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"slicker" poems
If I had any super power I would want the power to control time. To stop this moment To relive the past And to see the future. If I had any super power I would want the power to control time. To slow it down To speed it up And to play over. If I had any super power I would want the power to control time. To spend it wisely To cherish it And to learn from it. If I had any super power I would want the power to control time. Because it is the cruelest villain It keeps moving regardless of our lives It keeps ticking and tormenting It claims to heal all wounds It is the dictator of life. I'd be stronger than super man I'd be slicker than batman I'd be bulkier than the hulk I'd be faster than quicksilver All because I'd have the power to control time.
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Nov 6, 2012
Nov 6, 2012 at 12:25 AM UTC
If I had any super power...
The rusted belt is tight in our hometown city. Black smoke masks the lights In one gaseous setting; the permenant fitting Of our hometown city Trees exchange steel In our hometown city. You’ve never seen the wheels churn and the deals burnt In the factories that take pity On the nitty-gritty of our Own hometown city. The last laughs with us In our hometown city We don’t’ ride the Cali bus, But yea, I'd say we are witty, cause al'the prettiest girls Live in our hometown city. The river’s been burnt In our hometown city. Yea we’ve learned a lot From our own ad(e)missions; And now, clinics fill prescriptions in ourown hometown city In my own hometown city We’re slicker than you, Even though our York’s isn’t new… Why? Watch my city revive in Front of your eyes- then ask me; Why is this your hometown city?
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Jun 20, 2016
Jun 20, 2016 at 3:04 AM UTC
The Underestimation of Cleveland
If there are infinite worlds, there must be one where umbrellas never close- hinges locked open like stubborn jaws, gape-mouthed against walls in patient herds. No one in their twenties owns one, their hamster-cage apartments too small for such luxuries. They ask for rain jackets on birthdays. Mary Poppins still drifts down Cherry Tree Lane, her umbrella never folding, only floating. Children carry slips home for violating umbrella laws, forging signatures in loopy ink. The Morton Salt girl wears a slicker, yellow as a warning flare before the flood. My mother walking me to kindergarten in rain, transparent vinyl dome above our heads- I, the opposite of a fish in its tank. Her hair plastered to her forehead by the time we reached the door. Everyone looks most beautiful with rainwater running down their face. In the open-umbrella reality, time can walk backward- you can unwater a plant, unpeel a clementine, un-kiss someone. Endings lift again, fabric billowing, as if the story had been left open in the wind. Heather and Mike find the road out. Rosemary tips the bassinet. There, perhaps, neither of us was born. What lay between us stays open too long, collecting rain until it sags, slow and certain, like sugar in the first storm.
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Aug 12, 2025
Aug 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM UTC
The Open-Umbrella Reality
A thought sometimes forms I live too much yet I do too little.     Woken at strange hours, never asleep.        Rapt in raps        or wrapped in riddles Chained to links or hammered to handle     stubbed to bone Mens et                Manus There is time yet, I swear         To flourish To dream         To make To be         To do         To create Will I? We'll see There's time yet to tell Be yourself, they say     The best you you can be But once more— Will I have time         To edit I live less         I do less     Portfolio: empty     or at least, locked away.         Excitement too.             Blank slate Blank palette Is there any paint? Can I truly make         excitement saturate? Will I be able to place         value as I see fit?     Can the world be hewn slimmer, slicker Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Tis daft I think, to amuse such a notion But not necessarily so daft to be wrong Emerson called it misunderstood, Shaw found it unreasonable But ay, theres the rub That bed once made, must be lain in and all dreams which might be had are alone not enough Bloom effects don't work outside the movies. Ideas are trash, these are recession times Deflations made them a farthing a dozen                                                                   Started 10.03.11                                Unfinished                                D.B. Guy
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Nov 3, 2012
Nov 3, 2012 at 2:57 AM UTC
A poem for Photoshop
A thought sometimes forms I live too much yet I do too little.     Woken at strange hours, never asleep.        Rapt in raps        or wrapped in riddles Chained to links or hammered to handle     stubbed to bone Mens et                Manus There is time yet, I swear         To flourish To dream         To make To be         To do         To create Will I? We'll see There's time yet to tell Be yourself, they say     The best you you can be But once more— Will I have time         To edit I live less         I do less     Portfolio: empty     or at least, locked away.         Excitement too.             Blank slate Blank palette Is there any paint? Can I truly make         excitement saturate? Will I be able to place         value as I see fit?     Can the world be hewn slimmer, slicker Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Tis daft I think, to amuse such a notion But not necessarily so daft to be wrong Emerson called it misunderstood, Shaw found it unreasonable But ay, theres the rub That bed once made, must be lain in and all dreams which might be had are alone not enough Bloom effects don't work outside the movies. Ideas are trash, these are recession times Deflations made them a farthing a dozen                                                                   Started 10.03.11                                Unfinished                                D.B. Guy
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I went down to watch the ocean this morning - well, Long Island Sound anyway. My last chance for a while, classes start tomorrow. I wonder sometimes how I can be refreshed by that gray, drizzly, melancholy harbor - locked in winter’s intemperate grip - but I am. The salty air seems thicker and richer, the sky bigger and wilder. There’s the relaxing sound mix of wave and gull. The ugly brown pelicans bickering like old, married couples, as a lone fisherman, in his yellow macintosh slicker, sorts his boat lines under the watchful, hopeful, hungry eyes of floating black-backed gulls. Maybe I should become a sailor? Besides, I hear it’s a great way to meet guys.
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Jan 24, 2022
Jan 24, 2022 at 10:51 AM UTC
again to the sea
Young Liam loved Orange and liked to wear ties. To his firehouse friends He was one of the guys. He had his own locker a slicker and hat. He also had cancer, and a bad one at that. From early on in his life he fought neuroblastoma ; An invasive tumor a metastatic carcinoma. His family who loved him labored to save their dear little child Prince Liam the Brave. He faced surgery bravely, engaged in his fight.. He endured radiation Chemo and knife. When many a New Yorker complains about stress, Prince Liam was stoic When put to the test. Then just before Christmas he suffered a relapse He became neutrapenic- His immune system collapsed. With blood in his ***** And a spot on his lung Liam grew weak. his defenses undone. An Amethyst stone he received from a friend was his talisman of hope that he held to the end. The worst part of the journey was when hope was gone. Then Liam lay, still and silent in his mother's arms. There are brave fire fighters Who’ll be fighting back tears Brave Prince Liam has died, He lived only six years There are many old people still avoiding the grave Who know less about love Than did Liam the brave We will gather together In St Francis’ nave To remember the life of Prince Liam the brave i
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Dec 29, 2011
Dec 29, 2011 at 8:18 AM UTC
Prince Liam, the Brave
Where's the man whose love is big enough To catch a waterfall? Whose rain slicker is sturdy enough to let things roll Who isn't afraid to stare down a stream Or look a storm right in the eye? This man doesn't run; The water-bearer-- On his shoulders he lifts the weight of love. Do you know how many times I've seen A man turn and run away from me Instead of rushing to the sea? He trickles away from feeling; He dries up. No, the man I'm speaking of Is more than an oasis in a desert of difficulty; He is a full-on river Gaining speed As he rolls down the mountainside Carving canyons as he goes Defeating the foes That try to make us hide from our emotions --In fact, this man feels oceans And never turns back On his decisions Doesn't reconsider the love he's given or what he lacks Because when he lacks, he makes more. This is the secret of persistence That keeps the sea kissing the shore Because at times the tide gets pulled back by the force of the moon But this man keeps sovereignty over the moment, knowing that soon He will come crashing back onto her shore And she will be waiting. Yes, the earth would wait Solid as a rock for his return- Her faith unshakable, Though she is moved by his caresses. She remains ever the same, But she is molded, changed By his loving form. Made even more beautiful By his presence. Where is a man like this? I've yet to find One with such ardent purpose of mind As to sweep his lady love Off her feet, in a great flood Of kisses and hugs and promises fulfilled The man who has an immutable will And an unalterable course Who dissolves the rock And inscribes his love into the very earth Not just by strength or force, but perseverance And resolve for all he's worth.
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Apr 15, 2014
Apr 15, 2014 at 11:55 PM UTC
Aquarius
Where's the man whose love is big enough To catch a waterfall? Whose rain slicker is sturdy enough to let things roll Who isn't afraid to stare down a stream Or look a storm right in the eye? This man doesn't run; The water-bearer-- On his shoulders he lifts the weight of love. Do you know how many times I've seen A man turn and run away from me Instead of rushing to the sea? He trickles away from feeling; He dries up. No, the man I'm speaking of Is more than an oasis in a desert of difficulty; He is a full-on river Gaining speed As he rolls down the mountainside Carving canyons as he goes Defeating the foes That try to make us hide from our emotions --In fact, this man feels oceans And never turns back On his decisions Doesn't reconsider the love he's given or what he lacks Because when he lacks, he makes more. This is the secret of persistence That keeps the sea kissing the shore Because at times the tide gets pulled back by the force of the moon But this man keeps sovereignty over the moment, knowing that soon He will come crashing back onto her shore And she will be waiting. Yes, the earth would wait Solid as a rock for his return- Her faith unshakable, Though she is moved by his caresses. She remains ever the same, But she is molded, changed By his loving form. Made even more beautiful By his presence. Where is a man like this? I've yet to find One with such ardent purpose of mind As to sweep his lady love Off her feet, in a great flood Of kisses and hugs and promises fulfilled The man who has an immutable will And an unalterable course Who dissolves the rock And inscribes his love into the very earth Not just by strength or force, but perseverance And resolve for all he's worth.
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Asked to write a poem of yellow, what could I possibly have to add that would celebrate this word found within the sun, the moon, at times, the stripes of a bumblebee, a butterfly, a yellow jacket's sting,  the brilliant splash on a painted bunting, the goldfinch, canary, a yellow breasted warbler, baby chicks, a rubber duck, a baby duck, too, a dandelion in spring, a sunflower, a rose of sorts, a lily, daffodils in a field of wheat, rubber boots upon your feet on a rainy day, a slicker, too, a school bus, a number two pencil, a taxi when you're running late, a tangy lemon, a banana, sometimes a grapefruit, butter on a pancake, egg yolk for your western omlet, lemon drops, cheese, macicheese, and a cheese pizza, too, yellow hair on a farm boy, a piece of straw in his father's mouth, his yellow-haired beautiful sis, her yellow polka-dotted dress, a yellow kitten, a dog in a sad movie like old yeller. So nice, the color yellow, on a sunny day in May. r ~ 5/3/14
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May 3, 2014
May 3, 2014 at 3:07 PM UTC
Yellow
He floated like a butterfly, Stang like a bee – The one and only Muhammad Ali. “I’m The Greatest”, he always said, 20th Century Sports Personality, Put his rivals to bed. Yes, he WAS the Greatest, that’s for sure. Above the rest by a massive score. Faster than a hummingbird, Slicker than a snake, Those quick hands of his They made opponents quake. He’d get into bed Before the light went out. Rarely a whisper, Usually a shout. Like a long-distance runner Ali had the endurance. Anyone who fought him Needed lots of insurance. Ali was great and didn’t he know it. A witty speaker and amusing poet. Some of his lines I’ve used right here: They had his rivals shaking with fear. No way would Ali fight the Viet Cong. For that he merits a Nobel Gong. He was the champion of the oppressed, A hero with whom we all were blessed. He had charisma, way beyond sport. Ali influenced our every thought. He’ll call into Hell on the way to Heaven, To knock out Satan, in round seven. Paul Butters
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Jun 8, 2016
Jun 8, 2016 at 6:57 AM UTC
Ali
Maybe you said it once And breathed it quietly in my ear As we sat in your freezing car Parked in front of the library The roads were slick But you were slicker Handing out compliments like candy Maybe you said it a couple of times Over and over on the telephone As we both laughed into the receiver Me picturing your smile with every word The connection was weak But I was weaker Falling head first into you Maybe you said it a thousand times And held my face in your hands As we laid in that twin sized bed Your body pressed against my own The room was warm But you were warmer Moving for the first time in sync But maybe you never said it at all Or at least you never meant it As you said this was the last time Standing on the other side of the room The air was heavy But I felt heavier Fracturing me piece by piece
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Jul 5, 2018
Jul 5, 2018 at 11:58 PM UTC
Dizzy on the Comedown
Dry brown cattails fall over one another in autumn each year crossing on the forest floor, waiting for spring rain. Trees line the neighborhood street but true beauty lives in the swamp down below. We ran through branches, slicker boots in the mud crunching through the tall grass and fallen leaves exploring where the deer sleep. Graceful bucks peruse the land. I try to catch a glimpse at dusk when the silent fog begins to rise. Forgotten streams dart through the reeds where shallow water is perfect for spawning Northern. Fallen tree trunks, ominous giants are the only way to cross the creek with dangerous swirling currents my daddy always warned me about. Poplar bridge is covered with graffiti and scars the place I got my first french kiss while the sun sank down into the swamp’s horizon and the sky filled with precious stars. The childhood place you yearn for after the years go by When every dark thought drives the car down the road, ending up on that bridge just to watch the creek flow. Stillness in the middle of a city isolated from the corruption outside
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Nov 15, 2013
Nov 15, 2013 at 3:35 PM UTC
Nine Mile Creek Running Through The Swamp in Nord Myr Park, Bloomington Minnesota.
frozen in time he was quite the spectacle thick rimmed frames traced rigid lines projected from kaleidoscope eyes sharp with the corners of unknown dimensions caught hot handed both in expectation and reminisce so awkwardly present most nights he spins fairytales double-dipping moons in molten watches skewered with his arms       these wooden poles stirring the coals buried in ashes he steps lightly.stomps dances with the rings of saturn then rolls like thunder chasing Zeus's sore words zig-zagging down to earth ooohhhh….. he may not melt hearts with that shoodoop   that bebop but they break for his habit of making promises he who holds time in the cave below his tongue which now juts left off the reef of his lip slip into trip - - - skip fall.into.this. go mad for the pitch of his sweat glaring at the spotlight Dalí painting worlds in the moments between your ears and soul he is god to their populations and their hymns excite rhythms ignite visions of hard candy tumbling your teeth smooth as river stones he does not belong in a gallery no high tipping wine sipping city slicker big wig should ever feel comfortable in his blast radius he makes bombs from tribal instruments wigwam concoctions set to test resting souls for pulses paradiddle defibrillator triplet stent for arteries he is tall and now thin pressed against the wall as if under interrogation splitting breath from its carbon asphyxiated by the frame he spells his words with motion I find him mute
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Apr 11, 2013
Apr 11, 2013 at 11:27 PM UTC
Portrait of a Drummer 11/30
frozen in time he was quite the spectacle thick rimmed frames traced rigid lines projected from kaleidoscope eyes sharp with the corners of unknown dimensions caught hot handed both in expectation and reminisce so awkwardly present most nights he spins fairytales double-dipping moons in molten watches skewered with his arms       these wooden poles stirring the coals buried in ashes he steps lightly.stomps dances with the rings of saturn then rolls like thunder chasing Zeus's sore words zig-zagging down to earth ooohhhh….. he may not melt hearts with that shoodoop   that bebop but they break for his habit of making promises he who holds time in the cave below his tongue which now juts left off the reef of his lip slip into trip - - - skip fall.into.this. go mad for the pitch of his sweat glaring at the spotlight Dalí painting worlds in the moments between your ears and soul he is god to their populations and their hymns excite rhythms ignite visions of hard candy tumbling your teeth smooth as river stones he does not belong in a gallery no high tipping wine sipping city slicker big wig should ever feel comfortable in his blast radius he makes bombs from tribal instruments wigwam concoctions set to test resting souls for pulses paradiddle defibrillator triplet stent for arteries he is tall and now thin pressed against the wall as if under interrogation splitting breath from its carbon asphyxiated by the frame he spells his words with motion I find him mute
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Rock step, trip-le, trip-le Rock step, trip-le, trip-le Judah bids us "Good morning!" at nine at night, He's like Fred Astaire, Big moves and big ears. Dylan is late coming in, Sliding out of his leather jacket with a sour expression - He's too cool for this game. Lindsey drags in the speaker system, All goofy grins and ugly sweaters, And she's so happy to see us. Rock step, trip-le, trip-le Andy with his slick moves and slicker hair. Matt who always smelled strange but lost to Kevin. Susan with her tight, swinging hips and constant critiques. Pete thinks he can do this, and then breaks your arm. Caleb concentrates too hard, and tries not to look you in the eyes. Josh gets bored with the basics, deciding to breakdance instead. Rock step, trip-le, trip-le Rock step, trip-le, trip-le And after an hour of being passed from one lead to the next Like a hot potato, And then standing with your back against the basement wall During the free-for-all, You decide you rather be studying algebra and leave. Lindsey waves goodbye.
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Nov 18, 2012
Nov 18, 2012 at 2:05 AM UTC
Swing Club
Amelia wore a yellow slicker raincoat, rain or shine, Every day without fail And her smile was almost as bright as that But not quite. Amelia took off the raincoat in the seventh grade, when a boy said she looked like a duckling, "the ugly duckling". They laughed, but her? Not quite. Tenth grade rolls around. The raincoat is collecting dust in the very back of a closet filled to the brim with clothes no one could say were an ugly duckling's feathers. First day of school, and it begins to rain. Pour, even. But not quite. Amelia is in a rush. She grabs the first raincoat she sees, the ugly duckling yellow slicker. She begins to cry, and her tears are almost blending in with the rain. But not quite. with no other choice, she wears her feathers. she expects laughter, and pointed fingers but she is met with the same smiles as she always was. "Cute raincoat, Amelia!" And she begins to smile, almost as wide as she did when she was an innocent duckling. But not quite. For Amelia, who found her wings in an old yellow slicker raincoat, smiled wider.
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May 22, 2018
May 22, 2018 at 8:28 PM UTC
amelia: a life up to the present told in 6 verses
Sitting here hoping you miss me Cause things ain't been the same Since that good for nothing city slicker Keeps trying to give you his last name Rolling into town Like a brand new Cadillac Well I'm here to tell you mister I want my baby back He may take you to far off places Places we could never go Like over there in Georgia Where you could visit the streets of Rome Or take you to a romantic dinner With candle light just you and he Toasting you by the riverside In Paris, Tennessee You can drive a world away from here In his fancy sports car like it weren't nothing Clinking your bottles of Lone Star beer High stepping it out in Dublin I even here tell he's taken you To the sunny shores of Naples Way down South in Florida Something I was never able But can he take you out frog gigging Or catch fireflies in a jar In all your worldly gallivanting Don't you miss the way we were Has anything he done for you Been as sweet as chewing on a piece of Bahia grass While standing in an open field Watching the clouds blow past Or listening to a Whippoorwill Sing out it's nightly song On the front porch you and me swinging To it's rhythm all night long Don't give a hoot about places he takes ya That's about all I gotta say about that After all this highfalutin society traveling All I want is my baby back
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Aug 19, 2014
Aug 19, 2014 at 8:00 AM UTC
I Want My Baby Back
City Slicker was lost in the bush - two days without food and no water (battery in his smartphone died so he couldn't google how to survive) and then he stumbled into a farm and he found a nice big cow and he started drinking its milk straight off But naive City Slicker, he died How? The cow sat down
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Oct 9, 2014
Oct 9, 2014 at 5:36 AM UTC
City Slicker in the country
I search this ocean of emotional wrath, Rage building up from below the core, I study the textbook acts of feeling hopeless, In a world of halfwitted fools, Whom I claim superiority over. Behold! This artifact of false pride, I discovered it as I meandered the ocean on my love boat, Fighting constant rouge waves of selfishness, It calmly floated through the white foams. I defected on the **** deck, Holding no desire for consideration of my mates, Mates who could care less for me, And my prejudice towards sailing on this body of water, They then made me walk the plank. My heart rate reaches a point of vulnerability, As I struggle to hold my breath below the surf, I lasted unusually longer than a month's worth of travel, Floating on nothing but my buoyancy, I reached shore, Suffocating with no use of my hands and feet. Ironically, A lady fisherman retrieved me from the waves, Reciting a prayer, then proceeding CPR, I regain consciousness, gasping for air, Forgetting what was to become of me, I grab her by the torso of her slicker, And kiss her passionately, With no ***** given. She did of course kiss me back, Confused but delighted, Once she realized what was occurring, She pulled away smiling, I gave her a glance projecting my ruthlessness, Because I am in fact, Superior to the king himself. The sun looked innocent, As the clouds rolled in viciously, This storm seemed like an old friend, I recall it's grubby warfare, Kicking me around as I swayed to and fro, On the mahogany of my dear rig, A rig that has been stolen from me, On the lost sea of emotional wrath.
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Oct 9, 2016
Oct 9, 2016 at 7:14 AM UTC
The Lost Sea Of Emotional Wrath
I search this ocean of emotional wrath, Rage building up from below the core, I study the textbook acts of feeling hopeless, In a world of halfwitted fools, Whom I claim superiority over. Behold! This artifact of false pride, I discovered it as I meandered the ocean on my love boat, Fighting constant rouge waves of selfishness, It calmly floated through the white foams. I defected on the **** deck, Holding no desire for consideration of my mates, Mates who could care less for me, And my prejudice towards sailing on this body of water, They then made me walk the plank. My heart rate reaches a point of vulnerability, As I struggle to hold my breath below the surf, I lasted unusually longer than a month's worth of travel, Floating on nothing but my buoyancy, I reached shore, Suffocating with no use of my hands and feet. Ironically, A lady fisherman retrieved me from the waves, Reciting a prayer, then proceeding CPR, I regain consciousness, gasping for air, Forgetting what was to become of me, I grab her by the torso of her slicker, And kiss her passionately, With no ***** given. She did of course kiss me back, Confused but delighted, Once she realized what was occurring, She pulled away smiling, I gave her a glance projecting my ruthlessness, Because I am in fact, Superior to the king himself. The sun looked innocent, As the clouds rolled in viciously, This storm seemed like an old friend, I recall it's grubby warfare, Kicking me around as I swayed to and fro, On the mahogany of my dear rig, A rig that has been stolen from me, On the lost sea of emotional wrath.
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**Each day passing by in a wild-eyed dash In truth my soul fell aside, but bluer birds still doth call Missed that cardinal harken when I set down my last two cents Kickers of tricks, scroll-ers of myth, bottlers of ships Knew it all along, just couldn’t stiff the rest Refuse to capitol, refuge atop the pious politic that steeps these hills Is it not hard to tell? The meanings of what buys in bulk The people is we, of what sells slicker than plot itself A minority rule, hid reasons from majority fooled That is working trade class, taught to chain drive The gleaming sheen glowing green, crowning jewel¬¬¬ is as mist and steam, fleeting as the wash of this worlds seething seas We, the misanthrope of being, bloom in the warmth of idea Only to recede at the water mark high of each our lives Authenticity bless the distant time, costless venture to each about die, salute through another caesars’ dilated eye a definition Eons in annunciation; immortality flashing by Reverence cannot lie, not long at least neathe a chipping patina Gold leafed by the hand of man, coerced creations’ fondling finger tips strips thin, leaving us then to watch the weathering Not a one may ever remember for too quickly or too timely Arrives dismemberment, a cyclic certainty, often relegated falsely As loss or gain, truly misspoken frames for reference At any given attempt to render the language of tongues, oh speaker the son of the morning shamelessly ****** by predecessors increasingly lavish Phonemic savage; life running rabid, splicing love over the atom The simple one whom tends a patch of what he calls “cabbage” Knowing always the wordless truth that is his field fallowing Unconvinced by everyone, save himself if nothing else Penitent candor dangle, frameless wonder can you hear the thunder?**
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Oct 17, 2013
Oct 17, 2013 at 2:44 PM UTC
**The Forth Wheel, The Last Meal**
**Each day passing by in a wild-eyed dash In truth my soul fell aside, but bluer birds still doth call Missed that cardinal harken when I set down my last two cents Kickers of tricks, scroll-ers of myth, bottlers of ships Knew it all along, just couldn’t stiff the rest Refuse to capitol, refuge atop the pious politic that steeps these hills Is it not hard to tell? The meanings of what buys in bulk The people is we, of what sells slicker than plot itself A minority rule, hid reasons from majority fooled That is working trade class, taught to chain drive The gleaming sheen glowing green, crowning jewel¬¬¬ is as mist and steam, fleeting as the wash of this worlds seething seas We, the misanthrope of being, bloom in the warmth of idea Only to recede at the water mark high of each our lives Authenticity bless the distant time, costless venture to each about die, salute through another caesars’ dilated eye a definition Eons in annunciation; immortality flashing by Reverence cannot lie, not long at least neathe a chipping patina Gold leafed by the hand of man, coerced creations’ fondling finger tips strips thin, leaving us then to watch the weathering Not a one may ever remember for too quickly or too timely Arrives dismemberment, a cyclic certainty, often relegated falsely As loss or gain, truly misspoken frames for reference At any given attempt to render the language of tongues, oh speaker the son of the morning shamelessly ****** by predecessors increasingly lavish Phonemic savage; life running rabid, splicing love over the atom The simple one whom tends a patch of what he calls “cabbage” Knowing always the wordless truth that is his field fallowing Unconvinced by everyone, save himself if nothing else Penitent candor dangle, frameless wonder can you hear the thunder?**
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She crawls on your back to smell your lovely fragrance. Ties her tongue within her victims and manhandles them. Her bitter but sweetened love puts a curse on the ones she loves. She plays her victims like a puppet and watches them gradually suffer. Her manipulative clothing swarms humans like bees. They’re her ball n chain she carries with her. She’ll eat you alive but in such a tender way. Slicker than a rain coat, wiser than a priest, sneaky like a snake, she captures her loved ones and brew them like homemade stew. Her delicate yet scaly skin shows her true cruel identity. Her backbone cringes up when she senses trouble. You can feel her grasped nails sinking into your skin while she plays her part. The remembered scarce scars she leaves on your skin when she’s done with you. You only see her in the dark when spoken to. She’ll bend rules when it becomes hasty but keep it mellow when she needs it quiet. Her appealing figure will tease you and steal your humanity. All but within she’s no good. She will wrench your neck and break every bone in your body. Like a vampire, she’ll steal your blood like a thirsty hound and feed it to her own system. No one can’t be trusted with this woman on your shoulders. She will strip your identity like a banana’s peel. Her mindful whispers would tell you things your mind cannot control. Go crazy and that will make her excited. The anxiety will thrive and grow like a fetus. Her body pressed against yours, hitting your ribs like stone. You can’t even breathe but only a whiff. She will clench on you like a bats claws. She’ll be your genie, give you al l your dreams and wishes, but only to please you while your hers. Sick with envy, that’s what she’ll do to you. Love her now but hate her later. Don’t let a fool play your cards. Stay away from The Sneaky Lover.
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Jan 27, 2014
Jan 27, 2014 at 6:42 PM UTC
The Sneaky Lover
She crawls on your back to smell your lovely fragrance. Ties her tongue within her victims and manhandles them. Her bitter but sweetened love puts a curse on the ones she loves. She plays her victims like a puppet and watches them gradually suffer. Her manipulative clothing swarms humans like bees. They’re her ball n chain she carries with her. She’ll eat you alive but in such a tender way. Slicker than a rain coat, wiser than a priest, sneaky like a snake, she captures her loved ones and brew them like homemade stew. Her delicate yet scaly skin shows her true cruel identity. Her backbone cringes up when she senses trouble. You can feel her grasped nails sinking into your skin while she plays her part. The remembered scarce scars she leaves on your skin when she’s done with you. You only see her in the dark when spoken to. She’ll bend rules when it becomes hasty but keep it mellow when she needs it quiet. Her appealing figure will tease you and steal your humanity. All but within she’s no good. She will wrench your neck and break every bone in your body. Like a vampire, she’ll steal your blood like a thirsty hound and feed it to her own system. No one can’t be trusted with this woman on your shoulders. She will strip your identity like a banana’s peel. Her mindful whispers would tell you things your mind cannot control. Go crazy and that will make her excited. The anxiety will thrive and grow like a fetus. Her body pressed against yours, hitting your ribs like stone. You can’t even breathe but only a whiff. She will clench on you like a bats claws. She’ll be your genie, give you al l your dreams and wishes, but only to please you while your hers. Sick with envy, that’s what she’ll do to you. Love her now but hate her later. Don’t let a fool play your cards. Stay away from The Sneaky Lover.
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roundabout, unsteady weight of my feet upon the sidewalk, sinking deep into the cracks of drug dealers and ambling adolescents and old mothers and young fathers, and whatever else this city has to offer, its population unknown to me, bewildering since where i come from, everybody has a name and i know it so this is weird the imbalance between known and unknown, the strange feeling of a shift in the atmosphere that follows me the loss of control that i feel when i step down from the bus and make my way through the crowd, feeling drunk and off-kilter, feeling like a drifting newspaper, out of date trying to find some sense of community but instead i find only small relationships each separate from the other each with a different dynamic, a different colour a different reason for staying together a different reason for falling apart (and that happens so much faster here) and yet somehow i find that i like it this way having so many little lives, towns to choose from that there is always somebody, somewhere willing to brighten my day and so i think i’ll be okay, i’ll transition into a city girl, all hardened and shiny and maybe even stylish with only the roots of my home peeking out from beneath my feet, saying don’t forget and i won’t i promise city slicker pinky swear
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Nov 18, 2013
Nov 18, 2013 at 1:36 AM UTC
city slicker pinky swear
I fell in love with a girl, she's lemon and lace, we're spinning through corridors in outer space. I am nothing but a city-slicker with a bloodstream of liquor asking this angelic being to dance. I don't deserve that kind of chance. So instead I sit and bob my head, imagining her inside my bed... sleeping by my side, a thought I never tried. Trust me, I don't want to **** to know you're safe would be enough. The ashes of my cigarette scream the nothings I regret, for she is made of morphing stars and I'm brawling in dingy bars. In my head, she’s just for me... For her, I’d break reality.
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Jan 4, 2018
Jan 4, 2018 at 8:29 PM UTC
Lemons and Lace
Twisting Slithering A never-ending chaotic morass Winding through No sooner does the light of dawn bleed over the horizon Than the shadowy form of dread Eclipses and quenches the fledgling beam Waging a constant battle Darkness always seemingly victorious or... Ba da da ba Juxtapose the extremities Daddy-o The slicker downs a bottle of rye Hits the open road in a beat up coupe Off to see that daring young man On the flying trapezoid Zoom - zap - yowza Upside Downside Thru the water Ellipsis!! Awakening Comes Slowly But Inevitably Like the inexorable process Of continental d r i f t Self-awareness Dawns upon the unsuspecting soul Crashing down Edifice of  substance No more.
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Nov 18, 2010
Nov 18, 2010 at 10:46 AM UTC
Orange/Green #1
What can i serve today for a lovely miss Humanity and you mister World? Eee... Hm! I would like to see the menu, please! Oh, yes, the menu ... just a moment. . . Darling, I would love to have   Weatherwise Mushrooms with Weepy weightless Asparagoses served with those fantastic moral dips. They are phenomenal! And you know what: The other day lady Greedy ordered light lush - a delightful dish. . . and after having this goergous revelation of supreme tastes. . . she was becoming slimer and slicker. . .and thinner. . . she had enjoyed it so much! It was incredible! Her skin became purer, translucent, laced with amazingly glistening diamonds and then. . . she. . . can you believe that! just dissappeared into thin air saying with blissful tears within her eyes: Humanity - I have never told you, that in fact. . . I have always loved you more than your luscious husband. . .  you are a real darling. . .       sweetie pie. . . so long. . . I'll miss you tremendously!!! And pufffff. . . she was gone! Can you imagine that!?! And luscious... why on Earth, would she use such a word? Strange: And you, honey? What will you have? Are you listening to me!? Hm... just let me see the **** menu. . . first! Planty of food in this fancy restaurant - and I'm starving to death! Where is this wannabe waiter - Forgods sake! We are waiting him for ages. . . There! Well - here you go madam. . . menu sir. . . I recommend to you - our daily   well-bread tacos for starters served with authentically homegrown veggy   wellbeing   mixed with well-beloved   well-coocked main course : :  : : We have also some excellent well Vintage wine of trust, year 5195. . .
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Apr 17, 2015
Apr 17, 2015 at 10:21 AM UTC
Waggish Wannabe Waiter
What can i serve today for a lovely miss Humanity and you mister World? Eee... Hm! I would like to see the menu, please! Oh, yes, the menu ... just a moment. . . Darling, I would love to have   Weatherwise Mushrooms with Weepy weightless Asparagoses served with those fantastic moral dips. They are phenomenal! And you know what: The other day lady Greedy ordered light lush - a delightful dish. . . and after having this goergous revelation of supreme tastes. . . she was becoming slimer and slicker. . .and thinner. . . she had enjoyed it so much! It was incredible! Her skin became purer, translucent, laced with amazingly glistening diamonds and then. . . she. . . can you believe that! just dissappeared into thin air saying with blissful tears within her eyes: Humanity - I have never told you, that in fact. . . I have always loved you more than your luscious husband. . .  you are a real darling. . .       sweetie pie. . . so long. . . I'll miss you tremendously!!! And pufffff. . . she was gone! Can you imagine that!?! And luscious... why on Earth, would she use such a word? Strange: And you, honey? What will you have? Are you listening to me!? Hm... just let me see the **** menu. . . first! Planty of food in this fancy restaurant - and I'm starving to death! Where is this wannabe waiter - Forgods sake! We are waiting him for ages. . . There! Well - here you go madam. . . menu sir. . . I recommend to you - our daily   well-bread tacos for starters served with authentically homegrown veggy   wellbeing   mixed with well-beloved   well-coocked main course : :  : : We have also some excellent well Vintage wine of trust, year 5195. . .
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