Category: Poetry
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Irregulars
You haven’t seen me wearing my new red pants. In the irregulars section for ten dollars cheaper I got a small tear in the left back pocket. Nothing a little thread won’t fix. You told me she dreamed of you and her, I flared red and ripped into what you call trust, I call…
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Daytona Beach, Florida
We are drinking Korbel and Kahlua, when the clock hits midnight in China, we are kissing like the end of the world is coming even though we know it isn’t. Sorority girls jump on the bed, In the corner guys yell Marine chants And on the porch some people are smoking a joint. It’s midnight…
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Dirty Laundry
Sometimes when I concentrate with all I have I can remember the first time you fell asleep with your head in my lap and I thought the little noises your nose and mouth made were sweet. I remember loving the little stuffed animal you brought me even though it came from the gas station where you…
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Proposal for group sex on a Friday night in Fort Mill
‘This bar is tired and old’ Tiffany said as we shared $20 lip gloss bought by rich boyfriend in Boca ‘Home town dives always are ‘I wish I could fly’ she said and I saw her lean in close ‘My life is cold,’ she said ‘Have you ever tried coke? ‘I need a change –…
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Take the chance, she says
It has been said that if any kind of change is needed one should burn an orange candle for seven nights. Explosive red wants to charge in with hot demands But your walls are orange offer thoughtful control the sun’s warmth encourages exploration balance between red’s fire and yellow’s caution Lady Luck gives us a…
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Tattoos on a Saturday afternoon
Your vision is one in the making three years of thoughts you talk of third eyes and Egyptian symbols I don’t even pretend to understand I offer my hand but you don’t need it say it doesn’t even hurt but it knocked the world out of me She walks in without a plan but by…
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Poetry assignments
I have a minor in Creative Writing from Winthrop University. Between that and my mass communication (print journalism) degree, when I was in college, I was constantly writing. After college, I got a job as an editor/designer, and I stopped writing. For a long time. I longed to get it back, and eventually I started…
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When we’re drunk, we’re invincible
One more round at the bar on the beach A final stop on the way out of town Or a lesson in responsibility? The government called, said get out now, or you will die. And you laugh and have another hurricane. “They said golden French fries would kill me too,” you state diplomatically – or…
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A dim conversation
We have nothing but time As I sit in the airport Of the greatest city in the world And you – I thought you sympathetic But you are laughing at me And telling me to write of things I know nothing about Are we talking about energy or rhythm? Instead you send a friend Who…
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The meaning of life, discussed over coffee at 11 a.m.
We share a pot and ponder 29. Then go to the college bar to prove we’re still young shots all around, ignore the protests, “I just can’t drink like this anymore.” I push too hard, pull myself back flirt with the boy I swear I knew before Give me a pen and I will check…