Submissions by Taurek
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction Soft Westside Boy.
DARK POEM
Published
Yesterday 00:48am
Yesterday 00:48am
Diarrhea
Because we are weak and
demoralized by demons
things take longer when you’re
a pothead alcoholic
tyrant pimp rapist whore
a topless 80s bimbo on
your fridge
we were working towards a
film festival in Berlin
maybe finally making a baby
sliding off the edge of the earth
being in Italy, America,
Australia
confined to a Stephen
King novel
Canadian blues and a 7&7
Venezuela 2
doll parts left at the
loading dock
Christmas in...
demoralized by demons
things take longer when you’re
a pothead alcoholic
tyrant pimp rapist whore
a topless 80s bimbo on
your fridge
we were working towards a
film festival in Berlin
maybe finally making a baby
sliding off the edge of the earth
being in Italy, America,
Australia
confined to a Stephen
King novel
Canadian blues and a 7&7
Venezuela 2
doll parts left at the
loading dock
Christmas in...
#lust
#drugs
#heaven
#apocalypse
#PopCulture
35 reads
1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
14th Oct 2021 5:25am
14th Oct 2021 5:25am
OK California
You don’t have to wait
you don’t have to ask
for it
show whatever you had
you understand this now
subplots and ugly truths
standing in a puddle of
your own filth
287 bucks for something
you should’ve taken care
of a year and a half ago
the only plan being, going
to the tavern tomorrow and
ordering a grilled chicken
bowl and three hard
kombuchas,
and letting my buddy know I
got the first jab this
weekend and now I
was officially a
survivor ...
you don’t have to ask
for it
show whatever you had
you understand this now
subplots and ugly truths
standing in a puddle of
your own filth
287 bucks for something
you should’ve taken care
of a year and a half ago
the only plan being, going
to the tavern tomorrow and
ordering a grilled chicken
bowl and three hard
kombuchas,
and letting my buddy know I
got the first jab this
weekend and now I
was officially a
survivor ...
#money
#alcohol
#illness
#freedom
#pandemic
46 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
12th Oct 2021 3:09am
12th Oct 2021 3:09am
Desiree Bayou
She said she was from Napa
I said, oh, so you’ve been
to wine tastings?
yes, but it didn’t end up well
I mean, you’re supposed to
swish it around your
mouth and spit it
out, right?
she said, yes, but I didn’t
know that, now, I don’t
have a best friend
I ordered another hard
kombucha,
she had just come from a
DUI class and was drinking
a double shot of tequila
she told me she hated going
back home, had some money,
wanted out of Los Angeles,
and she wanted...
I said, oh, so you’ve been
to wine tastings?
yes, but it didn’t end up well
I mean, you’re supposed to
swish it around your
mouth and spit it
out, right?
she said, yes, but I didn’t
know that, now, I don’t
have a best friend
I ordered another hard
kombucha,
she had just come from a
DUI class and was drinking
a double shot of tequila
she told me she hated going
back home, had some money,
wanted out of Los Angeles,
and she wanted...
#hate
#money
#alcohol
#addiction
#UnrequitedLove
38 reads
0 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
9th Oct 2021 4:01am
9th Oct 2021 4:01am
Kaya Lions
This girl I met at the
tavern today told
me she’s trying
to get out of
LA,
but she didn’t want to
move out of California
I asked her why she
wanted to get out
of LA and she said,
she made money working
here, but didn’t want to
do that anymore
I asked her what she
did and she said, I
make pornos, but
not for any of the
big companies
I said, no shit?
then I told my friend, hey,
she’s from the bay area
and they started talking
about how...
tavern today told
me she’s trying
to get out of
LA,
but she didn’t want to
move out of California
I asked her why she
wanted to get out
of LA and she said,
she made money working
here, but didn’t want to
do that anymore
I asked her what she
did and she said, I
make pornos, but
not for any of the
big companies
I said, no shit?
then I told my friend, hey,
she’s from the bay area
and they started talking
about how...
#regret
#loneliness
#sex
#technology
#porn
56 reads
3 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
8th Oct 2021 2:52am
8th Oct 2021 2:52am
Try Back Better
I tried to get vaccinated again
after I checked out the
place in Brentwood, but
when I got there, I realized
I didn’t have my wallet
I took that as a sign the
gods truly didn’t want
me to get this shit
and drove back home and did
the same shit I did last
Sunday
well, I wrote a poem I
thought was pretty
good, but, otherwise,
nothing really
changed
I was still considering
quitting, or making them
fire me to my face
but who was I kidding?
I was sucking down...
after I checked out the
place in Brentwood, but
when I got there, I realized
I didn’t have my wallet
I took that as a sign the
gods truly didn’t want
me to get this shit
and drove back home and did
the same shit I did last
Sunday
well, I wrote a poem I
thought was pretty
good, but, otherwise,
nothing really
changed
I was still considering
quitting, or making them
fire me to my face
but who was I kidding?
I was sucking down...
#technology
#God
#alcohol
#marijuana
#pandemic
36 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
4th Oct 2021 2:19am
4th Oct 2021 2:19am
Stealing Your Girlfriend
Bored of my playlist
need some pussy
need to get the jab
need to just give in
already
blackheart blues
coming back again
alienated
bad reception
the mirror being true
the narrative being
something else
rote melodies playing
over them
great expectations disappointing
you
you can have it all, but, why?
suffering for that piece of
ass in Isla Vista,
after 12 dudes had it every
which way, for nothing
...
need some pussy
need to get the jab
need to just give in
already
blackheart blues
coming back again
alienated
bad reception
the mirror being true
the narrative being
something else
rote melodies playing
over them
great expectations disappointing
you
you can have it all, but, why?
suffering for that piece of
ass in Isla Vista,
after 12 dudes had it every
which way, for nothing
...
#sex
#corruption
#oppression
#greed
#boredom
54 reads
3 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
2nd Oct 2021 5:06am
2nd Oct 2021 5:06am
Help Me, Randy!
Mexican songs on the radio
vaccine mandates
incompetent spokesperson
drugs in the alley
oxytocin
fentanyl
Pfizer
everything you ever wanted in
a syringe
white privilege laughing at
you because you were
that stupid
riffing on the timeline
melanoma hands
skin on skin for content
monetization
thank you to the king
I’m downright giddy
I’ve had time to think
Wed Sep 29 7:09 PM
a cruel inheritance ...
vaccine mandates
incompetent spokesperson
drugs in the alley
oxytocin
fentanyl
Pfizer
everything you ever wanted in
a syringe
white privilege laughing at
you because you were
that stupid
riffing on the timeline
melanoma hands
skin on skin for content
monetization
thank you to the king
I’m downright giddy
I’ve had time to think
Wed Sep 29 7:09 PM
a cruel inheritance ...
#gay
#corruption
#music
#drugs
#pandemic
36 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
1st Oct 2021 2:19am
1st Oct 2021 2:19am
Flat Earthers
I went to get the vaccine, but
the chick was shlubby so I
decided against it
I went home and cooked
some gluten-free
chicken nuggets
in the oven
then I got drunk and
high over the course
of the next few
hours
places on the timeline
erecting the future
the recluse on Beverly
you weren’t right
you were another state
agent, the most
serious problem of
all, on this timeline of
exasperating
events
rats scurrying down
fluorescent corridors...
the chick was shlubby so I
decided against it
I went home and cooked
some gluten-free
chicken nuggets
in the oven
then I got drunk and
high over the course
of the next few
hours
places on the timeline
erecting the future
the recluse on Beverly
you weren’t right
you were another state
agent, the most
serious problem of
all, on this timeline of
exasperating
events
rats scurrying down
fluorescent corridors...
#corruption
#death
#drugs
#food
#pandemic
44 reads
2 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
30th Sep 2021 2:24am
30th Sep 2021 2:24am
Mon Sep 27 7:42 PM
Breast foundation
big titty supremacy
market watch
save somewhere
trying not to belch in
the face of laughter
I was a saint
lude juggernauts
bellowing freely
in the year of our
overlords
and the time of eager
compliance
and the cherry rotting over
the molding chocolate
milkshake in the middle of
the food court of an
abandoned mall
I’ve been here for the
duration, and I’ll be
here after that
and someone in time...
big titty supremacy
market watch
save somewhere
trying not to belch in
the face of laughter
I was a saint
lude juggernauts
bellowing freely
in the year of our
overlords
and the time of eager
compliance
and the cherry rotting over
the molding chocolate
milkshake in the middle of
the food court of an
abandoned mall
I’ve been here for the
duration, and I’ll be
here after that
and someone in time...
#lust
#corruption
#funny
#freedom
#consumerism
43 reads
1 Comment
DARK POEM
Published
28th Sep 2021 2:52am
28th Sep 2021 2:52am
Dreams
in a bizarro world, I’d
be getting paid to write
drunken poetry every
night
be getting paid to write
drunken poetry every
night
#dreams
#night
#money
#alcohol
#WritingPoetry
48 reads
4 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
26th Sep 2021 3:16am
26th Sep 2021 3:16am
Fact
being careful isn’t
going to help
you live
going to help
you live
#kindness
#death
#LifeStruggles
#support
#nonfiction
54 reads
5 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
24th Sep 2021 3:28am
24th Sep 2021 3:28am
Masked Servants
One more hit will get
me through
I’m not a piece of
shit like Patty,
but I’m on the spectrum
Mon Sep 20 7:44 PM
cauliflower mac and
cheese bloating in
my gut
the grilled salmon niçoise
decaying at a faster
pace
and the mixed nuts and
dried cranberries farting
out my asshole
I sit in a top floor office in
an abandoned suite in the
middle of Los Angeles,
awaiting my fate, week to
week
still thinking about dying on
this Vaccine Nazi...
me through
I’m not a piece of
shit like Patty,
but I’m on the spectrum
Mon Sep 20 7:44 PM
cauliflower mac and
cheese bloating in
my gut
the grilled salmon niçoise
decaying at a faster
pace
and the mixed nuts and
dried cranberries farting
out my asshole
I sit in a top floor office in
an abandoned suite in the
middle of Los Angeles,
awaiting my fate, week to
week
still thinking about dying on
this Vaccine Nazi...
#fate
#drugs
#addiction
#freedom
#pandemic
56 reads
2 Comments
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