Submissions by Taurek
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction Soft westside boy.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Aug 2020 2:47am
2nd Aug 2020 2:47am
Life.0
I was drowning in
floods and pandemic
diseases for the last
six months and now
I’m hanging with
VPs, aiding in
hidden agendas in
an office with
recessed lighting, two
computer screens, a
flatscreen TV, a new
iPhone 11, and a
shelf full of bottled
water
Things can change that
have nothing to do
with whatever you
thought you were
doing
Getting started in your
fourth decade. An old
colleague starts whining
to you out of nowhere
about how he feels he’s
getting...
floods and pandemic
diseases for the last
six months and now
I’m hanging with
VPs, aiding in
hidden agendas in
an office with
recessed lighting, two
computer screens, a
flatscreen TV, a new
iPhone 11, and a
shelf full of bottled
water
Things can change that
have nothing to do
with whatever you
thought you were
doing
Getting started in your
fourth decade. An old
colleague starts whining
to you out of nowhere
about how he feels he’s
getting...
#money
#alcohol
#drugs
#LifeChangingMoment
#pandemic
28 reads
3 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
25th Jul 2020 4:14am
25th Jul 2020 4:14am
In the Shadow of The Fire
Where the only thoughts
we have are the ones
that keep us
employed
we have are the ones
that keep us
employed
#oppression
#fire
#shadows
#scary
#fear
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0 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
19th Jul 2020 3:32am
19th Jul 2020 3:32am
2 More Weeks At 6100
Then I’m told I’m going
back to the city from
which I came
I won’t miss the
place
you always think it’s
hard letting go of
things, but it’s
not
it’s the easiest thing
to do if you’ve got
enough money in
the bank and a
little time
left
nights out in Playa
del Rey, getting
drunk and stoned,
watching a lady
chiropractor massage
the fascia out of a
bleached blonde
bodybuilder, on the
verge of sleep after
4 drinks and a mini
bong rip
...
back to the city from
which I came
I won’t miss the
place
you always think it’s
hard letting go of
things, but it’s
not
it’s the easiest thing
to do if you’ve got
enough money in
the bank and a
little time
left
nights out in Playa
del Rey, getting
drunk and stoned,
watching a lady
chiropractor massage
the fascia out of a
bleached blonde
bodybuilder, on the
verge of sleep after
4 drinks and a mini
bong rip
...
#city
#night
#money
#alcohol
#hell
47 reads
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DARK POEM
Published
18th Jul 2020 2:17am
18th Jul 2020 2:17am
The Nihilism Diaries
I don’t care about
anything, so I can
harass and violate
you repeatedly and
there’s nothing you
can do to me,
except kill
me
anything, so I can
harass and violate
you repeatedly and
there’s nothing you
can do to me,
except kill
me
#murder
#violence
#atheism
#apathy
#nonfiction
56 reads
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DARK POEM
Published
17th Jul 2020 2:18am
17th Jul 2020 2:18am
Mia Wolff
They don’t like my
shit now because it
doesn’t agree with
the piece of shit
narrative they all
deeply believe
in
well, fuck you
too
now we don’t speak
because I don’t argue
with fools and neither
do they
what a bunch of
idiots we all
were
the best art comes
out of a drugged-out
desperation
when I’m drunk, I’m
a writer
when I’m sober, I’m
scared of what I’ve
written
freedom wasn’t what
they said it
was,
it...
shit now because it
doesn’t agree with
the piece of shit
narrative they all
deeply believe
in
well, fuck you
too
now we don’t speak
because I don’t argue
with fools and neither
do they
what a bunch of
idiots we all
were
the best art comes
out of a drugged-out
desperation
when I’m drunk, I’m
a writer
when I’m sober, I’m
scared of what I’ve
written
freedom wasn’t what
they said it
was,
it...
#conflict
#drugs
#narrative
#freedom
#art
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DARK POEM
Published
15th Jul 2020 3:54am
15th Jul 2020 3:54am
Edging on Tomorrow
Betting on the
fog of war
warlords on the
war torn streets of
Portland, Oregon
Billy Corrigan singing
the blue note
speakers
this is the most
fucked up year
you’ll ever
experience in
your lifetime
and there’s not
that much
time
left
this is the bad
place
this is where
everything you
regret happens
this is the
mausoleum of
life
you’re sitting
there making
polite conversation
...
fog of war
warlords on the
war torn streets of
Portland, Oregon
Billy Corrigan singing
the blue note
speakers
this is the most
fucked up year
you’ll ever
experience in
your lifetime
and there’s not
that much
time
left
this is the bad
place
this is where
everything you
regret happens
this is the
mausoleum of
life
you’re sitting
there making
polite conversation
...
#regret
#war
#city
#scifi
#pandemic
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DARK POEM
Published
13th Jul 2020 2:36am
13th Jul 2020 2:36am
Hamilton’s Nightmare
Peg is an onslaught
maybe there’s
something else we
didn’t understand
maybe we needed
something more than
a rebrand
and so what if
they did?
it won’t change the
fact that the
cheerleaders were
with them now and
highly affective
trying to define
Zion
What does Los
Angeles even
mean anymore?
lost city,
lost country
no, everything is
completely
divisive
if I can still write
down words, I can
still...
maybe there’s
something else we
didn’t understand
maybe we needed
something more than
a rebrand
and so what if
they did?
it won’t change the
fact that the
cheerleaders were
with them now and
highly affective
trying to define
Zion
What does Los
Angeles even
mean anymore?
lost city,
lost country
no, everything is
completely
divisive
if I can still write
down words, I can
still...
#dreams
#city
#PowerOfWords
#nightmares
#morality
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DARK POEM
Published
10th Jul 2020 2:55pm
10th Jul 2020 2:55pm
Avery Said It
#murder
#porn
#evil
#fate
#prison
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DARK POEM
Published
4th Jul 2020 3:47am
4th Jul 2020 3:47am
Big Sleeping Giant
I wrote it down so
I can use it against
you in case you’ve
written down
anything
too
poetry is an
evil case of
the jitters
awful people on
your timeline
a limited time in
the limelight before
you’re completely
exposed
you better really hope
you’ve been an
altar boy your
whole life or
else it’s finito for
you, boyo
prey on paranoia and
fear
how did we get here?
If you cared about
past actions, how
could you thrive ...
I can use it against
you in case you’ve
written down
anything
too
poetry is an
evil case of
the jitters
awful people on
your timeline
a limited time in
the limelight before
you’re completely
exposed
you better really hope
you’ve been an
altar boy your
whole life or
else it’s finito for
you, boyo
prey on paranoia and
fear
how did we get here?
If you cared about
past actions, how
could you thrive ...
#sex
#evil
#sleep
#PopCulture
#morality
76 reads
3 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
28th Jun 2020 3:09am
28th Jun 2020 3:09am
If You Really Want to Know
You’re not a good
bet for me
the corporation isn’t
a good bet for me
I have to bet on
myself
FUCK
bet for me
the corporation isn’t
a good bet for me
I have to bet on
myself
FUCK
#TruthOfLife
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6 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
27th Jun 2020 3:26am
27th Jun 2020 3:26am
Overton’s Army
I’ve written so much
shit that I have to
search my archives just
to make sure I haven’t
already written it
the hivemind demands
total capitulation, but
I’d rather die destitute
on the street
and I’m not even brave
enough to reveal my
real name
the pains of being
pure of heart
I’m a sheltered
lunatic
I’ve earned this, bit
by bit
you can’t write a
script
you know nothing
about character
development!
you’ve been...
shit that I have to
search my archives just
to make sure I haven’t
already written it
the hivemind demands
total capitulation, but
I’d rather die destitute
on the street
and I’m not even brave
enough to reveal my
real name
the pains of being
pure of heart
I’m a sheltered
lunatic
I’ve earned this, bit
by bit
you can’t write a
script
you know nothing
about character
development!
you’ve been...
#courage
#death
#alcohol
#LifeAsAWriter
#suffering
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DARK POEM
Published
24th Jun 2020 1:58am
24th Jun 2020 1:58am
Hairs Everywhere
I think the last time I
got a haircut was
sometime in
February
then everything
shutdown and I
haven’t had one
since
and I’ve been trying
to tame a messed up
‘fro ever since
ordering hair perm
dressing online,
vacuuming black
hairs off the white
tiles in my bathroom
and everywhere
else
and now it’s on the
counters, the sink, and
every place you eat
now the lease was
up and you didn’t
know where they
were going to
place you
...
got a haircut was
sometime in
February
then everything
shutdown and I
haven’t had one
since
and I’ve been trying
to tame a messed up
‘fro ever since
ordering hair perm
dressing online,
vacuuming black
hairs off the white
tiles in my bathroom
and everywhere
else
and now it’s on the
counters, the sink, and
every place you eat
now the lease was
up and you didn’t
know where they
were going to
place you
...
#politics
#LifeStruggles
#money
#dirty
#pandemic
99 reads
0 Comments
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