Never Have To Trudge

A finger on a string
several make a chord

nothing elaborate

just beauty

on the summer wind

The day doesn’t crawl

the day doesn’t fly

It’s not a slog

or a cyclone

but

a life

with music

carrying you

July 15, 2020

Day 100 of 100

#The100DayProject

Prompt: use Beauty, Elaborate, Finger, Music, Summer, Trudge in a poem.

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Forms Of Worship

The language of a dream
in the enormous imagination

of sleep

has words

for every form

of worship

I can lay

on my man

In the waking hours

of night

I can only use

my body

to speak

July 14, 2020

Day 99 of 100

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Prompt: use Dream, Enormous, Language, Man, Worship in a poem.

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Under The Pink

I’ll drive away
the where, when, why

and the woulda, coulda, shoulda

of the light hours

Who needs

over the rainbow

when I can be

there with you

under the pink

July 13, 2020

Day 98 of 100

#The100DayPrompt

Prompt: use After, Drive, Pink, There, Why in a poem.

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Shaking The Garden

Just the sight of you

sticks to me like honey

goes deep into

my DNA

down

to a primal

mammalian

reptilian

urge

I want you

on all fours

flip you over

your back arched

I wanna make you feel

like the first human

being discovered

being explored

Lilith and her demons

have nothing on us

July 12, 2020

Day 97 of 100

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Prompt: use Reptilian, Arched, Honey in a poem.

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Vacuum

This won’t be

delicate

but

it will be

exacting

I’m going

to pull

all the pleasure

out of you

like

oxygen

being pulled

from a room

leaving only enough

for you to scream

July 11, 2020

Day 96 of 100

#The100DayProject

Prompt: use Exacting, Oxygen, Delicate in a poem.

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Narcotic In The Night

My meaning

is crystalline

I mean

to interrupt

your sleep

I plan

to nutmeg

between

your thighs

over your body

I’ll be

your narcotic

in the night

July 10, 2020

Day 95 of 100

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Prompt: use Interrupt, Nutmeg, Crystalline in a poem.

Nutmeg seed

Nutmeg sport move

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Wake And Search

I must creak

like an old rocking chair

when I try to find

a rhythm

My skin

must be dusty

with lack of use

It’ll take

a drastic plan

and

a willing man

to wake me

July 9, 2020

Day 94 of 100

#The100DayProject

Prompt: use Skin, Drastic, Dusty in a poem.

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Weather Or Not

We are each

a leaf

caught on the

air between us

accelerating

toward one another

Every word

is the wind

that pushes us

closer

Every touch

becoming sticky

with our sweat

of anticipation

Until the hurricane

we are becoming

turns into

the tornado

we will be

in the night

July 8, 2020

Day 93 of 100

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Prompt: use Leaf, Accelerating, Sticky in a poem.

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Jigsaw

We are a puzzle

of gigantic

and minuscule

pieces

on silky sheets

testing each fit

until we find

our perfect picture

July 7, 2020

Day 92 of 100

#The100DayProject

Prompt: use Silky, Gigantic, puzzle in a poem.

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Swoop In Low

A moth

of whole cloth

at the perfect angle

will curve

and twist

and tangle

in your flame

And your burn

does not kill

but awake

July 6, 2020

Day 91 of 100

#The100DayProject

Prompt: use Moth, Angle, Cloth, Tangle in a poem.

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Snake Charmer

I’ll coil a charm

around your cold nerve endings

set them a-tingling

as you thaw

Warm honey will drip

on those long untouched places

and my tongue

will snake its way

all over

And you will rise

to dance

July 5, 2020

Day 90 of 100

#The100DayProject

Prompt: use Snake, Honey, Thaw in a poem.

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Things To Be Done

Soothe the day out
smooth the way in

for the dark

There’s work to be done

in the night

July 4, 2020

Day 89 of 100

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Prompt: use Smooth, Soothe, Work, Dark in a poem.

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A Little Light On The Situation

Woke up with a lampshade on

and not much else

crystal danglies

expensive head gear

Rolled over to see

a gorgeous what’s-his-name

giving me the eye

a little bruise along his lips

bringing back hazy memories

of what that mouth can do

Figuring Bette Davis

even with those eyes

could not be convincing

as innocent in this moment

I winked and doffed my chapeau

He laughed

leaned over

and grabbed my chain

“May I turn you on?”

I grabbed his

“You first”

July 3, 2020

Day 88 of 100

#The100DayProject

Prompt: use Expensive, Lampshade, Bruise, Convincing in a poem.

Reference to Bette Davis and to Kim Carnes's song, "Bette Davis Eyes".

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Winter

Cold
obviously

feels good

through my sinuses

All that extra clothing

some itchy

some silky

warm

Snow stuck to my hair

a hint of my future color

the season washes me

Fried chicken

jojo potatoes

a parlor picnic

with all the fixins

Rugs instead of grass

carols instead of sunscreen

Crispy winter wonderland

July 2, 2020

Day 87 of 100

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Outside

Don’t care

if you’re sorry

don’t care

if you aren’t

It’s ok

if you still love me

it’s ok

if you don’t

You can run

you can stay

Either way

any way

you’re outside

of me

July 1, 2020

Day 86 of 100

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