Submissions by Pinkdreams
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Humorist and storyteller, with a dash of lyrical loveliness and an occasional deep thought.
Moving Near (The quest to not be stupid)
Two days
before the end of the school year
weeks after i'd signed my '23/'24 contract
I abruptly announced to my vice principal
that i was not returning
brave
stupid
but mostly brave
hanging on to the wrong job
just because it's safe
limits one's life
and is therefore stupid
six months
after a hurtful incident
in which i learned
-yet again-
to trust no one
and to watch what i say
or type
i have to move on
festering over the injustice
can only limit my life ...
before the end of the school year
weeks after i'd signed my '23/'24 contract
I abruptly announced to my vice principal
that i was not returning
brave
stupid
but mostly brave
hanging on to the wrong job
just because it's safe
limits one's life
and is therefore stupid
six months
after a hurtful incident
in which i learned
-yet again-
to trust no one
and to watch what i say
or type
i have to move on
festering over the injustice
can only limit my life ...
#MovingOn
#determination
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Bernard
Bernard's girlfriend no longer looks hot to him. Sure, she's still slim and leggy with that pretty face, but - he hates having to think this - she's just so damn mean.
Simone thinks Bernard is too nice. "You always try to help losers. You're a loser magnet! You don't have to be an effing saint all the time! I should call you St. Bernard!" This delivered not with affection, but an angry sneer; a frightening contortion of her face reminescent of the frustrated nuns of his Catholic school childhood. The 'Saint Bernard' remark marks the first time Bernard realizes he is going...
Simone thinks Bernard is too nice. "You always try to help losers. You're a loser magnet! You don't have to be an effing saint all the time! I should call you St. Bernard!" This delivered not with affection, but an angry sneer; a frightening contortion of her face reminescent of the frustrated nuns of his Catholic school childhood. The 'Saint Bernard' remark marks the first time Bernard realizes he is going...
#relationships
#dogs
#FallingInLove
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Booty Lady
she was wearing a clingy strapless one piece leopard print thingy
thick thighs on proud display
battery-operated ass moving north and south
hemisphere by hemisphere
she stopped as I was trying to turn
"Move it, booty lady"
i muttered
I'm glad she didn't look over
she would have seen me laughing
not at her
but at "booty lady"
it was like someone else had said it
thick thighs on proud display
battery-operated ass moving north and south
hemisphere by hemisphere
she stopped as I was trying to turn
"Move it, booty lady"
i muttered
I'm glad she didn't look over
she would have seen me laughing
not at her
but at "booty lady"
it was like someone else had said it
#women
#funny
306 reads
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Lalinda, Jewel, and Great White Spirit
"I spent about two hours at Lalinda's house. She said Jewel helps her reach Great White Spirit."
"Great White Spirit?" That sounds like a generic ghost. Like a bargain brand. Like Price Chopper ascended master or something."
"I have no idea what Great White Spirit is, but she says she can reach it- or him...does GWS have a dick?, because she is powerful."
"Lalinda is saying she, herself is powerful?" Marshall crunches a Dorito. I know all of his late night chewing sounds.
"Yes. For some reason...
"Great White Spirit?" That sounds like a generic ghost. Like a bargain brand. Like Price Chopper ascended master or something."
"I have no idea what Great White Spirit is, but she says she can reach it- or him...does GWS have a dick?, because she is powerful."
"Lalinda is saying she, herself is powerful?" Marshall crunches a Dorito. I know all of his late night chewing sounds.
"Yes. For some reason...
#friendship
#music
#food
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Kiki and The Wild Boys
Get Out of the Way, Goofy
Got any Cum I Mean Gum
Would You Rather See a Tree Grow or a Knee Grow
Ms G, What's a Cock?
Cock Means Male Chicken
You Have To Fly Past The Sun to Get to the Moon, Right?
Someone Farted!
Gaming is Life
Yay, I got a Hunny on my Test!
These are all songs
or could be
from sound bites in my 7th grade classroom
performed by Kiki and The Wild Boys
my wildest girl
three of the wildest boys
there was great competition for that
Kiki and the Wild Boys
can play...
Got any Cum I Mean Gum
Would You Rather See a Tree Grow or a Knee Grow
Ms G, What's a Cock?
Cock Means Male Chicken
You Have To Fly Past The Sun to Get to the Moon, Right?
Someone Farted!
Gaming is Life
Yay, I got a Hunny on my Test!
These are all songs
or could be
from sound bites in my 7th grade classroom
performed by Kiki and The Wild Boys
my wildest girl
three of the wildest boys
there was great competition for that
Kiki and the Wild Boys
can play...
#school
#summer
#music
175 reads
4 Comments
When Play Isn't Enough
#BDSM
#gratitude
#emotions #confessional
#emotions #confessional
288 reads
16 Comments
The Temporary Safety of an Adirondack Chair
small California airports
have sunny courtyards
this one has a beer kiosk
not much interest to me
but great interest
to the woman in the adirondack chair
next to me
could i watch her suitcase while she gets another beer?
sure
i should't she giggles
i manage a weak smile
a why not shrug
adding that drinking and flying
is not a problem
as long as one isn't the pilot
when she returns
she wants to chat
asks if I'm from San Luis Obispo or Phoenix
she lives in Phoenix too ...
have sunny courtyards
this one has a beer kiosk
not much interest to me
but great interest
to the woman in the adirondack chair
next to me
could i watch her suitcase while she gets another beer?
sure
i should't she giggles
i manage a weak smile
a why not shrug
adding that drinking and flying
is not a problem
as long as one isn't the pilot
when she returns
she wants to chat
asks if I'm from San Luis Obispo or Phoenix
she lives in Phoenix too ...
#sadness
#love
#mother #LifeStruggles
#mother #LifeStruggles
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Oh by the Way, Janet Died
the age gap
she, older
cast intriguing shadows
on the walls of my childhood
the superiority of my cousin Janet's age
six long, long years ahead of me
was an ocean I wanted to swim
but I was stuck near the shore
I wanted to reach her
I didn't have a clue
I'm four or five
spending the night with my two younger cousins
i'm up early
Janet asks if I like The Beatles cartoon
I shyly nod my head yes
she turns on the TV for me
and then walks out of the room
I...
she, older
cast intriguing shadows
on the walls of my childhood
the superiority of my cousin Janet's age
six long, long years ahead of me
was an ocean I wanted to swim
but I was stuck near the shore
I wanted to reach her
I didn't have a clue
I'm four or five
spending the night with my two younger cousins
i'm up early
Janet asks if I like The Beatles cartoon
I shyly nod my head yes
she turns on the TV for me
and then walks out of the room
I...
#childhood
#family
#death
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Rain
let's stay
and play
in a glass walled cabin
during a storm
so intense
so powerful
it challenges us to match it
touch something deep inside me
something secret
something hidden
as lightning forks
glass walls glow
and thunder yells its approval
like a happy drunken god
no words are spoken
none needed
heavy rain
steady rhythm
sleep with me
under the glass roof
as the rain calms
to a steady mellow beat ...
and play
in a glass walled cabin
during a storm
so intense
so powerful
it challenges us to match it
touch something deep inside me
something secret
something hidden
as lightning forks
glass walls glow
and thunder yells its approval
like a happy drunken god
no words are spoken
none needed
heavy rain
steady rhythm
sleep with me
under the glass roof
as the rain calms
to a steady mellow beat ...
#love
#BDSM
#rain #nature
#rain #nature
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The Little Engine That Said f**k This Shit
"I think I can, I think I can"
The Little Engine That Could
my dad bought me the book
when I was four or five
he read it to me
an unusual event
most evenings he retreated to his wood paneled den
surrounded by books, sailing trophies,
intense thoughts
in the story
a train is climbing a steep hill
it makes it of course
because
you know
It works hard
and it thinks it can
Dad wants me to understand this
I remember thinking that exact thought
and in some way promising...
The Little Engine That Could
my dad bought me the book
when I was four or five
he read it to me
an unusual event
most evenings he retreated to his wood paneled den
surrounded by books, sailing trophies,
intense thoughts
in the story
a train is climbing a steep hill
it makes it of course
because
you know
It works hard
and it thinks it can
Dad wants me to understand this
I remember thinking that exact thought
and in some way promising...
#MentalHealth
#choices
#determination
330 reads
12 Comments
Kosher Safari
my aunt's 80th birthday
was of course a special occasion
an extra special celebration was warranted
not just another luxury cruise
or Ritz Carlton stay in an international capital
no, something more adventurous
something...rugged even!
my cousin and her rich husband
both reform Jews who went orthodox once married
had the perfect solution:
a kosher safari
when Aunt D first says
kosher safari
my brain sparks and sputters
kosher
safari
what the...?
before I thought through kosher...
was of course a special occasion
an extra special celebration was warranted
not just another luxury cruise
or Ritz Carlton stay in an international capital
no, something more adventurous
something...rugged even!
my cousin and her rich husband
both reform Jews who went orthodox once married
had the perfect solution:
a kosher safari
when Aunt D first says
kosher safari
my brain sparks and sputters
kosher
safari
what the...?
before I thought through kosher...
#family
#religion
#funny #travel
#funny #travel
256 reads
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Alexa Play Eighties Rock
as i speak
to the phantom woman
i have a prediction:
first song will be Bon Jovi
Living on a Prayer
that will be good
but no
even better
a guitar intro fills the air
as energetically ecstatic
as Manzarek's keyboard
on Light My Fire
spiritual rocket fuel
a childhood portal
into the vastness
of the glittering night sky
twenty years later
I could still fly
Sweet Child O' Mine
jolted me
enlivened me
to something
everything ...
to the phantom woman
i have a prediction:
first song will be Bon Jovi
Living on a Prayer
that will be good
but no
even better
a guitar intro fills the air
as energetically ecstatic
as Manzarek's keyboard
on Light My Fire
spiritual rocket fuel
a childhood portal
into the vastness
of the glittering night sky
twenty years later
I could still fly
Sweet Child O' Mine
jolted me
enlivened me
to something
everything ...
#happiness
#music
#memories
306 reads
12 Comments
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