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Hearts, Spades, & Diamonds
Take a hit
Then sit
Expel the smoke
Make a club
Primitive
You're not allowed in my area
Take a hit
Concussion
From wandering into the wrong territory
Weaponizing
Wood to bone
-
Take a hit
Then sit
Expel the smoke
Make a club
Private
You're not allowed in
Absorb the hit
Confusion
To even attempt to fit
Velvet rope
You're barred
---
The party's over
Now these uncomfortable actresses
Lay down on dysfunctional mattresses
Passed out
The war is done
Now these fucking barbarians
Beat drums with clubs
Passed over
---
Tell not a tell
Tale chasing tail
Stand tall with a glass jaw
Tall glass stands is the last straw
Gulping down shattered glass
Poker faces
Around in a circle
Rippled pale with a glass jaw
Tipped cup is the last fall
Drinking fragments like opal sand
Then sit
Expel the smoke
Make a club
Primitive
You're not allowed in my area
Take a hit
Concussion
From wandering into the wrong territory
Weaponizing
Wood to bone
-
Take a hit
Then sit
Expel the smoke
Make a club
Private
You're not allowed in
Absorb the hit
Confusion
To even attempt to fit
Velvet rope
You're barred
---
The party's over
Now these uncomfortable actresses
Lay down on dysfunctional mattresses
Passed out
The war is done
Now these fucking barbarians
Beat drums with clubs
Passed over
---
Tell not a tell
Tale chasing tail
Stand tall with a glass jaw
Tall glass stands is the last straw
Gulping down shattered glass
Poker faces
Around in a circle
Rippled pale with a glass jaw
Tipped cup is the last fall
Drinking fragments like opal sand
Published 21st Jul 2019
| Edited 22nd Jul 2019
Author's Note
I have not a clue to give or a club to pair
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21st Jul 2019 8:42pm
You have such a way with wordplay; this piece has a lyrical quality to it I find really appealing.
Tell not a tell
Tale chasing tail
Stand tall with a glass jaw
Tall glass stands is the last straw
Gulping down shattered glass
But this group right here checks all the boxes for me. So enjoyable a read. Very nice spill.
Tell not a tell
Tale chasing tail
Stand tall with a glass jaw
Tall glass stands is the last straw
Gulping down shattered glass
But this group right here checks all the boxes for me. So enjoyable a read. Very nice spill.
22nd Jul 2019 00:21am
Thank you!
Spill indeed. Half the time i write on here, I'm just going, then take a step back thinking, what the fuck does this mean in whole? And how then do i even title it? Because it's kind of meaningless. But i continue to have fun with it and won't allow myself to edit, (except changing 'robe' to 'rope', like it was supposed to be 😏)
Now thinking about it, I'm an abstract poet. Like, "here's a bunch of (literal) lines. What do YOU see from these shapes?
Ooo and like always, you inspire yet again.
(Note to self: Try writing about ink blots)
Spill indeed. Half the time i write on here, I'm just going, then take a step back thinking, what the fuck does this mean in whole? And how then do i even title it? Because it's kind of meaningless. But i continue to have fun with it and won't allow myself to edit, (except changing 'robe' to 'rope', like it was supposed to be 😏)
Now thinking about it, I'm an abstract poet. Like, "here's a bunch of (literal) lines. What do YOU see from these shapes?
Ooo and like always, you inspire yet again.
(Note to self: Try writing about ink blots)
24th Jul 2019 5:40am
24th Jul 2019 5:51am
