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Monthly Archives: May 2023

I Am an Old Man

Old men can be pretty repulsive. What with wanting the world to be a certain way. Good thing we’re constantly reminded nobody cares what we think anyway.

Posted bybellboyMay 31, 2023Posted inpoetryLeave a comment on I Am an Old Man

Let’s Be Teenagers

Let’s be teenagers. Forget about the national debt. Let’s find a big hill and run up as fast as we can And roll down Yea we’ll be sore Do teenagers even do that anymore? Or are they too old. Lets laugh Let’s die laughing.

Posted bybellboyMay 30, 2023Posted inpoetryLeave a comment on Let’s Be Teenagers

I HAVE NO JAMAICAN GANJA

I lied for the sake of the poem. I have no Jamaican ganja, no ganja at all. I have a med Mari card like a library card I never use. I thought I would sound cool. Maybe I would attract “young people.” I did it for art or vanity or a rhyme scheme. Label meContinue reading “I HAVE NO JAMAICAN GANJA”

Posted bybellboyMay 30, 2023May 30, 2023Posted inpoetry, UncategorizedLeave a comment on I HAVE NO JAMAICAN GANJA

THE GOOD STUFF

I don’t put the good stuff here I keep it from the light You are a tough crowd I am not looking for a fight I lock the good stuff in my locker Like johnny walker blue Or prized ganja from Jamaica Nobody gets it but me and you

Posted bybellboyMay 30, 2023Posted inpoetryLeave a comment on THE GOOD STUFF

THIS THING

I hear the wind Then my scream Then the siren Help comes But always too late I carry around this thing Looking for a box To put it.

Posted bybellboyMay 29, 2023Posted inpoetryLeave a comment on THIS THING

Incoherent Metaphor

The glue did not hold I found the words on the floor an incoherent metaphor I swept them up put them in the shredder threw the shards in the dumpster

Posted bybellboyMay 17, 2023Posted inpoetryLeave a comment on Incoherent Metaphor

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