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"custard" poems
In frames as large as rooms that face all ways And block the ends of streets with giant loaves, Screen graves with custard, cover slums with praise Of motor-oil and cuts of salmon, shine Perpetually these sharply-pictured groves Of how life should be. High above the gutter A silver knife sinks into golden butter, A glass of milk stands in a meadow, and Well-balanced families, in fine Midsummer weather, owe their smiles, their cars, Even their youth, to that small cube each hand Stretches towards. These, and the deep armchairs Aligned to cups at bedtime, radiant bars (Gas or electric), quarter-profile cats By slippers on warm mats, Reflect none of the rained-on streets and squares They dominate outdoors. Rather, they rise Serenely to proclaim pure crust, pure foam, Pure coldness to our live imperfect eyes That stare beyond this world, where nothing's made As new or washed quite clean, seeking the home All such inhabit. There, dark raftered pubs Are filled with white-clothed ones from tennis-clubs, And the boy puking his heart out in the Gents Just missed them, as the pensioner paid A halfpenny more for Granny Graveclothes' Tea To taste old age, and dying smokers sense Walking towards them through some dappled park As if on water that unfocused she No match lit up, nor drag ever brought near, Who now stands newly clear, Smiling, and recognising, and going dark.
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Essential Beauty
Brown sugar sapotas Blending with custard alfonso mangos And bold sweet lime juice Georgette saris Pairing with uncut diamond necklaces Mixed with peals and rubies Gently sloping palm trees Swaying in balmy sultry air And hazy golden sunsets Frenetic yellow autos Competing with dusty zipping mopeds Mixed with ambulating pedestrians Aromas of cumin Blending with the sewage Other times with incense Glows of brass oil lamps Singing in hums of prayer Added with turmeric's incantations Brightly-patterned salwars Accentuating gemstone bindis Comfy fitted leggings Savory masala dosas Coupling coconut chutney Meter-high filter coffee
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Apr 23, 2012
Apr 23, 2012 at 8:17 AM UTC
Treasures of Chennai, India
The chocolate digestive is a marvel of invention Custard creams are sickly, but worthy of a mention Shortbread can be gritty, steer clear of the cheap ones For if you love your biscuits, your pockets must be deep ones For perfect dunkability, the hobnob leads the field But prone to going chewy if their packet isn't sealed Bourbon creams can satisfy when nothing else is offered Avert your eyes from pretzels, no matter how they're proffered The lowly Garibaldi is an underrated treasure A macaroon is excellent for eating at your leisure Enjoy the home made cookies and the chocolate crispy nests And save a pack of party rings for fobbing off on guests But biscuits can be functional, with keen survival craft A packet of pink wafers can be used to make a raft Penguins can be hollowed out and used to smuggle crack And if you throw a ginger nut, you'll always get it back A Jaffa cake is handy as a snowboard for a spider And flapjacks are a sustenance and energy provider Wagon wheels are lethal when they're wielded by a ninja Brandy snaps cure cancer with a tiny hint of ginger Experiment with biscuits, they're a versatile thing Try horizontal dunking or the highland shortbread fling Keep a packet stashed away for when the end is nigh And always have the kettle full, and milk in good supply
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Nov 30, 2015
Nov 30, 2015 at 3:20 PM UTC
Ode to Biscuits
I remember Sunday dinner that granny used to make enough to feed an army piled on each and every plate three kinds of potatoes boiled, mashed and roast Chicken, pork & roast beef and a glass of wine to toast and veggies from her garden that grew right there herself no canned corn from Guatemala would you find upon her shelf there'd be carrots, peas and parnips brocolli & cabbage too and anything that wasn't ate ended up in her famous stew but desserts, they were the best bit there was custard, pies and tarts an the only bad thing 'bout it all was knowing where to start
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May 20, 2010
May 20, 2010 at 7:26 PM UTC
Sunday dinner at grans
fat kid, oh fat jkid, oh where are you fat kid i am really fat kid, full of muscles ya see i love cream buns, ****** oath i am a big big big big man what do ya think about that, puny little cool kid i love my beautiful spring rolls as well as a coca cola to wash it down with that is mighty fine, oh yeah and the kids went up to me, and said fat kid fat kid fat kid, you are a fat kid i said, i am not a kid, for i am an adult, who lives life like it’s one big adventure after the next as i said, i am known as the fat kid, the really big fat kid i love spring rolls, cream buns, and a coca cola and i love lamingtons, as well, and i love meat pies and sausage rolls which makes me a real australian ***** **** and a custard **** i can lick the fat right off that and the voice came from out of the blue fat kid fat kid, you are a fat kid, and another voice says your not an adult, adults are cool, and i said, i am cool on the computer, **** and then i said, i am so an adult, a creative adult, a good fooler\ i try to be a cool kid, to gain protection, but reality i am a cool adult and i don’t appreciate being treated like a fat kid i am a cool adult who loves to PARTY an adult PARTY dude so to speak
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Feb 21, 2015
Feb 21, 2015 at 10:06 PM UTC
i was the fat kid, oh fat kid, i am not shy, i am, a lover of life, oh yeah i was
chocolate fireguard, teapot, or fender, icecream sofa, dry sea or wet towel, glass hammer, waterproof teabag, newspaper raincoat and umbrella, lead parachute, ashtray on a motorbike, handbrake on a canoe, vote in a dictatorship, loudhailer to a deaf mute, grief at a wedding, ****** in a monastery. inflatable dartboard, spoon in a knife-fight, screen door on a submarine, wooden soap, shortbread tires, knitted light bulb, bread boat, plasticine wire cutters, paper hole punch, water hat, custard floorboards, ceiling tiles made of gravy, portrait of a bowl of soup, a stone cigarette, syrup knickers, hole in my bucket, plastic oven, wax truss, liquorice bridge, false teeth made of soap, lemonade roof, jelly boots, jam cardigan, paper bicycle pump, ice-cream saucepans, soluble drain pipe, packet of rubber nails, see-through mirror, revolving basement restaurant roll-on hairspray, rubber pencil, ****** with a hole in it, limp **** pockets on a lettuce, **** on a fish, lolly pop van in Hell, one-legged man in an **** kicking competition, meaningless life, unnecessary death, forgotten words and deeds, ignored needs, this poem.
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Apr 30, 2016
Apr 30, 2016 at 4:11 PM UTC
You're About As Much Use As A (Partly Found Poem)
╰⊰✿´ℒ♡ⓥℯ '✿⊱╮ Puds are long, vanilla rich Custard honey-sweet Poured down from the liquid sun Caramelised crust turns nut-brown and bubbling Spoon! ╰⊰✿⊱╮
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Aug 13, 2018
Aug 13, 2018 at 9:13 AM UTC
╰⊰✿ ́Crème Brûlée'✿⊱╮
Scandinavian badger sitting in the tree, I can't believe we met, it must be desti-ny. I look up to the sky and see two clouds fighting, for some unusual reason I don't find it frightening. Instead as I look up at the angry cloud, all I feel is proud, that its even aloud that this fluffy white sky sheep can be so well endowed. With all the strength I can muster, I swim thru the lake of custard. There I meet a female goat- "I'll clean all your biscuits if you just share your picnic"? "I wish I could but I don't think I can risk it". As I approach the shore, I meet a male horse. He says he's having a mare. I don't know whether to commiserate or congratulate. I stroll off wandering what he meant and if I even care I meet a male cow, or am I talking bull? Who knows if half this story is even a quarter true.
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Feb 21, 2013
Feb 21, 2013 at 8:18 PM UTC
A Real Life Genuine Trip to the Real Life Genuine Countryside
Amen for the chocolate cake that melts and oozes gooey goodness in the warm custard Amen for the rich taste of the moist soft sponge Amen for birthdays and anniversary's And all the excuses Amen for the most enticing smell Amen to not resisting temptations Amen to diets meant to be broken Amen for powerful combinations Like cake and ice cream Cake and custard Cake and coffee Cake and tea Amen to icing and buttercream Amen for cake
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Aug 16, 2015
Aug 16, 2015 at 2:05 PM UTC
Cake
clanking clank slurp, ka-boom the slop runs down a throat merrily merrily terribly chilled the gunk rolls down a throat. the forks spoons knives plates salts salads and wines ding and echo like soft butterfly tea parties all gone rabid. throughout the walls of pictures of food and the butterfly echos echo and dinging cups splash and forks click and clock (and and,..and!) hold my breath. clanking cubes of ice bing against one another Gluttonous Pig slobs them down with a spoonful of spicy French soup Pigman talks to Pigwoman; spittle flying out of his piggy chops. he stares at my forehead they see my odd selection she's laughing insanely at a joke I'm holding my eyes inside my head while all on my plate sit the legs of baby spiders all on my dish are darting sow eyeballs pitcher plant garnish and frozen grey custard for dessert; (echos still in the restaurant) I gag outloud the Fat Pigman scoffs at this my heart pops inside its cage and the waiter rolls his eyes at the mess.
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Apr 25, 2012
Apr 25, 2012 at 11:59 PM UTC
Noisy Restaurant
on a sapphire lawn, a glass vase of mushrooms stands on its head. a platter of crème custard naps, while a bunch of grown sunflowers tease us with their posture. the moon is low, drunk, & stretching its borders, over oval bushes, a little lorax hides behind them. by the flower patch, a golden mushroom statue is squinting. the black beam on his head sprouts tall, arches, then dangles the celestial chandelier. i am laying on the grass, under the bubbled & weeping cerulean tree. come and join me for a dinner of daises.
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Dec 25, 2013
Dec 25, 2013 at 6:36 PM UTC
backyard scene
Your curls are Gulf Coast weather, rarely cloudless and sunny, each frustrating loop a messy ice-cream scoop cascade. They look like a love affair, as sex-centered as your star sign, too-friendly, sunday-sensuous, meandering into ***** knots. Every sweet-floral-fruity custard you toss them in is as well deserved as the satin on your lashes and the salve that slicks your orbicular body.
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Apr 17, 2019
Apr 17, 2019 at 4:28 PM UTC
Self Love
The broken biscuits lay in a tin An ordinary oblong tin With turquoise pattern And pink embossed flowers Gold edged to finish the job. How many times I visited That tin on the middle shelf In the top half of a cupboard, Sawn door, to allow for fridge, And quietly took out the tin. Broken biscuits were my delight All shapes and sizes tasty bites Wafers, bourbon, custard creams Rich tea, digestive all suited me Sometimes fig sandwich, pleased. Love Mary
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Aug 11, 2018
Aug 11, 2018 at 7:05 AM UTC
A collection of flavours
Distant clown, over-grown cow. Greed, fled, fed, boat-led Sam, Getting nowhere, near no fear. Inner, sinner; surrogate's recycle-Bin. Learned not we have, might constitute. Flog a sand-bag, get dusty. Provoke, take a stand for right. Resolve why the hate. Quite! Speaking of cows- inquisitive beasts; Shouldn't be cast the wrong role. Directors fault; new term. Choice-less. Exactly. What would you do? It's not of oppression, strike-down obsession. Internal bee-stings, are not the painful. Whatever the previous past, catalyst presentation... On-going retaliation, stains not a few. **** Rocks are heavy! So what of the boat pudding? Not constructive. World should bear this too. Culinary dialogue. O'Bam, more custard?
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Nov 16, 2011
Nov 16, 2011 at 7:46 PM UTC
Boat Pudding
I Love Pie & You Sweetie Pie! I Love Pie & You Sweetie Pie Love pumpkin pie its so good Awe taste just like it should Love lemon pie with a touch of **** Love it deep down in my heart I love jello pie it's so sweet The way it wiggles it's so neat! Love pie of banana cream And chocolate is my dream I love blueberry too It's so good & blue I love BlackBerry too awe so sweet and black Pick em right off the vines and put em in a sack I love apple pie topped with cheese Oh and make that a scoop of val ice cream please Oh and also the Apple Dutch Oh how I love it so much! Custard Boston and Zesty Lime, Whip Cream Humble and Rhubarb all the time! Quick Set Frozen Cream Pie and Oreo Cookie Crust Sweet Tatter and Velvet Turtle Now that's a must! But my favorite pie of all is true That's my favorite pie "Sweetie Pie" it's you! WrittenBy:BarbieKirk 11-24-14 5:09am www.allpoetry.com/RainbowBlessings © Barbie Kirk . All rights reserved, 16 hours ago
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Nov 24, 2014
Nov 24, 2014 at 10:45 PM UTC
I Love Pie & You Sweetie Pie!
Belinda lived in a little white house, With a little black kitten and a little gray mouse, And a little yellow dog and a little red wagon, And a realio, trulio, little pet dragon. Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink, And the little gray mouse, she called her Blink, And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard, But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard. Custard the dragon had big sharp teeth, And spikes on top of him and scales underneath, Mouth like a fireplace, chimney for a nose, And realio, trulio, daggers on his toes. Belinda was as brave as a barrel full of bears, And Ink and Blink chased lions down the stairs, Mustard was as brave as a tiger in a rage, But Custard cried for a nice safe cage. Belinda tickled him, she tickled him unmerciful, Ink, Blink and Mustard, they rudely called him Percival, They all sat laughing in the little red wagon At the realio, trulio, cowardly dragon. Belinda giggled till she shook the house, And Blink said Week! , which is giggling for a mouse, Ink and Mustard rudely asked his age, When Custard cried for a nice safe cage. Suddenly, suddenly they heard a nasty sound, And Mustard growled, and they all looked around. Meowch! cried Ink, and Ooh! cried Belinda, For there was a pirate, climbing in the winda. Pistol in his left hand, pistol in his right, And he held in his teeth a cutlass bright, His beard was black, one leg was wood; It was clear that the pirate meant no good. Belinda paled, and she cried, Help! Help! But Mustard fled with a terrified yelp, Ink trickled down to the bottom of the household, And little mouse Blink strategically mouseholed. But up jumped Custard, snorting like an engine, Clashed his tail like irons in a dungeon, With a clatter and a clank and a jangling squirm He went at the pirate like a robin at a worm. The pirate gaped at Belinda's dragon, And gulped some grog from his pocket flagon, He fired two bullets but they didn't hit, And Custard gobbled him, every bit. Belinda embraced him, Mustard licked him, No one mourned for his pirate victim Ink and Blink in glee did gyrate Around the dragon that ate the pyrate. But presently up spoke little dog Mustard, I'd been twice as brave if I hadn't been flustered. And up spoke Ink and up spoke Blink, We'd have been three times as brave, we think, And Custard said, I quite agree That everybody is braver than me. Belinda still lives in her little white house, With her little black kitten and her little gray mouse, And her little yellow dog and her little red wagon, And her realio, trulio, little pet dragon. Belinda is as brave as a barrel full of bears, And Ink and Blink chase lions down the stairs, Mustard is as brave as a tiger in a rage, But Custard keeps crying for a nice safe cage.
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Jan 2, 2014
Jan 2, 2014 at 5:15 AM UTC
The Tale of Custard The Dragon by Ogden Nash
Belinda lived in a little white house, With a little black kitten and a little gray mouse, And a little yellow dog and a little red wagon, And a realio, trulio, little pet dragon. Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink, And the little gray mouse, she called her Blink, And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard, But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard. Custard the dragon had big sharp teeth, And spikes on top of him and scales underneath, Mouth like a fireplace, chimney for a nose, And realio, trulio, daggers on his toes. Belinda was as brave as a barrel full of bears, And Ink and Blink chased lions down the stairs, Mustard was as brave as a tiger in a rage, But Custard cried for a nice safe cage. Belinda tickled him, she tickled him unmerciful, Ink, Blink and Mustard, they rudely called him Percival, They all sat laughing in the little red wagon At the realio, trulio, cowardly dragon. Belinda giggled till she shook the house, And Blink said Week! , which is giggling for a mouse, Ink and Mustard rudely asked his age, When Custard cried for a nice safe cage. Suddenly, suddenly they heard a nasty sound, And Mustard growled, and they all looked around. Meowch! cried Ink, and Ooh! cried Belinda, For there was a pirate, climbing in the winda. Pistol in his left hand, pistol in his right, And he held in his teeth a cutlass bright, His beard was black, one leg was wood; It was clear that the pirate meant no good. Belinda paled, and she cried, Help! Help! But Mustard fled with a terrified yelp, Ink trickled down to the bottom of the household, And little mouse Blink strategically mouseholed. But up jumped Custard, snorting like an engine, Clashed his tail like irons in a dungeon, With a clatter and a clank and a jangling squirm He went at the pirate like a robin at a worm. The pirate gaped at Belinda's dragon, And gulped some grog from his pocket flagon, He fired two bullets but they didn't hit, And Custard gobbled him, every bit. Belinda embraced him, Mustard licked him, No one mourned for his pirate victim Ink and Blink in glee did gyrate Around the dragon that ate the pyrate. But presently up spoke little dog Mustard, I'd been twice as brave if I hadn't been flustered. And up spoke Ink and up spoke Blink, We'd have been three times as brave, we think, And Custard said, I quite agree That everybody is braver than me. Belinda still lives in her little white house, With her little black kitten and her little gray mouse, And her little yellow dog and her little red wagon, And her realio, trulio, little pet dragon. Belinda is as brave as a barrel full of bears, And Ink and Blink chase lions down the stairs, Mustard is as brave as a tiger in a rage, But Custard keeps crying for a nice safe cage.
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professor Burke and professor Lee two mathematicians who could not agree loudly voiced their differences at half past noon having daily lunch at the Greasy Spoon the subject on the fateful day was Pi and they could not see eye to eye a disagreement on the thousandth digit had Burke turn red and caused Lee to fidget said Burke “No you are off by one!” spat Lee “Your math is poorly done!” Burke shouted, “Lee, you have gone too far!” reached toward the counter for a candy jar but his hand instead encountered pie a hideous gleam sprang to his eye he flung the pie with all his might hit Lee full face, eyes wide with fright but Lee recovered and found more pies Boston Creme took Burke between the eyes apple, custard, lemon, berry pecan, pumpkin, key lime, cherry pies of every kind were thrown plates' radius squared remained unknown the police arrived to break up the fray took the two meringued men away many hours later in the quiet cell with pie for ink and tempers quelled the two stood looking at the wall upon which lay their equation scrawled said Burke, with both their faces long “Well, what do you know. We both were wrong.”
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Mar 14, 2019
Mar 14, 2019 at 11:20 PM UTC
The Great Pi(e) Fight
There once was a man with a bowtie And a little redhead girl I'm gonna tell you the truth now She loved him and he loved her. They sat around the table With fish fingers and custard, ice cream They talked about his big blue box And her family In the middle of their midnight snack An alarm rang from TARDIS, blue He told her he would be back In just a minute, or two He accidentally missed his mark Twelve years had gone by But he just sauntered out Waving and saying "Amelia, hi!" Twas the first time they saved the world When Amelia was just nineteen Two years later he picked her up On the eve of her wedding But then the cracks in the universe And all of space and time Consumed the Doctor, all of him But that's not the ending rhyme The night she and Rory wed Amy jumped out of her chair "I remember you!" She shouted And the Doctor appeared there And so the Raggedy man came back No more in the crack in the wall Amy's imaginary friend Bowtie, suspenders, and all Later came an astronaut Her name was River Song She lifted her hand and against her will Killed the Doctor, gone. But, hooray! The Doctor wasn't dead It was wibbly wobbly, timey wimey Stuff messing with their heads And Amy had a daughter Name? Melody Pond. But the only water in the forest is rivers, So she was really River Song. Subtract love, Add hate Daleks scream Exterminate! Angels, Angels everywhere Take a little blink In the ground and in the air And then they took Rory "Come along Pond, please!" He said with a cry She turned to him and said "Raggedy man, goodbye!" "No!" He shouts in despair "It can't be true!" He stands over their grave Oh Ponds, he loved you He sits on the steps Letting River fly Too grief stricken to hurt Or even to cry Dreams are broken Time stands still The Doctor runs up A small rocky hill Afterword, it reads By Amelia Pond We love you Doctor And we're sorry we're gone There's a girl waiting in a garden She'll be waiting for a while So go to her She needs a smile. Tell her she's a fairytale Known by many, loved by more Not best in the universe, But most important in the world. She went with him and took his hand He showed her the stars and distant lands Together they ran, their spirits high Until they day came when they said goodbye Goodbye, Ponds.
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Apr 23, 2013
Apr 23, 2013 at 3:35 PM UTC
The Ballad of the Raggedy Man
There once was a man with a bowtie And a little redhead girl I'm gonna tell you the truth now She loved him and he loved her. They sat around the table With fish fingers and custard, ice cream They talked about his big blue box And her family In the middle of their midnight snack An alarm rang from TARDIS, blue He told her he would be back In just a minute, or two He accidentally missed his mark Twelve years had gone by But he just sauntered out Waving and saying "Amelia, hi!" Twas the first time they saved the world When Amelia was just nineteen Two years later he picked her up On the eve of her wedding But then the cracks in the universe And all of space and time Consumed the Doctor, all of him But that's not the ending rhyme The night she and Rory wed Amy jumped out of her chair "I remember you!" She shouted And the Doctor appeared there And so the Raggedy man came back No more in the crack in the wall Amy's imaginary friend Bowtie, suspenders, and all Later came an astronaut Her name was River Song She lifted her hand and against her will Killed the Doctor, gone. But, hooray! The Doctor wasn't dead It was wibbly wobbly, timey wimey Stuff messing with their heads And Amy had a daughter Name? Melody Pond. But the only water in the forest is rivers, So she was really River Song. Subtract love, Add hate Daleks scream Exterminate! Angels, Angels everywhere Take a little blink In the ground and in the air And then they took Rory "Come along Pond, please!" He said with a cry She turned to him and said "Raggedy man, goodbye!" "No!" He shouts in despair "It can't be true!" He stands over their grave Oh Ponds, he loved you He sits on the steps Letting River fly Too grief stricken to hurt Or even to cry Dreams are broken Time stands still The Doctor runs up A small rocky hill Afterword, it reads By Amelia Pond We love you Doctor And we're sorry we're gone There's a girl waiting in a garden She'll be waiting for a while So go to her She needs a smile. Tell her she's a fairytale Known by many, loved by more Not best in the universe, But most important in the world. She went with him and took his hand He showed her the stars and distant lands Together they ran, their spirits high Until they day came when they said goodbye Goodbye, Ponds.
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I stood in line to be weighed in the bathroom of the nursing home Anne crutched herself behind me you haven't got a chance in hell of winning that chocolate bar Kid she said I've seen more meat on a butcher's pencil stuck behind his ear might win I said might fly she said   the kid in front of me got on the green metal scales and the nun moved the weight along the top not you Malcolm she said the kid got off sulkily I got on the scales and the nun moved the weight I looked at her black and white headdress her pinched features not you Benny she said I got off and walked away Anne awkwardly got on the scales holding herself on her one leg the stump of the other hanging there best so far Anne the nun said told you Kid you didn't have a chance guess not I said as she crutched herself along side of me not to worry if I get the choco bar I’ll give you a quarter for being a good friend no other in this **** hole gets a look in we went along to our rooms come in Kid she said I hesitated come in I want to ask you something I stood swaying uncertain what if one of the nuns comes along?   what if I don't give you quarter of the choc bar? she said I followed her in to the girls dorm no one else was there just she and me she closed the door with her backside right Kid I want you to do me a favour favour? I said sensing uncertainty hit my gut yes I want you to sneak along to the kitchen tonight and liberate some biscuits liberate? I said biscuits? yes you know what biscuits are don't you those hard things with cream in the middle or chocolate on one side I know what biscuits are I said but what do you mean liberate? take some from the big tin they have on the shelf in larder take? I said you mean steal? steal take liberate whatever word you want to use Kid what if I get caught? don't get caught but what if I do? Anne sighed sat on the edge of her bed I thought you were someone I could rely on Kid not some cowardly custard yellow belly I looked at her leg stump sticking out the other leg reached to the floor if you're really good I’ll let you touch my stump she said no need I said I'll try tonight sneak down after lights out good Kid she said she took my right hand and lay it on the stump and held it there it felt warm and soft she let my hand go good huh? wish the rest was there she said off you go and don't get caught I nodded and backed out of the room seeing her cover the stump with her dress and smile see you I said you bet she said I walked away thinking of the big steal of biscuits unthought through by my 10 year old brain as yet.
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May 9, 2014
May 9, 2014 at 12:49 PM UTC
ANNE AND THE TASK.
I stood in line to be weighed in the bathroom of the nursing home Anne crutched herself behind me you haven't got a chance in hell of winning that chocolate bar Kid she said I've seen more meat on a butcher's pencil stuck behind his ear might win I said might fly she said   the kid in front of me got on the green metal scales and the nun moved the weight along the top not you Malcolm she said the kid got off sulkily I got on the scales and the nun moved the weight I looked at her black and white headdress her pinched features not you Benny she said I got off and walked away Anne awkwardly got on the scales holding herself on her one leg the stump of the other hanging there best so far Anne the nun said told you Kid you didn't have a chance guess not I said as she crutched herself along side of me not to worry if I get the choco bar I’ll give you a quarter for being a good friend no other in this **** hole gets a look in we went along to our rooms come in Kid she said I hesitated come in I want to ask you something I stood swaying uncertain what if one of the nuns comes along?   what if I don't give you quarter of the choc bar? she said I followed her in to the girls dorm no one else was there just she and me she closed the door with her backside right Kid I want you to do me a favour favour? I said sensing uncertainty hit my gut yes I want you to sneak along to the kitchen tonight and liberate some biscuits liberate? I said biscuits? yes you know what biscuits are don't you those hard things with cream in the middle or chocolate on one side I know what biscuits are I said but what do you mean liberate? take some from the big tin they have on the shelf in larder take? I said you mean steal? steal take liberate whatever word you want to use Kid what if I get caught? don't get caught but what if I do? Anne sighed sat on the edge of her bed I thought you were someone I could rely on Kid not some cowardly custard yellow belly I looked at her leg stump sticking out the other leg reached to the floor if you're really good I’ll let you touch my stump she said no need I said I'll try tonight sneak down after lights out good Kid she said she took my right hand and lay it on the stump and held it there it felt warm and soft she let my hand go good huh? wish the rest was there she said off you go and don't get caught I nodded and backed out of the room seeing her cover the stump with her dress and smile see you I said you bet she said I walked away thinking of the big steal of biscuits unthought through by my 10 year old brain as yet.
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#forgotten longing deep custard days gone by my morning trip: the pool, always then, to stay swimming in the ocean favorite lifeguards who never stared me back boardwalk seagulls, seafood season shops with time like windy cobwebs the hotel, our melancholy Ferris smell that last painful sunburn pizza and sadder September funnel cakes vacation where I now walk alone crying for dreams past not just things#
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Jun 29, 2019
Jun 29, 2019 at 2:46 PM UTC
vacation
.*in the end days?! you charge against the snowflakes... and make a ******* snowman! he... he! i still can't comprehend how these personalities made money from lifestyle choice... they were basically internet bums, internet "lazy people"... bums... become supporters... engrossed in the internet homeless people... bums... i ate a custard pie, and devised a poncy-scheme to become paid for an opinion without a dialectic.... homeless people, bums... seem like philosophers by comparison... and now the bewildering quest... of how / why the internet died.* **** it, the gloves are off... about time to punch this ***** silly-dead... **** it... all the internet content creators, that are women: are giving off nervous voices... shoe on head... whoever...   here's where said people... start looking for, ahem.... "real" jobs... jobs plagued by the study of psychology.... oh they're scared... because whatever the internet was... from 2007 through to 2016... in the time of the zenith... hello new t.v., hello internet banking... hello internet online shopping... what?! you want edgy?!          come down to the forest, or the shady back alleyway with the new teens...    come come...       you wanted edgy... such a shame though... to think of your comments becoming as redundant as the plight of sending off your C.V. application... sorry....    what? you have finally arrived at what you wanted... why are you looking at me for with that dumb-"found" look?!              do i look stupid? or are you pretending to not be?!          ******* internet bums... you know it was coming... it was coming...            i never asked for money... i'll never ask for money... but you did...   you begged... you dog begged...            you...              begged...       you're still going to beg, when the internet is reduced to nothing more than a 2nd t.v., internet banking, and internet shopping... and... that's about it; you're joking, you think there's more?! ha ha... good luck. p.s. because, believe it or not, look at what you gave me? i didn't ask for money, i didn't ask for time... but what you gave me is best expressed cryptically, as both time, and money.
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Oct 31, 2018
Oct 31, 2018 at 10:03 PM UTC
internet bums
.*in the end days?! you charge against the snowflakes... and make a ******* snowman! he... he! i still can't comprehend how these personalities made money from lifestyle choice... they were basically internet bums, internet "lazy people"... bums... become supporters... engrossed in the internet homeless people... bums... i ate a custard pie, and devised a poncy-scheme to become paid for an opinion without a dialectic.... homeless people, bums... seem like philosophers by comparison... and now the bewildering quest... of how / why the internet died.* **** it, the gloves are off... about time to punch this ***** silly-dead... **** it... all the internet content creators, that are women: are giving off nervous voices... shoe on head... whoever...   here's where said people... start looking for, ahem.... "real" jobs... jobs plagued by the study of psychology.... oh they're scared... because whatever the internet was... from 2007 through to 2016... in the time of the zenith... hello new t.v., hello internet banking... hello internet online shopping... what?! you want edgy?!          come down to the forest, or the shady back alleyway with the new teens...    come come...       you wanted edgy... such a shame though... to think of your comments becoming as redundant as the plight of sending off your C.V. application... sorry....    what? you have finally arrived at what you wanted... why are you looking at me for with that dumb-"found" look?!              do i look stupid? or are you pretending to not be?!          ******* internet bums... you know it was coming... it was coming...            i never asked for money... i'll never ask for money... but you did...   you begged... you dog begged...            you...              begged...       you're still going to beg, when the internet is reduced to nothing more than a 2nd t.v., internet banking, and internet shopping... and... that's about it; you're joking, you think there's more?! ha ha... good luck. p.s. because, believe it or not, look at what you gave me? i didn't ask for money, i didn't ask for time... but what you gave me is best expressed cryptically, as both time, and money.
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How long can an affection last? How long can one ride a jeep? How many times can a person shift from a jeep to another? Would you ride along with me? Would you accompany me? If you do, would you sit beside me? I felt you beside me...a strand of hair, perhaps I wonder if you felt my goosebumps; I'm rubbing my arms for you not to feel it... All of those were mere imagination, It's a long shot How can you be beside me if you were the one driving? How could've I felt you, if I never rode shotgun Lastly, how would you feel me if I'm still riding the previous jeep; And I only saw you from afar and thought, perhaps we could be...something amazing, something beautiful, something that could last
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Sep 25, 2015
Sep 25, 2015 at 12:08 AM UTC
Custard
Crunching over the surface, the bold warriors go wave after wave of custard will not fill the men with woe rhubarb in abundance doesn't slacken their resolve any sprinkled sugar with their sweat they will dissolve though relentlessly they battle on, the end it will come soon "for heaven's sake men,mind the ****** spoon......."
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Jan 16, 2011
Jan 16, 2011 at 2:39 PM UTC
Rhubarb Crumble
Custard Tarts A mouthful of sweetness yellow; crust; chewed slowly, savoring and the mind goes back along olfactory pathways etched long ago back to turbulent times of teenage years and custard tarts, with cinnamon sprinkles your Dad brought home for Saturday lunch after working, trying to keep a bankrupt business afloat plugging the holes of ineptitude as the ship sank lower week by week. A sliver was handed out with the coffee devoured by all at the table not much else to remember except the coldness, the distant demeanor a start contrast to the warmth of the pies made with love at the bakers custard tarts, now and then sweet! Malcolm Davidson December 18, 2013
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Dec 22, 2013
Dec 22, 2013 at 4:37 PM UTC
Custard Tarts
Grandmothers buy flowers while their husbands lick a cone chocolate-vanilla swirl. Homeless rockers keep their front drinking beers around the statue when all they really want is an ice cold strawberry treat. Replace cafes with parlors perfecting soft serve service, pouring fountains of custard to children of all ages and size.
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Jun 11, 2012
Jun 11, 2012 at 6:53 PM UTC
In Germany, the Tough Kids Eat Ice Cream Too