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Man Jan 2021
its all franchises
as far as you might see
burger joints, taco houses, and pizza parlors
dot the horizon

the whole lot
greasier than the pan
than the canola oil, a whole can of pam

its warehouse-sized stores
full of disgruntled
shuffling cheap trash
package to shelf
packaged for the shelf
in anticipation to sit

listen a while
under the low murmur
of the machine humming
you can hear ma n pop wailin'
Just falling in the dark,
It feels, light somehow you know...
It started with a stroll in the park,
An innocent attraction to the promise of something permanent...

Just falling down, light headed,
The walls, rich with colour and beauty at first...
It started with a movie and a kiss,
A total willingness to surrender, too tired being alone anymore...

Still falling,
The colour and majesty, the feeling of flying,
All a familiarity now, no change, no initiative...
To grip those walls and stay, to feel grounded to that beauty...

And falling faster, I reach out,
Trying to catch hold, to stop dropping like a stone...
It started when you moved away and this had to be long distance,
But the walls became greasier, oilier, and my palms just slipped...

The rich colour, a jumbled mess,
Of oil, colours, all dripping down the walls like grease..
That was when we became too busy for each other...
I wished the walls could help me out, a stone or two jutting out for me to hold on...

But I fall faster, trying to remember,
Forgetting the solid colours and the light feeling when this started...
But the walls had turned cruel, an elusive mass of stone and grease...
And I hit the ground, hard, painful and broken...

I fell into the pit of love...
I sense the end of an amazing relationship. I'm not sure how I'm going to feel when I hit that floor. I hope I don't break too many bones....
Susan O'Reilly Apr 2013
Fizzier than a glass of coke
this handsome, captivating bloke
more refreshing than sorbet
he’s looking at me, hooray
greasier than a bag of chips
he can go straight to my hips
brighter than an orange, his smile
my phone number he can dial
back home to a healthy salad
think I’ll pen a sad ballad
la cazadora Apr 2013
Oh, amateur poetry!
How I wish I could stop thinking of you that way!
I mean you, you words on the page.
I mean those aqua blue markings.
They look so different close-up!
I mean, under the microscope.
They became splotches.
My eyes widened,
let in more light.
And it was all a game.
Was I really learning?
In that school, in those classrooms?
Yes, at times.
But thoughts of boys and giggles and colour palettes
for the eyes, lids, brushes, canvases
The clear-lip-glossed/brown-lined lips
I saw them in the other mirror.
And the water.
They put it on their hair to make it look greasier.
What a novel thought!
But I, with my white girl looks and taste,
used different shades
and followed other styles
And, what was my question?
Did I learn there?

Deepest impressions flow from smelly girls' bathrooms.
Not the desks, labs, white boards.
Huh.
Maybe I'll feel differently tomorrow.
Ray Suarez Dec 2015
He was a new guy
He said he was a writer
And ****, at first I believed him
He did have a degree in journalism
He had a miserable look
Greasy hair, greasy face
Greasier than mine
But then he told me
His misery
Came from politics
He only wanted to write
About politics
His constant frown
Depressing stride
Defeated personality
Came from politics?
A strange woman once carved a heart
Into my arm
With a rusty
Swap meet Indian knife
Then we ****** after.
Who the hell has time
For politics!?
They canned that *******
And I felt jealous.
He had a lot more time
To write.
In the fastlane love
turns into a narcissist.

(He)
flatters himself while
almost killing us.

(The)
beauty of Zion gets
greasier under scrutiny.

(My)
heart feels like it's
subducting under
the judgements.

Sara Fielder Β© Oct 2018
Because all Amish Irish men walk on 2 Amish Irish feet, dog-witch
Hillary Clinton's skin-bag of meat is greasier than an Alpo dog treat
I'm balder than a bat, blinder than a cue ball & **** like pink claws
on a hammer, swifter than a termite & greasier than a wind-jammer
ice-probing the depths of my loving duct in the lime-light of glamor
to cruel jeers & sneers of a black-on-black rabble in Afrique clamor
near a quag where a ewe is rammed by a ram who's keen to ram her
I possess no compunction for selfless destruction, self employ, self-
destroy, self-destruct, luck-of-the-draw is drawn luck, oiled by muck
I'm balder than a bat, blinder than a cue ball & **** like pink claws
on a hammer, swifter than a termite & greasier than a wind-jammer
ice-probing the depths of my loving duct in the lime-light of glamor
to cruel jeers & sneers of a black-on-black rabble in Afrique clamor
Because all Amish Irish men walk on 2 Amish Irish feet, dog-witch
Hillary Clinton's skin-bag of meat is greasier than an Alpo dog treat


Where am I?
****** Island.
How did I get here?
By bus.
May I borrow a ******?
Sorry, but I'm all out.
Because all Amish Irish men walk on 2 Amish Irish feet, dog-witch
Hillary Clinton's skin-bag of meat is greasier than an Alpo dog treat
⚑️⚑️⚑️ I remember when Hillary Clinton was a ****, young hag with lightning bolts shooting out her ***!

Because all great Americans walk on 2 great American feet, witch
Hillary Clinton's skin-bag of meat is greasier than an Alpo dog treat

Where am I?
****** Island.
How did I get here?
By bus.
May I borrow a ******?
Sorry, but I'm all out.

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