‘strip’
let the impressions
ringing your neck
serve as a reminder
i own you
you are mine
to take
to ravish;
i will strip your mind
of pretense
quicker than your clothes.
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‘why won’t you leave him already’
i want to ask
how you’re doing
i want to ask
what plans you have for the day
but we’re separated by vows
of unconscionable defiance
in the face of what is meant to be
while what truly is
binds us in compliance;
you’re with him
an itinerary of scheduled events
which hold no merit
other than crushing my hours
spent awaiting this nightmare to end.
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‘a train’
same time
same track
same station
grit on the window
only blurs her perception
of the city.
in her head she’s gone
riding clouds
for time zones
she’ll never set
an alarm to.
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‘being truthful’
with fingers she traced
i will not love you
upon my skin.
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‘facebook junkie’
please, please
suffer through like the rest;
do not publicize
your every ailment
seeking to pluck
the violin strings.
your song is grating
no grander than anything
or anyone else.
#barflypoet
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‘different kind of love’
crude,
self-serving,
graceless,
inflammatory,
grating,
crass,
ignorant,
belittling,
foulmouthed,
disloyal,
righteous,
narcissistic,
bitch of a whore.
good god, i’ve never loved anyone like you.
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‘coat of arms’
castle long crumbled
the jesters now rule
no longer are you
spoken upon tongues
banished from all things
they all alone deem worthy
you exist only to chase
the long promise of shadows
cast by the sun.
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