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Let's Pretend it's April - Nov. 2
Rules: Write a poem for LPiA on the topic or form described. Each poem should appear as a separate reply to this thread. The goal is to, at the end of the month have written 30 poems for the month of November.
Topic : Write a poem about plastic surgery. Successful or not.
Form : Any
Line requirements: Eight or more.
Feel free to reply with comments or kudos as you wish.
Questions?
A reminder that everyone is welcome to participate, and that 4 in 30 days is better than zero in 30 days. Game on.
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Ever
since I was a
young boy, my
family could sit
around the
table
and show each other the true
meaning of friendly competition.
My dad was the scrabble master.
My sister could sweep the room
at clue. My mother quietly took
it all in monopoly and my big
ol' bro destroyed everyone in
just about everything else, but
my game was operation. The
focus and steady hands, with an
hourglass for pressure.
There's no surprise we
all went off after college
to pursue careers child
hood play encouraged.
I mean, as an electrician,
I get a nice jolt when I
miss, but I get to pull
out organs as a serial
killer. Sorry mom and dad.
Peanut butter honey banana sandwiches
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Plastic
Garbage floats on the water,
clumps up into islands for the rats
wading, swimming, leaping between
log to log, ridge to ridge,
barbed wire fence to barbed wire fence,
officers' mess to officers' mess:
flashes of recognition
no surgeon can return.
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I like to take model kits
and mix up the parts.
So I end up with a model T
with Frankenstein’s arms for headlights,
a B-29 with a Napoleonic warship’s cannons
mounted on wings and tail,
a 50’s hoodless hot rod
with a Godzilla head instead of an engine.
But my masterpiece is a diorama
of the fall of the Alamo
with ants painted red, white and green
for the Mexican soldiers
and an oversized gold-suited Elvis
with a Hydra head
singing a duet with the Giant Mantis
who’s wearing wearing a coonskin cap
inside the fortress
in front of a drive-in theatre screen
showing Picasso’s Guernica.
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Restorative Surgery
I used to use steel pins
for plastic surgery
heated in a gas flame
just to middling red
not orange and for sure
not yellow - saffron’s weak
so they just crumple when
you try to drive them deep into
a plastic handle for example
when you’re trying to repair
its cracks with metal pins–
that’s modern tinkering.
Non-practicing atheist
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Self-taxidermy
After uncle Kenny died
we didn't pay for the casket.
Instead, we left him on his rocker--
perfectly preserved, exoskeleton
glinting by sunlight.
His mute corpse really
tied the room together.
Bonus:
Pressure
Allison could no longer bare
the weight of her plastic surgery,
crumpling in on herself
like a frat house party cup.
Supermodel
I'm tired of lookin' at
your pretty ass
face
Rub some dirt on it
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(11-03-2022, 02:59 AM)Semicircle Wrote: Self-taxidermy
After uncle Kenny died
we didn't pay for the casket.
Instead, we left him on his rocker--
perfectly preserved, exoskeleton
glinting by sunlight.
His mute corpse really
tied the room together. Love it!
Bonus:
Pressure
Allison could no longer bare
the weight of her plastic surgery,
crumpling in on herself
like a frat house party cup.
Supermodel
I'm tired of lookin' at
your pretty ass
face
Rub some dirt on it
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They Put a Man on the Moon
the entirety
of the known universe
can now be tapped
from a phone
by a child
of parents
who stubbornly
put all their potable water
into poison plastic bottles
like they are out of ideas
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I can barely recognize
some celebrities due to all the work
they've had done while attempting
to retain their youthful appearance.
In some cases, it is obvious
that some of those attempts
have back-fired badly. Of course,
none of them will live
even one day longer.
