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#heel
I've never been one to rhyme, An Achilles tendon persistent over time. Chains that bind my hands, Leaving my poems devistatingly bland. It may ail me for life, I may give up, after years of strife. Someone told me free verse was harder, I loved them too much to barter. You see, rhyming is a skill I lack, I take every syllable as a personal attack. Failure is hard, unbearable, But not trying is a shackle, unwearable.
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3d ago
May 31, 2026 at 2:55 AM UTC
Not A Rhymer
Dogs don't talk This is so true If you talk to a dog It will just look at you It may not understand, but just certain commands, Sit, roll over, bark, heel and to stand, Whatever the case they are a man's best friend. They're just like family There your friend to the end A compnay keeper, and can help you to mend If you feel down and out, and a burden is heavy, your happy doggy senses and Will help you feel merry they can fetch a ball, or You can take them for walk, This World would be bananas If dogs Start to talk!!! B.R. Date: 5/3/2026
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May 4
May 4, 2026 at 11:16 AM UTC
Dogs don't Talk
writhe under the boot, a heel you were born to its imprint pressed onto your cheek a mark you'll bare no matter the distance in the pursuit of liberty in hopes of justice just for a chance at happiness where did our virtues go? were there ever any at all?
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Jan 30, 2021
Jan 30, 2021 at 8:48 PM UTC
Bootlicker
on the lean of life
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Sep 30, 2020
Sep 30, 2020 at 1:58 PM UTC
The Heel of the Heart
A metallic heel, six inches of steel slowly piercing the skin finding that gap between the ribs nobody ever dies of pain; internal bleeding and ***** failure follow six inches of steel as it's slowly dug in
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Jun 3, 2019
Jun 3, 2019 at 8:54 AM UTC
Six inches of steel
Little boy blue In love with his shoe Polish and clean So fondly you gleam Smile in delight Scuffs in spite Return to anew You and your laced shoe
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Nov 24, 2018
Nov 24, 2018 at 11:25 PM UTC
Heel
You've heard all of my stories. You're versed in what I do, but when I ask it of you, you won't try anything new. Tell me, how should we progress, then? Or would you like to stay within the shade forever, never knowing, never knowing more more more more more more more?
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Oct 22, 2018
Oct 22, 2018 at 2:27 AM UTC
An Odd Consolation| 3. Call to Heel
She strutted on the street with heels the colour of blood that came from broken hearts
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Apr 10, 2018
Apr 10, 2018 at 11:28 AM UTC
The Devil Wears Heels
Heels harder than steel Sharper still In his heart Smooth arks Curves looping Strong desires Cutting loose Weak restraints Through frail defenses His achilles heel A separate entity Embodied in the shape Of a fallen angel Insatiably inviting The arrows of Apollo Choosing carefully Her Paris-es
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Aug 18, 2017
Aug 18, 2017 at 5:04 AM UTC
Soft Spot
It is her spirit you fell in love with. Be careful not to crush it – shards beneath your heel – shattered glass remains shattered glass. I held up the mirror just to see if you were as unrecognizable as me.
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Dec 15, 2016
Dec 15, 2016 at 10:27 AM UTC
mirror
He always said he hated how people always left, yet now in retrospect, he was the one who turned his heel and shut the door on his way out but left the window open to carry in the chilling draft of lonliness. (ps-He always said he wanted to be like the people I always wrote about. Funny how his wish came true.)
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Nov 18, 2015
Nov 18, 2015 at 10:12 PM UTC
Gone, Gone, Gone.
She always had a way of standing above her circumstances. Even in the way she dressed, it was like she was going somewhere better later. Yet above her logic and even above her poise she held within her a jar of emotion locked inside for the one worthy. The jar was hidden and no one knew just all that hid underneath the soles of her Jimmy Choo's. And my God she was brilliant, and my God she could make it on her own; but she didn't want to.
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Aug 3, 2015
Aug 3, 2015 at 7:16 PM UTC
Heel Height