DAVID GERARDINO Poems

she thinks, your like holding on to
nothing, a brief high, a cheap thrill,
a footnote, to my broken heart, you
masquerade your self in smiles
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A drip of red,
A drip of green,
A drip of purple,
to paint over your
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WRAP it up,
call it to a
halt, let it slip
away, like the
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TAUT rope, heighted sences,
flexed arches, and the blues
in a black coffee cup, arms
outstretched, perfect somer
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THeir coming for you,
just wait and see.
Just when you felt safe,
they show their teeth.
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i am strong.
i am weak.
i am lost, in a drink.
i am this.
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i am strong
i am weak
im a soldier on my feet.
i am this
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his mind is lost in the citys cracks.
his hand reaches into emptyness,
and pulls out a gun.
his smile is forced by bribes,
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The congregation sat in silence as the
puppet master did his thing.
How long must i tolerate your wicked
ways, .theirs more stink in here then
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Little by little she breaks me down.
Like a puppet on a string she moves
me about.Then she cuts my wings,
and starts to laugh, couse a man like
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