Husband Compliments
...She is a self-driving car.
As far as the farthest object, my eyes
cannot believe
she is
Captain of a spaceship
that she built
from spent foil paper rolls.
The aluminium was self-made.
Books a...
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Categories:
water resistant, for her, identity, me,
Form: Ode
Cameras
...Cameras
The root of my agony
Lies beyond this dollar store
To my foremothers and forefathers
Shackled by thieves
Stolen from the graces of Africa
Their feet once light to
The drum's rh...
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Categories:
water resistant, change, innocence, judgement, memory,
Form: Free verse
Casio
..."CASIO"
two months ago I bought myself
a watch.
it was a water resistant Casio.
it wasn't expensive, just your
standard price of twenty dollars.
I put it on my wrist and felt a
small surg...
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Categories:
water resistant, art, beautiful, childhood, grandchild,
Form: Free verse
A Tribute To Lyric Man
...“The Maestro”
Tribute my favourite poet
Your pen is a baton orchestrating love’s orchestra with ink on paper
You’ve written a never-ending love song with my hearts in your audience
And I’ve b...
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Categories:
water resistant, love, tribute,
Form: Lyric
28 Cracks In the Ceiling
...28 Cracks In The Ceiling
I take my red-inked dagger in hand
And succinctly spew its secrets for all to see.
28 cracks in the ceiling, and I lost count.
There’s a storm moving out of the west....
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Categories:
water resistant, confusion, old, lost, lost,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Moby Duck
...A terrifying creature,
This Valley Pond duck,
Attacking innocent Chinese cooks,
Who should have had better luck...
I dedicated my life
To killing this damn duck
That had pooped on my head...
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Categories:
water resistant, adventure, nature, parody, satire,
Form: Burlesque