Submissions by dull_boy
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
27th Feb 2023 4:20am
27th Feb 2023 4:20am
sunbeams
I love the sun.
I have always felt a special connection with the sun.
I love standing under it.
I love the way it feels shining on my skin.
I love the way it warms my face on a cool spring day.
I love how it warms things up in a greedy autumn.
It burns many different shades of beautiful colors.
It makes rainbows, which make us feel somehow special and selected.
Dogs can die on sunny days and we will still feel smiled upon.
The sun of the south is a raging bull.
When things are soaked, it lightens the load by drying them out.
It dries up...
I have always felt a special connection with the sun.
I love standing under it.
I love the way it feels shining on my skin.
I love the way it warms my face on a cool spring day.
I love how it warms things up in a greedy autumn.
It burns many different shades of beautiful colors.
It makes rainbows, which make us feel somehow special and selected.
Dogs can die on sunny days and we will still feel smiled upon.
The sun of the south is a raging bull.
When things are soaked, it lightens the load by drying them out.
It dries up...
#dawn
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NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
27th Feb 2023 4:16am
27th Feb 2023 4:16am
nutty dark year
I was 13 years old
I remember it well enough
I sat locked in my room
Listening to All-American Rejects
“Straightjacket Feeling”
On my badass surround sound stereo system
I was lonely in that room
I dreamed of big cities
Music was my escape
I had an iPod Mini and a badass CD collection, too
I did drugs and smoked cigarettes
They all gave it to me
It was so easy
I thought I might be gay
because I was into another boy
I was afraid they would all hurt me if they knew
that i had even thought about it
It wouldn’t...
I remember it well enough
I sat locked in my room
Listening to All-American Rejects
“Straightjacket Feeling”
On my badass surround sound stereo system
I was lonely in that room
I dreamed of big cities
Music was my escape
I had an iPod Mini and a badass CD collection, too
I did drugs and smoked cigarettes
They all gave it to me
It was so easy
I thought I might be gay
because I was into another boy
I was afraid they would all hurt me if they knew
that i had even thought about it
It wouldn’t...
#confusion
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Feb 2023 7:33am
25th Feb 2023 7:33am
the rub, the curse
he stood broad in front of a dirty mirror
and rubbed medicated cream through a patchy
but well-groomed beard
and onto the skin of his jawline.
“i have a skin condition,” he explains.
goddamn, I wish it were that easy for me.
i have a condition, too
but it’s underneath my skin,
underneath the fat,
around and inside my bones.
don’t even know what the hell it is.
there is no cream for my condition,
just the rub.
and rubbed medicated cream through a patchy
but well-groomed beard
and onto the skin of his jawline.
“i have a skin condition,” he explains.
goddamn, I wish it were that easy for me.
i have a condition, too
but it’s underneath my skin,
underneath the fat,
around and inside my bones.
don’t even know what the hell it is.
there is no cream for my condition,
just the rub.
#curse
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NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
25th Feb 2023 7:31am
25th Feb 2023 7:31am
chipped tooth
chipped tooth
chapter 1. damages
around midnight i was eating a frozen mini Reese's cup
it was frozen solid so it took some effort to chew
suddenly it felt like i was juggling little pebbles around in my mouth
there must be something hard in the candy, i thought
an object that’s not supposed to be there
this could be grounds for a lawsuit
i was ready to sue their asses and make some big money
go on the run
quit my job and pursue my passions
they’re a big corporation, an easy target
faceless, soulless, leeches
corporations...
chapter 1. damages
around midnight i was eating a frozen mini Reese's cup
it was frozen solid so it took some effort to chew
suddenly it felt like i was juggling little pebbles around in my mouth
there must be something hard in the candy, i thought
an object that’s not supposed to be there
this could be grounds for a lawsuit
i was ready to sue their asses and make some big money
go on the run
quit my job and pursue my passions
they’re a big corporation, an easy target
faceless, soulless, leeches
corporations...
#shame
#despair
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th Feb 2023 9:56pm
24th Feb 2023 9:56pm
dolores
a young college girl and her mother
walked into the restaurant where I worked.
i think they were spanish.
the young girl was nubile, juicy,
tight, smooth, and very beautiful.
thin in the right places.
clean, neat, and simple.
she looked like she smelled really good.
her dark hair was probably always soft and pretty
and never a mess.
full, natural shaped ass
and small, firm breasts.
not big, not flat,
anywhere.
in between,
everywhere.
i sure do like looking at her.
the mother wasn't bad...
walked into the restaurant where I worked.
i think they were spanish.
the young girl was nubile, juicy,
tight, smooth, and very beautiful.
thin in the right places.
clean, neat, and simple.
she looked like she smelled really good.
her dark hair was probably always soft and pretty
and never a mess.
full, natural shaped ass
and small, firm breasts.
not big, not flat,
anywhere.
in between,
everywhere.
i sure do like looking at her.
the mother wasn't bad...
#admiration
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
24th Feb 2023 9:51pm
24th Feb 2023 9:51pm
fun times at talladega
we went to a nascar race
when i was a young boy.
it was loud and i got dirt in my eyes.
my uncle went with us.
he got too drunk and became a problem.
my dad bodyslammed him to the ground and choked him.
people looked the other way.
we left in a rented minivan
listening to 5150 by van halen.
my dad and uncle agreed to settle it like men
when my uncle sobered up.
when i was a young boy.
it was loud and i got dirt in my eyes.
my uncle went with us.
he got too drunk and became a problem.
my dad bodyslammed him to the ground and choked him.
people looked the other way.
we left in a rented minivan
listening to 5150 by van halen.
my dad and uncle agreed to settle it like men
when my uncle sobered up.
#memories
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
24th Feb 2023 1:03am
24th Feb 2023 1:03am
Halloween rat
I remember one halloween
My brother, mother, and me
Daddy, too
He was blue
We drove out to maw and paw’s
To an oasis of the lark
Had my rat
He wore a hat
The halloween rat sang and danced
Once he even pissed his pants
He had blood
Fur in mud
Wore my mask with fake red blood
Dropped my halloween rat in mud
He was mad
Mad at dad
Daddy met his sister there
We were glad that she was fair
Smooth black hair
Everywhere
I pulled out my halloween rat
Made him dance...
My brother, mother, and me
Daddy, too
He was blue
We drove out to maw and paw’s
To an oasis of the lark
Had my rat
He wore a hat
The halloween rat sang and danced
Once he even pissed his pants
He had blood
Fur in mud
Wore my mask with fake red blood
Dropped my halloween rat in mud
He was mad
Mad at dad
Daddy met his sister there
We were glad that she was fair
Smooth black hair
Everywhere
I pulled out my halloween rat
Made him dance...
#dark
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
24th Feb 2023 1:02am
24th Feb 2023 1:02am
music to my ears
Sometimes I take my headphones out of my ears and the birds sing songs to me. I listen to cars drive past, the ticking of a wall clock, and I hear the wind in the trees outside through handprint-smeared windows. Stepping outside, I feel the uneven surface of crunchy gravel beneath my feet. I smell salt, gasoline, and waves of sappy pine in the air. I feel the cool, perfumed wind on my face and hands. And I feel uninterrupted, unassaulted, and fine. I feel fine.
#peace
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
23rd Feb 2023 1:52am
23rd Feb 2023 1:52am
a sad little flower
sometimes i feel like a dying flower in a cracked clay pot
in a terribly lonely room with shadows in all the corners
and pale, chipped walls covered by cheap green paint.
echoes rape the air in a space this empty.
busted, greedy window blinds steal and diminish the blistering yellow sunshine
and the moonlight doesn’t stand a chance, not in this room.
there is never enough light inside to snuff the shadows
and it’s not enough to keep my petals from falling off, not enough to keep me going.
i’m a sad little flower
hidden away in a safe place...
in a terribly lonely room with shadows in all the corners
and pale, chipped walls covered by cheap green paint.
echoes rape the air in a space this empty.
busted, greedy window blinds steal and diminish the blistering yellow sunshine
and the moonlight doesn’t stand a chance, not in this room.
there is never enough light inside to snuff the shadows
and it’s not enough to keep my petals from falling off, not enough to keep me going.
i’m a sad little flower
hidden away in a safe place...
#loneliness
#LifeStruggles
#TruthOfLife #memories
#TruthOfLife #memories
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Feb 2023 1:50am
23rd Feb 2023 1:50am
all in a day’s work
i get dressed
drive to work
call my wife
apologize for losing my cool again
punch the clock
smile at everyone
clean the filth
purge the shoals and herds
creepers and crawlers
oil stains and stringy, viscous fluids
fruit flies, rats and german roaches
industrial cleaning chemicals that ruin clothes
cold, hard floors strewn with the goo and blood of a million mollusks
sticky surfaces that seem to glue dust and small bugs to them
hot air coming in all directions from hotter heads
businesspeople meet to discuss business ...
drive to work
call my wife
apologize for losing my cool again
punch the clock
smile at everyone
clean the filth
purge the shoals and herds
creepers and crawlers
oil stains and stringy, viscous fluids
fruit flies, rats and german roaches
industrial cleaning chemicals that ruin clothes
cold, hard floors strewn with the goo and blood of a million mollusks
sticky surfaces that seem to glue dust and small bugs to them
hot air coming in all directions from hotter heads
businesspeople meet to discuss business ...
#shadows
#TruthOfLife
#greed
#hypocrisy
#job
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