Author: Ampersand
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Love’s Deterioration
Collaboratively Written By: Tracy Shults-Wright, Brandon Snyder, April McCoy & Badura Glenda Pereira Could Love Deteriorate? That very question taunted me… So much, I couldn’t concentrate. How many tears must one cry? To kill the pain of just one lie. What has passed as my heart so rapt in this illusion, Was lead blind to…
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Perfect Mystery
Collaboratively Written By: Ben Vest, David Guy Ramirez, Lee Todd Lacks, Tracy Shults-Wright, CJ Foster & Jesse Batista It was the perfect mystery With clues hiding truths. It will go down in history… An act of pure intimacy. Unrelated DNA ancestry Leading to possible accessories. Noting this very expressively Running that mouth most excessively Leading…
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Blaring Smoke Detector
Collaboratively Written By: Tracy Shults-Wright, Amirandis, Lee Todd Lacks, David Guy Ramirez & Prunella Nadler Again, The smoke detector blared And we couldn’t figure why that was… Some commenced in gettin’ scared. Scared by far the worst was Donnabella Fontaine- Her heart just couldn’t take the strain. She shot out of her seat in great…
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Failed Pull Cord
Collaboratively Written By: Amirandis, CJ Foster, Tracy-Shults-Wright & Lee Todd Lacks The pull cord failed She railed at the loss and reached As her brain involuntarily thought up synonyms for “splat”.. Thinking she may have possibly forgot to shut off the stove before she left to do this jump. It’s the what if’s that always…
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He Hated Music
Collaboratively Written By: Tracy Shults-Wright, CJ Foster, Ben Vest, Gilbert Beekerbottom & Prunella Nadler During his early life, Derek hated music And who the hell could blame him? His family dysfunction just went there, All who witnessed said it’s “Too sick!” Mama, she loved her maracas and fiendishly shook them all day. Then a girl…
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Fish To Catch
Collaboratively Written By: Tracy Shults-Wright, Prunella Nadler, Jennine Pike & Lee Todd Lacks The fish were not ready to be caught Caught in that spot- they were not ready They were not! Not ready to be dinner Next to the fries Still wanting to swim Beneath blue skies Skies that in the winter, would dump…
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Lay Down Beside Me
Collaboratively written by: Ben Vest, CJ Foster, Armistead Lindsey, Lee Todd Lacks, Tracy Shults-Wright & Amirandis Lay down beside me, Where explorations demand the hands to see, A safe place for your demons to run free In our sweaty hell, devils we’ll be, Frolicking around the pyres in revelry Losing time within the pleasures of debauchery…
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One Of The Girls
By Lee Todd Lacks Stacy woke up soaking wet as she peered out the window longingly towards her best friend Bridget’s house swooning as she recalled Bridget’s momma saying, “You’re like family, sweetheart.” to hear Bridget and her sisters talk she couldn’t help but feel ashamed for never having felt the sting of the hairbrush…
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Treating Yourself
By Ben Vest That moment when you’re alone, Getting ready to unwind, Tossing away the phone, Serenity you will find. Doing what you do, Your personified meditation, Embracing something new, Ascending spiritualization. © All poetic works displayed on this website are copyright of the original author. All rights reserved.
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