giving in
now and again
to that inner
smile
can take years
off one’s
stone,
save your words
for our next
face to face not
via phone.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – https://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/
clearly fancies self a
captain drunk
on the..
highs of heroism
in hedonist
fugue,
overseeing storms
of wardom
from
low hanging
room.
peasants? they’re
all out of
touch..
one hand thrust to
heaven’s
offer
long turned
down..
while weaker palm
gropes
for..
heart that can’t
be found.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – https://www.etsy.com/hk-en/listing/106331205/captain-hook-disney-peter-pan-original
a teardrop magnified
in light well,
pain stopped soon as the
dagger action twisted
blade broken,
no blood, all
smoke in
glass,
gains lost in a blink at
the point of
wager,
i’m rummy sailor bored
at port, scanning
tavern for..
a call to
war.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image – http://www.artclassessgv.com/male-figures.html
gif at – https://giphy.com/explore/beer-smash
mouth’s a pop gun,
tongue sharp
knife,
i fancy myself
blushing
bride..
but don’t call
me wife,
drunk on champagne
kiss, it’s confetti
i speak..
but if you take my
hand, be
wary,
i kiss as cold
as jack’s
feet.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
the lucky couple at- https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/240661173825496474/
cracked ice at – https://www.naturepl.com/stock-photo-nature-image01606715.html
rosemary’s not
crazy
eyes just look
spaced
out
when bugs buzz around
her kitchen island,
so tempting
to drop them where
they stand
but..
she’d be forced
to wipe
up
another
manmade mess
with her two
hands.
..those domestic blisters.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – https://www.masterfile.com/search/en/1960s+housewife
gif by Kevin Day Hoffart at – https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/538813542900360287/
bribe me filthy
to play man
today,
and..
i’ll drop my other
side to slip
into mold to hold
my flex until
hard gold.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – https://store.philamuseum.org/the-thinker-6-5-reproduction/
pale ivory of
fate’s spiral
staircase
creaking nowhere..
’twas a nice but
icy moon’s
glare.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
sunburns on
tan lines,
a hazy sweat glow in
the swelt of..
shake-off summer
heatwave,
heart bleeds out
in fever’s
teeth,
hose me clean
so i may
sleep.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
painting by Mats Eriksson at – https://fineartamerica.com/featured/high-fever-mats-eriksson.html
what’s this dreamland of
which you sing
with wings
matted flat
to back?
such flapping
for little
flight
too much chirping
out of tune for
lonely bird,
won’t..
you trill along
with me?
even if strange to
my words..
i hear heart lumped
in vocal
box,
muffled under
cooling
rage,
i’d rather float upon a
melody than
drown
in
talk through
bars of a
cage.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
artwork at- https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/514677063636508762/
gif at – https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/QuttVi4-jY6aaQ/i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings-maya-angelou
i lay shriveled inside
you, beside
you..
less my potential..
so fired up i flipped
off a cuckoo
clock,
knocked down and out
for ten to life
count
despite dear’s best efforts
to pep talk
my limp
rock.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
*hate this song, but it seemed to fit somehow…
sketch at – https://thegraphicsfairy.com/vintage-bird-cuckoo-clock-image/
gif at – https://giphy.com/gifs/PureNoiseRecords-grad-life-graduating-carry-a-white-flag-iNLOLYKmum2eQQaK8U
