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Midnight People
Save the introductions
shy smiles, self professed love
in loveless game
midnight resolve of smokey air
Whiskey swirls
iced-silence
crystalline dreams
and, I ache to taste your tongue
by-passing your beautiful lips
thick with history
to lick bitterness of life
irony of belonging
a moment’s time.
You talk
I don’t hear
sound of rain outside drowning
sluiced-lust between my thighs
molesting with naked eyes
save the romantic words, darling
I will not remember in the end
when all's been said and done
seeping vinegar from a broken cup.
Touch me with cold fingers
boredom on lids
to cry-less pity
with each plunge to the edge
save the kisses for sweet
innocent girl who might
still believe in fairytales.
Image: Random google find.
Published 24th Aug 2016
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17th Sep 2016 10:55pm
Then i'm not too late with my thank you reply for leaving your thought imprint. Thanks Dartford.
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24th Aug 2016 2:01am
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24th Aug 2016 4:29am
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17th Sep 2016 10:56pm
24th Aug 2016 7:19am
Great poem... Love the multitude of emotions and images in this, one layer after another. Great pen Vee.
~anonshadow😏
~anonshadow😏
20th Sep 2016 2:54am
Thank you so much Anon, its one of those themes i'm very much interested lately to dive in.
24th Aug 2016 7:35am
20th Sep 2016 2:57am
I"m so glad you find it to your liking Mr. Kexby. I wanted to keep the grim of the scene and yet balance the language without cheapening the characters or the emotions behind it.
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25th Aug 2016 3:20pm
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29th Sep 2016 00:54am
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25th Aug 2016 4:39pm
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29th Sep 2016 00:56am
Thank you so much Aemelia, its always wonderful to see your feedbacks and your boundless support.
Ok ok I'll save the sweet talk
How bout some good ole fashioned
Dirty, manhandlin' schtick!?
"Turn over n' spread wide my
hot lil' feline! I'm bout to break ur spine in three places!" lol
How bout some good ole fashioned
Dirty, manhandlin' schtick!?
"Turn over n' spread wide my
hot lil' feline! I'm bout to break ur spine in three places!" lol
29th Sep 2016 00:54am
oh my...is this like 'be careful what you ask for' ? lol
why do i feel that regardless, I'm in good hands with you..now i sound like allstate insurance haha
why do i feel that regardless, I'm in good hands with you..now i sound like allstate insurance haha
26th Aug 2016 9:01pm
27th Aug 2016 1:45am
27th Aug 2016 5:16am
getting down & sexy in the noir.
she's a real woman, too real for most men...
she's a real woman, too real for most men...
9th Sep 2016 1:41am
At some point we all become "midnight people" , its just a matter of time.
But, you know it much too well John, you are a master at bringing them to life, thank you :)
But, you know it much too well John, you are a master at bringing them to life, thank you :)
27th Aug 2016 10:31pm
Vee! The gritty imagery in this piece is spectacular. Somebody's lost that luv'in feeling...geez aren't you through yet. My favorite passage "I ache to taste your tongue by-passing your beautiful lips thick with history." Brava lady Vee!
29th Sep 2016 1:03am
This came about from bits n' pieces of snippets of observations around the city i live in and also the emotional part is semi-biographical. I think i lived enough to know the difference between romance and bullshit and at some point we say what we mean and we mean what we say.
Perhaps that's why its raw because i applied my emotion and thoughts on the subject subjectively and i'm so glad you liked it Gw, as you know your thoughts i love to hear, thank you!
Perhaps that's why its raw because i applied my emotion and thoughts on the subject subjectively and i'm so glad you liked it Gw, as you know your thoughts i love to hear, thank you!
5th Sep 2016 4:28pm
Ugh my Vee!
you are freshness my soul
needs.. I am sliced open
...exposed and sensitively
delicate.
Yes love, you always take
me there.. I wouldn't have
It no other way.
-Howlings
you are freshness my soul
needs.. I am sliced open
...exposed and sensitively
delicate.
Yes love, you always take
me there.. I wouldn't have
It no other way.
-Howlings
29th Sep 2016 1:09am
Miss Noire, i'm very glad you were able to grasp beneath the surface of this piece. There's layers of hidden pain, years perhaps and i wanted to explore that when i came across an older gentleman few yrs ago in the place of my work and he was bitter, angry, snapping at people for no reason and i thought 'i'm sure he wasn't born like this, what made him become so bitter and hateful' and that thought had stuck with me. and while writing this i kept that in the back of my mind. We are the product of our environment whether we realize it or not and hopefully i was able to bring that aspect to light in this poem and as always i thank you humbly for your beautiful presence within my pages.
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9th Sep 2016 5:08am
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9th Sep 2016 5:44am
There's a sense of belonging even in brutality and pain. The irony of validation even for a moment is enough to make us get through the night.
As I mentioned above to John F, the older we get the less we buy the bullshit pretty words or the need for them.
We just want to feel the sharpness of the words like a blade on the skin..but you already know that Tod :) Thanks for the add.
As I mentioned above to John F, the older we get the less we buy the bullshit pretty words or the need for them.
We just want to feel the sharpness of the words like a blade on the skin..but you already know that Tod :) Thanks for the add.
Anonymous
13th Sep 2016 10:58pm
Hi. I liked this poem. Have you ever read john cooper clarkes poem entitled night people he is a bit of a legend in the uk so far as performance poetry goes
29th Sep 2016 1:04am
I have not but i will look up his poem tonight, I appreciate that this poem reminded you of his, i'm quite flattered, ty.
16th Sep 2016 1:18am
Reading you Vee is like witnessing greatness! I'm so in love with the way you write, always have been and I don't think that will ever change. xo
29th Sep 2016 00:59am
I hope i will always be at my par Rain, sometimes i'm too hard on myself and that's one of the reasons i don't write all that often to make sure what i'm writing about is meaningful (to me) and to the reader as well, thank you so much Rain for your beautiful words xo
7th Dec 2016 10:17am
Loved this:
'save the kisses for sweet
innocent girl who might
still believe in fairytales.'
Great photo, too...
'save the kisses for sweet
innocent girl who might
still believe in fairytales.'
Great photo, too...
25th Feb 2017 4:41am
At some point we grow up and realize that there's no such thing as happy endings..thank you for liking this poem Kasai :)
16th Feb 2017 9:10pm
That's a cold fire licking the toes right there!!!
Have I told You how witty You are lately???
Dangerous is that mind when put to battle ;)
Have I told You how witty You are lately???
Dangerous is that mind when put to battle ;)
25th Feb 2017 4:44am
just lately? lol btw Fyi, i no longer am 'dangerous' i graduated to Tyrant recently :p
25th Feb 2017 4:53am
