‘role reversals’
strangers in a bar
are always kinder to me
than the people i know
for real.
#barflypoet
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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
#josephapinto
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enjoy an excerpt from my poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit’
‘the seat beside me’
sporting a black eye,
he tells me:
women are like booze
but you can’t get punched in the face
for sucking on the neck of a bourbon;
his voice slurs with decades of bad decisions;
his eyes swim like
confused fish in a dirty bowl.
i watch him drink
until those fish go belly-up
then order myself another scotch.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.
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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…
‘part of her wishes’
a handful of caterpillars
snug in the palm
she doesn’t clench her fist
until deep in the night
she’s alone.
alone—wishing she was
with him
on a day they could call
their own.
she has nothing.
no days. no cloudless skies.
she holds open her palm
wishing moon for sun
wishing he for him
closing her eyes she exhales
lost in metamorphosis.
#barflypoet
#josephapinto
#whatpainsyouproject –
a poem for an anonymous reader and their pain…
© Copyright Joseph A. Pinto. All Rights Reserved.
Pour yourself my poetry collection ‘A Distilled Spirit: pained prose from a bar,’ ready for consumption at:
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