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Nov 2019 · 416
Homesick
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
I miss you mother.
Let me return to
The fetal position,
Nestled in you
Next to your heart,
Bathed in warmth
By the blood between us,
Clinging together as if
Our very lives depend upon it.
Nov 2019 · 586
Burning Cinderella
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
The shoe never fit,
But the clock was to blame
For her act of arson,
An unlucky stroke
Of midnight became
This story's carcinogen.
In high dudgeon,
She set fire to the dance,
Killed her fairy godmother,
And skipping to the merry end,
Ignited her way to a life
Of happenstance.
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
There once was a rotten tax collector
Who combed the rich Italian sector
   He lined his grimy pockets
   By cheating those he audits
Alas! today's appointment was one Hannibal Lecter
Silence of the Limericks
Nov 2019 · 647
Catch a Falling Star
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Stars are just like us,
they implode without warning,
leaving a debris field
to ride roughshod over.

It is quite a performance,
so they post a sign
and sell tickets,
just to keep it legal.

Stars, they're just like us,
they like it on top,
but often survive
as bottom-dwellers.

They whistle while they work,
clawing at the walls
of a coal mine,
hoping for a little snow white.

Holding fast before the lights
go down, leaving them lonesome
with credit card debit
and video on demand.
"Fame doesn't fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary." - Marilyn Monroe
Nov 2019 · 2.5k
Nursing Stations
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
The day you feared is here!
They've been pressed
into service.
Oh, new Dad
don't be jealous now.
Sharing is caring.
Yes, they're still your
PlayStations.
But now they've received
a higher calling:
To nourish your offspring.
Inspired by something funny my wife said this morning
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Don't bother to knock, she's
not taking any visitors today
--something has to give.

You wanted her
in your picture, didn't you?
But the names they assigned her
were uncommonly harsh.

They hung their hats
on her *** appeal, then
threw her to the dogs
when she no longer looked the part.

She never did overcome
her shyness, preferring to
swallow small silent friends
instead, and for this
she was crucified.

Pin-up or shut-in,
it's no wonder she chose to
sleep it off.

She may have bared
her body, but never her soul.
Nov 2019 · 453
Lord Vaper
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Darth Vaper--
E-Lord of the Popcorn Lung,
Learned the ways of the force
From her master,
Nicotine,
Who during the Tar Wars
Went up in smoke,
And ****! He was gone.
Vaper took her own
Apprentice then,
For there can only be two,
The ruthless Count Syphilis,
Who was always sore
And acted rash,
Until it eventually ******.
Nov 2019 · 664
Nuclear Family
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Dinner by candlelight
underneath the stairs, down
in the bomb shelter,
dancing to love, peace, and paranoia.
An evening called quiet
resentment, where there's
canned goods and children's games,
Duck & Cover,
or if you prefer,
Heimlich Maneuver.
Then little sleepy heads
go gently into their bunkered beds.
They might not outlive
the threat, but
the plan has a half-life of a chance.
Nov 2019 · 520
A Strange Kind of Love
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Larry had an odd phobia:
The fear of backing into things.

Jenny had a perplexing proclivity:
She only moved counter-clockwise.

How they met is anyone's guess.
Love covered all the rest.
True love means excepting each other's peculiar sundries
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Teach me
the birds and the bee's knees,
and I'll tell you about
the wolf in cheap clothing,
he gets his threads
at deep discount.

Recite me
the letters of the alphabet,
and I'll unleash upon you
questions and vowels,
AEIOU
and sometimes why (?)

Lecture me
on the dangers of fast food,
and I'll give you total recall
of the taco meat,
ring the bell
even-steven.
Learning and teaching should go both ways.
Nov 2019 · 1.5k
Naked Picture Books
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Dads buy them
Boys hide them
Fascinated by what they see
It's a passed down ideology
A coming of age curiosity?
Or the beginnings
Of misogyny?
Nov 2019 · 699
Career Opportunities
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Watch your step
When trying to climb
The corporate ladder.

You scratch their back
They just might shoot you
In your's.
Nov 2019 · 533
The Whether Man
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
"A little water clears us of this deed."
We wait and we wonder
If he will show.
He trended too soon, perhaps.
A sinus rhythm about to plateau.
"I have a score to settle,"
He said with his last dying breath.
Nevermind the hearsay,
We witnessed with our own eyes,
He dripped like blood.
And now we'll sleepwalk
With Lady Macbeth,
Looking over our shoulder
For any sound of his return.
A time of iniquity,
Reckoners by proxy.
Put them to bed,
Now they are dreams
Descending into madness.
If we **** our conscience, it will always come back to haunt us
Nov 2019 · 1.3k
Coachella Girls
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Have you been to the City of Eternal Sunshine's
navel academy?

Belly buttons in the sun, sparkling and shimmering:
crescent moons like deep wells dug by
the callus hands of Woodspur's
first settlers.

They belong to desert roses, Coachella girls,
where wearing a bikini is not a sin, but a means of survival.

Clothed in eensy triangles, they've walked
with farm workers, reveled with festivals,
and prized the glory of Pueblo Viejo.

One can now better understand how this place
was nearly called Land of the Little Shells.
To the city of Coachella.
Inspired by the poem "Give Me Pretty" by fellow Hello Poetry writer, Bella.
Nov 2019 · 480
Snuffleupagus
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Sometimes there's nothing
More real than
An imaginary friend.

Through good times and bad
For all the laughter and tears
Even if only pretend.
Nov 2019 · 391
Think Green and Get Out!
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Today she tossed
all her philandering
husband's belongings
into the recycling bin
instead of the trash.

It's simply better
for the environment.
Nov 2019 · 782
Nocturnal Disturbances
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
As a kid,
I was terrified
of things that went
bump in the night.
Until one day, I realized
this was just my parents
failing to do it quietly.
A new kind of terror
thus ensued.
Nov 2019 · 1.3k
Worry Wart
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Never forget,
Neither your scale,
Nor your mirror,
Should ever, ever determine
Your self-worth.
Nov 2019 · 445
Didn't You Know?
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
You can discover more
About a person
In rush hour traffic
Than in a year of conversation.
Nov 2019 · 679
Necrosis
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
What's worse than death itself?
A conjugal visit from
The grim reaper.
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
I love you
...and you
...and you

You're like cookies
One is never enough
Nov 2019 · 630
The Sky's the Limit
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
If told you've reached your ceiling,
Take it to mean
It's time to add another story.
Nov 2019 · 883
Dead Man Working
Nov 2019 · 331
Been There, Done That
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
I have the distinct feeling
I've been here before.
But it's not déjà vu this time.
Just boredom.
Nov 2019 · 352
In Other News
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
The road not taken
turned out to be
the path of least resistance,
and easy street
the highway of tears.

Who knew?
Nov 2019 · 321
Romeo & Juliet
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Kids from opposite sides
Of the tracks,
Who got hit by the love train,
Then they got married
And died,
Only they didn't,
So they tried again
And did.
Nov 2019 · 429
Suffer the Children
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Growing up
She loved staplers
They kept things together
Nothing was ever lost

  Then one day
  Mommy & Daddy
  Became unstapled

Now she favors scissors
They cut things apart
So many things lost
Starting with her
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Won't you even try?

Brussels sprouts are tired
of taking the blame!

So are artichokes, radishes
and beets!

Kids around the world are giving
them a bad name!

It's embarrassing to be left
on a plate as dinner time spectacles!

You're not gonna die!

But keep it up, kiddo, and we'll have quite
a mob of steamed vegetables!
Nov 2019 · 268
One Bad Apple
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
A thoroughly washed,
non wax-coated,
pesticide-free,
organic
apple a day
keeps the doctor away.
Nov 2019 · 637
Minutemen
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Ole ye fast & faithful fighters
Of well-planned strategy,
Thy weapon ready,
And not a moment to waste,
In many ways revolutionary,
A credit to rapid deployment
In the clutch,
Lauded by thy colonies,
Thy wives?
Not so much...
Nov 2019 · 325
Bitter Irony
Nov 2019 · 656
Consumer Tip #2
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
When buying into love
Make sure to purchase
The lifetime warranty
Nov 2019 · 566
Speakeasy
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Words are tricky like pillows,
They can just as easily
Provide comfort
As start a fight.
Nov 2019 · 908
Wishful Thinking
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
According to a new
Conspiracy theory,
The last season of
Game of Thrones
Never happened.
Nov 2019 · 797
Add It Up
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
People who are always late
Are like missing fingers,
You can't count on them.
Nov 2019 · 667
Meghan Under the Microscope
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Queen for a day.
Prisoner for life.
Her 'crimes':
New mother and wife;
A woman of color
Thinking for herself;
Just leave her be, please,
Lest history repeat itself.
Nov 2019 · 1.0k
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
She poured lighter fluid
Over all his love letters,
Like syrup on a stack
Of pancakes,
Flambéing the lies
She once ate up,
And instead toasted
To a new day:
A woman's day.
Nov 2019 · 1.3k
Candace, After
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
You're quite the trickster,
With tall pair of gin and tonic.

Shall we dance a set or two,
Before you assail me
In the dark, with objects
Stowed away in your
Glove compartment?

I promise to walk into walls,
Become pliable in your arms.

You even have my word,
I'll lose control of all
My faculties right about
The time you begin ******* me.

And I will wake up
In the morning,
With no memory
And no underwear.

You can then move
Carefree, on to your
Next hapless victim.

While I merrily go about
My day in the numbed womb's
Afterbirth of that last sentence.

Forever to ***** at
Flesh and membrane.

Sincerely quiet,
Candace
According to some statistics, only 42% of ****** assault victims report it to the police. The vast majority worry about being blamed for the crime. For every 1,000 cases of ****, only 6 will spend time in jail.
Nov 2019 · 391
Ricochet
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
I'm no anthropologist,
But ambilocal residence
Would seem to more than ripple the pond
For Mom and Pop:
A grenade launcher,
No less.

Look, it's one thing
To endure your own born and raised
Boomerang
Or parasite,
But add their insignificant other
To the mix,
And we've got the makings
Of serious artillery projectile.
Nov 2019 · 1.4k
Apparently Untitled
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Pilcrow, the Blind P,
once said,

"Allow me, ma'am/sir,
  for it looks like
  you could use a break.
  Besides, Hedera is hard
  and annoying, so full of herself,
  and up to her neck in ivy."

That was a Snark.
But who could tell?
Simply forgot to point it out.
Guess it's better to
leave things unsaid.

In the end
there's only enough
room for the Asterism.
Nothing more.
Nothing less.
Nov 2019 · 1.9k
Cigarettes at Dawn
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Helicopter water ballet
And Charlie's on the grid

Front and centering feng shui
Choreographed in the fields
Where ****** sticks to kids

War is the fashion
That never wears out

Smell its smoke
Sickly sweet and orange
In the early decay of morning
Inspired by the poem "Theatre" by fellow Hello Poetry writer Syed Younas
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Roses are sometimes red
Violets are seldom blue
What if poison ivy instead
Right where these others grew
Don't scratch or the rash shall spread
Then an inept florist we'll have to sue
Nov 2019 · 427
Mr. Wait and See
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Time is always something
the procrastinator seeks to borrow.

His most favorite word is naturally,
"Tomorrow."
Nov 2019 · 644
Humpty Dumpty's Obituary
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Not to add insult to injury
But take it with a grain of salt
You can't make an omelette
Without breaking some eggs
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Mirror, mirror
On the wall,
Why am I
Still concerned
With being
The fairest of them all?
Nov 2019 · 327
Penny Pincher
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Why should I pay you
A penny for your thoughts,
When you're clearly dying
To give your two cents worth?
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
It's hard enough
Trying to walk
In someone else's shoes

But to repeatedly
Get stepped on
And told you stink

Can cause a real hole in your life
Sadly, too many people are treated like socks
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
The next person blasted into orbit
should probably be a janitor,

What with all the piles of trash
and stacks of dishes,

Why there's even
a vacuum in space.
Nov 2019 · 621
Antony & Cleopatra
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
Just your typical
Barn burner:
One last roll
In the hay
That turned out to be
The final straw
Nov 2019 · 428
The Sweet Hereafter
Carlo C Gomez Nov 2019
I bought the farm
But stayed in escrow
For all eternity
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