Submissions by PoetSpeak
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm just a cowboy. I've got some stories to tell and some scores to settle.
First Affair
I was 24
She was 30
Beautiful and sensual
A woman of experience
She was also my supervisor
In a dead end job
We were office drones
In a large boring corporation
We drank ourselves silly on Friday nights
Then made out on the platform
Waiting for her train
Back to a husband who didn't fit
It went on for years
Didn't end well
I loved her too much
Would I ever love again I wondered
She was 30
Beautiful and sensual
A woman of experience
She was also my supervisor
In a dead end job
We were office drones
In a large boring corporation
We drank ourselves silly on Friday nights
Then made out on the platform
Waiting for her train
Back to a husband who didn't fit
It went on for years
Didn't end well
I loved her too much
Would I ever love again I wondered
917 reads
16 Comments
Bed
Kiss your scars
Make love to your pain
Nestled in my hollow shoulder
My love finding yours .....
Make love to your pain
Nestled in my hollow shoulder
My love finding yours .....
1166 reads
26 Comments
Jury Duty
Strangers
Lives intersect
Testimony
Deliberation
Conflict
Agreement
Verdict
Dismissed
Never see those people again
Slice of life civic responsibility
Part of our system
Exit premises
Lives intersect
Testimony
Deliberation
Conflict
Agreement
Verdict
Dismissed
Never see those people again
Slice of life civic responsibility
Part of our system
Exit premises
825 reads
21 Comments
Gun
Lived in the big city my whole life
Never had a need for a gun
Contemplating a more rural setting
Quieter and gentler perhaps
Problem is
Will I need a gun to feel safe
Out there in the black night
With only crickets for protection
The more I think about it
The worse it sounds
Plus you have to drive everywhere
This was a bad idea
Never had a need for a gun
Contemplating a more rural setting
Quieter and gentler perhaps
Problem is
Will I need a gun to feel safe
Out there in the black night
With only crickets for protection
The more I think about it
The worse it sounds
Plus you have to drive everywhere
This was a bad idea
920 reads
14 Comments
understated
I'm my own man
understated
elegant in a rough way
a cup of black tea
in a coffee frenzied rush hour
not a pretty boy
I don't do things to be different
I am different
if you're looking for cool
look elsewhere
I'm pleated pants
in flat front chino land
no validation needed
comfortable with silence
wearing a 1950 black Omega Seamaster
wind up baby
understated
elegant in a rough way
a cup of black tea
in a coffee frenzied rush hour
not a pretty boy
I don't do things to be different
I am different
if you're looking for cool
look elsewhere
I'm pleated pants
in flat front chino land
no validation needed
comfortable with silence
wearing a 1950 black Omega Seamaster
wind up baby
879 reads
10 Comments
Hollow
Pictures
On your phone
That you weren't looking for
Remain
The recently departed
Happier times
In stunning digital memory
Taking you to what once was
Bittersweet
Delicate medium blue
Leaves me hollow
The way it catches me from behind
Sadness
Joy
Life
Death
On your phone
That you weren't looking for
Remain
The recently departed
Happier times
In stunning digital memory
Taking you to what once was
Bittersweet
Delicate medium blue
Leaves me hollow
The way it catches me from behind
Sadness
Joy
Life
Death
994 reads
22 Comments
Expensive Lust
Your pussy is not political
It was your majestic breasts anyway
That swarmed me into your nest of raw
I'm a basic guy with expensive lust
Your mindset is pate
Your sexual gravitas fried spam
Heady and a little confusing
Fuck and suck is basic density
Let's keep it blue collar
Cheap and dirty
I'm a value guy
A little beat up is okay
Do the math
Measure twice
Cut once
It was your majestic breasts anyway
That swarmed me into your nest of raw
I'm a basic guy with expensive lust
Your mindset is pate
Your sexual gravitas fried spam
Heady and a little confusing
Fuck and suck is basic density
Let's keep it blue collar
Cheap and dirty
I'm a value guy
A little beat up is okay
Do the math
Measure twice
Cut once
724 reads
4 Comments
A Way of Seeing
It's a way of seeing
Taking on the taboo
Without really saying it
Often it gets muddled
Then time goes by and we try again
Maybe get a little closer
But maybe not
Then we wait again
I miss her ideas
Shapes and favorite phrases
She's too busy for that
I on the other hand
Am only that
It's my blood and sorcery
Karma has to be right
Still waiting
Taking on the taboo
Without really saying it
Often it gets muddled
Then time goes by and we try again
Maybe get a little closer
But maybe not
Then we wait again
I miss her ideas
Shapes and favorite phrases
She's too busy for that
I on the other hand
Am only that
It's my blood and sorcery
Karma has to be right
Still waiting
830 reads
11 Comments
I need a haircut but ...
Don't have much hair left
I call it hair challenged
My barber went missing too
So fuck it
Letting what's left grow
Hey, that's what gel is for
Midlife hair crisis
Rocking on
A biff in the back
Crank the car radio loud
I call it hair challenged
My barber went missing too
So fuck it
Letting what's left grow
Hey, that's what gel is for
Midlife hair crisis
Rocking on
A biff in the back
Crank the car radio loud
632 reads
6 Comments
We make love by not making love
Is there anything more erotic
Then the burn ?
Then the burn ?
970 reads
6 Comments
it was that kind of day
Weight of the world
580 reads
6 Comments
Changed a Toilet Seat Today
I don't know about you
But I'm no fan of changing toilet seats
Which is worse
Before lunch or after ?
Still it's a humbling chore
To be downtown on the floor
With the essence of mother nature
Thankfully I do this only once a year
But I'm no fan of changing toilet seats
Which is worse
Before lunch or after ?
Still it's a humbling chore
To be downtown on the floor
With the essence of mother nature
Thankfully I do this only once a year
627 reads
9 Comments
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