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These are poetry drafts. I consider all my poetry in a constant state of drafting, some with revision ongoing, others merely gathering dust. Some have been published but will still be considered drafts.

N.B. When these posts were imported I noticed some of my reblogs also got pulled in. It should be ovious from the contents that they are reblogs from other writers. I am in the process of removing those posts.

IN THE WINDY NIGHT

In the windy night

dark and howling

you await me with

patience

so still and moist,

dripping like

a blanket left out

on a rainy summers

day, I will not lay

a hand, I will wait

until they come

and sort you out

my dear

leaking roof

Upon you lap

May I
rest my head
upon your lap
just briefly
I promise that
May I
shut my eyes
for a second
or two
recovery time
my mind
upon yours

Chicken Curry

I stood ready
knife in hand
as I grasped
the chicken breast
a sudden flashback
to a time before
when I was slowly
chopping you to bits
It must have been
the memory
your implants
so firm
so soft
arousing
enticing
the lust I now felt
As the knife slowly
cut through your
limbs, your shaking
stopped, silence once
more reigned in the
kitchen of fools
Today I’m cooking
Curry for two with
pudding on the
House

A @thatrandomprompt prompt

SUBMISSION

like the staring
black beads on
a snowman’s
face, two barrels
of a gun are hard
to please.

GO ON

Some pills are
hard to swallow
but with a
bottle of
wine and a
merry lover
life
could
go on

NO FLOWERS BLOOMING

Father, father
The snow is falling
I’m cold
No flowers blooming
In the dark
You’re warm I hope
Not alone
Purgatory’s bliss

OUR CROSSING PATHS

The killer queen
With frizzy hair
I love her
To bits for
Time eternal
A hellish beast
In high heels
For my eyes
A lavish feast
The river song
Will never die
Backwards going with
Forward past
Our crossing paths
Still pending

19th May 2016. 3:48am

Why oh why
dear vessel of mine
do you require
less and less time
each night
to unwind
Doing my best
to kill you I know
lacking nutrition
fluids are poor
The hours are long
relentless the pace
constantly in overdrive
breaks failing each day
Why oh why
dear vessel of mine
I long for sleep and
dreams of different
times

LAST OF THE WINTER WINE

There is more to you than meet the eye I said staring into the reflection in the mirror. The other me wore a suite, and a tie and had gel in his hair, a weird looking fellow. He didn’t look drunk but still had a happy and content look about him, even though it was the last day of the year. Me on the other hand had been drinking all day, with bottles stashed away in secret locations all around the house I was able to top up throughout the day without having to open the official drinking cupboard which was closely monitored by the elders. My happy self with the cheerful exterior was in no way giving away any signs of what was really going on inside, I so hate New Year.

THE CLOCK WAS STILL TICKING

I did not choose to live when

time was of essence for

all to see and feel and I

stopped living but

time continued

with my breaks on full it

carried on

relentlessly and

I had stopped

thinking I would be

young forever with

choices ad infinitum and

no worries or

sorrows past present

or tomorrow

I had stopped

living but the

clock was still ticking

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