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Horny

Horny?Like the brass section in Beethoven’s symphony no. 9My trumpet yearns for your lipsTo blow out sweet melodiesSlide along with my trombone and break out the bandWe’re celebrating tonight’s masterpieceHorny?Like a water buffaloLet me stand in your wetlandsProtect and dominate Large and majestic my hornsRide me and we’ll exploreHorny?Like a car stuck on the highwayAContinue reading “Horny”

Horny?

Horny?Like the brass section of a bandMy trumpet yearns for your lipsLike a water buffaloLet me in your wetlandsLike a car stuck in trafficA Bugatti full of luxury Me? Don’t let these deceive youI’m an angel in disguise. This is for a dVerse prompt: For those new to dVerse Poets Pub or to the quadrilleContinue reading “Horny?”

Written on Spindrift Pages

Refer to myself as such yet get lost within the crowdWords on a page, hoping to convey my confusion clearlyTop of -, oh I can’t say that, top of my game but you’re no play thingAll of that to say *waves hands around or points with palms open* YeahAnd you’re not going to be livingContinue reading “Written on Spindrift Pages”

Let Them

They want to come after meLet themThey’ll see what fire bringsThey’ll see what happens when my anger winsWhen the control I have Slips the ringThey want to tear me downLet themThey’ll see how hard of a rock I amHow hard it is to rip brick from brickThe tools they haveAren’t fit for thisThey want toContinue reading “Let Them”

Wanted

I want to hurt youBecause you asked me toTo make your jaw acheAnd have your soul break upon the hardnessOf my disciplineI want your bottom pinkAs you begged me to doSharp pains that made you no longer thinkOf the right or wrongs, the outside world and It’s goings onI want you a mess, your eyesContinue reading “Wanted”

A Bride Dressed in White / The Painter’s Vision

A Bride Dressed in WhiteShe wasn’t innocent this wife to beThough she was dressed in whitePale as a moonlit nightShe said her silent prayersTo whom one can only guessThis woman whom the veil hides Hides more than just pretty eyesA past ruby red and dark as obsidian No fan can brush awayHere comes the brideAnContinue reading “A Bride Dressed in White / The Painter’s Vision”

She Wants Another Dog

She wants another dog.I don’t think soShe wants a puppy.We don’t need anotherShe wants another dog.I said noA cute little dog.The puppy needs no brotherShe wants another dog.It’s a no goWe have another dog. This is for a dVerse prompt: Sit! Stay! Now: pen us a poem of precisely 44 words (not counting the title),Continue reading “She Wants Another Dog”

3 Haikus / $100

Penny for your thoughtsNickle and dime for freeQuarter past the hour Fifty scents I smell For half a dollar to sneezeA dollar a day Five alive, ten deadTwenty soldiers in a rowFifty is a Grant 3 haikus for $100. Get ‘em cheap! This is for a dVerse prompt: The use of lists in poetry canContinue reading “3 Haikus / $100”

Plastic Perspective

A mountain of trash blocks out the sky.The clouds gather, I hope it doesn’t rainPlastic waste piled high, one upon the other.I can’t tell if that is my motherboard within the mixWill it all tumble down upon me?There are plastic wires and covers, cut, loose and freePerspective changes everything. This is for a dVerse prompt:Continue reading “Plastic Perspective”

A Rose by Every Other Name

Restless I dream. Memory fades, just the scent of you remains.Origami petals on paper flowers, yet your perfume runs through my veins.Sacred heart beats within a pious chest. My thoughts unholy as I gaze upon that picture.Enchanting smile, enthralling eyes, lips I long to caress with my own,Scentimental sentiments play upon my senses, remembering yourContinue reading “A Rose by Every Other Name”