Submissions by Betty
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
“Nothing will come of nothing, speak again.” King Lear (1:1)
LOVE POEM
Published
28th Dec 2024 3:17am
28th Dec 2024 3:17am
This year I'm giving up shoes and social media -- just kidding
This new year I want to be a better person,
so I'll do some unattainable shit like
vow to piss away less time ,
to run more,
overthink less,
drink more water,
and eschew single-use plastic like it was
crawling with enviro cooties
and maybe I'll give up
social media,
and Taylor Swift,
and my argument,
that a taco is a
motherfucking sandwich
(you know it is)
maybe I'll give up...
you
as much as I...
so I'll do some unattainable shit like
vow to piss away less time ,
to run more,
overthink less,
drink more water,
and eschew single-use plastic like it was
crawling with enviro cooties
and maybe I'll give up
social media,
and Taylor Swift,
and my argument,
that a taco is a
motherfucking sandwich
(you know it is)
maybe I'll give up...
you
as much as I...
#love
#lover
#lust
#relationships
#romantic
127 reads
24 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
27th Dec 2024 4:16pm
27th Dec 2024 4:16pm
In a world of Juliets, call me Lady Macbeth
I had to sub a Sophomore Lit class
when the professor was out
with COVID
And my inner literary snob
screamed a thousand
deaths when the 20-year-old zygotes
romanticized about
Romeo and Juliet.
I smiled and fluttered
my eyelashes
and smashed those
cute little bitches
who thought they
invented thought
with actual arrogance.
You see children,
Shakespeare...
when the professor was out
with COVID
And my inner literary snob
screamed a thousand
deaths when the 20-year-old zygotes
romanticized about
Romeo and Juliet.
I smiled and fluttered
my eyelashes
and smashed those
cute little bitches
who thought they
invented thought
with actual arrogance.
You see children,
Shakespeare...
#dark
#narrative
#lover
#revenge
#identity
138 reads
26 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
26th Dec 2024 10:49pm
26th Dec 2024 10:49pm
Danger on a dark road
#dreams
#erotic
#lover
#porn
#sex
182 reads
24 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
15th Dec 2024 11:34pm
15th Dec 2024 11:34pm
as little mercy as the night
#love
#lust
#passion #sex
#passion #sex
146 reads
14 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
9th Dec 2024 3:08am
9th Dec 2024 3:08am
Saharan memories
I imagine the day they
found a catfish in the desert
An archeologist winced at
an unforgiving sun,
stretched his neck
and polished another
fucking rock
in the stupid sand
and cursed the
sheer idiocy of it all
because it’s
drunken shit-faced dumb
to look for sea snakes
in the desert
But those intrepid explorers
found their evidence
About 100 Million years ago,
while T-Rex dropped shits the
size of smart cars,
the Sahara Desert
was a vast sea
...
found a catfish in the desert
An archeologist winced at
an unforgiving sun,
stretched his neck
and polished another
fucking rock
in the stupid sand
and cursed the
sheer idiocy of it all
because it’s
drunken shit-faced dumb
to look for sea snakes
in the desert
But those intrepid explorers
found their evidence
About 100 Million years ago,
while T-Rex dropped shits the
size of smart cars,
the Sahara Desert
was a vast sea
...
#desert
#IMissYou
#love
#lover
#romantic
255 reads
28 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
9th Dec 2024 2:05am
9th Dec 2024 2:05am
Dying of thirst in my empty Kool-Aid pitcher
Men have begged
for my love
women too,
and I gave it
to him
as easily
as blowing the
fuzz off
a dandelion
and I asked him to
keep me safe
from the head games
I play with myself
Long story short:
He said no.
So I’m drinking a lot.
He said no.
And I want to know what
the actual fuck is
socially wrong
in having
an
inbox
just
for
one
It's like being surrounded
by desperation-fueled
soul-desiccation,
where the...
for my love
women too,
and I gave it
to him
as easily
as blowing the
fuzz off
a dandelion
and I asked him to
keep me safe
from the head games
I play with myself
Long story short:
He said no.
So I’m drinking a lot.
He said no.
And I want to know what
the actual fuck is
socially wrong
in having
an
inbox
just
for
one
It's like being surrounded
by desperation-fueled
soul-desiccation,
where the...
#breakup
#despair
#emptiness #heartbroken
#emptiness #heartbroken
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20 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
3rd Nov 2024 00:17am
3rd Nov 2024 00:17am
ragged-edges on my breath, on my body
The living room
had that cozy fall glow
as the day waned
and my body peaked
under your curiosity
The satin robe
I’d hidden in
pooled at my feet
like melted ice cream
as your knuckles
traced my collar bone
before you took me gently
to the floor
And made a crime-scene
outline around my body
with your exhale
My hair fanned on the carpet
skin dimpled with chills
as your lips
investigated
each white line
on my long body
My eyes squinched shut
fist balled ...
had that cozy fall glow
as the day waned
and my body peaked
under your curiosity
The satin robe
I’d hidden in
pooled at my feet
like melted ice cream
as your knuckles
traced my collar bone
before you took me gently
to the floor
And made a crime-scene
outline around my body
with your exhale
My hair fanned on the carpet
skin dimpled with chills
as your lips
investigated
each white line
on my long body
My eyes squinched shut
fist balled ...
#anxiety
#fear
#honesty
#love
#romantic
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29 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
20th Oct 2024 5:07am
20th Oct 2024 5:07am
time howls its silence
I shivered in a blanket of
cobwebbed emotions
as a day passed
with just a
scattered light
through the holes
in my soul
and it felt like
teeth clenching
in darkness
so honest
it showed
nothing
It felt like that
like that
it felt like alarms
blaring danger
on all sides as
the wind howled
like a raving thing
thirsting for
the spare copper
in my veins
yet less survivable
Yes.
Less survivable
than...
cobwebbed emotions
as a day passed
with just a
scattered light
through the holes
in my soul
and it felt like
teeth clenching
in darkness
so honest
it showed
nothing
It felt like that
like that
it felt like alarms
blaring danger
on all sides as
the wind howled
like a raving thing
thirsting for
the spare copper
in my veins
yet less survivable
Yes.
Less survivable
than...
#IMissYou
#love
#passion #sadness
#passion #sadness
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16 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
13th Oct 2024 10:25pm
13th Oct 2024 10:25pm
Even then love knew
Esoteric bullshit like
love at first sight
could eat a bag
of hot dick
because I’ve born fucking witness
on this ragged road
of shoulda-coulda-woulda
shaking my empty bones
in a self-sabotage closet
Lust is.
Desire is.
Obsession is.
but love.
love was illiterate
until I caught you
watching me
watching you
(watch me)
back before we twisted sheets
and made lust bleed for mercy
before my teeth found your shoulder
and the sweaty outline...
love at first sight
could eat a bag
of hot dick
because I’ve born fucking witness
on this ragged road
of shoulda-coulda-woulda
shaking my empty bones
in a self-sabotage closet
Lust is.
Desire is.
Obsession is.
but love.
love was illiterate
until I caught you
watching me
watching you
(watch me)
back before we twisted sheets
and made lust bleed for mercy
before my teeth found your shoulder
and the sweaty outline...
#love
#lover
#passion #Romanticism
#passion #Romanticism
380 reads
30 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
24th Aug 2024 3:50am
24th Aug 2024 3:50am
Deliverance
White light
trickled through
a hole in the
abandoned church’s roof.
Dust motes
swam around
your head like a halo
in the last fair rays of summer
and I wondered if
I might make it to heaven
Hell chased my heels like
a rabid dog so long
I was ready to
lie on the ground with
my delicate throat ripped out
like a sacrifice to nothing
when I saw a flash of you
you…
and I saw hope flash before my eyes
like a goddamn burning bush
I took your hand, ...
trickled through
a hole in the
abandoned church’s roof.
Dust motes
swam around
your head like a halo
in the last fair rays of summer
and I wondered if
I might make it to heaven
Hell chased my heels like
a rabid dog so long
I was ready to
lie on the ground with
my delicate throat ripped out
like a sacrifice to nothing
when I saw a flash of you
you…
and I saw hope flash before my eyes
like a goddamn burning bush
I took your hand, ...
#love
#lover
#passion
#spiritual
#ILoveYou
519 reads
38 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
11th Aug 2024 3:52am
11th Aug 2024 3:52am
As tides rise
you backlit
our balcony
so people walking
on the beach
could see
the way my tits
pressed against
the sliding glass
and the way my pussy
left a perfect imprint
as if it had exhaled
hot breath
on a mirror
your need
laps the
back of my neck
as you ride me
hard enough
to challenge
the waves ...
our balcony
so people walking
on the beach
could see
the way my tits
pressed against
the sliding glass
and the way my pussy
left a perfect imprint
as if it had exhaled
hot breath
on a mirror
your need
laps the
back of my neck
as you ride me
hard enough
to challenge
the waves ...
#erotic
#love
#sex
#ILoveYou
#relationships
471 reads
32 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
11th Aug 2024 3:12am
11th Aug 2024 3:12am
My internal monologue is a jealous c**t
I threw a beer bottle across the bar
so you threw me
over your shoulder
and parted the crowd
as I strained to
crawl down your back
and beat the shit
my personified
insecurities
You set me down
in front of your
car door,
and leaned into me
until I broke
I broke
and fell against you
in helpless sobs
that scared the shit out
of both of us
And I couldn't say what I meant ...
so you threw me
over your shoulder
and parted the crowd
as I strained to
crawl down your back
and beat the shit
my personified
insecurities
You set me down
in front of your
car door,
and leaned into me
until I broke
I broke
and fell against you
in helpless sobs
that scared the shit out
of both of us
And I couldn't say what I meant ...
#anxiety
#love
#lust #passion
#lust #passion
340 reads
30 Comments
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