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 Mar 2012 Jae Elle
JL
May
 Mar 2012 Jae Elle
JL
May
We could be two peas in a pod
You and me
Love letters
Grass stains
Black and whit t.v

We can sneak out to the field
After the church service

Spring time
I feel fine
In fact
My heart makes me act
Like your fool
Maybe I can love you
Until summer ends

But I get so much ahead of myself

You tip-toe around puddles in your new yellow high heels
And your pretty blue dress
You act like you don't mind if they get *****
Like a flower in the mud

"Let's go back"
As you wipe a splash of mud

People begin to wonder where we are
Imagining the worst
As we walk hand and hand back up through the churchyard
Church people always think the worst
 Mar 2012 Jae Elle
JL
We were going to talk about something else
About how you were slapped
And thrown out on a dirt road
  She licks her lips

Yes

Breaking you in the door jamb
Off a kerosene light

Moths still circle
By the light from the front porch

       Yes
In her mind she stills sees it shining
Down on dark country road

Miles of barbed wire fences
That you lean on as if drunk
Rusted snagged and torn cuts
All almighty your heart

Yeah
Tailights of his truck driving off in the rain
Nights where you light a cigarette and lay where he's been

But
He slammed me up and shut
Like an ironing board
Locked me in the closet

It is hard to breath

Walking down the road
Barefoot and tired
A rattlesnake
Beneath every step
Beer can crushed
A moon shadowed sillohuet
 Mar 2012 Jae Elle
JL
Dreams
 Mar 2012 Jae Elle
JL
Yeah there is some of this still stuck between my bones. White like sea birds dipping on the wind
You are thunder and lightning
A wind that pulls at my only soul

The scratch of the grasshopper
As rain taps here and.           There
On the roof

Can you understand
That the gust of your word breaths
Dip deep rooted trees
A haunted howl on the wind
The scent of lavander and rose bud

How that would smell
On the give of your neck

The waves stir demon high
From the scream of your whisper
Floods homes next to the sea

But I would sleep on a wet floor
Sleep cold in your wind

Today I threw it all into the river
And the pieces all splashed
Pulled along the current

If I die
Put my body in the sea
Where your storms boil
re:

we've still got our mouths

mine doesn't ever tread lightly
 Mar 2012 Jae Elle
martin
I've read more poems on this site
Than I've ever read before
Does that leave me satisfied?
No, I just want more

As soon as I get home from work
I pop the pooter on
To see what's new and popular
And what my friends have done

What wise words from Frank today?
How is dearest v?
Bernie's busy, Edward maybe
John and g,  lp

All human life is here
For all of us to see
At the risk of sounding trite or twee
I do enjoy your company
 Mar 2012 Jae Elle
Conor Letham
Yestreen, the night cried like a flying circus,
with belts of hoots, laughter and howls.

Thumps caved walls like a drum,
seeking full attention in the early morn’s hours.

A shrill would chirm a space,
as a soul would burrow its place to hide.

The moon turned searching spotlight,
bawled mumbling  groans like a child gone snide.

Screams were thrown in disgust,
like a temperamental mother in a sunken heat.

A whip-crack tore at the sky,
as though it swore I could never be true or right.

The rain had sounded like flittering lashes
against reddened cheeks cold, beaten and bruised.

It was quiet as though the right words
were not for the night’s embrace to ever be used.

The windows did cheer so wittily
like clapter belting the colour out of a smile.

The sky cried and wanted me home,
although I would return and never leave her side.
 Mar 2012 Jae Elle
JL
Jacob
 Mar 2012 Jae Elle
JL
I feel lucky-as if God pointed down his finger at me
He said some things
I said some things
We fought until dawn
Fighting like dogs by the river
Until
God
got tired of me
and touched the hollow of my thigh
Ever since that day
I have been slow to anger
Now I always walk with a limp
God hits like a girl

One night
After a heavy bit of drinking
I lay in the yard thinking
About you and your eyes
When there in a moment
Was a tall golden ladder
With angels coming and going
Up to heavens gates
I just wish
I was not the liar and trickster
The name so proclaims
The thief
The anger
Rebellious
The long forgotten son
Fights God all night
Then rises like the morning sun
I don't know what the ****
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