I can’t cuss like I used to,
or perhaps I never could;
when I speak explicitly now,
it just doesn’t sound good.

I like the sound of expletives
and wish I could make them sound convincing,
but whenever I utter one myself,
I don’t believe in what I’m saying.

My wife’s family cusses well,
and does so with conviction,
when they say damnshithell,
they mean it, no fucking fiction.

So when I cuss in poems,
the sensation is usually forced;
I try to use all words equally,
but they end up sounding cursed.

Every time I try to whiten my teeth,
I gag and wretch, feeling like
I will heave up my bowels,
but I still keep whitening my teeth,
sacrificing my bowels
in the name of science.

i never figured you for a saint
but i could not have guessed
a snowman

when we would dig in our yard
build forts and play
you could climb the tree the highest

and your awkward affinity for carrots?
is that like snowman eskimo kisses?

i feel betrayed
you’ve been so cold to me.

you said run

            i’d fall behind walking

(not)

            bumble ahead, stumbling

(nor)

            slither like you meant

along

 

 

when you think of me
think of
cheap jewelry
sweaty hands
awkward moment after
awkward day
or

my failures
even infamy

but i beg
dont remember me for
my
enormous ears

like a toe snaking to the water’s surface

this is just a test

You and your quick gait
Solemnly travel near to
My most serene spot.

Cool the

Hell down

If you want the freedom to

Life,

Liberty,

And justice. Don’t

X your enemies off your list or you’ll end up

*

Fist fighting

Retards in jail

Every day so you don’t get killed

And or raped by a man whose been locked up for a very long time.

‘K?

Living in constant distress,

Your life’s turned into a mess.

Sudden deaths and abandonment.

To a foster home you are sent.

Until a family says yes.

Hello, azure eyed Tiger,

Who lives in the Jade Green Forest,

Where You buy Your pick of Monkeys

And his queer, onyx Cousins.

***

Great Panthera Onca

With Your melanistic pigmentation,

Fading at the Black Zenith,

Jaguar Queen, you vexed me.

***

Blood filled Cousins, Kindred Enemies

Pumped with Grave Hatred

We quarreled and jousted

Expecting yelps and a haze of pain.

***

By Inhuman Blood we duel,

Lethal Fangs pierce quickly,

But not at all in vain for

Slit Jugulars zero My Life next.

With a color scheme of orange to blue

I do lie there under you.

Through eight hours of darkness,

I awaited your beautiful bliss.

Waiting for you to come into sight,

I stayed up the entire night.

Wandering and wondering until you appeared

At sun up I gleefully cheered.

This is a poem of thanks

To all who give me support.

You help me progress through ranks.

You’re the jury of my court.

***

You help me make decisions

And reveal my many faults.

You unearth my collisions,

And you’ll fix them ‘til life halts.

A creature with eyes like fire

And a mouth like Satan’s Abyss.

It dwells in the hearts of ev’ry liar,

Which strikes like swords at victims of Death’s Kiss.

***

Fear overtakes our minds and souls.

For it’s the servant of Weakness

Created by God’s seven plagues and bowls

Destroyed only by brav’ry’s sleeplessness.

I gazed into two normal mirrors

And watched as appeared my reflection.

With a tilt the image got weirder.

Millions of me in each direction.

The image infinitely regressed,

Forming ideas of every kind.

A science secret like a locked chest,

Unlocked by an inquiring mind.

What is worse? No love or only hate.

If Man continues, doomed is Fate.

Since Genesis, now Revelation,

All men shall perish in damnation.

***

With ten horns and seven crowns and heads,

Dragon waits for the Man Her womb sheds.

Great Michael waged a heavenly war,

Against the Dragon, so says the Lore.

***

Smited down by the Great Angel’s sword,

Hurled down from the sky was the Dark Lord,

Who blamed Mankind for his present case,

Vengeance for the woman he did chase.

***

The Beast of Earth and the Beast of Sea

Are destined to become, you’ll fear He.

Marks of Satan so the Book does tell,

Required for trade, Ticket to Hell.

***

Seven plagues for those who disobeyed.

Alas God’s final wrath is portrayed.

With dismay Earth received each plague sent.

Doom to those who refused to repent.

***

Plunging deep in the Lake of Sulfur,

Babylon mourned by Kings and Sailors,

Merchants do cry out for Her great crimes,

Angels advising of judgment times.

***

“Hallelujah,” spoke angels and people

For the Lamb be wed upon the steeple.

Those invited to the supper are blessed.

The power of love in them was best.

***

First Resurrected were followers,

Beheaded by testimonies, Sirs.

Second Death is the Lake of Fire,

For all who didn’t hold God dire.

***

Destroyed were the Heavens, Hell, and Earth,

To make way for the greatest rebirth.

New Jerusalem for eternity,

Where Men and God live in harmony.

Never give up when you fall off that horse.

Get right back on, and bring confidence of course.

When you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place,

Never bring your head down, keep running that race.

When you’re up a creek without a paddle,

Don’t give up, fight the river like cowboys do cattle.

Always keep trying and you’ll succeed,

Let your will grow, like a planted seed.

Once upon a year ago,

Terrible news struck my ears.

Time began to pain and slow.

Stabbed by words like pointy spears.

***

A dreadful misfortune struck.

A growth too much to handle.

All depending on pure luck.

Life dwindling, like a candle.

***

Now a year has timely passed.

I’ve learned new lessons that show

Pain and love can be amassed

By the friends who come and go.