lines and curves

some people are tangential to your life
intersecting for an instant
then continuing on the same path
as you curve away

some people are asymptotic to your life
even though the difference between you nears zero
you are destined never to coincide

rose is

when you need advice roses are rede
whatever your question roses are redditive
for any transgression roses are redemptive
no matter the grievance roses are redressors.
they thought roses were reducent but roses are redient
roses are redoubled because roses are redoubtable.

oh, roses are redhanded
roses are redacted (roses are redolent)

from now on roses are redubbed
roses are redwood to consider roses' redition
roses are redundant because roses are redargued
- roses are reductio ad absurdum



for @rosebiggin
(an earlier draft i accidently deleted may have been better, sorry)

lies stick

lies stick
to your truth
like cold porridge

a day later
     faster than a desperate grasp
a week later
     it has become an integral part
a month later
     hidden below layers of growth

do your washing up
early

philthD's 50PoWriMo

i haven’t got time or spare brain capacity to do a NaNoWriMo, but i figured that if i can write a poem and two-thirds each day then i can write 50 poems in the month of november. please help by suggesting titles for poems for me.

a contribution to the last barman poet project

i am the world's last barman poet
i see the survivors drinking the fallout cocktails i create
all seven of us stinking - getting something i found or ate
the "sex in the shelter"
the "schnapps" made from melters
the "vermin hammer"
the "worm-a-jammer slammer"
i make things with sludge and soot
the "glowing squirrel"
the "three-toed foot"
i make drinks so sick and scuzzy
the "iced wee"
the "kami-khasi"
the "orgasm"
the "death spasm"
the "singer pore slime"
the "digger lime"
comrades, you're just devoted to ever liquid i've thought of
but if you want to end it
why don't you just drink the water