Submissions by Spanker
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
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LOVE POEM
Published
28th Jul 2021 1:51am
28th Jul 2021 1:51am
A Psychoanalytical Knot
She liked them young
They liked her too
Like a Freudian fantasy
Being played out
Their mother figure &
The sons she never had
She kept in good shape
Denying herself
To fulfil their desires
Picking ripe fruit
In nature’s orchard hills
Payback’s a bastard
Her moon shining down
Ready for pups to howl to
And she starts them off
Showing how it’s done
Spells ricocheting
From tree to tree
Riding night’s breeze
Doing it easy
Solving the maze
A secret magic
Guiding their...
They liked her too
Like a Freudian fantasy
Being played out
Their mother figure &
The sons she never had
She kept in good shape
Denying herself
To fulfil their desires
Picking ripe fruit
In nature’s orchard hills
Payback’s a bastard
Her moon shining down
Ready for pups to howl to
And she starts them off
Showing how it’s done
Spells ricocheting
From tree to tree
Riding night’s breeze
Doing it easy
Solving the maze
A secret magic
Guiding their...
#love
#jealousy
#aging #magic
#aging #magic
16 reads
3 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
28th Jul 2021 1:43am
28th Jul 2021 1:43am
‘As You Like It’
He got me stoned
Just how I wanted
And took advantage of me
Just how he wanted
As I took advantage of him
Just how we wanted
She got me stoned
Just how I wanted
And took advantage of me
Just how she wanted
As I took advantage of her
Just how we wanted
Just how I wanted
And took advantage of me
Just how he wanted
As I took advantage of him
Just how we wanted
She got me stoned
Just how I wanted
And took advantage of me
Just how she wanted
As I took advantage of her
Just how we wanted
#relationships
#marijuana
16 reads
0 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Jul 2021 00:20am
27th Jul 2021 00:20am
Cost/Benefit Analysis
Life is a game of pretend
We try to show our best side
Some of us try harder than others
Balance a concept lost to most
Except the transactional kind
How good is my deal?
Is it fair value for money?
Can I see through the swindle?
Do I accept it anyway?
Coz I have nowhere else to go
And I’m truly desperate
For peace no matter the price
We try to show our best side
Some of us try harder than others
Balance a concept lost to most
Except the transactional kind
How good is my deal?
Is it fair value for money?
Can I see through the swindle?
Do I accept it anyway?
Coz I have nowhere else to go
And I’m truly desperate
For peace no matter the price
#LifeStruggles
21 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
27th Jul 2021 00:18am
27th Jul 2021 00:18am
Half a Bottle In
Half a bottle in
And the dogs are barking
Abandoned by their owners
Hungry for love
Like all of us
They have their duties
And loyalties
And hates too
Cats, burglars
A godless moon
Enjoy a game
A little attention
Good food & clean water
A roof over their heads
Shelter from sun & rain
Simple needs
A wash now & then
Walks if they’re lucky
Beach if they’re pampered
Tongues licking the air
Stolen from mothers
Sold & traded off
Siblings but memories ...
And the dogs are barking
Abandoned by their owners
Hungry for love
Like all of us
They have their duties
And loyalties
And hates too
Cats, burglars
A godless moon
Enjoy a game
A little attention
Good food & clean water
A roof over their heads
Shelter from sun & rain
Simple needs
A wash now & then
Walks if they’re lucky
Beach if they’re pampered
Tongues licking the air
Stolen from mothers
Sold & traded off
Siblings but memories ...
#LifeStruggles
#animals
15 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
26th Jul 2021 1:40am
26th Jul 2021 1:40am
It Must Be That Time
#LifeStruggles
#LifeAsAWriter
24 reads
0 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
26th Jul 2021 1:36am
26th Jul 2021 1:36am
Snarl
So I let it fly free
Through the branches
Of my paranoia tree
Keats & his nightingale
All but a dream
For now
Through the branches
Of my paranoia tree
Keats & his nightingale
All but a dream
For now
#MentalHealth
24 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
25th Jul 2021 00:43am
25th Jul 2021 00:43am
Bleak Sunday
Bleak Sunday
My lying crown
A few errant whiskers
Breathe in
Breathe out
Try to avoid the stains
Do it again
And remember
To recycle
My lying crown
A few errant whiskers
Breathe in
Breathe out
Try to avoid the stains
Do it again
And remember
To recycle
#LifeStruggles
20 reads
2 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
25th Jul 2021 00:40am
25th Jul 2021 00:40am
Another Dance
I hear you’re struggling, old son
Just the voices
I need the right sheet, to help
Swallow it down
Reach up, take it out & away
To be fulfilled
Ignore nothing, the powdery mouth
Sock with a hole
Itch the light, fantastic
Care to dance
Sweet somethings, in her fanny
That spell in your eyes
And she’s vicious, just how you like it
Both of our insides dying
Look elsewhere, my lovely
I’m not worth trying for
Save yourself, before it’s too late
With all these...
Just the voices
I need the right sheet, to help
Swallow it down
Reach up, take it out & away
To be fulfilled
Ignore nothing, the powdery mouth
Sock with a hole
Itch the light, fantastic
Care to dance
Sweet somethings, in her fanny
That spell in your eyes
And she’s vicious, just how you like it
Both of our insides dying
Look elsewhere, my lovely
I’m not worth trying for
Save yourself, before it’s too late
With all these...
#love
17 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
21st Jul 2021 1:38am
21st Jul 2021 1:38am
It Was Black & White
It was black & white
In the smoke & shadow
For old romantic drinkers
As they lay on their couches
Thinking of yesterday
Hoping they’d done better
And the fading light
Of night & day
Knew very little of it
Except when once she danced
And we crowded round to see
Violins in the background –
I believe they were gypsy
In the smoke & shadow
For old romantic drinkers
As they lay on their couches
Thinking of yesterday
Hoping they’d done better
And the fading light
Of night & day
Knew very little of it
Except when once she danced
And we crowded round to see
Violins in the background –
I believe they were gypsy
#UnrequitedLove
#aging
#Romanticism
33 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
21st Jul 2021 1:34am
21st Jul 2021 1:34am
I Confessed
Auditors have power
A bit like critics
Everyone’s scared of them
And pretend more than usual
A bit like critics
Everyone’s scared of them
And pretend more than usual
#power
#fear
17 reads
0 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Jul 2021 1:02am
19th Jul 2021 1:02am
Bukowski Would Know
At least she could write
And her message was not so obvious
My car had been in the way
Parked in my own driveway
Hindering her
From delivering my mail
I parked my car there for the shade
Out of my respect for it
Her mail came half as often as usual
And at no exact hour
Not that it would make any difference
But I mention it anyway
Should I write back?
Maybe put it in the mail
Maybe attach it to my car
Parked quietly in the shade
And hope she notices
Or wait outside & hand it to her
...
And her message was not so obvious
My car had been in the way
Parked in my own driveway
Hindering her
From delivering my mail
I parked my car there for the shade
Out of my respect for it
Her mail came half as often as usual
And at no exact hour
Not that it would make any difference
But I mention it anyway
Should I write back?
Maybe put it in the mail
Maybe attach it to my car
Parked quietly in the shade
And hope she notices
Or wait outside & hand it to her
...
#LifeStruggles
31 reads
2 Comments
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