Category: poetry

Baggy elbow

Baggy elbow 
Whisking a wow 
Flapping & flopping 
Constrained by conforming 
With ambition 

Baggy elbow 
Blowing a bow 
Swinging & swagging 
Hung from haggling 
With normalcy 
Baggy elbow 

Trying a toe 
Cracking & creaking 
Tired from trusting 
Itself.

Horny dude

Maverick 
- man 
Legs 
- long 
Skirts 
- sexy 
Knickers 
- knot 
Manners 
- misplaced 
Breast 
- Blossom 
Breathe 
- bare 
Nipple 
- nudge 
Heart 
- huge 
Loins 
- looney 
Fingers 
- fraught 
Penile
- pulse 
Testicle 
- trouble 
Horny 
- hornet 
Projection
- propeller.

Wiggzy Wormzy

Wiggzy Wormzy 
Burrowing 
Saying neighbourly hies 
As he writhed 
From top to bottom 
Of the veggie garden.

Wiggzy Wormzy 
Waving 
Sharing friendly hi-fives 
As he cantilevered 
From leaf to roof 
Of the veggie garden.

Bank balance

My bank balance 
Stood as a false idol 
Insurmountable as bubblegums.

The smack of my lips 
A Hallelujah 
Heralding a full tummy.

My fingers lost in wrappers 
Spun a yarn 
A garment made. 

To keep my nakedness naked.

She slept

She slept, 
Snoring as women snore 
- kind of like unicorns doodoo.

She mumbled, 
Speaking as women speak 
- kind of like dwarfs debate.

She tossed, 
Turning as women turn 
- kind of like trolls tango.

Her sleeping breath 
- kind of like dragons sneeze.

Breath

Breath 
Sticky and sweet 
Like grandma's toffee, 

Breath 
Caustic and concrete 
Like dad's coffee, 

Breath 
Evasive and effete 
Like mum's Hennessy, 

Breath 
Obscure and oleate 
Like a lover's lolly.

Imp

Scantily skipping imp, 
Feet floating 
Like an electrified shrimp, 
Shoe sole flapping 
Like an unpaid pimp, 
Flamp-p-p 

Listing limping imp, 
Toes knotting 
Like a ballerina chimp, 
Shoe tongue flopping 
Like a deflated blimp, 
Flimp-p-p

Thought I did

I thought I did
know
I thought I did
understand
I thought I did
believe

The truth was a lot further, it lost me in the tails of it's deceit. The deceit that had tempted me away from the lies that had kept me warm. They were now naked and hidden from the truth.

Those were the morning greetings, "Good morning." Followed by the rote, "I am good." Neither of which were true, neither of which were deceit. They were both caring, and uncaring in their cold touch, a touch was more than most received. These greetings flew under the skin of night, hidden from the blind light of daylight. 

Yet for each the day was a joy. A smile hidden in the bowels of frsutration and trapped by the lure of yesterday. The gold guild of a moment that longed to stretch into tomorrow's tomorrow. The future of the past held the greetings true to what should have been. But for now it snuck under the petticoat of life.

I thought I did
know
I thought I did
understand
I thought I did
believe.

Write, read.

I write this,
So that I read.
I read this,
So that I write.

I am alone,
So that I love.
I love alone,
So that I hate.

Pen to paper,
So that eyes mist.
Paper to pen,
So that hearts bleed.

the gnawing

The gnawing never stopped
It was his skin
Wrapped and comforting 
It never stopped.