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"malodour" poems
Three syllables should roll easy, yet sear acidic the tongue, refusing formation of empty expression. The sun shines no brighter than the struggling bedside light, and rivers flow no fresher than saliva leaked in sleep. The malodour of rank roses drifts from every kitchen, where flies **** on dishes of all the dinners not savoured. Inside we search for desire; in drains, under beds, between stale sheets.  The arid well resists fornication as we ***** for absent frisson, the floral miasma lingering, as if to scoff.
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Jul 4, 2018
Jul 4, 2018 at 3:30 AM UTC
Mimetic desire.
The darkness has consumed me The malodour clinging to my rags How did i become this? Tormentors of vile belonging Dwelling In the cavity where the roses once grew Oh you should have seen the roses Pristine and optomistic They grew skyward ever chasing the warm sensuality That filled the mind and body Watered with the best of self They flourished Tracing the time Where water became poison And light became black I find myself in the crossroads with you Where my turn of fate became a fatal turn My thorns magnified The creeping fèeling that all things selfless Begin with self deprication And selfless is a virtue The roses cleared from their home One by one with every good intention My garden had become a graveyard And time became a dreadful thought To have eternity in the dark So that your light could shine the brighter
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Nov 30, 2017
Nov 30, 2017 at 3:29 PM UTC
The roses