JohnElliott999

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JohnElliott999
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  March 2022     7 months ago

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Inadvertent

How doth my errant pocket dial
Betray my best intent
To keep my well-considered style
And contact who I meant.

Not even on my contact list!
How could that transpire?
I called someone I might have kissed
but didn't light a...

– by John Elliott

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Modern Times

Through the long day's reeking mist
the truth stands frightened and afraid
seldom embraced and rarely kissed
she is a sorry little...

– by John Elliott

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added 1 year ago
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Surfaces

Surfaces meet and do not penetrate


  Bone on Bone

Crushed between their conjugation


  Stone on Stone

Life-juice drips down


  Steel on Steel

Silently soaking the fabric of...

– by John Elliott

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added 2 years ago
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