Submissions by Abracadabra
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm just a soul, hooked on magic & poetry sandwiches. My words are fools, dancing as they flirt with the life you give them... & then there's the naughty stuff that wakes me in the middle of the night... one day all that cheese'll kill me.
Love's Lesson
Love said:
Follow me and I'll follow you
all the way to Kathmandu
where we can both forget
the worlds we knew
So I flew us there
at great expense
even though it made no sense
it seemed the peachy thing to do
to take our tea
in Kathmandu
Then she met a monk
and disappeared
though I didn't think it awfully weird
when she slipped away
tied to his beard
and I waited for a day or two
sipped tea alone
in Kathmandu
But enchanted skies
and temple dust
do not...
Follow me and I'll follow you
all the way to Kathmandu
where we can both forget
the worlds we knew
So I flew us there
at great expense
even though it made no sense
it seemed the peachy thing to do
to take our tea
in Kathmandu
Then she met a monk
and disappeared
though I didn't think it awfully weird
when she slipped away
tied to his beard
and I waited for a day or two
sipped tea alone
in Kathmandu
But enchanted skies
and temple dust
do not...
#unicorns
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Growing Younger
I'm getting younger
every day
I gave up work
to go out and play
I look in the mirror
with a smile on my face
I can't see a wrinkle
there's not a line to trace
I used to walk with a stoop
but now I stand tall
my best friends
are a bat and a ball
I eat what I like
and don't watch my weight
with plenty of pudding
to fill my plate
My hair's growing back
and my abs are tight
my girlfriend tells me
I'm doing alright
We make love at weekends
and pick wild flowers ...
every day
I gave up work
to go out and play
I look in the mirror
with a smile on my face
I can't see a wrinkle
there's not a line to trace
I used to walk with a stoop
but now I stand tall
my best friends
are a bat and a ball
I eat what I like
and don't watch my weight
with plenty of pudding
to fill my plate
My hair's growing back
and my abs are tight
my girlfriend tells me
I'm doing alright
We make love at weekends
and pick wild flowers ...
#unicorns
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For the Bastard in the Sky
There's a hitman in God's heart
and eight billion names on his list
Prayers and churches (like this)
only make Him laugh
If I was a drinker
I'd cry into my beer
and beg the Devil in us all to quit
but He made us
the way we are
His image
for a skin that doesn't fit
And so
we snort coke
smoke weed
stick needles in our ass
cut our arms to forget
We sleep around
steal from friends
strangle next door's cat
for shitting on the lawn
go to war
over who wrote which book
and some of us ...
and eight billion names on his list
Prayers and churches (like this)
only make Him laugh
If I was a drinker
I'd cry into my beer
and beg the Devil in us all to quit
but He made us
the way we are
His image
for a skin that doesn't fit
And so
we snort coke
smoke weed
stick needles in our ass
cut our arms to forget
We sleep around
steal from friends
strangle next door's cat
for shitting on the lawn
go to war
over who wrote which book
and some of us ...
#unicorns
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Burning Boats
Rust in the basement
and the cupboard is bare
ghosts of the winter
still hiding down there
Trees bleeding spring
and the birds calling time
awakening worlds
to a first sip of wine
Like ants getting busy
before they're ready to fly
we were all too distracted
getting real with our lives
Chasing dollars while scholars
were dissed with a sigh
Just some crazy old fools
preaching gods of goodbye
and no-one believed
the seas would run dry
Old dinosaur bones
frozen in stone
warned of...
and the cupboard is bare
ghosts of the winter
still hiding down there
Trees bleeding spring
and the birds calling time
awakening worlds
to a first sip of wine
Like ants getting busy
before they're ready to fly
we were all too distracted
getting real with our lives
Chasing dollars while scholars
were dissed with a sigh
Just some crazy old fools
preaching gods of goodbye
and no-one believed
the seas would run dry
Old dinosaur bones
frozen in stone
warned of...
#unicorns
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Because We All Ache Mistakes
The monster
never forgave herself
for all the bad things she'd done
She kept them in a corner of her head
a kind of under bed storage area
gathering dust each year
but somehow they'd managed to acquire
a life of their own
and the guilt the monster felt
would surface at unexpected moments
to stoke the fires of her embarrassment
The monster knew
that dwelling on the past only hindered her future
and she hoped that when the layers of dust
became thick enough
one day she could forget everything
She...
never forgave herself
for all the bad things she'd done
She kept them in a corner of her head
a kind of under bed storage area
gathering dust each year
but somehow they'd managed to acquire
a life of their own
and the guilt the monster felt
would surface at unexpected moments
to stoke the fires of her embarrassment
The monster knew
that dwelling on the past only hindered her future
and she hoped that when the layers of dust
became thick enough
one day she could forget everything
She...
#unicorns
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No Return
Sleepwalking through years
in and out of reality
love's butterfly flowers
scrawl their graffiti hearts
over broken walls
The saddest 'if onlys'
busting their way up through time's dirt
pleading
for one last trip
a parting shot before the fall
I know this feeling
following a wayward tern
sailing towards dawn
an island
rising from the mist
Your smile
the bait beyond the reef
two crazies waiting to be torn
chasing dead love
a dream never buried
in and out of reality
love's butterfly flowers
scrawl their graffiti hearts
over broken walls
The saddest 'if onlys'
busting their way up through time's dirt
pleading
for one last trip
a parting shot before the fall
I know this feeling
following a wayward tern
sailing towards dawn
an island
rising from the mist
Your smile
the bait beyond the reef
two crazies waiting to be torn
chasing dead love
a dream never buried
#unicorns
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Burning in Hell
There is sadness in the rain
but the Earth's tears
will not stop the forest burning
What use are hearts
that beat for greed
and not love
when there's no more air to breathe
and the shadow of machines
turns green to black
rising through the smoke
beyond the clearing
A tegu lizard pants
pausing to stare at my shoe
his cold desperate eye
frames a moment of hatred
before darting away
just to let me know
the world is ending
but the Earth's tears
will not stop the forest burning
What use are hearts
that beat for greed
and not love
when there's no more air to breathe
and the shadow of machines
turns green to black
rising through the smoke
beyond the clearing
A tegu lizard pants
pausing to stare at my shoe
his cold desperate eye
frames a moment of hatred
before darting away
just to let me know
the world is ending
#unicorns
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A Sticky Tale
This morning didn't start too well at all
when I superglued my privates to the wall
Doc told me not to cough said I'd have to have it off
and he was sorry that he couldn't save my balls
It filled my soul with dread that I'd be no good in bed
and the missus would go frantic I was sure
So brick by brick I chipped being careful not to nick
very mindful of the parts where I was sore
Long into the night I toiled without respite
to prove my will was stronger than the glue
And just as dawn was breaking when my...
when I superglued my privates to the wall
Doc told me not to cough said I'd have to have it off
and he was sorry that he couldn't save my balls
It filled my soul with dread that I'd be no good in bed
and the missus would go frantic I was sure
So brick by brick I chipped being careful not to nick
very mindful of the parts where I was sore
Long into the night I toiled without respite
to prove my will was stronger than the glue
And just as dawn was breaking when my...
#unicorns
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Blind
The goddess Poetry
whispered in my ear
told me I should versify
everything I hear
She said time was running out
with Earth's candle burning low
and if we didn't change our ways
a fuse was bound to blow
So I wandered
through the mountains
In the valleys wars were raging
watched innocence lie drowning
in seas of greed and hatred
Beyond the Devil and the damned
destruction bleeds man's fate
We have to turn our world around
before it gets too late
We could stop it with two...
whispered in my ear
told me I should versify
everything I hear
She said time was running out
with Earth's candle burning low
and if we didn't change our ways
a fuse was bound to blow
So I wandered
through the mountains
In the valleys wars were raging
watched innocence lie drowning
in seas of greed and hatred
Beyond the Devil and the damned
destruction bleeds man's fate
We have to turn our world around
before it gets too late
We could stop it with two...
#unicorns
47 reads
1 Comment
Teddy Bear Blues
You're a very dusty Teddy
forgotten and forlorn
forsaken by your owner
It's time that you were gone
So I drove you to the thrift store
to find you a new home
but they refused to take you
'cause your label is all wrong
Fire retardant Teddies
they snap up by the load
though without the right credentials
no store wants to know
Somewhere in bear heaven
there's a place old Teddies rest
but for now I'll take you home again
with the feeling that it's best
forgotten and forlorn
forsaken by your owner
It's time that you were gone
So I drove you to the thrift store
to find you a new home
but they refused to take you
'cause your label is all wrong
Fire retardant Teddies
they snap up by the load
though without the right credentials
no store wants to know
Somewhere in bear heaven
there's a place old Teddies rest
but for now I'll take you home again
with the feeling that it's best
#unicorns
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The Devil's Rules
Something's breathing
heavy on my shoulder
I sense the darkness closing in
maybe the Devil's
got some business here
in a race that I can't win
On the moors
the clouds are rolling
turning sunlight into stone
wind is stilled to awe the moment
the wildest horses head for home
Life was learning to tie laces
when none of us
is born with shoes
They only tell you
best be careful
better follow all their rules
Should I have listened to the preacher
to confess my sins and then atone
when...
heavy on my shoulder
I sense the darkness closing in
maybe the Devil's
got some business here
in a race that I can't win
On the moors
the clouds are rolling
turning sunlight into stone
wind is stilled to awe the moment
the wildest horses head for home
Life was learning to tie laces
when none of us
is born with shoes
They only tell you
best be careful
better follow all their rules
Should I have listened to the preacher
to confess my sins and then atone
when...
#unicorns
114 reads
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The Good Ship Poetry
In the shadows of stark AI
poetry's little girl lost
squirms and rubs her eyes
Marooned on a tear swept island
in an ocean of online therapy
where scribblers scrawl their fears
the masses pick their asses
and dare to brand it poetry
Disillusioned and all cried out
she knows the menace is real
for at times she can no longer look
and ever since the internet
almost no-one reads a book
the tsunami of poor me's
slowly swallowing
the bountiful beauty of words
Which literary genius decreed ...
poetry's little girl lost
squirms and rubs her eyes
Marooned on a tear swept island
in an ocean of online therapy
where scribblers scrawl their fears
the masses pick their asses
and dare to brand it poetry
Disillusioned and all cried out
she knows the menace is real
for at times she can no longer look
and ever since the internet
almost no-one reads a book
the tsunami of poor me's
slowly swallowing
the bountiful beauty of words
Which literary genius decreed ...
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
#unicorns
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