Submissions by garyd
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
No experience whatsoever. Just have a need to express myself at times. Sometimes an idea or word stick in my head until I explore with it on paper.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
23rd May 2021 9:14pm
23rd May 2021 9:14pm
Monkey In The Zoo
that monkey in the zoo
loves to throw his poo
think that you can beat it
man, that ape can zing it
duck down on the ground
cause that chimp don’t fool around
he’ll hit you in the head
you’ll wish that you were dead
many come to tease
they always leave unpleased
after he is done
he’ll holler out in fun
he’ll ready a new packet
while you go clean your jacket
you think that he’s your friend
you’ll never tease again
monkey in the zoo
he’s waiting there for you
loves to throw his poo
think that you can beat it
man, that ape can zing it
duck down on the ground
cause that chimp don’t fool around
he’ll hit you in the head
you’ll wish that you were dead
many come to tease
they always leave unpleased
after he is done
he’ll holler out in fun
he’ll ready a new packet
while you go clean your jacket
you think that he’s your friend
you’ll never tease again
monkey in the zoo
he’s waiting there for you
#animals
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EROTIC POEM
Published
22nd May 2021 7:05pm
22nd May 2021 7:05pm
Know this
Behind the closed door
I will bend and kneel
To the cane
To the ropes
And more
Because this is what I want
This is who I am
But know this
Once the door is open
I will walk side by side
There is no other way
This is who I am
I will bend and kneel
To the cane
To the ropes
And more
Because this is what I want
This is who I am
But know this
Once the door is open
I will walk side by side
There is no other way
This is who I am
#relationships
#BDSM
#obsession
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th May 2021 11:59pm
13th May 2021 11:59pm
One Last Thing
I ask of you one last thing
Bring me down to the sea before I die
My fingers are cold and bent from a life spent working with my hands
My legs are sore from years of walking on unyielding concrete
My back, bent over from carrying the burden of living, yearns to straighten once more as in my younger days
In my youth I traveled the mountains
They sang to me for a while
But their voice grew dim over time and then stopped
The winters grew grayer and more difficult to navigate
They lingered longer each year
The springs and summers grew...
Bring me down to the sea before I die
My fingers are cold and bent from a life spent working with my hands
My legs are sore from years of walking on unyielding concrete
My back, bent over from carrying the burden of living, yearns to straighten once more as in my younger days
In my youth I traveled the mountains
They sang to me for a while
But their voice grew dim over time and then stopped
The winters grew grayer and more difficult to navigate
They lingered longer each year
The springs and summers grew...
#strength
#hope
#emotions
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
10th May 2021 00:33am
10th May 2021 00:33am
If
if kisses came a little more often
or hugs were not self- initiated
and served with pity
if staying in the same room
instead of wandering away
hurt less
if glances were hidden
instead of made with no intent to conceal
if true words were spoken
whatever they were
or wherever they led
if the remaining light
wasn’t swallowed by the dark
if
or hugs were not self- initiated
and served with pity
if staying in the same room
instead of wandering away
hurt less
if glances were hidden
instead of made with no intent to conceal
if true words were spoken
whatever they were
or wherever they led
if the remaining light
wasn’t swallowed by the dark
if
#heartbroken
#breakup
#bittersweet
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
8th May 2021 7:58pm
8th May 2021 7:58pm
Footsteps
unseen footsteps
lost on the forest floor
leaves bend but take no mark
names forgotten
brought by the wind
to an unseen place
far over the sea
faces gone with time
never to return
who will remember
we walked here
lost on the forest floor
leaves bend but take no mark
names forgotten
brought by the wind
to an unseen place
far over the sea
faces gone with time
never to return
who will remember
we walked here
#bittersweet
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
8th May 2021 3:28am
8th May 2021 3:28am
Here
I hear…go away…no way…not for you…don’t come back.
I stay…
Bodies distorted…twisted…minds in others places…eyes not seeing…tongues not working…grunts not words…spasms…smells beyond description.
I do come back…and again.
I am here.
Help with words…and with deeds…help with feeding…help with dressing…help with undressing…help with pisss…help with shit…doesn’t matter.
I am here.
Friends made…friends lost…friends lost forever…things change…new faces…things stay the same…same faces…friends move on…old friends return.
Venture out…slow at first…more and...
I stay…
Bodies distorted…twisted…minds in others places…eyes not seeing…tongues not working…grunts not words…spasms…smells beyond description.
I do come back…and again.
I am here.
Help with words…and with deeds…help with feeding…help with dressing…help with undressing…help with pisss…help with shit…doesn’t matter.
I am here.
Friends made…friends lost…friends lost forever…things change…new faces…things stay the same…same faces…friends move on…old friends return.
Venture out…slow at first…more and...
#love
#redemption
#emotions
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th May 2021 3:37am
7th May 2021 3:37am
Control
Top/bottom
Top controls/bottom
Clear
Of course
Top controls/bottom
Except when…
Bottom tops/top
From the bottom
Top controls/bottom
Clear
Of course
Top controls/bottom
Except when…
Bottom tops/top
From the bottom
#erotic
#BDSM
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
4th May 2021 2:43am
4th May 2021 2:43am
Faces
If the faces were turned away
If the smiles were hidden from view
What would one think?
Normalcy
They would think normalcy
You would think normalcy
Without question
Without a doubt
Girl’s dancing and laughing
Squealing and shouting
And if they turned and the faces were no longer hidden
What would you think now?
Would you recoil seeing the faces?
The slanting lids and sometimes protruding tongues
Would you maybe take a step back?
Maybe
If you knew the truth
If you only knew the truth
You would take a step...
If the smiles were hidden from view
What would one think?
Normalcy
They would think normalcy
You would think normalcy
Without question
Without a doubt
Girl’s dancing and laughing
Squealing and shouting
And if they turned and the faces were no longer hidden
What would you think now?
Would you recoil seeing the faces?
The slanting lids and sometimes protruding tongues
Would you maybe take a step back?
Maybe
If you knew the truth
If you only knew the truth
You would take a step...
#courage
#inspirational
#emotions
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd May 2021 7:05pm
2nd May 2021 7:05pm
Smells
Eucalyptus and ocean
Spin my mind
Breathe it forever
Doors slide open
Hold it in
Don’t give in
Hard not to lose it
Unwashed bodies
Piss
Shit
God knows what else
You’ll get used to it
Never want to get used to it
Hold your breath
Can’t hold it forever
I can try
Breathe it in slowly
Stinks
Run outside
Eucalyptus and ocean
Try again
As bad as before
Maybe worse
Will it ever get better?
Never
Spin my mind
Breathe it forever
Doors slide open
Hold it in
Don’t give in
Hard not to lose it
Unwashed bodies
Piss
Shit
God knows what else
You’ll get used to it
Never want to get used to it
Hold your breath
Can’t hold it forever
I can try
Breathe it in slowly
Stinks
Run outside
Eucalyptus and ocean
Try again
As bad as before
Maybe worse
Will it ever get better?
Never
#anxiety
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DARK POEM
Published
2nd May 2021 4:06am
2nd May 2021 4:06am
Tonito
no name/number/wall/floors/bars/pea green/ice box/scared to death/life in their hands/your life/ their hands/everything ready/be calm/can’t be calm/sweat pouring down/change shirt/third time/last one/stop sweating/more deodorant/gone/use your cellmates/fight coming/make it up to him/everything ready to go/can’t come back/won’t let you/go through it again/one more time/remember everything/remember.
late at night/flirting with asleep/pounding/front door/no choice/soldier/soldiers obey/get in car/crying mother/screaming sister/in the car/driving/dead silence/smoke/sweet smoke/dull the...
late at night/flirting with asleep/pounding/front door/no choice/soldier/soldiers obey/get in car/crying mother/screaming sister/in the car/driving/dead silence/smoke/sweet smoke/dull the...
#forgiveness
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st May 2021 5:07pm
1st May 2021 5:07pm
I Wonder
I often wonder what you are thinking
I do, I really do wonder
Every so often I catch that flicker in your eyes, and that’s when I know,
know you are there.
Others may doubt you,
and me.
They say you are empty, a shell,
but I just wonder.
Do you look out and laugh?
Make fun of us all when we’re not around?
Is it a game inside your head that you play on the world?
Only you know.
One day will you grow tired of the ruse,
and share everything from your years of...
I do, I really do wonder
Every so often I catch that flicker in your eyes, and that’s when I know,
know you are there.
Others may doubt you,
and me.
They say you are empty, a shell,
but I just wonder.
Do you look out and laugh?
Make fun of us all when we’re not around?
Is it a game inside your head that you play on the world?
Only you know.
One day will you grow tired of the ruse,
and share everything from your years of...
#hope
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
30th Apr 2021 11:42pm
30th Apr 2021 11:42pm
I should have known
Who?
What?
You’re kidding, right?
Everyone?
Men and women?
Except for me and Amy Weiss?
Really, everyone?
I know I’m in San Francisco, but who would’ve thought.
Never in my wildest dreams.
I guess maybe I should’ve known.
Like that time when we were roller skating and that cute man pinched my ass and then winked at me.
I thought I just had a cute ass.
I should’ve known.
I’m from Chicago.
In Chicago cute men don’t pinch your ass.
Well, maybe they do.
Are you telling me I’m the only straight man in the city? ...
What?
You’re kidding, right?
Everyone?
Men and women?
Except for me and Amy Weiss?
Really, everyone?
I know I’m in San Francisco, but who would’ve thought.
Never in my wildest dreams.
I guess maybe I should’ve known.
Like that time when we were roller skating and that cute man pinched my ass and then winked at me.
I thought I just had a cute ass.
I should’ve known.
I’m from Chicago.
In Chicago cute men don’t pinch your ass.
Well, maybe they do.
Are you telling me I’m the only straight man in the city? ...
#men
#humankind
#masculinity
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