- Non-Erotic Poetry
- What Is and What Is Not
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he lies in the lap of luxury
in the company of angels
his every wish come true
save for one
the heart on his sleeve
draws her sunken eyes
eyes that reflect his hunger
they bend
under the weight
of their shared need
trading a friend
for a lover
is not zero-sum
warm solace
cools quickly
but its debt is eternal
he stumbles
down a littered alley
moldy brick walls
echo his start-stop footsteps
greasy posters of gushing teens
horny dolls with smeared lipstick
beckon and leer unashamed
scrawled graffitti
brutal decadence
naked need
pleading for pain
if only to feel something
anything
pity them
pity himself
the pilgrim staggers
slumps to his knees against a dumpster
looks up into the buzzing street light
I'm trying, he whispers
Amen
and plods on
- COMMENTS
Liarover 19 years agoThis poem is mentioned in the New Poems thread on the forum.
Dustystarover 19 years agoshowing the pilgrim heart on your sleeve.
I loved this:
pleading for pain
if only to feel something
anything
pity them
pity himself
sandspikeover 19 years agoThis read had me getting closer to the puter w/ each
line. I don't fully understand it, but the words
and stlye make it a page turner.
