"clea" poems
VACUUM CLEANER TANGO
---Lyrics by Jonathan Caswell
(Some misspellings are due to rhythm keeping)
The Vac…cuum Clea…ner Tango,
Is like…a juicy…mango,
Those fi…bers will…entangle
Your teeth or brushes, pretty quick!
The girls…who do…the cleaning,
Are ev…ver so…well-meaning,
To move…around…guys leaning,
That watch…and approve…the show!
Plugs must…be changed…more frequently,
If lon…ger hallways…decently,
Are cleaned…the most…expediently,
It’s all…a part of…the dance!
The vac…cuum clea…ner tango,
A dai…ly chore…is wrangled,
By clea…ners star…spangled,
Perfor…ming it with…extra class!
Feb 5, 2012
Feb 5, 2012 at 2:45 AM UTC
Clea,
Life had a story for you, from the first page you started.
Please, don't shed a tear, it's not your fault you departed.
Fate had a hand to play in the bed that you lay.
He tore us away in a moment of grace.
In rebellion, that smile not once, left your beautiful face.
Clea, visit me, please?
When I'm curled up in bed,
asleep, let your spirit rest on my chest.
Gently let me know, that I'm not alone.
That there is something left?
Jan 21, 2022
Jan 21, 2022 at 11:41 AM UTC
the water cools my nerves
the trees inspire my strength
my soul delights in the happy birds
and the sun melts the ice from my heart
nothing cleanses like a river
May 7, 2014
May 7, 2014 at 11:29 PM UTC
Words that fell so...easily
...now stalled within my mouth.
Our static/electric/con-nec-tion
...faint and all but ground.ed.out.
Violet/crimson/tangerine
...whitewashed to simple gray.
The tension of.the.wanting
...slackened-slip-knot...
given; way.
My head is above^ground^again
...My feet treaded/your/way
Now that you've chosen...n o t h in g
...only scattered letters
....left...to...claim.
The spell...has been/b/r/o/k/e/n.
...You made your point-of-pain;...
you,...so convinced 'defeat and ruin'
...the only outcomes gained.
Your reasons and your why's
{You so clea(n)r-ly cling to fear}
There's a calm...you've...found
....in-holding-on to old love and/old/tears.
Although I tend/to/let/slip ONLY
..what's been torn from my clenched F ist S.
I realize in my heart-break-moment
There.... is.a.certain//...
...Mercy...
...found.../in/this.
Nov 4, 2015
Nov 4, 2015 at 8:22 PM UTC