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APATHY by Bogdan Dragos
Originally posted on Gobblers / Masticadores:
She came from work pretty early and I knew when I saw her that she quit yet again She changed four jobs in the last five months and got a tattoo that said APATHY on her lower back Her father died five months ago. He died of what’s called almost-drunk-driving… -
around the smokey hole
You can still be good
at what you do
without liking
what you doIt’s more common than
you’d imagineThe words reflected his face
in the steamy bathroom mirrorHe watched
until he felt cold in his
nakedness
and shiveredreached for the towel
wiped
got out of the bathroom
put on clothes
and returned to his writing
deskThe blank page was ugly
unlike the somewhat encouraging
words on the steamy mirrorHe reached into the drawer
pulled out the pen
stuck it into his mouth
clicked itReached again into the drawer
pulled out the gun
pointed it at the blank page
firedHe wrote for the remainder of
the day and the next
night around the smokey holeIt was finally
beautiful -
Mercy kill
Originally posted on Gobblers / Masticadores:
From the hand of the writer Bogdan, we return to the path of short stories – j re crivello (editor) by Bogdan Dragos When the enemy strikes keep your gun close to you. That worked during the war, but the war was all those years ago and the saying didn’t… -
cats are a great audience for poetry readings
the cat was utterly
uninterested
and downright
boredwith him reading
mediocre poems
by her side“You don’t like this one?” he asked
“It’s about nature
and birds
flying and… and… How good does
it have to be for you
to like it? I’m only ten, I haven’t
lived long enough to
write poems of grief
and depravity like my father. But you
know, I’m actually aiming to become
better than him. I aim to be
a more
respected poet. What, you don’t think
I’ll be able to?
You think I’m just another
deluded fool? I’ll show you!”The cat stood
and stretched raising her tail
“Calm down, kid. First of all,
your daddy was no
poet. Just some drunk who spoke of
demons as he passed out
in bars. And you, you’re not ten, okay?
You’re just ten days
clean of meds.”“You think I should
end myself?” he askedThe cat waved a paw
at that. “Nah, just go on with the
next poem. I’ll be listening
but please don’t expect any
praise. It’s not in my nature to
offer it, okay?”“But… you think I’ll be a great
poet one day?”The cat closed her
eyes and offered no reply -
another bulimic princess by Bogdan Dragos
Originally posted on Gobblers / Masticadores:
mashed potatoes poached eggs beans and some homemade garlic sauce but no meat for the princess’s sensitive stomach “I’m full,” she said “No, you are not,” said mother. “Eat up. Finish everything from your plate and trust me, it’s been calculated. It’s the right amount. Now eat up.” Father agreed.… -
twist the blade
again
she grabs a stool
and places it into the corner
of the room,
climbs on it, assumes the lotus position
and closes her eyes
and covers her ears with headphonesShe faces the corner
The voice that speaks into her
headphones starts a
countdownMeanwhile
her father shakes his head as
he watches her
“You can’t be serious,” he says. “Are
you meditating again to ask God to make life
fair? Is that it? What happened?
Was your Uber late? Internet connection slow?
Heheh!”She doesn’t hear him. The voice
in her headphones says, “And twist. Remember
to always twist. If you only stab
him it’s not enough. That’s just gonna do
a little damage that can be fixed with a quick visit
to the ER. You have to twist the blade. That’s
when the significant damage happens. Twist
as much as you can. Show no mercy.
Take advantage of
the fact that he will not expect this from you.” -
The knife listens by Bogdan Dragos
but that handle was made for his hand hand – handle handle – hand the fingers would close around it to never let go It had to have flesh around it at all times But the blade… the blade was still naked. He couldn’t let the blade naked It wasn’t fair “So that’s why you… Read more
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pink paint
Pink
pink would be the right choice
because the doctor said it will be a girl
He would paint the room pink and await
her coming into the world
What a blessing
How fortunate he felt
His back and sides were tingling with
happinessHe came out of the store and a
homeless woman came his way
and he was quick to say
“Sorry, no spare change right now. I spent
all I had on paint.”“That’s all right,” said the woman. “I don’t want
your money. Actually, I was hoping you
could give me some
of your paint.”“My paint?”
“Yeah.” She held a tin can to him
“Um, all right,” he said and opened the
can of paint and poured some into the woman’s
can. “But what do you need paint for?”She watched him
Put the tin can to her lips
and drank the paint
“Plan Z,” she saidHe wanted to say something in protest
but couldn’t even gasp
when he noticed her swollen bellyHe walked away and got into the car
and drove home
and just wasn’t as eager to paint that room
anymore -
thick glass
three weeks
and the shards were still there
still scattered on the tiles
of the kitchen floorthat was a thick glass
meant for classy strong drinks
like whiskeyYeah, now that he thought about it
it was whiskey she
ordered. But he filled
the glass with milk and said,
“You know what the doctor said, mother.
No more alcohol for you. Here, try
this instead.”And he would strongly
prefer not to remember what followed
afterThe shards were still
on the kitchen floorand the gash still on the side of
his neck. Stitched now
but painful nonetheless -
the veins By Bogdan Dragos
As promised, Bogdan opens fire with a short storie -j re crivello (Editor) Something wasn’t quite right in this small, barren room. The man sitting across the square table, dressed in a white coat, seemed a little to calm for someone in reaching distance. ‘I could just reach for that bald head and snap the… Read more
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Happiness comes two ways , my father taught me, BY faith, and Hard Work, enjoyed your writings.
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Thank you (^_^)
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I believe there may be a few philosophers left. Their voices may have been drowned in the multiple seas of social media but I think poets are somewhat philosophers, They dream and think outside the box. Thanks for stopping by Poemattic.
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Hope things are cool and hot DR., I’m a bit curious, I was looking over your work, and wonder if you do any strip writing ? I ‘m working on a book that will be a finish play. I don’t want it to get to much graphic dialog but need the iron words to push these concepts. Any suggestions. Like instead of B, or F, MF, I thought Bush Wet, Funk n Fish, Mold Food, well if you get a minute, Thanks.
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Hey hello, so nice meeting you! I saw you liked my post on trees, thank you so much!
Lovely poetry by the way!
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When I initially commented I clicked the “Notify me when new comments are added” checkbox and now each time a comment is added I get several e-mails with the same comment. Is there any way you can remove me from that service? Appreciate it!
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I am a little confused about your logic?
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Sure.. as an idea-unfortunately doomed to fail in practice, never mind eh?
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you think he’d buy me mozzarella sticks
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Brantley
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Bellissimo lavoro,bravo continua cosi!!
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