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.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
Yesterday 6:33pm
Yesterday 6:33pm
One Night Only
Still wearing the clothes she slept in
pink lippy and a grin
the door to tomorrow opens
and the past wont let her in
Deep secrets she surrendered
to fine friends who all went home
come screeching up like headlines
or the last line of a poem
And what she knew was precious
turned to gold she could not steal
from the father of her children
who with nothing more to give
left her no more time to heal
Now her streets are filled with demons
screaming murder at the stars
the night is growing colder
and...
pink lippy and a grin
the door to tomorrow opens
and the past wont let her in
Deep secrets she surrendered
to fine friends who all went home
come screeching up like headlines
or the last line of a poem
And what she knew was precious
turned to gold she could not steal
from the father of her children
who with nothing more to give
left her no more time to heal
Now her streets are filled with demons
screaming murder at the stars
the night is growing colder
and...
#relationships
#lies
#deception
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
Yesterday 11:51am
Yesterday 11:51am
A Ton of Freedoms &...
Free poetry
most of it mad
Free music
too many ads
Free movies
escaping Hollywood's ass
Free books
my library of a lifetime
gathering online dust
Free phone calls
free email
free banking and VPN
free roadside assistance
for when my jam jar's bust
Freedom to dance
whistle at the wind
and say 'boo'
('cept when I’m at sea)
freedom to wonder
at the sadness of falling leaves
The freedom of speech
I took for granted
like that little word 'forever'
before I saw it wouldn't last ...
most of it mad
Free music
too many ads
Free movies
escaping Hollywood's ass
Free books
my library of a lifetime
gathering online dust
Free phone calls
free email
free banking and VPN
free roadside assistance
for when my jam jar's bust
Freedom to dance
whistle at the wind
and say 'boo'
('cept when I’m at sea)
freedom to wonder
at the sadness of falling leaves
The freedom of speech
I took for granted
like that little word 'forever'
before I saw it wouldn't last ...
#love
#freedom
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Sep 2022 10:19am
23rd Sep 2022 10:19am
Ejaculation at 4 am
Words stirred
from the unfathomable deep
and a poetic erection
woke me again
Dogs snored
stars grinned
and I could clearly hear
my new king:
'I name this ship
"Sick of Plastic"
and may God bless
all who sail in her....'
'Your majesty'
I whispered
'This is a book launch...'
but it was too late
the magnum of champagne
broke over my head
unwelcome as the coronation bill
as unloved as a condom
and as useless as a car
in London
from the unfathomable deep
and a poetic erection
woke me again
Dogs snored
stars grinned
and I could clearly hear
my new king:
'I name this ship
"Sick of Plastic"
and may God bless
all who sail in her....'
'Your majesty'
I whispered
'This is a book launch...'
but it was too late
the magnum of champagne
broke over my head
unwelcome as the coronation bill
as unloved as a condom
and as useless as a car
in London
#sex
#environment
#money
#WritingPoetry
#inequality
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Sep 2022 9:44am
19th Sep 2022 9:44am
Incurably so
The easy years
have carried me to today
Immune to beauty
I have watched it's fall
learning each step
on the path of decay
Each defeat
leaves me fearful to dream
through pain of unwelcome change
turning pages of tomorrow
into faltering shadows that fade
Peering at stars through clouds
in search of God's cute answers
fine wisdom that never came
I grew weary of the moon's spell
became wary of the sun's rays
but though all of his mysteries remain
safe in my heart
the spark of hope
is burning...
have carried me to today
Immune to beauty
I have watched it's fall
learning each step
on the path of decay
Each defeat
leaves me fearful to dream
through pain of unwelcome change
turning pages of tomorrow
into faltering shadows that fade
Peering at stars through clouds
in search of God's cute answers
fine wisdom that never came
I grew weary of the moon's spell
became wary of the sun's rays
but though all of his mysteries remain
safe in my heart
the spark of hope
is burning...
#love
#hope
#God
#LifeCycle
#aging
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Sep 2022 10:29am
11th Sep 2022 10:29am
Poetry & Bonaparte are not always Boss
It began like any other poem
same keyboard
same sky from my window
green tea growing cold in a mug
phones on silent
to better hear the voices in my head
all the bitches and bastards
doing their darndest
to endear themselves into my heart
But today I got pissed with the struggle to figure
who would shout loudest
and needed ruthless navigation
through shark infested lines
of throwaway junk to start
So for once
I told them all to shut the fuck up
and scribbled this...
same keyboard
same sky from my window
green tea growing cold in a mug
phones on silent
to better hear the voices in my head
all the bitches and bastards
doing their darndest
to endear themselves into my heart
But today I got pissed with the struggle to figure
who would shout loudest
and needed ruthless navigation
through shark infested lines
of throwaway junk to start
So for once
I told them all to shut the fuck up
and scribbled this...
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
#historical
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
8th Sep 2022 5:40pm
8th Sep 2022 5:40pm
The Sugar of Titillation
I'm ashamed
because mostly we write about
bodies
We detail our gratification and desires
sensations of the skin
where women and men
display feelings overpowered
through pleasure or pain
transported by ink
to realms of fantasy
a false flag masquerade
cunningly rebranded as 'love'
Just when did we begin
the culture of orgasms hooray
unveiling precious trophies
for public consumption
to be dangled like dreams
and held captive in a mysterious jar
foolishly labelled 'heart'
Try...
because mostly we write about
bodies
We detail our gratification and desires
sensations of the skin
where women and men
display feelings overpowered
through pleasure or pain
transported by ink
to realms of fantasy
a false flag masquerade
cunningly rebranded as 'love'
Just when did we begin
the culture of orgasms hooray
unveiling precious trophies
for public consumption
to be dangled like dreams
and held captive in a mysterious jar
foolishly labelled 'heart'
Try...
#erotic
#WritingPoetry
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
4th Sep 2022 2:19pm
4th Sep 2022 2:19pm
Ménage à sept
I've always loved animals
and I sought to love you,
exactly as you are,
obsessive about poetry,
straggly flyaway hair,
unfinished ink and all.
Initially, I was apprehensive
but nonetheless happy,
to welcome your three incontinent tomcats,
the pair of iguanas
and a large fish bowl full of piranhas,
the day you humped your trunk through my door.
I willingly accepted the new cleaning regime
necessitated by us being seven in a bed,
thought I adapted well
to boiling sheets in borax every day ...
and I sought to love you,
exactly as you are,
obsessive about poetry,
straggly flyaway hair,
unfinished ink and all.
Initially, I was apprehensive
but nonetheless happy,
to welcome your three incontinent tomcats,
the pair of iguanas
and a large fish bowl full of piranhas,
the day you humped your trunk through my door.
I willingly accepted the new cleaning regime
necessitated by us being seven in a bed,
thought I adapted well
to boiling sheets in borax every day ...
#relationships
#animals
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Sep 2022 10:02pm
2nd Sep 2022 10:02pm
A Nip and a Tuck
Our time is but a nut to crack
why choke on agonies of youth
To dwell in fashion's ugly tomb
denies the fabric of our truth
Lines that skulk like cellar rats
betray us with a smile
quaint martyrs of emotion
to disown the surgeon's guile
Who carves this stone for all to carry
and deems age is a sin
It matters not that youth can't tarry
when beauty lies within
why choke on agonies of youth
To dwell in fashion's ugly tomb
denies the fabric of our truth
Lines that skulk like cellar rats
betray us with a smile
quaint martyrs of emotion
to disown the surgeon's guile
Who carves this stone for all to carry
and deems age is a sin
It matters not that youth can't tarry
when beauty lies within
#LifeChangingMoment
#vanity
#aging
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
29th Aug 2022 10:24pm
29th Aug 2022 10:24pm
Gazing at Stars
She seemed a might out of breath
a li'l tipsy
in her little black dress
head on my shoulder
her sweetness
tugging at my heart
The moon's getting closer, she said
and I've been counting stars all night
Do you think there are people up there
living and loving
and dying in each other's arms
People just like us
only far, far away
Who knows, I said
Maybe one day we'll get to find out
but the way the world is right now
I'm just glad
that we're alone
a li'l tipsy
in her little black dress
head on my shoulder
her sweetness
tugging at my heart
The moon's getting closer, she said
and I've been counting stars all night
Do you think there are people up there
living and loving
and dying in each other's arms
People just like us
only far, far away
Who knows, I said
Maybe one day we'll get to find out
but the way the world is right now
I'm just glad
that we're alone
#relationships
#universe
#lover
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
28th Aug 2022 10:04pm
28th Aug 2022 10:04pm
Smoked out of Eden
You will try
not to breathe
shielding your eyes from the flame
when the windows shatter
and the walls scream
when bodies writhe upon the floor
But you should thank me
for you are lucky to have witnessed
what only I could know before
You started with two
until seven billion greedlings
grew rotten to the core
The last rats to leave
my once perfect planet
smoked out from the Eden
I never intended
to be 'yours'
not to breathe
shielding your eyes from the flame
when the windows shatter
and the walls scream
when bodies writhe upon the floor
But you should thank me
for you are lucky to have witnessed
what only I could know before
You started with two
until seven billion greedlings
grew rotten to the core
The last rats to leave
my once perfect planet
smoked out from the Eden
I never intended
to be 'yours'
#revenge
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EROTIC POEM
Published
24th Aug 2022 6:59pm
24th Aug 2022 6:59pm
Short Order to Go
Waiting in the fast food line
he took a full slow minute
to undress her with his eyes
staring harder
at her nipples
ass and thighs
before deciding
that he would
He definitely
definitely would
She'd be the queen
in his next porn movie
pleading and moaning for more
with bunny ears on her head
hands tied tightly behind her back
while he jazzled up her long red hair
and lashed her shoulders with a whip
made from softest feather down
Oh yeah
he would
he definitely ...
he took a full slow minute
to undress her with his eyes
staring harder
at her nipples
ass and thighs
before deciding
that he would
He definitely
definitely would
She'd be the queen
in his next porn movie
pleading and moaning for more
with bunny ears on her head
hands tied tightly behind her back
while he jazzled up her long red hair
and lashed her shoulders with a whip
made from softest feather down
Oh yeah
he would
he definitely ...
#erotic
#crush
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LOVE POEM
Published
19th Aug 2022 10:38am
19th Aug 2022 10:38am
To the pile of Kleenex on the floor
Child eyes open
skipping the way to school
Who'd be fool
or brave enough to fall
for the notion of love
waving hope
from the last chance saloon
the home of gamblers
liars, cheats and rogues
Drying your own tears
the lesson for us all
On the edge of a storm
thin stubs of sunlight pierce the gloom
a robin stirs
to greet the dawn
the orchestra still plays
veneer for roses
fading grey
skipping the way to school
Who'd be fool
or brave enough to fall
for the notion of love
waving hope
from the last chance saloon
the home of gamblers
liars, cheats and rogues
Drying your own tears
the lesson for us all
On the edge of a storm
thin stubs of sunlight pierce the gloom
a robin stirs
to greet the dawn
the orchestra still plays
veneer for roses
fading grey
#love
#relationships
#breakup #FallingInLove
#breakup #FallingInLove
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