‘parts’
i cherish the
scuffed and dusty
things that are
missing pieces.
#barflypoet
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‘gift wrapped’
you offer flashy things
flashy but useless
it took awhile to figure out
enamored as i was with your ribbons
your bows
eventually i tore you apart
and like a kid on christmas morn
i tossed you aside for the next.
#barflypoet
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‘rusted’
you are the reason i am so rust laden
you have corrupted every part of me
deteriorated to the core.
#barflypoet
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‘role reversals’
strangers in a bar
are always kinder to me
than the people i know
for real.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
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It’s time for the ‘What Pains You Project.’ I listen privately to your pain and write an anonymous poem dedicated to you…
‘you get what you pay for’
piece by piece
he deconstructed himself
starting with the roof
the timber, the floor
until he chiseled away
at the very foundation
that kept him rooted
to the ground.
reflecting back she realizes
he would have failed
whether steel beamed or
brick mortared;
a shack never meant
for the storms.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
#whatpainsyouproject –
a poem for an anonymous reader and their pain…
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‘open road’
you’re just one big open road
yet your face reads dead-end.
no amount of detouring
will ever bring you
back to the start.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
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‘bitter’
i despise you
for all the things
you never did with me.
#barflypoet
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