The Gentlemen Caller

Blaze it and phrase it

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Another remix.

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Remix of an old one

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Died tragically rescuing his family from the wreckage of a destroyed sinking battleship.

She asked me What I was thinking about and I hadn’t a clue where to begin. Before I could give her an answer she said “probably A bunch of nothing again. Little did she Know I was contemplating how we all have Nothing from the start and that eventually We realize all life must end. Again I’m lost In my head as I pretend I’m on the mend. I Don’t dare let her know my complacency Is all a show, an act of pretend. Instead as she reiterates her question I simply answer “sorry dear can you refill my glass of wine again ”

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Jack in the box

As each year goes by it takes another person I care about further away from me. With each departure the distance increases in accordance to importance. When they leave they have all seemed to pack up a piece of me with them. One by one piece by piece each in its own little box off to a new part of the world and on to a new adventure. As I stop and look around I notice Ive been left all alone at home... ...Feeling empty.... Just like my box. -MJP

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A job offer you can't refuse

You never understood why I'd get nervous and ask you if you were gonna stay forever, you'd blush and giggle and tell me you'd leave me never. Convinced me that this was one tie you would never sever. As long as we were both alive we would stay together. A little lie as light as a feather. You were not the first and you won't be the last, things are in motion, feelings are moving fast. I've seen more people go than you could believe. Sticks and stone may break my bones, but it killed me to watch you leave. -MJP

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Hey brother, nice to see you still kicking about on this site. Hope things are well for you

Thanks man! It's nice knowing people are still interested in me and what's going on around here.

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Want for naught

Every time I see a shooting star or pass through a tunnel or whenever an eye lash falls out and if I ever happen to glance at the clock at 11:11 I wish for the same thing to come true, I wish I would hear from you.

But I know when you do the same I’m not the one on your mind, I would snap this wishbone if I weren't all alone. Even with a genies wishes three the number one rule is he can’t make you love me.

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Hindsight

-MJP

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Write a poem about a nightmare you recently had.

I couldn’t sleep with out losing my teeth. I couldn’t wake without losing you. The problem still lurks beneath, this I still know to be true. Once I started moving on, those nightmares I kept having. Gone. That fact is what keeps me hanging on.

-MJP

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Surface Tension

I can feel the surface tension. Floating atop a pool of apprehension. Our feelings we don’t need to question. All of us nervous. No need to mention.

-MJP

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Point of View

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars” is all I hear the bum mumble as I stumble from the bar. It’s all I can think about as I search for my car. I look down at a different gutter and see the same bum. I lay down and he hands me his rum. The stars look beautiful even in slum.

-MJP

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Habits

Oh the temptation for one more look, like a fleeting glimpse through a finished book.

But what will it bring? What will I gain? One more sting, just a little more pain.

Am I ready for what I’ll see? Ready to be shook? No. I’m not your fish, and you, you aren’t my hook.

-MJP

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The first step is the hardest.

Caged behind teeth. Cell mates with my tongue. The amount of thoughts I’ve had recently? One. The only thing preventing it from getting out? Doubt.

-MJP

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Land Mines

-MJP