Submissions by Spanker
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
The experiments continue; elements combine and react; new substances form; old ideas disintegrate; lenses filter, focus and reflect; the scientist and the lab rat – indistinguishable.
Domestic Bliss
Mr Bombastic
Stretched her elastic
It is tight
And snaps back
She squeals
In cross delight
Then struggles
With a jar
He assists
Loosening the lid
Hands it to her
She smiles
And opens revealing
Sweet preserve
Ready for spreading
On hot buttered buns
Night sets in
With crescent moon
And stars
Winking
They enjoy
Their bounty
The cat purrs
Expectantly
Stretched her elastic
It is tight
And snaps back
She squeals
In cross delight
Then struggles
With a jar
He assists
Loosening the lid
Hands it to her
She smiles
And opens revealing
Sweet preserve
Ready for spreading
On hot buttered buns
Night sets in
With crescent moon
And stars
Winking
They enjoy
Their bounty
The cat purrs
Expectantly
#love
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Cape of Good Horn
She was back
From the hunt
And let me know
Attention seeking behaviour
I say
She looked, unimpressed
We counted
In our heads
Sweet as clover
The gull was there
Picking at his beak
Unsteady
He hardly matters
Let’s be clear
Except to her
The lady likes
A little filth
Every now & then
Free will
And all that
Giddy up!
From the hunt
And let me know
Attention seeking behaviour
I say
She looked, unimpressed
We counted
In our heads
Sweet as clover
The gull was there
Picking at his beak
Unsteady
He hardly matters
Let’s be clear
Except to her
The lady likes
A little filth
Every now & then
Free will
And all that
Giddy up!
#love
#jealousy
#betrayal
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I.D.
Today
I’m identifying
As a fire hydrant
So
If you’re on fire
I’m here
Hose welcome
I’m identifying
As a fire hydrant
So
If you’re on fire
I’m here
Hose welcome
#identity
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Before the Storm
She predicted
Twenty mils
In the gauge
I said
I’ll do my best
No promises though
Twenty mils
In the gauge
I said
I’ll do my best
No promises though
#rain
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Despotic Dreamer
Vlad the inhaler
Drunk on his own power
But criminals always
Live in fear
Paranoid for so long
His mind wanders
From theory to conspiracy
Who to trust?
He searches for meaning
And what might be
His contribution
His legacy
All those years of
Fighting with himself
Takes its toll
He grows old
Feels time slipping through
His little pink hands and
Soft manicured fingers
He is weary
Too many fools
Cowardly arse-kissers
Just as he once was
Working his way up
Drunk on his own power
But criminals always
Live in fear
Paranoid for so long
His mind wanders
From theory to conspiracy
Who to trust?
He searches for meaning
And what might be
His contribution
His legacy
All those years of
Fighting with himself
Takes its toll
He grows old
Feels time slipping through
His little pink hands and
Soft manicured fingers
He is weary
Too many fools
Cowardly arse-kissers
Just as he once was
Working his way up
#corruption
#politics
#war #responsibility
#war #responsibility
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Sylvia, Ted & Us
None of you know
Where I go
Or what it means
Alone & done
She took a chunk from his cheek
Oh he probably deserved it
After ravaging her
With all that brutality
Thinking it was what they wanted
In the back of someone’s house
Books stacked up on shelves
Theirs yet to join them
Where I go
Or what it means
Alone & done
She took a chunk from his cheek
Oh he probably deserved it
After ravaging her
With all that brutality
Thinking it was what they wanted
In the back of someone’s house
Books stacked up on shelves
Theirs yet to join them
#love
#lust
#WritingPoetry #PopCulture
#WritingPoetry #PopCulture
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40 Degrees Below
Smirchnoy, smirchnoy
Are you giving me the ticket or not?
Shall we go hard-core German romantic instead?
Whose organ is larger?
Smirchnoy, smirchnoy
Are you giving me the ticket or not?
Shall we go hard-core German romantic instead?
Whose organ is larger?
Smirchnoy, smirchnoy
#travel
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Not Wanting To Spoil It
Herald you
Herald much anxiety
Herald my thighs around your lies
Herald your lies around my thighs
She was seven credits
And definitely the business
I’d just dialed her up
Extras included
‘Lucky seat’
I was just agreeing
For the ledger
It finished up about even
She was … well
Shall we say prone?
To indecision & silence
Allowing it to proceed
Despite the … unsaid
But implied violence
The part they both dread
As the credits duly fell
On a worried sky
Through...
Herald much anxiety
Herald my thighs around your lies
Herald your lies around my thighs
She was seven credits
And definitely the business
I’d just dialed her up
Extras included
‘Lucky seat’
I was just agreeing
For the ledger
It finished up about even
She was … well
Shall we say prone?
To indecision & silence
Allowing it to proceed
Despite the … unsaid
But implied violence
The part they both dread
As the credits duly fell
On a worried sky
Through...
#love
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Smudge
You’re an animal
She said
Smiling
I of course
Agreed
She said
Smiling
I of course
Agreed
#love
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Weights & Measures
There are people
Dragging anvils around
On ropes & chains
Attached to necks
They make a most ungodly sound
As the anvils bounce
And bang
Into this & that
And through the dirt they go
Making lines & furrows
Of the sods
Like ploughs
And the heaviness
Weighs them down
And holds them back
Today & tomorrow
Sometimes they tangle
With other draggers & pullers
Chains & ropes & anvils
Through the dirt & snow
Up & down the hills &...
Dragging anvils around
On ropes & chains
Attached to necks
They make a most ungodly sound
As the anvils bounce
And bang
Into this & that
And through the dirt they go
Making lines & furrows
Of the sods
Like ploughs
And the heaviness
Weighs them down
And holds them back
Today & tomorrow
Sometimes they tangle
With other draggers & pullers
Chains & ropes & anvils
Through the dirt & snow
Up & down the hills &...
#addiction
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Sure Baby
I bite my tongue
At the thought of you
There’s blood
As there should be
As there was
And it flowed
Subjective
In our underground
Of tunneled shame
Timely & conducive
And the ads flashed by
So well-constructed
So well placed
Little vignettes
To wet our minds
And sure
You were really something
In my field
As my playgirl
Taking me away
I wore my robe
You bought me
Just like Heff
You did it well
With bunny ears
And rabbit smile
You did...
At the thought of you
There’s blood
As there should be
As there was
And it flowed
Subjective
In our underground
Of tunneled shame
Timely & conducive
And the ads flashed by
So well-constructed
So well placed
Little vignettes
To wet our minds
And sure
You were really something
In my field
As my playgirl
Taking me away
I wore my robe
You bought me
Just like Heff
You did it well
With bunny ears
And rabbit smile
You did...
#love
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I Danced From Foot to Foot
She folds her wings
Like a prophet
Tucks me in
To her bed
Try to save yourself
They warned
From what
I replied
They just sank back
Into our distance
I heard them
As they went
And what was called
And what was true
Passed for something
Passed quickly away
Like her wings
That she unfolded
Pressing me
For consumption
Knowing my programming
Knowing my pre-plan
Aligning it with hers
So perfectly
It had to be untrue
On my lettuce break
Like a prophet
Tucks me in
To her bed
Try to save yourself
They warned
From what
I replied
They just sank back
Into our distance
I heard them
As they went
And what was called
And what was true
Passed for something
Passed quickly away
Like her wings
That she unfolded
Pressing me
For consumption
Knowing my programming
Knowing my pre-plan
Aligning it with hers
So perfectly
It had to be untrue
On my lettuce break
#love
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