15788  Poems Read Home Login

 Finding The Flood - Poems by Jeremy Joel

Ten Prisoners



Raw, bitten, and bloody
Fingertips of anxiety
On furniture and flooring
Snowflakes of anatomy


I'm caught in the threshold of okay and insufferable
Torture is the completion of run of the mill rituals
Buttoning shirts hurts for believe it or not digits
Grimacing at paper cuts; patching up the divots


I've become numb to the wasp's constant stinging
Plotting the clotting of molasses-type bleeding
Like Pavlov's experimenting a dog's dinner bell is ringing
Surrendering to consequences of cannibalistic cravings


It's an unconventional appetite commonsense can't explain
Inelegant self-mutilation, repentant preference for pain
Masqueraded humiliation of self-inflicted shame
When did this quarantine get so out of control?
A hand of hors d'oeuvres before the horrifying show


Ten prisoners executed by a firing squad of citrus
Quenching the thirst of the warden and the witnesses
Every white blood cell rebirth
A masochist's merry little Christmas
Gifted, Pandora's Box of Band-Aids
Peroxide permeates as reddish-pink regenerates


Mirrors hiding medicine reflect a familiar reflection
Antibodies are counselors discouraging my addiction
No glamour or bravery fighting this fixation
No cure for the crisis without trustworthy conversation
Cocktails and painkillers are respectable rehabilitations





I'm a liar and a deceiver, an eleventh-hour groveler
Clemency I beg of the omnipotent governor
Pardon the death sentence of another ten prisoners
Halt the annihilation of another ten fingers


Daughter so impressionable
    Dreaming of nirvanas
A hereditary problem
    The recurring piranha


Wife so worried
    Transfixed, tender, and lovely
Sponsor me with delicate violence
    With affectionate hostility


Unwind this endless twine of fury
    Rescind this senseless call of duty
They are my judge, they are my jury
    They are my alibi when I am guilty







©2000 - 2022, Individual Authors of the Poetry. All rights reserved by authors.

Visit My Home Page | Start Your Own Poetry Site | PoetryPoem
[ Control Panel ]  [ Today's Poetry - ALL Poets ]   [ Search ]



monique Message from Monique - Free videos for your poetry. Check them out Go to Poetry Poem youtube channel and get the embed  
YouTube
dreamweaver POETRY BY KRIS ~ DREAMWEAVER - ~WELCOME TO DREAMLAND~ Read my Poems to Know me. I am in my poems.  
dreamweaver
poet5170 Poetry by Elsie - *WELCOME TO MY WORLD* ~ Read my poems full of fact, fiction and fantasy.  
poet5170
malibupoetess Life Lines by Malibu Poetess - Straight forward prose and poetry on life, love, joy and disillusionment.  
malibupoetess
norrie5 Message in poetry - personalised poetry, red heartshaped bottle extra special gift for a loved one  
norrie5
waterdragon Our Next Poet Laureate! YAYA! - Remarkable contemporary poetry by award-winning author of Out of Cullen Street (A House of Madness)  
waterdragon
athanase Poetry by athanase - Feedback and critique requested.  
athanase

poetic2984     kuopenyung      poetry7864      poet5576      bucketoweird  View All Poets
Newest Item: This problem
It seems that all of the worlds nations, have no answer To those many challe ... More
Added: 2024-04-18  My Poetry List  PoetryPoem.com      Get a Free Site       Blogs     Stories     Premium Sites