"skimpiest" poems
I lived through it,
The up and down times
When I sold ***
And did other petty crimes.
I was there when
Hot girls were really guys
Hiding floppy secrets
Between their nyloned thighs.
I loved through it,
Saturdays that started
On Tuesday morning
When I first departed;
Two packs of cigs
And a week’s doobies,
By then a value
Almost that of rubies.
I laughed through it,
A **** ***** your jokes
Were so funny if
You were providing smokes.
I flattered and flirted
Whatever it would finally take
To score a bit of ****
Even the skimpiest shake.
I lolled through it,
Lying buck naked in your bed
Or with your guests
Whatever you originally said
Because you scored,
You were the source of dope.
Without your patronage
I didn’t have a moment of hope.
I hitchhiked through it,
Long trips back from Malibu
When I had worn out
My welcome to the world of you.
I hope the ride might be
Another adventure; more ****
Or some food and drink
To satisfy my every begging need.
Feb 10, 2016
Feb 10, 2016 at 5:51 PM UTC
Slipping into my skimpiest dress I scream and smash all the softly twinkling
Glass
Embedded in mother's wedding heels, I totter on the edge 40 stories
High
In a stranger's bedroom, eyes low with a gun to my
Head
Away from relative safety, dance past a sign reading No
Trespassing
In the life of a married man, drinking wine and letting him
****
This life, light another cigarette, burn my palm with the dark end of a
Match
Made in heaven, made in hell, keep on
Moving
Inside me, out of body, casual notions, perpetual motion
Oct 3, 2015
Oct 3, 2015 at 8:13 PM UTC
He used to deliver
Groceries to Mrs
Ushmore as a kid and
She’d say, bring it into
The kitchen, Henry, and
Put it down on the side,
Why, you must be thirsty
After carrying that
Heavy load to my door,
And he’d go in with the
Groceries and lay them
Down where she had shown him
And looked around the place
Trying hard to avoid
Looking at young Mrs
Ushmore who was dressed in
The skimpiest of things
And pretended to be
Looking around at the
Shelves and gas cooker and
Out the large window.
What are you having, she
Asked, Coke? Yeah, that’ll be
Fine, he replied, looking
Over her shoulder at
The wallpaper of bright
Yellow flowers. Have you
Seen my ***** She asked.
Miss Glissy, I call her.
Henry shook his head and
Looked briefly at her. No,
He replied, getting a
Quick glimpse of her big *******
Fighting to escape from
The black bra. Here, she said,
Have a Coke and don’t go
Rushing it now, don’t want
You to get the hiccups
And have your mother come
Over here telling me
Off. No, I won’t, he said,
Sipping the Coke, tasting
Each mouthful, letting it
Rest on his tongue. I love
My ***** she said, but
My husband, Clive, he has
Little to do with her,
Says she’s nothing to be
Too fussed about. Henry
Swallowed the small mouthful.
His eyes settled like small
Butterflies on her thighs,
Focussing where her black
Suspenders met the brown
Stockings and the skin stretched
Out there like nothing he’d
Seen before, not even
Amy Shortdove, showed him
That much for her two dimes.
Would you like to stroke Miss
Glissy? She asked, giving
Henry a wide-eyed stare.
No, I better be off,
Henry said gulping down
The last remaining Coke.
Mr Ashton don’t like
Me hanging around and
I’ve loads more to do and
Maybe another time,
Mrs Ushmore, I can
Stroke your ***** Sure, she
Said smiling, I’m sure she’d
Like that. Henry rode his
Bike away not looking
Back, not letting her see
He was interested,
Not letting her think he’d
Ever stroke Miss Glissy
In a thousand years let
Alone days or weeks,
And he never did see
Or stroke Mrs Ushmore’s
***** but he often
Dreamed he did and enjoyed
The dream, with him and Miss
Glissy purring and both
Of them licking the cream.
Apr 4, 2012
Apr 4, 2012 at 4:30 AM UTC
I.
I think you would look brighter with a fresh coat of paint –
a pale blue would suit
your face looks red,
like someone described to you
how you looked in your skimpiest underwear,
like he used to say how much he loved
pushing down on your hips,
melting you into your aqua sheets
II.
the cherry blossoms look promising this time of year
I feel a longing to chop them down
and press them into all the books I own
I promise you that I will comb my hair 100 times in return
I will iron out the stretch marks on my skin –
I won’t pull at it, I promise!
stay vibrant
III.
in the middle of the night,
while I am surrounded by strangers,
home will call and exclaim:
I made fresh scones
and the smell followed me all the way to the top of the tower!
and
I finally took two steps
towards the German shepherd
that terrorizes me on the way
to Christie Pits!
and
he told me my eyes were like
the blue of his favourite childhood jean jacket –
he told me I felt like home.
IV.
my two brothers might have long, swaying limbs when I touch down
mom’s arms might wrap three times around me
she will say,
“I love your peonies growing the length of your spine”
and water them as I lie on my stomach
dad will have feet made of concrete
but his body will still be like palm leaves
I will have to laugh at my own jokes
and ice my own bruised knees
for a while
V.
above all, I wish for the following:
sturdy legs that don’t give out after I’ve walked the length of a strange station
searching for a runaway train
a glimmer from the sweet Parisian rain and the blissful Spanish sun
a new set of lenses with broad castles and rough cliffs and extensive oceans
a jar full of foreign voices, bright smiles, truths
and the fullest heart –
I hope to find me.
May 7, 2015
May 7, 2015 at 12:29 PM UTC
Lust is just a few inches away from love ,it hides behind the skimpiest of clothing with scents that cling to ear lobes,necklines and hidden treasures ,it's an adventure for the senses , a trip that goes up and down and then around with pauses to smile, better yet a grinnnn .
Aug 15, 2012
Aug 15, 2012 at 11:28 PM UTC