Conditional
Why does love feel so conditional?Why do I seek others’ approval in their wordsAnd their tones?What wired me this way?Why can’t I just be myself?Yet what would that look like?Who or what is the real me?Is it too late for him to appear?Or have I been permanently destinedTo be this puppetControlled by strings of acceptance?If…
AnNoYiNg
Your voice is annoyingYour rhetoric is annoyingYour ego is annoyingHow can people continue to supportSuch an arrogant ass-hole?And just ignore the truth?Promises, promises, promises brokenFailed business venturesYet they fall in lineYou liken yourself to ChristYou portray yourself as a modern-day saviorYet you shit on the peopleWill there be a recovery?From what you have done?Or will…
One of My Goldfish is a Serial Killer
Two suspects exist – Two medium-sized fishThe season started with an assortment of large and medium aquatic vertebratesOne by one, the large expiredNone with wounds or traumaWhen they had all floated to the topThe mediums began to disappearWe purchased some smallsTo repopulate the pondSoon, 7 of 10 had gone to heavenLeaving 3 littles and the…
The Vixen: A Rustbelt Vampire Story by Roy O. Richard – Rostie Publishing
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The poet, Katherine Cary grew up in the coal mine country of north eastern Pennsylvania. The Cary’s were somewhat of a prominent family in the area. Kate seemed drawn to…
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Ramblings of an Old Coot 