• crepe paper

    She lies therenaked, still,silentlegs parted like memory.Breasts fall sideways,eyes sealed,skin pale,blotched,creped,the blush long gone.We played this game often when skins were warmNowher skin is cold,I touch the silence.my Siren sleepsour long desirebreathes its last.ThenA thought enters my mindtravels down...

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  • five part heart

    part one:All addictions start with suffering.All addictions end with suffering.part two:Addiction beginswhere silence screams.Voids filled withthe cold retreat of alcohol,tobacco’s dry whisper,the sharp thrill of cocaine,gambling’s pulse,screens pulsing past midnight,the slow hunger for shopping,the aching need for moisture from...

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    • hello dearest Benny my pain is just too great to live any other way I’ve really honestly tried more than once and I will never willingly put myself through that again… this is powerful if you have a better way to cope I am happy for you my friend ❤️

      • The root cause of all suffering is thinking.That’s where the answer lies.
        I coped by reading as much as I could about depression, grief,the way our minds work and trick is.The best material,without sounding religious,was in Buddhism.
        Happy to share some authors with you if you’re interested.
        🙏🙏🙏🙏

    • Intelligent poem here dude. Well said and well executed.

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    Dumb Luck

    5.33 amback deckcup of teabirds callingno windfruit bats returning home8 billion human beingsso very few experience these moments it really is just dumb luck no God involved.***************************Quote from Stan Gramt in this mornings paper:As a society, as a species, we are...

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    • There is no future in the past. Only lessons. Nice one

    • Thanks for your thoughtful comment.
      The only real problem with AI is, that it makes the truth almost impossible to discern.Seeing used to be believing but not anymore.No doubt, the powerful and the wicked will use AI for any other reason than to create poetry etc.

      💋💋💋💋

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    thoughts from a cold bed

    Death is certain,pre ordained,determined,silent.Silent enough for us not to notice.Dying is around us in every moment of living.It's the price we pay for 'being'.We're born with entropy in every cell.It's the natural way,to descend into chaos,then oblivion.Declination is the...

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    • hello dearest Benny good afternoon this is a morbid thought but I live in the country and while outside the flies were driving me nuts and it occurred to me we were walking carcasses and the little bastard was looking for a way in while I was yet living… what happens at a funeral you are right I just hope by then I am onto better things this is a great write ❤️

    • I was tasked with doing several military funerals back in my Army days. It is extremely somber. And, the occasional one after the military years. I’ve always tried to think of it as a celebration of their life. Sometimes it’s how we get through such things.
      Your write is a really good “on point” of how it can play out. And how you built the scenario earlier.
      Who knows, man, who knows. best we enjoy it while we can.

    • Powerful piece my friend. The wording and the flow of this poem gives me a chill and makes me think of my very own existence. Marvelous write Benny.

      • This is an excellent piece, my friend. Not to mention that the construction gives it unusual life. I got a big chuckle out of “Human Beings evolved into Human Goings.” The humor does not detract from the truth of it. One note you might want to fix: There’s a line that begins, “I’ll will miss him …” Choose one, please. 🙂
        Very, very nice work.

        • Thanks….I hate it when there are grammar errors ….so thanks for pointing it out.
          I read that piece back so many times and still missed it.

          • You are not alone there, Peter — or do you prefer Benny? I’ve seen both in other’ comments. Or should I call you, “BackDeck”? Maybe Decky? I could continue asking, but …
            Yeah, I swear that half the time I don’t find errors until I’ve posted that whatever flawed thing.
            Great piece though, BDBP.

            • Call me anything you like just don’t call me late for dinner….lol

              • Okay, Beelzebub, but I prefer short names so I don’t have to type so much. I have an injured right paw at the moment so I have to be careful. maybe I’ll call you Pete. But I WON’T be calling you for dinner — unless you bring the chow and beer. Where in the world do you live?
                By the way, do you work at all in Spoken Word? Have anything on audio you might want to share or have posted? I’ve started a Spoken Word group and I’m looking for potential members.

  • Sunday Night

    Love each other or die.It's 8 p.m.I’m alonein the home we built,listening to peaceful piano music on Spotify.I sit in my favourite chair,a recliner, of course.No lyrics, just piano.If I need lyrics,my mind will compose them.“Arebesco” by Lorenzo Fioreis...

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