Phoebe Riley Poems

My dear loving enemy. How I have despised
your presence. Craved your cremation. Pleaded bloodshed
so desperate my teeth clench in ravenous anticipation,
fingers daggers attached that could mutilate.
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Tonight I am going to outshine someone. Anyone.
I am sick and tired of being overlooked and tonight
I am rolling the dice. It’s a run of the mill day,
A sleepy charcoal with monotony twisting through the tarmac.
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Where have you gone?
Where are you hiding?

Daytime
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Gerronimo. Superhero.
The fans call
You strike the ball
It bursts the net
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The soil weeps at my departing footsteps
Or at least I like to think so
This bleeding earth pretends to mourn
But as my back turns,
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