#affects - Hello Poetry

Boy meets girl. Girl marries boy. Baby comes nine months later — blessed little killjoy. Boy neglects girl. Girl henpecks boy. There'll be hell to pay for slighting Helen of Troy. Such an elegant fear, this alliance, and yet, when it's held in selfish hands it merrily dissolves, turning as tedious and drab as Shakespeare. Boy annoys girl. Girl leaves boy. It takes a special kind of madness in building to simply then destroy. Turn the other cheek and Judas will kiss that one too, reduce the bairn's fever by visiting daddy's igloo. Weekends are pay toilets and happy meals, frustration is a word all too real. When did antipathy begin to rule? About the time diplomacy was forced into playing the fool. The good times no one catalogues, this life has gone straight to the dogs. The Iditarod Trail extends from Seward to Nome. Run the race and make believe the kids are tucked in safe at home. According to Dorothy there's no place like it.

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Jun 23, 2023

Jun 23, 2023 at 6:50 AM UTC

Carlo-C-Gomez

Crime & Punishment

Boy meets girl. Girl marries boy. Baby comes nine months later — blessed little killjoy. Boy neglects girl. Girl henpecks boy. There'll be hell to pay for slighting Helen of Troy. Such an elegant fear, this alliance, and yet, when it's held in selfish hands it merrily dissolves, turning as tedious and drab as Shakespeare. Boy annoys girl. Girl leaves boy. It takes a special kind of madness in building to simply then destroy. Turn the other cheek and Judas will kiss that one too, reduce the bairn's fever by visiting daddy's igloo. Weekends are pay toilets and happy meals, frustration is a word all too real. When did antipathy begin to rule? About the time diplomacy was forced into playing the fool. The good times no one catalogues, this life has gone straight to the dogs. The Iditarod Trail extends from Seward to Nome. Run the race and make believe the kids are tucked in safe at home. According to Dorothy there's no place like it.

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The Effects of Memory by Michael R. Burch A black ringlet curls to lie at the nape of her neck, glistening with sweat in the evaporate moonlight ... This is what I remember now that I cannot forget. And tonight, if I have forgotten her name, I remember ... rigid wire and white lace half-impressed in her flesh, our soft cries, like regret ... the enameled white clips of her bra strap still inscribe dimpled marks that my kisses erase ... now that I have forgotten her face. Published by Poetry Magazine, La luce che non muore (Italy), Carnelian, Triplopia, Net Poetry and Art Competition, Poetry Life & Times, The Eclectic Muse, Strange Road, Inspirational Stories, Kritya and Centrifugal Eye Keywords/Tags: Memory, effects, affects, hair, ringlet, neck, moonlight, vapor, evaporate, bra, clips, wire, lace, flesh, dimpled, kisses, erase, name, face

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Mar 7, 2020

Mar 7, 2020 at 11:18 PM UTC

michael-r-burch

The Effects of Memory

The Effects of Memory by Michael R. Burch A black ringlet curls to lie at the nape of her neck, glistening with sweat in the evaporate moonlight ... This is what I remember now that I cannot forget. And tonight, if I have forgotten her name, I remember ... rigid wire and white lace half-impressed in her flesh, our soft cries, like regret ... the enameled white clips of her bra strap still inscribe dimpled marks that my kisses erase ... now that I have forgotten her face. Published by Poetry Magazine, La luce che non muore (Italy), Carnelian, Triplopia, Net Poetry and Art Competition, Poetry Life & Times, The Eclectic Muse, Strange Road, Inspirational Stories, Kritya and Centrifugal Eye Keywords/Tags: Memory, effects, affects, hair, ringlet, neck, moonlight, vapor, evaporate, bra, clips, wire, lace, flesh, dimpled, kisses, erase, name, face

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Look around and all i can see Is the hatred of the world The anger the pain They laugh at me They say Sket did it once Do it again...

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Sep 21, 2020

Sep 21, 2020 at 3:00 PM UTC