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"Ghosts in my closetrib cages fluctuate
bloods in my toes"
Thank you, Cat! I think larches are beautiful.
Ghosts peel the blue paintthe closet door’s panels have worn
since she turned the knob.
Who you gonna call?If there is something weird and
it does not look good.
Bed sheets and pillows,the soft ghosts of my childhood,
easily dispelled.
Lies and betrayals
rise now to haunt, fearsome ghosts
weakness empowered.
The ghosts of my past,ever haunting my future,
no peace in between.
Lies about the truth,telling truth about the lies,
tales never ending.
Your whisper, a dreamso real I wake expecting
your lips, not more ghosts.
The dream of you fades,the morning takes you from me,
until night returns.
Insubstantial dreams,flimsy as storm-blown cobwebs,
fray with day's breaking.
To Dream of Being AliveI once thought my dreams
were the ghosts of a dead past
but I was so wrong.
I walk those living dreamscapes
Hoping to wake up alive.
Dreams may be untruePlaces we might not reach but
strive us for the goal!
Hello everyone! Such great reads, thank you for sharing. And it is so nice to be back.
Hello CJ! I see this thread is doing very well. Such great writing from everyone!
Just out of our reach,the full desire of our hearts,
too much for one life.
I said to Velda,“So short is life, there’s no room
for a nagging wife.”
Nagging wives do cart
groceries home to the husband
and are there for children.
groceries home to the husband
and are there for children.
Using the axe hernew love bought her, Velda cut
a short life shorter.
(Touché, Cat! A delightful follow-up, Ryan!)Too late: for him to
make suggestions; too late to
axe any questions.
For a buxom blonde,left behind, nagging Velda
had an axe to grind.
Velda buried thehatchet, and then her lover.
Cut down in his prime.
Riparian birds
make nests with cobwebs that gleam
in the sun like dew.
make nests with cobwebs that gleam
in the sun like dew.
Lol! So funny, everyone, and sharp.The vultures stood watch
While Mandy was axing him
With sharp eloquence.
She left him smitten,chopped, and soon to be bitten--
indeed, en-raptored.
Lol! That is so funny! Very well done, M!
Smitten and bittenVelda took to the whipping
With peaches and cream.
Ryan! Hello. So great to see you. This iw a quick visit, though. I'm waiting for pizza take-away.
Better if I had a hot pizza on the way! Life is good, thanks. And you?
Life is very good. Very busy but mostly in a good way. Aha! PIZZA! LOL! See you later.
I wish for a pizza on my way too :)
Hello Leslie! HUG!The pizza she ate
was made with peaches and cream
and dark chocolate.
What Adolfo servesearly and late swelled her curves:
the pizza she ate.
She wasn't fat, just bigboned, the reslut of munchies
after being stoned.
cotton woods in fall
inflame bifurcated stems
star like leaves flutter.
inflame bifurcated stems
star like leaves flutter.
Guy wrote: "Hello Leslie! HUG!
her transit tastebuds
transfix on a cultured crust
the tramp is well fed.
her transit tastebuds
transfix on a cultured crust
the tramp is well fed.
her transit taste buds
transfix on a cultured crust
from san fransisco
she chews a fair cud
fain to notice the sifted dust
from a whole wheat dough.
transfix on a cultured crust
from san fransisco
she chews a fair cud
fain to notice the sifted dust
from a whole wheat dough.
OR
Her transit taste buds
fain to notice the sifted dust
in a whole wheat dough
She chews a fair cud
transfixed on a cultured crust
from San Francisco.
Her transit taste buds
fain to notice the sifted dust
in a whole wheat dough
She chews a fair cud
transfixed on a cultured crust
from San Francisco.
Catherine wrote: "cotton woods in fall
inflame bifurcated stems
star like leaves flutter."
The cheese pizza's girth
circumference of gingersnaps
inflames the senses
little hordoreves are worth
the love apples that wrap
taste bud defenses
inflame bifurcated stems
star like leaves flutter."
The cheese pizza's girth
circumference of gingersnaps
inflames the senses
little hordoreves are worth
the love apples that wrap
taste bud defenses
Catherine wrote: "cotton woods in fall
inflame bifurcated stems
star like leaves flutter."
Cottonwood cobwebs
insulate homeless nightmares
like dream catchers
branches like cobras
I am soothed by nightingales
Insole dispatchers
Cottonwood cobwebs
insulate homeless bad dreams
like dream catchers
branches like cobras
Insomuch as chronic schemes
breed fair dispatchers
inflame bifurcated stems
star like leaves flutter."
Cottonwood cobwebs
insulate homeless nightmares
like dream catchers
branches like cobras
I am soothed by nightingales
Insole dispatchers
Cottonwood cobwebs
insulate homeless bad dreams
like dream catchers
branches like cobras
Insomuch as chronic schemes
breed fair dispatchers
sweet dreams are composed
of fluffy cotton candy
and colored ribbons
except for him who
chased the dreams with love and a
glass of rye whiskey
of fluffy cotton candy
and colored ribbons
except for him who
chased the dreams with love and a
glass of rye whiskey
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punctuate a still twilight
among the larches."
Really like this. I just discovered larches...Midwest, I think.