Poetry

Socializing

Socializing

Reaching out.Loathing the risk.Shaking hands.Putting on the smile.Saying something inane.Doubting all the while. Cheery and chipper.Everyone’s favorite.All the while feeling insane.Seeming secure in the limelight.Pretending to be calmDoubting all the while. Reaching...

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Innocent Man

Innocent Man

I am an innocent man.Falsely accused and convicted in the gaslit court of daddy-Monster.Sentenced to two decades of extreme terror and exposure to parental violence.Another decade in the halfway houseof religious deception and abuse.Sentenced to 25...

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Good Enough for Me

Good Enough for Me

It was love at first sight, even though I sprayed my drink in your faceTrying to suppress a guffaw at your antics.Sure you were 15 years my elder, and an alcoholic to boot,But that was good enough for me.I went along for the ride as you steered your beat up FordTo the...

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