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Unpolished Ink Dec 2022
A harp that needs no fingers
no hand to pluck the strings
it speaks of love’s betrayal
and ****** when it sings
Randy Johnson Nov 2022
When a surgeon had to operate on a man, she was ******.
She botched the operation because the patient was sexist.
She learned he was sexist and botched the operation so that he would die.
She bragged about it to her friends, it was something that she did not deny.
But she didn't expect one of her friends to turn her in.
Now she's rotting in prison, she's no longer a surgeon.
She doesn't even realize she did wrong, she thought she had the right to ****.
A surgeon is never supposed to take a life, it's a surgeon's duty to try to heal.
She thinks her patient was **** but he was a better person than her.
At least he didn't **** another human being, he was not a murderer.
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Namumuo ang pawis sa kanyang kamao
Tila ba sapat na ang mga galos na kanyang natamo.
At dali-dali nyang sinarhan ang silid
Na walang ni isang palamuti ng kapaskuhan,
“Nandito — nandito na ako sa ikatlong palapag,”
Aniya sa kabilang linya.

Kinuha niya ang lapis
Buhat sa luma nyang aparador —
Puno ng alikabok
Na kahit ilang pagpag na’y
Hindi naririndi sa pagbuga
Ng umaalingasaw nitong karumihan.

Naupo sya’t napapikit na lamang
Inaalala ang bawat detalye
Ang bawat katagang kanyang narinig
Ang bawat imaheng nais nyang takasan.

Nanginginig pa rin ang kanyang mga tuhod,
At nangangalay ang kanyang mga kamay.
Habang tumatagas ang pawis nyang
Kulay itim sa malagim na gabi.

Naghihintay ng sagot
Sa mga katanungang saksakan ng ingay
Sabayan pa ng sunod-sunod na putok
Ng mga sumasalubong ng Bagong Taon.

At sa kanyang di sinasadyang pagdungaw
Sa bintanang walang kurtina’y
Nabaling ang kanyang tingin
Sa buwang napakaliwanag
Tila ba may taglay itong kung anong elemento —
“Mahiwaga,” wika nya.

Ang mga larawan sa kanyang balintataw
Ay unti-unting gumuho
At napalitan ng imahe ng buwan .
Akala nya’y makakatakas na siya sa liwanag nito,
Akala nya’y ito na ang huling kathang
Kanyang maililimbag sa kanyang kwento.

Maya-maya pa’y sa dulo ng kanyang dila’y
Hindi nya maipaliwanag
Ang kung anong himig na kanyang sinasalaysay
Na tila ba may boses na nag-uutos sa kanyang
Bigkasin ang mga pangungusap
Na hindi nya ninais na sambitin.

Mahigpit ang pag-akap ng kanyang kamay
Sa lapis na guguhit at tutuldok sana
Sa kanyang masalimuot na nakaraan.
At muli nyang pinagmasdan ang kalangitan
Hindi na buhat sa sarili nyang bintana
Pagkat hayag sa kanya maging ang mga bituin.

Dahan-dahan nyang itinuro ang buwan
Gamit ang lapis nyang hindi man lang natasaan —
“Sayang, ngayon lang Kita nasilayan…
Sayang, pagkat hanggang dito na lamang.”
Randy Johnson Oct 2022
It was the most horrible thing I've ever seen.
I was murdered 100 years ago on Halloween.
A man accused me of vandalizing his house but I didn't do it.
I told him that I was innocent but sadly, I could not prove it.
He grabbed his double-barreled shotgun and I was shot.
He threw my corpse down his well and there it would rot.
When I was killed, I became a ghost.
Revenge was what I wanted the most.
And I got exactly what I wanted.
That man committed suicide after being haunted.
I haunted him for months and he couldn't take it anymore.
He shot himself in the head and his corpse fell to the floor.
I haunt that man's house on Halloween, I haunt it once a year.
If you come to this house on Halloween, you will experience fear.
That man murdered me and when he died, he went straight to Hell.
Stay away from this house on Halloween or I will haunt you as well.
JAM Oct 2022
"So the pen is mightier? who'da'thunk'it."
He said to the bleeding man tied down
to a messed, stained, bed.

The bound man figured,
even though he just got
to an LA plagued
by criminals, killers, and copy-cats,
that he wasn't getting out of here whole,
finally.

Holding a pen knife,
red-faced and sweating,
was his captor.
It had been a struggle
to awake and realize
who stood before him:
Quill.

The exact killer he'd been looking for.
He had heard about him in the Halo Herald,
An LA pun, it's not very popular,
but he liked the funny section.

"Are you just going to stand there?"
The bound man says, eagerly,
"Hey bud, you're the hanged man,
I'll do the talking."

"It's about time!"

"huh?"

"I'd been waiting.
heard you'd be at that
open mic. Knew you liked
the mealy type."

"Shuddup or I'll write you off."

Quill runs his pen knife over the bound man's right cheek.

"Stings a little.
Usually, I start with a rufie
and emotional damage.
But it looks like you
want to cut to the chase.
I'm a man of a similar mind.
spirit.
problem."

"Nobody's like me dude."

The bound man locks eyes with Quill.

"What're your trophies? huh?
I read you like to drain your victims,
cook'em dry.
don't you use their blood and powdered remains as ink?
Short stories or something?"

"Oh, an avid reader?! it's your lucky day:
you get to be part of the collection!"

The lamp nearby tumbles
to the floor as Quill lunges,
ready to ****.

"Wait! Don't you want to know who I am!"

"Not really."

"I'm a ser-"
The sentence is finished by
nothing but the sound of blood
and air
gurgling
into places it was never meant to be
as Quill's blade passes through flesh.

"Pfft, what, you think you're special?"
Quill saunters over to the sink.
"I'd hate to waste ink.
but there'll be more.
there's always more.
isn't that right, Celine."
he says to no one
and stands there with a smirk
as if listening to her.
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Johnson Oyeniran Aug 2022
Once upon a scary night, within the dark streets of london,
Five women all met their end by a mysterious demon.

One hundred and thirty three years and eleven months later,
No one to this very day knows the name of the vile killer.

So he'll continue to go by the name of Jack the ripper,
Till someone brings to light the identity of the monster.
Jasmine Jul 2022
I was totally depressed
In a slump on my bed
Listening to music, but
Hurting my neck.
Straining my eyes, yet
Too tired to rest.
Picking skin
Having
Delusions.
Murdering my soul
From within....
Maybe next time
I'll win
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