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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Aug 18

Still have my OG parts
Nothing #Bionic ….yet

They can build a new
Hip
Knee
Shoulder

Soon enough
A Heart?
A Brain?
A Soul?

Not sure I would sign up

I like my laugh
My tears
My wins
My losses

I’ll fade away
As a human

Although
I may change my mind
At the end
Ya never know

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Aug 18

The Object was #Abject
But
I saw Hope amid the bleakness
Beauty among the desolation
Possibilities in the abyss
Light in the darkness
A chance in a million

The Object needed
To get clean
And healthy

But most of all
I needed to get away
From this mirror
And get my ass going

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Aug 15

She was a #Pixie
She was an Imp
She was a Sprite

She wore a #Pixie
She wore a Bob
She wore a Perm

She liked The #Pixies
She liked The Pumpkins
She liked The Peppers

I was lucky enough to
Be her Elf

But like Spirits, Styles, and Sales
Nothing lasts forever

I’ll always remember though

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Aug 13

It goes beyond physical
More than Spiritual

It goes farther than Magic
Cures the panic

It goes deep into the soul
Makes everything whole

It goes fast as thought
Ties all the knots

From Wizard to Witch

It may be unexplainable
But my love for you
Is purely #Mystical

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Aug 12

Lolol. True!

TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Aug 12

Roads too bumpy
Body too dumpy
Clothes too frumpy
Not enough humpy
Always jumpy
Bed too lumpy
No wonder I’m #Grumpy

But I’m trying
To change
To rearrange
To turn the page

On my mood
Stop the brood
Get a clue
As to what
I am to do

Feeling good about tomorrow
Gotta start somewhere

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Aug 11

The storm came quick
Like a sock to the jaw
Left you there staggered
Wondering what you saw

It left even quicker
Leaving humidity and heat
The sun burns and you sweat
You just feel beat

The high temps drain you
Starting to feel low
But-Ho-All is well
On the horizon
A double #Rainbow

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Aug 11

Day into Day
Week into Week
Month into Month
Year into Year

Rinse and Repeat
Until you realize
Your Teens are gone
As well as your
Twenties through Forties
And your Fifties are fading fast

Time doesn’t care
It’s gonna get ya

You gotta #Laugh

Made it this far
Let’s keep on truckin’

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 20

You are under the #Wisteria
Wearing your #Onyx earrings
So Cool

You spy me with a smile
My feelings for you
Go beyond #Spiritual

I wink back
Playing it smooth
The butterflies remind me
How lucky I am

I take your hand
You respond with a kiss
Maybe, I think happily,
We’re both lucky

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 17

Feeling the cool breeze
The temps so sweet
So welcome
After record breaking heat

Close my eyes
Clear my head
Sit down
Stretch my legs

Hoping for some rain
To green the grass
To wash my car
To cleanse the past

Feeling so #Mellow
Starting to doze
I let it take me
To where-
Nobody knows

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 16

Thank You!! 🤜🤛

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 16

We could not wait
To break the rules
To shatter the norms
To run with our crowd

The times we had
The people we met
The trouble we got into
Was so worth it

Now years later
Dealing with it all

To return to the
Days of #Innocence
And start over
Doesn’t sound bad at all

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 15

Your #Deviant #Idolatry
Of this wannabe #Savant
Is so #Contrarian to your nature

I worry about the #Skirmish
In your head since you
Went down this #Wormhole

For you
Who is so strong
To fall
For this brainwash
Makes me anxious
About the rest
Unfortunately
It is way too late

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 9

The heat sticks to me
Like #Taffeta
Crinkly and Close

The humidity clings to me
Like suffocation
Airless and Anxious

The sun beats on me
Like my Bad Decisions
Endless and Evermore

But it’s all worth it
My tan is fucking awesome
😎

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 5

#Hamartia
Fatal flaw

I have many, but
Not fatal-yet

My flaws have given me
Good times
Excellent times
Some regrets
Many regrets

I was perfectly flawless
Once
Never to be forgotten
I accept my non fatal flaws

#Hamartia will catch up
One day I’m sure
I’ll accept it with open arms

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 3

The heat is strong
The humidity is boss

Like a #Boxer in the shadows
I emerge from my house
In just my Boxers, earbuds,
And shades
Never looking better

This grass ain’t cutting itself

I return later
Beaten and battered
But successful

My trainer is happy
She smiles
That’s all I need

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 2

You are my
Achilles #Heel

I’ve fallen
Head over heels
Can’t help but feel
That I need to kneel
And peel back the
Ring box
That would seal
Our deal
And hear the bells peal
That would make our love
So real…..

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 1

You tell me..
No, you yell at me
That you’re a #PATRIOT!!

I say
OK
and walk away

You need
Justification from me
You need to prove you’re
A better American than me

You won’t stop
Your red hat falls
You spittle and spit
I still walk away
And leave you
In your manmade
Misery

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Jun 29

A shard of love
A bit of lust
A mote of joy
A #Scintilla of trust

Not much
To base a relationship on
Better than some
But wanting more

A shred of happiness
A trace of need
A speck of smiles
Our love is all I see

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Jun 26

I stare into the
#Starscape
Looking for traces of you

Everyone says to look
For lost ones
In the clouds
In the blue

But I know
You will have
Gone farther
Like you always did

You never stopped
Where you were told
You just kept going

I trace your name
In the #Starscape
And miss you always

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Jun 23

Oh you #Guru
You will rue the day
When you told me
To bet my soul
On peace and happiness
When all I see
Is drama and chaos
I don’t need to wager
I need protection
Peace is a dream
Happiness is a luxury

I’ll be fine in my cocoon
Of Cynicism
And Wishful Thinking
It’s gotten me this far

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Jun 22

I am the #Progenitor

I create madness
I create sadness
I generate happiness
I generate gladness

I design chaos
I design loss
I produce elation
I produce satisfaction

I am the #Progenitor

Of all the ups and downs
In my mind
Better than paying attention
To the outside world
I do find

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Jun 17

You speak in #Susurrus
You speak in Screams
You speak In Between

You talk in truths
You talk in lies
You talk so fine

You yell to be free
You yell because of me
You yell in ecstasy

Your voice is my life
It tells me all I need to know
It’s why I love you so

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Jun 16

OMG!
This meeting is def #Primordial
Can’t remember the beginning
The end is nowhere in sight
Pretty sure I took a nap
No one noticed
Laptop is dead
As are all eyes
The speaker drones
Doing it just for money
No passion No meaning
I check my Link
For another job
Probably just like this
Sigh

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TheGameOfPoetry @thegameofpoetry.bsky.social · Jun 15

On this Father’s Day
I look at my face
Older but smiling
I look at my hair
Graying but full
I look at my body
Bigger but not by much
I look at my #Self
Aging but gracefully

I cannot complain
I am loved
I still love
I still look forward
To tomorrow
Enjoy your days
They are yours

#vss365

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