Zapped Poems

Premium MemberThe Electrician Without A License

...
There’s an  
Energy tag on my big toe 
“Zapped to death:” it says 
I’m a “John Doe” 
A lightening bolt 
Sent my soul a jolt 
Into the next dimension 
Permanently disabled and 
Unable to be ...
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Categories: zapped, death, engagement,
Form: Free verse

Prolonged offal bout courtesy constipation redux revisited

...Prolonged offal bout courtesy constipation... redux revisited

Upteenth instance where yours truly
experienced assault upon hindquarters.

A worse hellish fate than perdition
and the closest in...
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Categories: zapped, abuse, adventure, anger, angst,
Form: Free verse


Excellent marksmen women set his her sites

...Excellent marksmen/women set his/her sites...

I can hold out for upcoming mental health therapy until Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.

Yes, and you (like I) will probably presume me deservedly cursed for...
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Categories: zapped, absence, abuse, anger, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

Fate decreed sexting or texting while married abominable

...Fate decreed sexting/texting while married abominable

Therefore karma caught up to me big time
and delivered yours truly sent to purgatory
(figurative speaking) by casting a spell,
whereby the ...
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Categories: zapped, adventure, animal, anxiety, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberThe Power Nap

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At night, I kneel before the dark 
Say my prayers and park 
Next to the swimming pool of dreams 
While losing consciousness 
I sing songs pretending to be 
The Dream Master. 
I dive into the ...
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Categories: zapped, dream,
Form: Free verse


Premium MemberCatching Zees

...Zapped our eyes
ears     centers
not on a beam
                        unless
on a ledge
teeter-totter
                      in space

our eyes want more
                             or less...
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Categories: zapped, imagery,
Form: Free verse

Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis - part i

...Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis, high bred poiet?s of mine

     ("Thus always I cause the death of tyrants.”)
the purported line Brutus uttered 
after assassinating Julius Caesar.

     Alte...
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Categories: zapped, 10th grade, adventure, allah,
Form: Free verse

Shattered dreams of New Canaan

...Shattered dreams of New Canaan

no longer land of the free home of the brave,
original rightful occupants hoodwinked, petrified,
where diseases xeroxed
ambushed, crushed, extinguished,
squashed...
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Categories: zapped, allegory, america, analogy, animal,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberAngry Birds Crowing

...Angry Birds
Crowing. Distressed Echoes
Find God. Hapless, Infernal January. Karma 
Levels. Mangroves Neutralized. Ornithological 
Panic. Questions. Razed, Sawdustted Toyon. 
Unsheltered. Vaporiz...
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Categories: zapped, animal, death, natural disasters,
Form: ABC

After the doomsday clock struck midnight

...After the doomsday clock struck midnight...

a blizzard of blinding demoniacal
highly radioactive fueled banshees
(analogous to a bajillion barenaked ladies
raging against the machine)
barreled...
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Categories: zapped, absence, abuse, africa, america,
Form: Free verse

YouTube’s Shorties

...All these are subjects of YouTube’s mostly entertaining short videos

Bet to win and dare the bucks
Largest fish escapes, oh shucks!
Splash for gold in running streams
Fight, defeat the scammer ...
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Categories: zapped, culture, internet, life,
Form: Rhyme

Unitarian Church returnee

...Unitarian Church returnee

After a hiatus of countless years
plus an additional 
almost three months 
since a major makeover,
(I experienced the magic
wrought courtesy
a bonafide big hearted ...
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Categories: zapped, 3rd grade, age, america,
Form: Free verse

Pronounced side effect upon my dreams

...Pronounced side effect upon my dreams...
courtesy Fluoxetine hydrochloride -
the hydrochloride salt form of fluoxetine, 
a diphenhydramine derivative 
and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor 
...
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Categories: zapped, america, blessing, character, feelings,
Form: Rhyme

Premium Memberstuck

...virginal maiden exited the cave and faced gruesome Castle Landmore
ghoulish feel in the air, grisly murders had been committed here
a chill zapped through her heart, she turned to flee but the crev...
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Categories: zapped, life,
Form: Blank verse

Defecation accidentally clogged

...Defecation accidentally clogged...

for the umpteenth time 
during spate to sit scrawny buttucks 
on porcelain throne id est 
videre licet toilet bowl...
with toxic water brew threatening
to o...
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Categories: zapped, adventure, analogy, angel, blessing,
Form: Free verse

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