'adulteress'

in shadow you embrace your aches

fingers trailing a procession

down the easy of your thighs

lips once full now so transparent

robbed of all that pleasured;

from upon the wall the clock strikes

wayward hands of unrequited hours.

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'karaoke night'

your answers so smooth

your questions so rough

like this bad karaoke singer

you leave me wordless

mouthing lyrics to an

everchanging tune

a top ten hit

you haunt my head.

#barflypoet

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'it’s a jungle out there'

it’s a cycle;

you’re born

you experience

you flourish and grow

oblivious to the dangers

oblivious to the unknown;

a leopard won’t change its spots

but only a fool chooses to see it differently.

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'i am'

i am rattlesnake

i am earthquake

i am lightning rod

i am heart attack

i am cool hand

i am cold heart

i am motherfucker

i am father love

i am old dog

i am sly fox

i am lone wolf

i am broken man

i am deep sea

i am shallow thought

i am big cock

i am long kiss

i am savage fuck

i am bright sun

i am evil dark

i am black sheep

i am wise one

i am.

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'skeletons'

unlike you i bare my bones

rejoice in my naked truths.

#barflypoet

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'detonation'

the wiring different

the fuse the same;

we are all meant to blow at some point.

the trigger

that’s the mystery

though the itchy finger belongs to the hand you know.

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'sacred thing'

i wish for nothing less

than to shatter you

break your wings

watch you plummet

to depths unfathomable.

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'foolproof plan'

this is how you live:

you wake

you eat

you shit

if you’re lucky enough

you’ll wake again.

it’s really something, isn’t it?

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'walk, keep walking'

i asked how you were doing

you replied

i’m just living another day to die

it all becomes so menial after awhile;

the only things that should matter

are the miles between you and

the last town

keeping your face to the sun.

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'inward'

i draw inward so many times

that i find myself turned inside out

guts free for picking

secrets not so secret anymore

but you don’t notice.

#barflypoet

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