Submissions by Betty
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
“Only time can heal what reason cannot,” — Seneca
LOVE POEM
Published
28th Jun 2024 3:36am
28th Jun 2024 3:36am
habits die harder in nightmares
It was like one of those
cigarette dreams where you smoke
(or drink or break your
sobriety)
and get pissed at
yourself
but do it anyway
Filthy habits always seem
to die
harder in dreams
So it was with us
last night
We stood on
opposite sides
of a cursed door
foreheads pressed
eyes closed
palms flat
as if we could
transmogrify
the sick regret
to anything
anything
else
through the...
cigarette dreams where you smoke
(or drink or break your
sobriety)
and get pissed at
yourself
but do it anyway
Filthy habits always seem
to die
harder in dreams
So it was with us
last night
We stood on
opposite sides
of a cursed door
foreheads pressed
eyes closed
palms flat
as if we could
transmogrify
the sick regret
to anything
anything
else
through the...
#addiction
#breakup
#depression
#dreams
#nightmares
316 reads
22 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
27th Jun 2024 6:45pm
27th Jun 2024 6:45pm
Suffocated
You were
rare air
in my lungs
I lie
vacant-eyed
as my chest
stills
rare air
in my lungs
I lie
vacant-eyed
as my chest
stills
#betrayal
#grief
#hurt #minimalist
#hurt #minimalist
253 reads
8 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
26th Jun 2024 11:16pm
26th Jun 2024 11:16pm
Review and remediation
I closed the thesis
I’d been peer reviewing
stood and stretched
and got a cup of
coffee before I
sat down to
meatier work
I put on reading
glasses
The type with the
blue filter coating
so I wouldn’t get
a headache from
complicated
reading
They make me look like
a sexy librarian
when I put my hair in a bun
But my hair is down as
I analyze the work I
failed to analyze
correctly,
and my
entire exigence
is skewed while ...
I’d been peer reviewing
stood and stretched
and got a cup of
coffee before I
sat down to
meatier work
I put on reading
glasses
The type with the
blue filter coating
so I wouldn’t get
a headache from
complicated
reading
They make me look like
a sexy librarian
when I put my hair in a bun
But my hair is down as
I analyze the work I
failed to analyze
correctly,
and my
entire exigence
is skewed while ...
#betrayal
#lies
#manipulation
223 reads
12 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
26th Jun 2024 00:37am
26th Jun 2024 00:37am
sub (sans safe word)
#BDSM
#betrayal
#heartbroken
#hurt
#dark
189 reads
20 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
25th Jun 2024 4:41pm
25th Jun 2024 4:41pm
f**k you — in all my lives
#breakup
#hate
#lies
#love
#anger
164 reads
15 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
25th Jun 2024 3:22pm
25th Jun 2024 3:22pm
Broken patellae
As the walls of your
stone shelter heart
collapsed on me
I hit my knees
and begged you
to
Tell me you’re sorry
Tell me you did that shit
Tell me I mattered.
But you told me
you didn’t
need
this
shit
stone shelter heart
collapsed on me
I hit my knees
and begged you
to
Tell me you’re sorry
Tell me you did that shit
Tell me I mattered.
But you told me
you didn’t
need
this
shit
#breakup
#despair
#heartbroken
#hurt
#minimalist
221 reads
6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
25th Jun 2024 3:29am
25th Jun 2024 3:29am
crux decussata
#anger
#betrayal
#dark
#hate
#manipulation
113 reads
13 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
24th Jun 2024 2:53am
24th Jun 2024 2:53am
I can’t lift my head from the pillow today
I’m private
and you told
her
everything
I loved you enough
to trust you with
with everything
and she taunted me
with it.
all.
and the horror
and shame
and agony
of being a burden
to the man
I considered
my gift
is more than
I can face
and you told
her
everything
I loved you enough
to trust you with
with everything
and she taunted me
with it.
all.
and the horror
and shame
and agony
of being a burden
to the man
I considered
my gift
is more than
I can face
#breakup
#depression
#despair
#heartbroken
#sadness
261 reads
19 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
24th Jun 2024 2:29am
24th Jun 2024 2:29am
Frogger
The white work van
passed so close
its wind picked
my hair from my shoulders
my wild eyes
sought you out
on the other side
of 10 rush-hour lanes
of interstate highway
my palms were slimy
from sweat washing
off my hand cream
and my stomach
creaked
I gasped,
but I didn’t step back
when the next car
blared its horn
loud enough to
echo in my ears
instead I stepped
forward
...
passed so close
its wind picked
my hair from my shoulders
my wild eyes
sought you out
on the other side
of 10 rush-hour lanes
of interstate highway
my palms were slimy
from sweat washing
off my hand cream
and my stomach
creaked
I gasped,
but I didn’t step back
when the next car
blared its horn
loud enough to
echo in my ears
instead I stepped
forward
...
#anger
#betrayal
#hypocrisy #manipulation
#hypocrisy #manipulation
208 reads
25 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
17th Jun 2024 2:11am
17th Jun 2024 2:11am
Apologies for the cum stains on the Buick
#dirty
#erotic
#lust
#orgasm
#sex
370 reads
26 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
14th Jun 2024 1:54am
14th Jun 2024 1:54am
Red dress in NOLA - 2
#escape
#freedom
#LGBT
183 reads
22 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
14th Jun 2024 1:28am
14th Jun 2024 1:28am
Red dress in NOLA - 1
the streets
felt like an
empty stomach
after Halloween
so much darkness
after a night
of explosive beauty
left the emotional belly
growling, as if
something in the
humid air went
missing
I saw her crying
in the alcove
of a closed store
off Bienville Street
She wore a red dress
and her entire being shook
as she burrowed
her face in the phone
crouched on the
edge of the curb
as if sorrow had
eaten her body,
and collapsed ...
felt like an
empty stomach
after Halloween
so much darkness
after a night
of explosive beauty
left the emotional belly
growling, as if
something in the
humid air went
missing
I saw her crying
in the alcove
of a closed store
off Bienville Street
She wore a red dress
and her entire being shook
as she burrowed
her face in the phone
crouched on the
edge of the curb
as if sorrow had
eaten her body,
and collapsed ...
#beauty
#sadness
261 reads
20 Comments
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