Submissions by caxton
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
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a thought in four parts
I look for you in the morning light.
I look for you when I wake up
I used to know what I was looking for.
I used to know that I loved you
once there were people
looking at me like I look at you
once a girl smiled at me
and I smiled back
I think of you as an angel
I think the world is laughing at us.
People try to tell us things.
They try to tell us that there
is no life that the world hasn’t seen yet
there is no love that I haven’t felt.
The works of the poets fuel the fires of the cold and hungry.
There is no hope for...
I look for you when I wake up
I used to know what I was looking for.
I used to know that I loved you
once there were people
looking at me like I look at you
once a girl smiled at me
and I smiled back
I think of you as an angel
I think the world is laughing at us.
People try to tell us things.
They try to tell us that there
is no life that the world hasn’t seen yet
there is no love that I haven’t felt.
The works of the poets fuel the fires of the cold and hungry.
There is no hope for...
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radiance
i used to rhyme this is what happened
Oh heart! dear radiance
Sweet angel divine
Goddess among mortals
Beyond test of time
My mind enraptured
My heart ever true
Alone among women
My soul aches for you
The stars in the heavens
Like the sun in the sky
Are but a shadow of your beauty
With enough brilliance to blind
For days without number
I’ve gazed at your face
A flash of a smile
And my heart it would race
Long have I waited
To be by your side
Now I shall tell you
Ive forgotten my pride
Oh heart! dear radiance
Sweet angel divine
Goddess among mortals
Beyond test of time
My mind enraptured
My heart ever true
Alone among women
My soul aches for you
The stars in the heavens
Like the sun in the sky
Are but a shadow of your beauty
With enough brilliance to blind
For days without number
I’ve gazed at your face
A flash of a smile
And my heart it would race
Long have I waited
To be by your side
Now I shall tell you
Ive forgotten my pride
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what's her name?
i once had this dog
i mean it wasn't
my dog
it
was just
this bitch that
kept following me
around
but i finally
got rid of
her
i mean it wasn't
my dog
it
was just
this bitch that
kept following me
around
but i finally
got rid of
her
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the eyes have it.
Point of parliamentary procedure
The cock craves the cunt
Cunt is running around $1.37/lb
I'll have two pounds a
pound of swiss and half a pound
of roasted turkey breast
She smiled and took off her pants
Ai, ai, ai
Motion to fuck
The eyes have it
The cock craves the cunt
Cunt is running around $1.37/lb
I'll have two pounds a
pound of swiss and half a pound
of roasted turkey breast
She smiled and took off her pants
Ai, ai, ai
Motion to fuck
The eyes have it
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logging
the loud buzz-roar of the gasoline engines
on the chainsaws
the great crack as, the tree
falling, the trunk breaks. the
rustle of all the leaves brushing
against the nearby trees
you can feel it in your stomach the thud
as the tree hits the ground
the basso rumble of the diesel engine
on the John Deere skidders
the smell of diesel, gasoline,
oil, and grease on my clothes
the forest is large
we leave a lot
we'll be back in five or ten years
sixty-six percent of new york state is forested
on the chainsaws
the great crack as, the tree
falling, the trunk breaks. the
rustle of all the leaves brushing
against the nearby trees
you can feel it in your stomach the thud
as the tree hits the ground
the basso rumble of the diesel engine
on the John Deere skidders
the smell of diesel, gasoline,
oil, and grease on my clothes
the forest is large
we leave a lot
we'll be back in five or ten years
sixty-six percent of new york state is forested
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sometimes
her mind is a volcano
i'm her pyroclastic flow
her burning breath
the wind of change
feel me burning into your thoughts
my mind is a lion
they put me in a cage
it says "please don't feed the human"
they got the label wrong
break in time
break my mind
feel the loss
as madness sets in
it's the blue light
that causes the glare
but i don't care
you can touch me anywhere
but not there!
i'm her pyroclastic flow
her burning breath
the wind of change
feel me burning into your thoughts
my mind is a lion
they put me in a cage
it says "please don't feed the human"
they got the label wrong
break in time
break my mind
feel the loss
as madness sets in
it's the blue light
that causes the glare
but i don't care
you can touch me anywhere
but not there!
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the burns and scars upon my arms
anyone can see these burns and scars
sometimes they think they know what they mean
idiots all of them!
my history is written on my skin
yours is a lie
i earned these
i learned from these
i bled and oozed
and oh god the pain
these burns and scars
that mark my arms
say things they shouldn't say
and you
you who glorify in pain
think you know
how my history came to be written on my skin
but you're wrong every last one of you.
my scars are earned
but that doesn't make
my pain any greater than yours
sometimes they think they know what they mean
idiots all of them!
my history is written on my skin
yours is a lie
i earned these
i learned from these
i bled and oozed
and oh god the pain
these burns and scars
that mark my arms
say things they shouldn't say
and you
you who glorify in pain
think you know
how my history came to be written on my skin
but you're wrong every last one of you.
my scars are earned
but that doesn't make
my pain any greater than yours
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capturing moments and moonbeams
it starts with a touch
then it's a kiss
it lingers
hardens, deepens
it enfolds you
take you by the hand
takes your breath away
puts you on your knees
it builds inside of you
it calls you out
crying out
you give yourself to it
for ten minutes
twenty
an hour
and then
briefly
utter clarity
peace
serenity.
then it's a kiss
it lingers
hardens, deepens
it enfolds you
take you by the hand
takes your breath away
puts you on your knees
it builds inside of you
it calls you out
crying out
you give yourself to it
for ten minutes
twenty
an hour
and then
briefly
utter clarity
peace
serenity.
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what doesn't kill you probably hurt like f**k
sucking on sugar cubes
i'm feeling a little hoarse
(see what i did there?
fuck you i don't care)
i heard her
say that she
loves me
i pretended
that i didn't.
have you ever
known someone
who tries to
claim your
affections
but you don't
care for them
that was her
she used
to smell of
greed and
petty hatred
not like that
noble hatred
one inevitably
hears of from
way back when.
her clothes
existed solely to inform
you of how great
she would look
naked. sometimes ...
i'm feeling a little hoarse
(see what i did there?
fuck you i don't care)
i heard her
say that she
loves me
i pretended
that i didn't.
have you ever
known someone
who tries to
claim your
affections
but you don't
care for them
that was her
she used
to smell of
greed and
petty hatred
not like that
noble hatred
one inevitably
hears of from
way back when.
her clothes
existed solely to inform
you of how great
she would look
naked. sometimes ...
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fish sticks and inflation
That bitch stole my fish sticks. She knows how much I love fish sticks. And tartar sauce. I make my own you know. There was a time when I only ate chicken tenders, frozen and baked in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit. But damn it I'm talking about my fish sticks. She isn't so good in bed that I can forgive such an offense. If she doesn't bring cookies next time I'm sending her off. There's a bar across the street and as Chinaski says, "whores are a dime a dozen". Well, inflation sure is a bitch!
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my life as scruff mcgruff
damn girl
that ass
must be
a
crime
i want
to
take
a bite
out of
it!
that ass
must be
a
crime
i want
to
take
a bite
out of
it!
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the drip of her touch
my lips are cracked, my nipples are bleeding
the only thing i feel is pain
the warm summer sun burns it's hatred
it's lust into me
she laughs when she
twists the knife
like she's a little girl again
what a bitch
my throbbing ache
reminds me that the best is yet to come
her clothes are strewn across the kitchen floor
she's mopping with no clothes on
i'm not always sure i'm sane
i tongue the fear
i taste on her breath
beating hearts
beating tarts
beating minds and you
she tastes like a sunburn on the equator
there...
the only thing i feel is pain
the warm summer sun burns it's hatred
it's lust into me
she laughs when she
twists the knife
like she's a little girl again
what a bitch
my throbbing ache
reminds me that the best is yet to come
her clothes are strewn across the kitchen floor
she's mopping with no clothes on
i'm not always sure i'm sane
i tongue the fear
i taste on her breath
beating hearts
beating tarts
beating minds and you
she tastes like a sunburn on the equator
there...
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