow,
this skein knee boy di...
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Categories:
underhandedly, confusion, feelings, growing up,
Form: Bio
The Kiss of Death
...A poisoned mind..
Venom poured and trickled through..
Wounded by rituals thrust upon me.
Intoxication of your madness..
Betrayed effortlessly..
A deceitful cunning environment..
Contagious di...
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Categories:
underhandedly, betrayal, conflict, dark, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Ignoble Harness Gummed Facebook Ethics
...dubious churning benevolent altruism
this anonymous beastie boy boilerplate endeavors:
(instagramming literary maven) questing user yawps
critically griping knowing personal tidbits xeroxe...
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Categories:
underhandedly, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Political Verse
Winter Crest
...The flying winter-end moves ambivalently
Scoffing with whitened celebration
And thrashing through adoration
While nippy Jack Frost chuckles underhandedly
Into the evening joyful delight
Th...
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Categories:
underhandedly, nature,
Form: Quatrain
Marriage In Name Only
...There are those among us who marry to
make a statement, sometimes to silence
friends and naysayers, or just to prove to
themselves they can nab a player,
Then there are those who marry for conve...
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Categories:
underhandedly, introspection
Form: Light Verse