Submissions by Taurek
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Poet Introduction
Soft Westside Boy.
DARK POEM
Published
9th Mar 2022 3:50am
9th Mar 2022 3:50am
Another Century Down
Every word written should
mean something, as I drank
vodka, smoked weed, and
jacked off
a Pulitzer Prize winner in
a crossword puzzle
lingerie nights, wet
bikini mornings
hell kisses me on the lips
edit bays and venereal warts
free lunch return to work week
I’d be in hell for the duration
at the new local chasing
Louisiana Hot Wings with
Allagash
it wasn’t the same
I wanted to see my buddy and
my fiancé, but capitalism made
that impossible
I’m in abandoned office
space with an old
man...
mean something, as I drank
vodka, smoked weed, and
jacked off
a Pulitzer Prize winner in
a crossword puzzle
lingerie nights, wet
bikini mornings
hell kisses me on the lips
edit bays and venereal warts
free lunch return to work week
I’d be in hell for the duration
at the new local chasing
Louisiana Hot Wings with
Allagash
it wasn’t the same
I wanted to see my buddy and
my fiancé, but capitalism made
that impossible
I’m in abandoned office
space with an old
man...
#love
#sex
#death
#drugs
#hell
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DARK POEM
Published
8th Mar 2022 3:07am
8th Mar 2022 3:07am
The Hangman’s Courtesy Call 2
Belly massages and
crossword puzzles
when did it come
to this?
I wanted a better job, a
wife and kids, and a
nice house
I had a job that sucked, an
internet connection, and
a dusty condo
I had to be in Studio
City at 9am to distribute
shred bins and ScanWise
boxes
it never ceased to amaze
me how low I’d go
emails that were laden with
exclamation points!
employee counts from
out of nowhere
and another question I
couldn’t answer
sometimes I think about
that girl I met on the...
crossword puzzles
when did it come
to this?
I wanted a better job, a
wife and kids, and a
nice house
I had a job that sucked, an
internet connection, and
a dusty condo
I had to be in Studio
City at 9am to distribute
shred bins and ScanWise
boxes
it never ceased to amaze
me how low I’d go
emails that were laden with
exclamation points!
employee counts from
out of nowhere
and another question I
couldn’t answer
sometimes I think about
that girl I met on the...
#children
#wife
#dreams
#technology
#UnrequitedLove
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DARK POEM
Published
25th Feb 2022 2:43am
25th Feb 2022 2:43am
Back In the Abyss
Black void nothing
endless days of this
no relief from what?
pictures on screens
fucked up nights
losers all of us
why not tonight?
job in the morning
it didn’t mean anything
crazy like the day you
were born
sober like the day you died
numb going into infinity
big tits, skin on skin
weasels in repose
cats on the attack
hyenas tiring out
power so you could
do what?
closer now
they made the decision,
I had no choice
a kid with all the toys he
could ever want and
I still...
endless days of this
no relief from what?
pictures on screens
fucked up nights
losers all of us
why not tonight?
job in the morning
it didn’t mean anything
crazy like the day you
were born
sober like the day you died
numb going into infinity
big tits, skin on skin
weasels in repose
cats on the attack
hyenas tiring out
power so you could
do what?
closer now
they made the decision,
I had no choice
a kid with all the toys he
could ever want and
I still...
#beauty
#power
#technology
#despair
#disappointment
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1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
13th Feb 2022 6:28am
13th Feb 2022 6:28am
You Weren’t the Only One Who Was Tired
Looking out the window of
a bar you’ll never
return to
looking at her eczema
hands and beer belly
knowing she belonged
to something else
nothing but a dull, aching
blackness and that was
all
you’d see the odd woman
every now and again and
yearn
and then you’d go into a
liquor store and buy a
fifth of vodka and a
six pack and maybe
some cigarettes
because lifespan
meant nothing
to you
everything was green and
all the pussies were pink...
a bar you’ll never
return to
looking at her eczema
hands and beer belly
knowing she belonged
to something else
nothing but a dull, aching
blackness and that was
all
you’d see the odd woman
every now and again and
yearn
and then you’d go into a
liquor store and buy a
fifth of vodka and a
six pack and maybe
some cigarettes
because lifespan
meant nothing
to you
everything was green and
all the pussies were pink...
#women
#alcohol
#WritingPoetry
#UnrequitedLove
#suffering
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DARK POEM
Published
12th Feb 2022 1:32am
12th Feb 2022 1:32am
The Girl in The Beige Dress
There’s nothing wrong with
any of it
you were looking in the
wrong places and
listening to the
wrong voices
pretty women passing me
by my whole life
I felt that wouldn’t be the
case for too much longer
because I was still doing
this and the vibe was
trending my way
opening your mind was
the curse
my mission was success at
any cost
she came with a certain
rhetoric
and the voices were all
saying no
any of it
you were looking in the
wrong places and
listening to the
wrong voices
pretty women passing me
by my whole life
I felt that wouldn’t be the
case for too much longer
because I was still doing
this and the vibe was
trending my way
opening your mind was
the curse
my mission was success at
any cost
she came with a certain
rhetoric
and the voices were all
saying no
#women
#beauty
#LifeStruggles
#greed
#curse
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1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
7th Feb 2022 1:39am
7th Feb 2022 1:39am
Another Reminder
Tearing the skin off my
fingertips because the
words won’t come
the devil gripping my
short and curlies
uplifting dirges
death was next
testing my faith through
technology
no vodka, no chance
everything becomes
heavy all of a sudden
something else for the
misc. pile
aggressive weed smoking
tells you everything you
need to know
this is when it finally
dawns on you
drinking in a lonely
apartment
...
fingertips because the
words won’t come
the devil gripping my
short and curlies
uplifting dirges
death was next
testing my faith through
technology
no vodka, no chance
everything becomes
heavy all of a sudden
something else for the
misc. pile
aggressive weed smoking
tells you everything you
need to know
this is when it finally
dawns on you
drinking in a lonely
apartment
...
#technology
#death
#devil
#faith
#drugs
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DARK POEM
Published
31st Jan 2022 00:06am
31st Jan 2022 00:06am
Shadow Of the Empire
Weed jar looking bleak,
thinking about the
single mother I
just met
she also works on the
lot and didn’t come
through with the
bagels
so I’m back at the
tavern finding out my
buddy quit and drinking
vodka and margaritas,
talking to the cute punk
hostess who’s half my age,
having a grand old time
on a call with a financial
solicitor who wants
another meeting
next week
but it conflicts with
my schedule
I’ve got to get information
to that lady in New York ...
thinking about the
single mother I
just met
she also works on the
lot and didn’t come
through with the
bagels
so I’m back at the
tavern finding out my
buddy quit and drinking
vodka and margaritas,
talking to the cute punk
hostess who’s half my age,
having a grand old time
on a call with a financial
solicitor who wants
another meeting
next week
but it conflicts with
my schedule
I’ve got to get information
to that lady in New York ...
#motherhood
#money
#alcohol
#marijuana
#food
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1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
19th Jan 2022 2:07am
19th Jan 2022 2:07am
The Reigning Champs
Frightening realities
emerge at this time
at night
I don’t know why that
is, but I intend to
find out
and make it all poetic
so people see the
real me
not some drunken
degenerate
but a man that was
about to put you
all out on the
street
because you let the dude-
speak fool you
and fools were coming
back in vogue and I
wasn’t going to let
that happen,
dude
don’t come crying to me
about your depression or
whatever fag...
emerge at this time
at night
I don’t know why that
is, but I intend to
find out
and make it all poetic
so people see the
real me
not some drunken
degenerate
but a man that was
about to put you
all out on the
street
because you let the dude-
speak fool you
and fools were coming
back in vogue and I
wasn’t going to let
that happen,
dude
don’t come crying to me
about your depression or
whatever fag...
#conflict
#politics
#alcohol
#nightmares
#rebellion
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2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
18th Jan 2022 00:14am
18th Jan 2022 00:14am
Infiniti Roses
Dying in obscurity was
always the plan because
everything was badly
written
a hero’s journey into
the abyss
good weed will do that
freedom and a little bit
of money
mudhoney baby at the kiosk
this is how I look when I’m
fucking your bitch!
getting a line off like an
orgasm
just keep going
music, sometimes
I like grease
things change and we
were reduced to an
email thread
reluctant to change so
everything remained ...
always the plan because
everything was badly
written
a hero’s journey into
the abyss
good weed will do that
freedom and a little bit
of money
mudhoney baby at the kiosk
this is how I look when I’m
fucking your bitch!
getting a line off like an
orgasm
just keep going
music, sometimes
I like grease
things change and we
were reduced to an
email thread
reluctant to change so
everything remained ...
#sex
#death
#money
#drugs
#freedom
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DARK POEM
Published
13th Jan 2022 3:09am
13th Jan 2022 3:09am
A Tyrant’s Reality
Half thoughts and cares
exploit your family for
profit
throw your colleagues
under the bus
despot nepotism
but I maintain there is
a code
la cosa nostra
cool customer
finneas monk
Chuck Klosterman
young torso
how can you fail?
exploit your family for
profit
throw your colleagues
under the bus
despot nepotism
but I maintain there is
a code
la cosa nostra
cool customer
finneas monk
Chuck Klosterman
young torso
how can you fail?
#corruption
#power
#greed
#determination
#vulnerability
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DARK POEM
Published
2nd Jan 2022 1:44am
2nd Jan 2022 1:44am
The Tyrant King
Beelzebub in my
bedroom
champagne in the
nook
you’ve got me fucked
up right now
there are bees in the
Livingroom
blood and guts and
viscera all along
the vista
you weren’t going
to win
you were going to call
your mommy
I’m living in the
Hagakure
you weren’t pure
you were putrid
an acrid putty to
be molded
I’m smoking better
weed now
I just can’t be beat
I was god’s favorite ...
bedroom
champagne in the
nook
you’ve got me fucked
up right now
there are bees in the
Livingroom
blood and guts and
viscera all along
the vista
you weren’t going
to win
you were going to call
your mommy
I’m living in the
Hagakure
you weren’t pure
you were putrid
an acrid putty to
be molded
I’m smoking better
weed now
I just can’t be beat
I was god’s favorite ...
#loneliness
#death
#devil
#alcohol
#hell
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4 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
31st Dec 2021 2:38am
31st Dec 2021 2:38am
Radford Reserve
I’m obsessing over a
terrible person
I’m in Studio Center looking
for moral support
I’m at the mall buying
something that will
make me happy
I’ll always wish I didn’t
let you slip through
my greedy fingers
eclipses in the heart
epileptic shock
things talked about in
the dark
soothing words weren’t
needed now
there was something
growing somewhere
else
as I massage your
tattooed hand
you caress my cheek and
I feel nothing ...
terrible person
I’m in Studio Center looking
for moral support
I’m at the mall buying
something that will
make me happy
I’ll always wish I didn’t
let you slip through
my greedy fingers
eclipses in the heart
epileptic shock
things talked about in
the dark
soothing words weren’t
needed now
there was something
growing somewhere
else
as I massage your
tattooed hand
you caress my cheek and
I feel nothing ...
#aging
#consumerism
#greed
#pandemic
#horror
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