Tag: words
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Bedfellows
Postered walls no postered bed, it isn’t Balmoral Goldfish finds Atlantis in a reef of plastic coral Fairy lights blue the tank but the old water is sorrel Sorry to the fish inside I find that immoral But now is not the time for quarrel Cold to the touch a frost giant’s sprog I imagine…
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Last
Against chain link fences the impressed throngs Drink revelations, jet scream psalms, taking comfort stranger’s hand An orchestra suffering through a quartet of Discharge songs Why should I fight in their fucking wars They declare it My body forms an X in front of the brightest sight since creation Unutterable effulgence, the melting agent At…
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Cutting An Avenue
Love’s impossible gauntlet The Duke is sick from gimlets In bed he slumps a gauntling Around him a nightgaunt’s fret Another will not allow such play as he let The man he drank to run weighed down like a guitar fret He stayed in one room of his house as if the rest was haunted…
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Her Flat
In her bottom floor flat a sandalwood candle burns The key is a worm in the lock the worm turns Incense venting, the vibe is stupor bathroom palette blue as rogue trooper Like a sly cooper she makes barrels in secret She’s an enigma her neck is a vexing question like an egret’s Sills precious…
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Fire In A Comic Book Shop
Bearing ursinity with dignity, the great bear Baloo “I wanna be like you oo oo ooh” Wrenches him from his jungle nook Rage like man’s red flower he lashes out with power, lands with sound of closing book Frenzied Japanese report that a giant bear and a giant mercreature are batting on the coast Ursa…