hanging on to my hatred

August 2, 2024 






I hang on to my hatred
Cuz it tastes so good
It's safe and familiar
Like my neighborhood

I hang on to my hatred
Cuz it knows my name
Wagging that tail
It's totally tame

I hang on to my hatred
Cuz it's always the same
It doesn't go changing
And hurting my brain

I hang on to my hatred
To ward off the pain
It's a great place to hide
From the Universal stain

I hang on to my hatred
So the acid in my guts
Can find a new home
Instead of driving me nuts

by Richard W. Bray











				


				
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Romp

				July 23, 2024 

				

					












Eyes and hearts and thoughts and tongues and souls
Filling out the forms and playing roles

Lilies roses time and weeds and stones
Dancing dreaming walking all alone

Beauty sorrow wind and breath and joy
Living rousing romps of girls and boys

Love and truth and grief and spring and sun
Singing every day until you're done

by Richard W. Bray

				


				
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just because I like you

				July 5, 2024 

				

					












just because I like you
it doesn't mean 
you have to like me

you flirted and you smiled
I buzzed around you
like a bee
but you got bored
and left me hanging
like a monkey in a tree

just because I like you
it doesn't mean 
you have to like me

just because you like me
it doesn't mean 
that we're gonna be
I know I don't fit in
with so many things
you wanna be

just because I love you
it doesn't mean
you have to love me

by Richard W. Bray




				


				
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Frazzlepat

				July 4, 2024 

				

					
















Hyenas hustle
Curtains rustle
Candles flicker
Spirits snicker

What's that
Frazzlepat?
Jiggling bed's
Just in my head

Somewhere
Over the cuckoo's nest
I shut my eyes
But there isn't any rest

by Richard W. Bray

				


				
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Everybody Has a Podcast

				June 21, 2024 

				

					












Everybody has a podcast
Every topic is a show
Somebody's there to broadcast 
All the stuff you need to know:

Crazy things that kittens do
Seven ways to tie your shoe
Holden Caulfield's little sister
Strategies for playing Twister
Tiddlywinks, Tic Tac Toe
Baccarat and Dominoes
Recipes for cubes of ice
Teaching tigers to be nice
Remedies for ruptured hearts
The benefits of monkey farts
The history of horny Quakers
Fashion tips from undertakers

Tasmania, Lithuania
Buenos Aires, Lichtenstein
Everybody's got opinions
Everybody wants to shine

by Richard W. Bray

				


				
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the grave where buried love doth live

				June 11, 2024 

				

					











People see things
People say things
Pulling petals from a rose
People try things
People hide things
They know everybody knows

People love things
People lose things
Drift away upon a breeze
People spill things
People kill things
Eyeballs swim in salty seas

People drop things
People break things
Shards and splinters fill the past
People shatter
People splatter
Like our dreams are made of glass

by Richard W. Bray

				


				
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Fools and Fixations

				June 6, 2024 

				

					











Slimy little courtier
Smiling in my face
Stabbing every back
Like you're running a race

Pain and addictions
Happy little fictions
Hiding in a story
Swearing you adore me

Lies and resentment
Bitterness and rage
Destruction distraction
The end of an age

Fools and fixations
Endless conversations
You cannot escape
What's in front of your face

Close your eyes and cloister your heart
Pretend away the hurt when things fall apart

by Richard W. Bray




				


				
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By the Perfection of Thine Art

				May 25, 2024 

				

					


















By the perfection of thine art
Which pass'd for human thine own heart;
By the delight in others' pain,
And by the brotherhood of Cain 
– Lord Byron

Fake phony nasty creepy
Crusted over smile
You're as warm and cuddly
As a crazy crocodile

Big shiny boots
Stompin on my heart
Killing all my dreams
By perfecting your art

A living nightmare
You'll never change your ways
You went out for a snack
And ghosted me for days

You slept with my buddy
My brother and my priest
My soul is despoiled
And my body's growing yeast

Those wacky sparkly girls
Always catch my eye
I'm destined for destruction
But I'll never know why

by Richard W. Bray













				


				
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Wystan and Emily

				May 11, 2024 

				

					

















life comes at me in rhythm
words come at me in rhyme
toil teaching wisdom
the only place is time

walk along the seashore
frolicking in the snow
tasting all the sunshine
existing as i go

Wystan and Emily
sang a sonnet just for me
silently throughout the years
it danced a journey to my ears

by Richard W. Bray













				


				
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friend of a friend

				April 13, 2024 

				

					












We met at a party
At somebody's house
You laughed at my jokes
I complimented your blouse

Been checking your profile
Every now and then
I'm not some crazy stalker
I'm a friend of a friend

Drinking with your girlfriends
Your high school reunion
That night in Miami
Your nephew's Communion

We should really hang out
Won't you please tell me when?
We got so much in common
I'm a friend of a friend

Fate brought us together
I can feel it in my bones
Won't you give me your number?
I don't wanna be alone

How could you block me?
This can't be the end
We met for a reason
I'm a friend of a friend

by Richard W. Bray 


 

				


				
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