VENDOR WRITING
UNFORGETTABLE JEN A.
He slowly opened his eyes that morning And he could still feel himself inside her She wasn't there next to him She often slid out early To tend to her bird feeders in the yard He buried his face in her pillow And took a deep, intoxicating breath To fill his senses with her dulcet balmy scent
WHO ARE YOU? JEN A.
Feeling all alive, buoyant with their love Lost in his love dream He nearly floated to the shower He moved into the strong stream And let the water beat down on his face He heard the door click open and She gently embraced him from behind He felt her warmth press against his back Her hands softly caressed his breasts Ecstatic chills shot down his spine When she tenderly kissed The back of his neck and He felt her firm, full lips and Her soft cheek brush against his skin When she left to get ready for her day He quickly shaved and dressed Blood still streaming down his wet neck From another nasty knick on his chin He rushed out to try to catch her Before she left for work But she was gone He wandered through the suffocating emptiness Of the rest of the house But stopped transfixed in front of the fireplace He was blind to the shattered shards Of his phone and laptop Lying there on the hearth A voice came from his plutonic core Muffled and distant almost imperceptible "Breathe! Breathe! Breathe!" "Stay alive until I can be with you!" Over the blurry, dim image of a gaping mouth And another voice dripping with sympathy "I'm sorry. Your wife has..." He quickly turned away to break the spell Grabbed his coat and keys
You've forgotten who you are Cast adrift in a sea of Fear and loathing You watch and listen But you do not see or hear Buffeted by wave after wave
DIVINE
Of cruelty and despair You taste the bitter brine
TYRONE M.
You struggle for breath You grasp at the
1. Morning came blessedly rushing in
Most convenient straw
And I just laid there debating whether to fight off satans deceptions
You used to be so cocksure
or wait until evening.
You captained your ship Confidently performing
2. Evening came / I fought against Satan’s deception with prayer
Complicated fiduciary tasks
and faith.
Loop the loops
But the snake momentarily distracted me but I gained by faith-ness
Acts of kindness
back and rebuked him.
Detached from your Purpose driven life
3. Night came galloping in like a race horse / I refused to let sleep
You've lost your sense of touch
kidnap me again
You're cowed
Finally I fought off his evil schemes, vile ways, and rested in pro-
By a swatch of cloth
tected armor
A slight jab in the arm That community relies on
(God)
To prove your will Your power As you struggle To find firm footing In your bottomless pit of Suffocating quicksand You've lost your faith You've lost all hope
THE ONE GOD FAVOR JOHN H.
You've lost one of another Who are you?
Read your Bible and you will see When you die, hell is not a place you wanna be
For a trip to the garden store
Love God and Love your neighbor
To pick up the mulch she needed
In the end, you’re be the one God favor
For her glorious perennial beds She'd be delighted when she got home from work He slowly opened his eyes the next morning And could still feel himself inside her
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