Tag: poet
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BOLDSPORTSMENALL
Gospel in a sports almanac Cover leather, tethered to the lectern Gloves black as Barrack at election Saying yes we can, he meant drone attacks Yeah, we tortured some folks Poured water down throats Been bad, been at it Had to get Bin Laden Give them spectacle, give them drama Draw their eyes like a…
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NEWGODS
Father Gods their days are gone Finned lords thralls to damp Dagon When the biggest of bangs drums That time has at last begun He watched seething Those underthumb he sent seeking Screeching through voids in sleek craft All manner of profane spellcraft would be at their disposal Dark brides for their bethrotal, soon as…
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BOXINGMATCH
We start the round, touching gloves Hand clasped fast like you always were an asshole Gorman I’m psycho goreman mixed with Goro Immortal and immoral, mortal kombat borrow My fight finishes to make wince-inducing finishers Bruises, my purple painting contusions intrude your amusement Communicator Your man is getting boxed up Heavy jab legs jelly Jab…
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Club Killer
The bald big lipped toll taker with a head like an Olmec demands our souls Behind him a shelf of enormous bones for when Cerberus is left alone I try to sweeten him up, straighten my tie and lean in; we’re friends of Orpheus, you know My tongue dulcifies my language, which usually sufficed His…
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Multiply
As much as one wants to be two Every subsequent number longs to be one again We try a million ways to born again We have done so since time’s dawn Gilgamesh and Enkidu raged, pawns We are not, they were drawn into Quarrels with which mortals have no truck The second I get twenty…
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