JJJJTTTT's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by JJJJTTTT  —  There are currently 7 poems total — keep up the great work!

A Funeral Walkaway Parade

Nothing seems to be of anything to me anymore.

Something in me lost itself in the Evermore-.

I tied the knot and hung it loose beneath the willow branches of the creaking noose.

And as my eyes began to fade, a lurking silhouette broke my...

– by Jay Thornton

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Lion-Heart

Gouge a tear into my soul and you shall uncover not courage.

Slit my veins and there shan’t be a drop of bravery seeping from my festered wound.

Remove my skin and bear witness to the architecture of the frail and meek.

Yet, so, nick...

– by Jay Thornton

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Bubblegum Walls

I rise to leaking floors and bubblegum walls.

Can’t muster the maw to chew the carpet or drink the chalky sheetrock.

Stained silverware and dripping coffee pots run my mornings dry.

Swollen cheeks and soaking pillows fill my tears with...

– by Jay Thornton

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Alone·ly

O' Lord, banish the sun yonder of past days.
I cannot stand its solar ulcers and pepper spray.

O' Lord, forgive me my hollow vows amid woeful needs; a stroll through candy corn clusters and wild blooming fields of fairy floss eats the enamel...

– by Jay Thornton

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Drawing Needles

Indeed, I am the needle of the world's utmost forsaken compass.

Bewilderingly spinning round, I pine dead North through the cold clutches of the bottomless sea.

Detached, disconnected, removed - the magnetic forces howling all home falls...

– by Jay Thornton

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Butcher Baker

Toil, boil, bubble, and steam.

Nightshade, gray worms, toad tongue, magic beans.

Skin 'em, slice 'em, chop 'em, bones picked clean.

Mix 'em, stir 'em, and add spices so the soup broths lean.

In goes the witches' spell so you can cook...

– by Jay Thornton

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Homeroom Sweetheart

Bleached blonde hair,
Round full cheeks,
Straight white teeth,
Girl of my dreams.

I am the boy with sore thumbs and eight broken fingers
Roaming the fluorescent-lit hallways of high-fives and firm handshakes.

Around the sharp corner,
The...

– by Jay Thornton

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