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I broke up with McDonalds On Valentine's day People said she was no good for me I had to get away So I told her, It's not you, It's just a phase I'm going through But as we all know - Dumping fast food is not a pleasant thing to do. So I broke up with McDonalds, didn't see her for a while Was doing pretty well - there was the occasional drunk-dial When I walked up to the window And I slipped into the queue - But then I came back to my senses And realised the thing to do... Was to keep on walking Keep on walking Right past her Ignore the temptation To suckle On those golden arches Ignore those bed-like burgers And those oh-so-easy fries Divide our shared world up And sever all ties! Yes! I broke up with McDonalds and my life is better for it When my girlfriend serves up rabbit food I simply adore it I was scared of life alone with no kebab to walk me home But...       What I once spent on burgers...                                                      I now spend on...                                                                                  Haribo! Oh Haribo! Haribo!   You are a fruit tree in a sack And although it feels wrong to see you Behind my girlfriend's back She can not be hurt by wrongs she does not know! No - the new love of my life is Haribo, oh Haribo! But then one evening after work My girfriend came home early. Caught me curled up on the couch   Soaking up her girly   DVDs In front of me A bowl of Not nuts, nor seeds... But fizzy, yes fizzy, Cola bottles   That were   FIZZY! How could you do this? My girlfriend screamed at me. Cannot you see the damage that they do-eth to your teeth? (She'd been reading Shakespeare) No, my eyes are on my face, I can't see in my mouth. Right, she said, If you think I'm joking then I'm going to kick you out. So she kicked me out the flat and that was that she said. Not quite... I grabbed my stash of Haribo from underneath the bed. I told her all the things about her that I really hated And the moral is: Relationships with things that you can't eat are over-rated.
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Feb 20, 2011
Feb 20, 2011 at 2:52 PM UTC
McDonalds
I broke up with McDonalds On Valentine's day People said she was no good for me I had to get away So I told her, It's not you, It's just a phase I'm going through But as we all know - Dumping fast food is not a pleasant thing to do. So I broke up with McDonalds, didn't see her for a while Was doing pretty well - there was the occasional drunk-dial When I walked up to the window And I slipped into the queue - But then I came back to my senses And realised the thing to do... Was to keep on walking Keep on walking Right past her Ignore the temptation To suckle On those golden arches Ignore those bed-like burgers And those oh-so-easy fries Divide our shared world up And sever all ties! Yes! I broke up with McDonalds and my life is better for it When my girlfriend serves up rabbit food I simply adore it I was scared of life alone with no kebab to walk me home But...       What I once spent on burgers...                                                      I now spend on...                                                                                  Haribo! Oh Haribo! Haribo!   You are a fruit tree in a sack And although it feels wrong to see you Behind my girlfriend's back She can not be hurt by wrongs she does not know! No - the new love of my life is Haribo, oh Haribo! But then one evening after work My girfriend came home early. Caught me curled up on the couch   Soaking up her girly   DVDs In front of me A bowl of Not nuts, nor seeds... But fizzy, yes fizzy, Cola bottles   That were   FIZZY! How could you do this? My girlfriend screamed at me. Cannot you see the damage that they do-eth to your teeth? (She'd been reading Shakespeare) No, my eyes are on my face, I can't see in my mouth. Right, she said, If you think I'm joking then I'm going to kick you out. So she kicked me out the flat and that was that she said. Not quite... I grabbed my stash of Haribo from underneath the bed. I told her all the things about her that I really hated And the moral is: Relationships with things that you can't eat are over-rated.
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‘To bed! To bed!’ Said Sleepy-head; ‘Tarry awhile,’ said Slow; ‘Put on the pan,’ Said Greedy Nan; ‘We'll sup before we go.’ (from Mother Goose) They sat at the kitchen table as The candle flickered low, And Greedy Nan put on the pan To indulge her sister, Slow, While Sleepy Weepy Annabelle Blotted her book with tears, And thought of her Beau from long ago Who she hadn’t seen for years. ‘Why doesn’t Roger notice me, Why doesn’t Alan Dell? I’m wearing the dress cut low for me And I’ve hitched my skirt as well. I’ve a pretty turn to my ankle, so You’d think it would drive them wild.’ ‘But men are a mystery,’ said Slow, ‘And Alan Dell’s a child.’ While over the pan stood Greedy Nan, Was cracking a turkey’s egg, A lump of yeast and a slice of beast And a single spider’s leg. With a wing of bat and an ounce of fat And a toe of frog for the spell, She needed to turn her sister off From her crush on Alan Dell. For Greedy Nan was the eldest girl And would have to marry first, The other two would wait in the queue Or their fortunes be reversed, The omelette sizzled, and in the pan She added before they saw, A piece of some Devil’s Trumpet plant For the mating game meant war. She sliced the omelette into half And she served them up a piece, ‘Didn’t you want?’ said Annabelle But Slow enjoyed the feast. ‘I’m not that terribly hungry now I’ve cooked it up in the pan, I think I’ll just have a slice of bread,’ Said the scheming Greedy Nan. They finished up and they sat awhile, And they mused about their fate, ‘If Greedy Nan isn’t married soon, For us it will be too late.’ ‘I’ve set my sights on a country squire,’ Said Nan, without a blink, Lured them away from her secret fire To confuse what they might think. ‘The room is woozy, spinning around, I’d better get me to bed,’ Said Annabelle, while Slow with a frown Saw Dwarves dancing in her head. But Greedy Nan was cleaning the pan To clear all signs of the spell, Her back was turned to her sisters, spurned For the sake of Alan Dell. And when he came in the morning Greedy Nan was sat by the door, While Annabelle and her sister Slow Were lying dead on the floor, ‘I didn’t mean it to **** them, Al, It was only a simple spell,’ But as he cuffed and led her away He frowned, did Alan Dell. David Lewis Paget
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Jan 25, 2015
Jan 25, 2015 at 8:01 PM UTC
To Bed! To Bed!
‘To bed! To bed!’ Said Sleepy-head; ‘Tarry awhile,’ said Slow; ‘Put on the pan,’ Said Greedy Nan; ‘We'll sup before we go.’ (from Mother Goose) They sat at the kitchen table as The candle flickered low, And Greedy Nan put on the pan To indulge her sister, Slow, While Sleepy Weepy Annabelle Blotted her book with tears, And thought of her Beau from long ago Who she hadn’t seen for years. ‘Why doesn’t Roger notice me, Why doesn’t Alan Dell? I’m wearing the dress cut low for me And I’ve hitched my skirt as well. I’ve a pretty turn to my ankle, so You’d think it would drive them wild.’ ‘But men are a mystery,’ said Slow, ‘And Alan Dell’s a child.’ While over the pan stood Greedy Nan, Was cracking a turkey’s egg, A lump of yeast and a slice of beast And a single spider’s leg. With a wing of bat and an ounce of fat And a toe of frog for the spell, She needed to turn her sister off From her crush on Alan Dell. For Greedy Nan was the eldest girl And would have to marry first, The other two would wait in the queue Or their fortunes be reversed, The omelette sizzled, and in the pan She added before they saw, A piece of some Devil’s Trumpet plant For the mating game meant war. She sliced the omelette into half And she served them up a piece, ‘Didn’t you want?’ said Annabelle But Slow enjoyed the feast. ‘I’m not that terribly hungry now I’ve cooked it up in the pan, I think I’ll just have a slice of bread,’ Said the scheming Greedy Nan. They finished up and they sat awhile, And they mused about their fate, ‘If Greedy Nan isn’t married soon, For us it will be too late.’ ‘I’ve set my sights on a country squire,’ Said Nan, without a blink, Lured them away from her secret fire To confuse what they might think. ‘The room is woozy, spinning around, I’d better get me to bed,’ Said Annabelle, while Slow with a frown Saw Dwarves dancing in her head. But Greedy Nan was cleaning the pan To clear all signs of the spell, Her back was turned to her sisters, spurned For the sake of Alan Dell. And when he came in the morning Greedy Nan was sat by the door, While Annabelle and her sister Slow Were lying dead on the floor, ‘I didn’t mean it to **** them, Al, It was only a simple spell,’ But as he cuffed and led her away He frowned, did Alan Dell. David Lewis Paget
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My mom used to tell me when I was a kid that thank you note is important. To let people know that you're thankful, and appreciate their efforts. As I grow older, I'm so used on writing thank you notes with the same template on every note. But I, or we, tend to forget to write one for those who cope with our lives. So I wrote this one is for you. Thank you for letting me crash in your place when I was far from sober, almost on every Friday nights. You literally picked me up when I'm down. On the grown. Thank you for staying up with me until 5 even when you got a big meeting at 8 in the morning. Because you know how much I hate sleeping, but I'll be the bitchiest ***** if you try to wake me up. Thank you for bringing me a bouquet of fake flowers instead of the real one. You sure know me way too well to know that I can't keep real flowers alive. Or cactus, or fishes, or my phone's battery. Yea, my phone's battery ***** But you trust me to keep what we have, alive. And lasts as long as it possibly could. Thank you for making every queue line less boring with all your dad jokes, they made me think that you're a qualified good father to your future kids. Or maybe ours. But I hate children and you love them, as much as I hate karaoke and as much as you love it. But gosh, you made me think of adopting. We are nothing but night and day. A thunderstorm and a rainbow. A cactus and a peony. A manageable chaos and a managed you. And yet we compliment each other like peanut butter and pickle on a sandwich. Sure, it's one of the weirdest combination but somehow it goes surprisingly fine. I swear I'm not going to make this cheesy but if it was, well, **** I know this is not what you imagine to be with me in the first place when you slipped into my life. But I thank you, for deciding to stay.
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Aug 11, 2017
Aug 11, 2017 at 7:42 PM UTC
Thank You Note
My mom used to tell me when I was a kid that thank you note is important. To let people know that you're thankful, and appreciate their efforts. As I grow older, I'm so used on writing thank you notes with the same template on every note. But I, or we, tend to forget to write one for those who cope with our lives. So I wrote this one is for you. Thank you for letting me crash in your place when I was far from sober, almost on every Friday nights. You literally picked me up when I'm down. On the grown. Thank you for staying up with me until 5 even when you got a big meeting at 8 in the morning. Because you know how much I hate sleeping, but I'll be the bitchiest ***** if you try to wake me up. Thank you for bringing me a bouquet of fake flowers instead of the real one. You sure know me way too well to know that I can't keep real flowers alive. Or cactus, or fishes, or my phone's battery. Yea, my phone's battery ***** But you trust me to keep what we have, alive. And lasts as long as it possibly could. Thank you for making every queue line less boring with all your dad jokes, they made me think that you're a qualified good father to your future kids. Or maybe ours. But I hate children and you love them, as much as I hate karaoke and as much as you love it. But gosh, you made me think of adopting. We are nothing but night and day. A thunderstorm and a rainbow. A cactus and a peony. A manageable chaos and a managed you. And yet we compliment each other like peanut butter and pickle on a sandwich. Sure, it's one of the weirdest combination but somehow it goes surprisingly fine. I swear I'm not going to make this cheesy but if it was, well, **** I know this is not what you imagine to be with me in the first place when you slipped into my life. But I thank you, for deciding to stay.
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This trumpeter of nothingness, employed To keep our reason dull and null and void. This man of wind and froth and flux will sell The wares of any who reward him well. Praising whatever he is paid to praise, He hunts for ever-newer, smarter ways To make the gilt seen gold; the shoddy, silk; To cheat us legally; to bluff and bilk By methods which no jury can prevent Because the law's not broken, only bent. This mind for hire, this mental ********** Can tell the half-lie hardest to refute; Knows how to hide an inconvenient fact And when to leave a doubtful claim unbacked; Manipulates the truth but not too much, And if his patter needs the Human Touch, Skillfully artless, artlessly naive, Wears his convenient heart upon his sleeve. He uses words that once were strong and fine, Primal as sun and moon and bread and wine, True, honourable, honoured, clear and keen, And leaves them shabby, worn, diminished, mean. He takes ideas and trains them to engage In the long little wars big combines wage... He keeps his logic loose, his feelings flimsy; Turns eloquence to cant and wit to whimsy; Trims language till it fits his clients, pattern And style's a glossy **** or limping slattern. He studies our defences, finds the cracks And where the wall is weak or worn, attacks. lie finds the fear that's deep, the wound that's tender, And mastered, outmanouevered, we surrender. We who have tried to choose accept his choice And tired succumb to his untiring voice. The dripping tap makes even granite soften We trust the brand-name we have heard so often And join the queue of sheep that flock to buy; We fools who know our folly, you and I.
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Attack On The Ad-Man
This trumpeter of nothingness, employed To keep our reason dull and null and void. This man of wind and froth and flux will sell The wares of any who reward him well. Praising whatever he is paid to praise, He hunts for ever-newer, smarter ways To make the gilt seen gold; the shoddy, silk; To cheat us legally; to bluff and bilk By methods which no jury can prevent Because the law's not broken, only bent. This mind for hire, this mental ********** Can tell the half-lie hardest to refute; Knows how to hide an inconvenient fact And when to leave a doubtful claim unbacked; Manipulates the truth but not too much, And if his patter needs the Human Touch, Skillfully artless, artlessly naive, Wears his convenient heart upon his sleeve. He uses words that once were strong and fine, Primal as sun and moon and bread and wine, True, honourable, honoured, clear and keen, And leaves them shabby, worn, diminished, mean. He takes ideas and trains them to engage In the long little wars big combines wage... He keeps his logic loose, his feelings flimsy; Turns eloquence to cant and wit to whimsy; Trims language till it fits his clients, pattern And style's a glossy **** or limping slattern. He studies our defences, finds the cracks And where the wall is weak or worn, attacks. lie finds the fear that's deep, the wound that's tender, And mastered, outmanouevered, we surrender. We who have tried to choose accept his choice And tired succumb to his untiring voice. The dripping tap makes even granite soften We trust the brand-name we have heard so often And join the queue of sheep that flock to buy; We fools who know our folly, you and I.
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I wish you detox from drunken heights, I’m jesus for today until my current shift ends and the next one begins, after many nights, in the garden centre of fallen south coast eden. Shine shine shine Light of mine For now everything’s just fine People’s faces glitter as I go by, memories of sinless youth, for my hands blind with nostalgia, that my being resurrects. The child Lazarus scurries past my side, to his home with his future in his hands, in my hands, cupped wide. Shine shine shine Light of mine For now everything’s just fine I can love the unfortunate, for my fortune is golden. Delivered in letters from North, West, East. My trinity circle who join me at my supper, breaking the garlic bread and sipping the borello, to top crab ravioli baptised in the stream of sauce. Shine shine shine Light of mine For now everything’s just fine The gates of heaven are open, unblocked by the deaths of Keats, Shelley and Williams, their souls not blocking the exit with an Underground Queue. I give my blessings to Livingstone and Charles Gordon The one native he changed and the others’ sacrifice at Khartoum Gained me my crown to modestly flaunt. Shine shine shine Light of mine For now everything’s just fine I float down the hall, to His Mighty Voice, as my gold becomes a donation on the alter, to gain the choral hymns of Mercury gilded rock gods that will brighten my days for now, oh glorious moments. Amen.
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Aug 22, 2018
Aug 22, 2018 at 12:22 PM UTC
The Messiah In Miss Hart's Class.
My feet sweat, my shoulders burn But I am indifferent. Nature plays around me. Close your eyes. The last thing you see is a white butterfly dance past the tree-line into oblivion blue. Bush leaves crackle above you in branches and below you, let loose through brittle grass. A light wind conducts a symphony in which Each shrub plays a part. Each dry branch, kindling ready to explode, Itching to snap its dangerously perfect note. Thorns whistle sharply - reeds hiss and hum. Every breeze is a clown, taking up instruments And jostling melodies to play all at once. The grass rushes to its queue, dry as a bone. Leaves follow behind in vague harmonies. I wait on the edge of an eventful storm. The sky is blue. A storm of events - something big, Behind the horizon, behind the mirage. A rhino. A microlite . Electric fences, purring. A wan nation celebrates, then groans behind the hills. Natures orchestra sings to no one in particular
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Mar 5, 2013
Mar 5, 2013 at 2:21 PM UTC
Bushfire Season
Religion is Recruiting for Customer Complaints. Where is my God, the disciples and all the absent saints? The time I have invested sitting in your church. This wasn't in your advert you've left me in the lurch. I'm asking for a refund, you've years to reimburse and then there is the funeral, the flowers and the hearse. I've sat on your pew, spent time praying to you and now that I'm dead, I'm unsure what to do. I should have known better, you never replied. Yet I kept the faith until the day that I died. Now I queue to complain, I must be fuckin' insane! because, well, you don't even exist! Poetry by Kaydee.
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Oct 8, 2018
Oct 8, 2018 at 8:44 PM UTC
Religion is Recruiting for Customer Complaints
falling in love with you was like a rollercoaster park not the cliché of ups and downs but looking out to see a complex weave of coloured tracks that weave in and out like a knotted necklace a bowl of spaghetti am i in the queue for an old wooden ride or the two-hundred foot high twister?
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Oct 15, 2014
Oct 15, 2014 at 5:27 PM UTC
the theme park
Waiting for the train to go or the bus to come Or for the plane to go or the mail to come Waiting for the phone to ring Or for the day we become king Waiting for it to rain or snow Or for that river to gurgle and flow Waiting for the answer yes or no Or for the day we can visit the places we want to go Waiting for the day we meet the one Or for the time we make a home run Waiting for the good news Or for the day we don't make  an excuse Waiting for the light to change from red Or for the roads that lie  ahead Waiting for our health to get better Or for the that acceptance letter Waiting for  the day we can retire Or to feel inspired Waiting for the right guidance to come our way Or for the day everything will be okay Waiting for those fights to end Or for the day we won't have to pretend Waiting for things to happen , we all have a queue Or maybe we should stop waiting and just do.
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Jun 10, 2016
Jun 10, 2016 at 12:27 PM UTC
Waiting For
so there is this queue, see and the man in the suit feels someone behind kneading his shoulders, back and neck and he turns around and asks the man behind: "What the hell do you think you're doing?" and the man behind replies: *"I'm a chiropractor,  see and I'm trying to keep in practice while waiting"* and the man in the suit says: *"Well, I happen to  be a lawyer - and you don't see me ******** the man in front of me, do you?"*
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Sep 18, 2014
Sep 18, 2014 at 4:45 AM UTC
the chiropractor and the lawyer
Shall we pause to consider the shudder of a butterfly's wings that sets the hurricane spinning or the descent of the final raindrop that breaches the groaning levy? Shall we ponder the moment before a chorus of "maybe's" morphs into the vain eloquence of history? Roiling in the broth of chaos a cluster of causes startles the surface - unfurling a queue of effects that dot the timescape like rows of teetering dominoes. Typhoons twist villages to ruins, armies rise to victory or succumb to the despair of defeat, or a medical miracle is born from the agile mind of a doctor conceived in a Chevy's back seat. So here we stand on the ridge of time ourselves both caused and causing, cradling the sphere of chaos in our hands - uncertain what effect will be our being after all our causes are enumerated. Time will surely tell - as soon as we tell time exactly what to say. August, 2013
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Aug 29, 2013
Aug 29, 2013 at 10:23 AM UTC
Out of Chaos
Can I skip ahead in line, please? Surely You can see .. Plans haven't been going as planned I've been roaming endlessly   I need not to say my goodbyes They've waived me that dance, You see - I tried jumping out of Earth last time But I just fell back into the seas It's like swimming in oceanic galaxies Suffocating on infinite catastrophes Just as my head reaches the surface The heavens collapse over me They say I know nothing of my tears - Nor of the world I sense or feel So they caged me deep within their ribs, You see - They claim it is safer in here .. My breaths are only fading, inside My eyes have not the strength to seek - The light on the other side of their flesh - Of their flesh in which they buried me So I have been roaming endlessly .. Wounded. Lost. Cannot breathe .. Befriended by tears. Blinded. I know not of sleep I see souls in a queue not ready to leave; They have exhales from inhales yet to be breathed But I'm just an ink-less broken feather Over papers I weep I cannot write down my sorrows But I'm sure, You can see .. I'm ready to die oh Lord! Can I skip ahead in line, please?
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Nov 16, 2016
Nov 16, 2016 at 8:22 PM UTC
Oh, Lord ..
I’ve never understood the pull of the nightlife. I was always content to hang in my cave and enjoy the homelife. Every now and then I do wag my tail and purse the trail of the pack, Always lingering right at the back of the queue. I follow their scent when they descend into the night, While they ascend the social status stairway. From my perch at the bar I watch the social sheep dancing to the beat of popularity: The girls show off their twirls and brunette curls, Inviting you into the funhouse down under that never shuts for festivities. The boys weigh up their options with the biceps on display and perfect quiffs held up by ten tins of hairspray. Hunting through the flocks of feet trying to find themselves a piece of meat for an all night feast. When he finally finds his muse he bites her lip and grabs her hair, pulling her in without a care about those who stop and stare. They kiss for seconds and he whispers in here ear, “I think we should get outta’ here.” She giggles grabs his hand and leaves through the exit at the rear. His friends give him a clap and cheer, whilst his jealous rivals sulk and sneer. After a few too many drinks I leave through the front, holding my head low to avoid a fight. Bearing the brunt of another unsuccessful night with no young light to take home and ignite. I fall on my floor with a case of helicopter head as the room spins in circles and squares in front of my eyes. My lasting thoughts are of the day ahead; hanging dry and feeling as if I’d rather die. It's just another day in my nightlife.
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Mar 31, 2013
Mar 31, 2013 at 4:30 PM UTC
Another Day In My Nightlife.
I’ve never understood the pull of the nightlife. I was always content to hang in my cave and enjoy the homelife. Every now and then I do wag my tail and purse the trail of the pack, Always lingering right at the back of the queue. I follow their scent when they descend into the night, While they ascend the social status stairway. From my perch at the bar I watch the social sheep dancing to the beat of popularity: The girls show off their twirls and brunette curls, Inviting you into the funhouse down under that never shuts for festivities. The boys weigh up their options with the biceps on display and perfect quiffs held up by ten tins of hairspray. Hunting through the flocks of feet trying to find themselves a piece of meat for an all night feast. When he finally finds his muse he bites her lip and grabs her hair, pulling her in without a care about those who stop and stare. They kiss for seconds and he whispers in here ear, “I think we should get outta’ here.” She giggles grabs his hand and leaves through the exit at the rear. His friends give him a clap and cheer, whilst his jealous rivals sulk and sneer. After a few too many drinks I leave through the front, holding my head low to avoid a fight. Bearing the brunt of another unsuccessful night with no young light to take home and ignite. I fall on my floor with a case of helicopter head as the room spins in circles and squares in front of my eyes. My lasting thoughts are of the day ahead; hanging dry and feeling as if I’d rather die. It's just another day in my nightlife.
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My skin, few shades darker than yours Stand between you and me, Beneath we are all blood and bones, But do you even care when you pick me up from the bunch Ask me, to remove my jacket, my trousers and boots When I ask why, you say there is a reasonable doubt But you know it, and I too It really just, is, the colour of my skin As the metal detector traverse the length of my body, Our eyes meet, and I stare right back at you as the rest in the queue, just walk past me, With nothing to say, with nothing to do, they just watch me go through this drama I am used to Sigh ! This is what the world has come to
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Feb 3, 2016
Feb 3, 2016 at 3:46 AM UTC
The "Madrasi" at The Airport
Bag-drop. Check-in. Hyphenated. Two syllables. Security. A fat Scottish man, A gentle caress of the inner thigh. I retch violently. Boarding, disembarking. All I want in life is the back door.
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Jul 13, 2015
Jul 13, 2015 at 1:43 AM UTC
Queue
He got his hands in his pants obsessing about her fantasizing her touching him who wouldn't ? she had a body of a goddess tattooed brown skin curvy body with and average sized assets he wanted to her solely for *** but he's no different from the rest the queue of guys lining up with their hands in their pants trying their best to get their **** in her
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May 22, 2020
May 22, 2020 at 2:09 PM UTC
Hands in his pants
Bus-riding, crumb-counting hand wringers Bibble-babbler, channel-flipper slogan slingers Keep the volume loud enough to drown out the machines That fill their cupped hands daily with excrement and dreams These are the ****** of the canon Button-pushing, lever-pulling product users Wife-buying, tax-paying alcohol abusers Emasculated monkeys done up in black and white Clock in in the morning and flock home late at night These are the ****** of the canon Train-conducting, ring-leading hand shakers String-fingered, queue-cutting, man makers Drive home, cursing, lonely, breaking bones beneath their wheels Without the time to diagnose that emptiness they feel These are the ****** of the canon
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Aug 4, 2013
Aug 4, 2013 at 3:32 PM UTC
On Massachusetts Ave.
baby I got hours of green to edit, mondays goes dumb hard like kicking kittens like footballs leg day to finish myself off to seal my confidence into the night i hate days like these, rocky roads and nowhere to hide from the sun and the ugly, being assimilated into the lifeless machine in a lifestyle-less queue
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Jul 31, 2018
Jul 31, 2018 at 2:47 AM UTC
the mother monday of mondays
*Familiar eyes staring at him Instantly she was gone with the crowd Haunted by her melancholic gaze Like an animal, followed her scent from miles He ended up in a small ice cream parlor Dug dug dug dug dug dug dug His heart singing a song of nervousness He’s just 2 feet away from her ---------- Four years ago, a boy met a girl.. “Two vanilla ice cream in the largest cone please” The boy is in queue after her Out of nowhere stars will light up the room Only for the two of them **“Vanilla ice cream is my favorite” “Good, I hate it” he answered back** And the conversation continued Inside and outside the ice cream parlor They just clicked for each other They just.. It became their new favorite place He started to love vanilla ice cream too No need to state the obvious Their eyes spoke of affection and love ---------- He ended up in a small ice cream parlor Dug dug dug dug dug dug dug His heart singing a song of nervousness He’s just 2 feet away from her ---------- It was the place where they first met Where they first talked Where they realized they like each Where they confessed their feelings Where their love turned as sweet as a vanilla ice cream Two years ago when he last visited that place Two years ago when he last tasted vanilla ice cream Two years ago when he last saw her Two years ago when they broke up They ended in the same place where they have started ---------- Sweating despite the cold weather Tongue seems to be tied Palpitating heart, butterflies in his stomach But it wasn’t her, it will never be her Because she was gone, she was gone ---------- He wakes up from the bittersweet dream It was just a dream, a dream, a dream A beautiful yet a sad dream that will haunt him forever And then he remembers, it is her 2nd death anniversary today **And instead of flowers, Vanilla ice cream is what he brings on her graveyard** *
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Nov 7, 2016
Nov 7, 2016 at 10:53 AM UTC
Vanilla Ice Cream
*Familiar eyes staring at him Instantly she was gone with the crowd Haunted by her melancholic gaze Like an animal, followed her scent from miles He ended up in a small ice cream parlor Dug dug dug dug dug dug dug His heart singing a song of nervousness He’s just 2 feet away from her ---------- Four years ago, a boy met a girl.. “Two vanilla ice cream in the largest cone please” The boy is in queue after her Out of nowhere stars will light up the room Only for the two of them **“Vanilla ice cream is my favorite” “Good, I hate it” he answered back** And the conversation continued Inside and outside the ice cream parlor They just clicked for each other They just.. It became their new favorite place He started to love vanilla ice cream too No need to state the obvious Their eyes spoke of affection and love ---------- He ended up in a small ice cream parlor Dug dug dug dug dug dug dug His heart singing a song of nervousness He’s just 2 feet away from her ---------- It was the place where they first met Where they first talked Where they realized they like each Where they confessed their feelings Where their love turned as sweet as a vanilla ice cream Two years ago when he last visited that place Two years ago when he last tasted vanilla ice cream Two years ago when he last saw her Two years ago when they broke up They ended in the same place where they have started ---------- Sweating despite the cold weather Tongue seems to be tied Palpitating heart, butterflies in his stomach But it wasn’t her, it will never be her Because she was gone, she was gone ---------- He wakes up from the bittersweet dream It was just a dream, a dream, a dream A beautiful yet a sad dream that will haunt him forever And then he remembers, it is her 2nd death anniversary today **And instead of flowers, Vanilla ice cream is what he brings on her graveyard** *
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One step forward, three steps back. The queue shuffles, visible breath in the winter blue. The vendor vends, fingerless gloves clamp the steaming mug. Grunts and groans alike, the warmth fills the withered corpses pale. A gaze is cast, into the misty nothing that inhabits the park. A twitter is heard amongst the frosty masts. Eyes meet with a rufescent-chested bird. These same eyes are then met with salt, a sorrow, a pang of jealousy. A sheer longing for that same freedom.
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Nov 12, 2012
Nov 12, 2012 at 1:12 PM UTC
The Forgotten and the Robin
I've got too many books that I just don't read and too many lines which I need not speak and so many times I still forget to breathe So darling, you're not what I need I've so many thoughts running through my mind and too many lines in queue for me to write them and so many mates who could do with good advice So darling, I've not got the time I've seen too many films and I've seen this bit I've had too many drugs and I know this trip I can't play the guitar but I've played this riff So darling, why don't we just leave it? Sometimes I speak slightly at an angle, or blow money out quick like a candle. Sometimes I'll be too heavy to handle so don't pick me up because I could be ******* fragile. I've been to all the shows and I know this song and I'll still get the key, tune, note, words wrong and I've a long list of friends where it's been way too long I'm sorry, you're not what I want
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Mar 7, 2018
Mar 7, 2018 at 10:41 AM UTC
No, thanks
He always wanted to go on a trip To entertain passengers on a cruise After searching found the perfect ship He set sail, he had nothing to lose. Packing his sequined shirts for the ride Which he'd got from the charity shop He had also a few secrets hidden inside including a avery pretty ladies frock! He'd spent ages looking at it and he had sewn little sparkly bits along the sleeves and neck line. He wore it the first night and got covered in foam and someone had splashed him with red wine. He thought he'd disembark at the next available quay But as time went on it was not as bad as he had thought First night blues over he now sings every night at sea In his new role as Drag Queen of the Palace Resort. Passengers line up to get tickets for his show in the queue He entertains all of the evening and most of the day He is at his best and he is one of the crew It is his home and is where he will stay.
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Apr 24, 2014
Apr 24, 2014 at 11:17 PM UTC
A Cruise
I went for an X-Ray the other day. My name was called and after the expected delay, I heard a nurse say Right knee? I said Yep! She said “Come this way… Can you get your trouser leg up to your thigh"? I said “No… these skinny jeans don’t go that high”. “In that case” she said looking me up & down... with a frown Pop in that cubicle… and put on this gown! For a start…it took me ages to get these trousers off… and force the rest of my stuff into the carrier bag supplied and then, when I saw the gown, I very nearly died! It would have fitted me just fine if I’d been 18 again but the gaps and bulges in the thing were a farce... and allowed everyone in the corridor to see my fat 71 year old **** I said out loud when I sat down again in the queue “You know…I had an inferiority complex before I met any of you. But this has definitely taken me down a notch. And I apologise about the view”. However, inside the X-Ray room with all the techie kit and Radiographer Rob, I felt better… The pain in my knee had almost gone apart from a distant throb. Then he said “You’re completely safe, just lie back calm, quite still…serene”. Whilst he clicked the shutter from the other side of his lead lined screen. (So he was alright then!) Well, I’m home again now, hobbling about… It’s bearable (not like childbirth ladies) but not great. I’m sitting here with my leg up waiting for the letter that will let me know my fate. Ah yes… men and pain! There is a well know fact about the differences between the sexes. It’s proven that, with men, colds become flu…and ailments:- epidemics… (No really!) So, here’s the letter… Now...will it be Ointment? Physio, to transform a permanent slouch? Or a keyhole flush with a catheter? Or - Oh no!… For me - it’s a titanium replacement knee!… Ouch! Somebody pass me that gown!!!
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Apr 27, 2019
Apr 27, 2019 at 6:09 PM UTC
Hospital Gown
I went for an X-Ray the other day. My name was called and after the expected delay, I heard a nurse say Right knee? I said Yep! She said “Come this way… Can you get your trouser leg up to your thigh"? I said “No… these skinny jeans don’t go that high”. “In that case” she said looking me up & down... with a frown Pop in that cubicle… and put on this gown! For a start…it took me ages to get these trousers off… and force the rest of my stuff into the carrier bag supplied and then, when I saw the gown, I very nearly died! It would have fitted me just fine if I’d been 18 again but the gaps and bulges in the thing were a farce... and allowed everyone in the corridor to see my fat 71 year old **** I said out loud when I sat down again in the queue “You know…I had an inferiority complex before I met any of you. But this has definitely taken me down a notch. And I apologise about the view”. However, inside the X-Ray room with all the techie kit and Radiographer Rob, I felt better… The pain in my knee had almost gone apart from a distant throb. Then he said “You’re completely safe, just lie back calm, quite still…serene”. Whilst he clicked the shutter from the other side of his lead lined screen. (So he was alright then!) Well, I’m home again now, hobbling about… It’s bearable (not like childbirth ladies) but not great. I’m sitting here with my leg up waiting for the letter that will let me know my fate. Ah yes… men and pain! There is a well know fact about the differences between the sexes. It’s proven that, with men, colds become flu…and ailments:- epidemics… (No really!) So, here’s the letter… Now...will it be Ointment? Physio, to transform a permanent slouch? Or a keyhole flush with a catheter? Or - Oh no!… For me - it’s a titanium replacement knee!… Ouch! Somebody pass me that gown!!!
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Your willing slave, faithful servant, loyal friend, This and more I wish to be until the end, No one else on earth but God can promise this, If they say so, they're just full of fizz, You have but to say just one single word, I'll orchestrate a symphony or a simple chord, Where others falter, tumble and hold back, I'll come through for you; excel where they lack, To ease your mind of doubts is my desire, I'll prove myself time and time again; and never tire, Your fires will always be lit; and your rivers will always flow, Your deepest secrets and your utmost desires I wish to know, In your trust I find my greatest satisfaction, I present myself to you; exposed truth in every action, If my life were requested of me right now for you, Not a second would pass; Id give it; forget the queue, My heart would not stutter; skip a beat; None would even make it to their seat, If you were to look into my eyes; You'd see the love and dedication swell in guise, That which is solely for you and only your smile, Let them all try to push me aside, I'll throw them in pile, A dog may be mans best friend, but you're mine; I'm glad to be yours too; sorry I had to cut in line... © okpoet
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Feb 3, 2013
Feb 3, 2013 at 4:10 PM UTC
Loyal...
Her fairest words not an apology, Words that bother me, eating her up, 'All that your are is swallowing me; doubting me, feeling cowardly:' But not what you want to be: For daily days so hourly, judging men horizontally, screaming in your head _'acknowledge me,'_ __'And just apologise to me':__ Back when the world was loving, You for your chest, interests in ******* They're spending pays on and invest, Leaving children eggs on your nest: None of them did impress, but only did undress: Leaving your hair in a mess, and moving onto the next: With their sins stealing your bless: To Pastors, how do you confess? The gave you more, but made you feel like less: Child how do you love; As you're sick of what some of Them speak of when, they say it's young love? Taking your portion, and happiest emotions, Bare on your flesh like erosion, Rubbing against you like- Their body lotion: I do try to love you for you, But can't relate to what you've been through: They've stuck their hurts on you- Like glue, more than one time or two: They __used you, abused you, tossed you,__ away, straight after they ******* you:__ __Threw you,__ Found their release __through you:__ Lining up, To __view you__ in a- Queue, fitting their sizes in a small shoe: I now understand why, You are who you are in the first verse. Giving them your worst, from those who stole your worth: Hands in a bag- Stealing inside your pursue. So hard for you To converse, hoping to be anyone else in the entire universe: I see how it hurts, and how quick you curse: Told to move forward; trying to have, All your pains and struggles go in reverse: They gave you their love by force, And all of the times it did leave a hurt: Without remorse, making you their main course. So as I write this verse, With tears through the pain of your teen years: Those darkest moments and your fears. All of those, Left you after a night shift; shifting their gears: But I'll try my best dearest sister, To be right here. When those demons- Try creeping back in: When the lights are so dim: But I don't know where you've been,   But I'll share all of your hurts like a twin. _Raise your chin;_ _Clear you're skin,_ _And help you fix what's broken from within._ Pen this verse- For all of them to know; That you don't have to face the hurt alone: Don't feel like you're all on your own, You could be whole, even if the process is slow: But I'll help piece back together your shattered Soul.
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Oct 26, 2021
Oct 26, 2021 at 5:23 PM UTC
Her verse (Piecing back her Soul)
Her fairest words not an apology, Words that bother me, eating her up, 'All that your are is swallowing me; doubting me, feeling cowardly:' But not what you want to be: For daily days so hourly, judging men horizontally, screaming in your head _'acknowledge me,'_ __'And just apologise to me':__ Back when the world was loving, You for your chest, interests in ******* They're spending pays on and invest, Leaving children eggs on your nest: None of them did impress, but only did undress: Leaving your hair in a mess, and moving onto the next: With their sins stealing your bless: To Pastors, how do you confess? The gave you more, but made you feel like less: Child how do you love; As you're sick of what some of Them speak of when, they say it's young love? Taking your portion, and happiest emotions, Bare on your flesh like erosion, Rubbing against you like- Their body lotion: I do try to love you for you, But can't relate to what you've been through: They've stuck their hurts on you- Like glue, more than one time or two: They __used you, abused you, tossed you,__ away, straight after they ******* you:__ __Threw you,__ Found their release __through you:__ Lining up, To __view you__ in a- Queue, fitting their sizes in a small shoe: I now understand why, You are who you are in the first verse. Giving them your worst, from those who stole your worth: Hands in a bag- Stealing inside your pursue. So hard for you To converse, hoping to be anyone else in the entire universe: I see how it hurts, and how quick you curse: Told to move forward; trying to have, All your pains and struggles go in reverse: They gave you their love by force, And all of the times it did leave a hurt: Without remorse, making you their main course. So as I write this verse, With tears through the pain of your teen years: Those darkest moments and your fears. All of those, Left you after a night shift; shifting their gears: But I'll try my best dearest sister, To be right here. When those demons- Try creeping back in: When the lights are so dim: But I don't know where you've been,   But I'll share all of your hurts like a twin. _Raise your chin;_ _Clear you're skin,_ _And help you fix what's broken from within._ Pen this verse- For all of them to know; That you don't have to face the hurt alone: Don't feel like you're all on your own, You could be whole, even if the process is slow: But I'll help piece back together your shattered Soul.
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