AJ Douglas
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Flying MonkeysA Poem by AJ DouglasHow banal is heartbreakthe masses bellying up to the barimbibing the bitter brew by the gallonfermented from the pounds of fleshshe's collected in jar.. |
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Maybe SomedayA Poem by AJ DouglasMaybe someday somebody will noticesomeone will say the words and worldsI writeinto which I cedeslivers of my soulare wondrousbrilliant and beautiful a.. |
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Loos, France 1915A Poem by AJ DouglasSlaughter among the slag heaps Bodies bowed over barbed wire blood and brains mixing with the mudIn Cite St. Auguste citizens burrow into basements .. |
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FliesA Poem by AJ DouglasThis poem is based on a murder that took place only a few houses up the street from where I lived when I was a child. |
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OneirosA Poem by AJ DouglasI placed your corpse into the crematoryof my consciousness as I sang a solemn dirgebefore turning my back and fallingsilentforlorn as the flames consu.. |
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Flesh and BoneA Poem by AJ DouglasWere my words too raw like meat bleeding on the butcher’s block as I stripped the skin from my flesh in front of you revealing every nerve and s.. |
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Stormy NightA Poem by AJ DouglasTonight there will be no starsthe sun sliding as do fingers on the smooth surface of satinbelow the horizon in silent surrender as surly clouds creep .. |
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The PriceA Poem by AJ DouglasThese words I write may not be worth much to you perhaps a glass of prosecco or cheap chardonnay bottom shelf bourbon and soda, tonic and Tanqueray .. |
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PurgatoryA Poem by AJ DouglasIn a world I birthed at the back of my brainwhere it is neither night nor daybeginnings and endings blend into aperpetual purgatory under a purple sky.. |
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ImperfectionA Poem by AJ DouglasA crack in the crystalA chip in the chinamaladroitly mishandledThere is a certain beautyto their blemishesSomething fascinatingin their flawsScars are.. |
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