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Shan's Crap (Shannon McEwen)

on June 8 2007

Be "Mused"

Where has she gone that traitorous bitch
Itching, fixing to leave at the first chance
Glancing directly into the mid summer sun
Unbidden desires blinded by big ambitions

Missionary position overused and long clichéd
Betrayed by the lure of the exotic movements
Monuments made from fine silks and satin panties
Ranting vulgar promises from smooth thighs

Skies gone dark, speckled with forbidden clouds
Shrouded by the underside of the bastard moon
Soon she’ll come back to my bleeding pen
When greatness is placed on the succulent table

Fabled to bring forth the new beginning of time
Rhyming in perfect sequence in pure metric bliss
Kisses along the curved line of her perfect cheek
Reeking of dissension and a falsely claimed prophet


on June 5 2007

Cycling naked through my thoughts

My first Connachlonn - okay Leanne rip it to shreds! (or anyone else!)
On this very non-descript dull day
Way beyond my physical touch
Much of “you” clings to most of me
Seeing you in every other thought
Ought to make you smile in your dreams
Seems like I’m just a little addicted
Fed a constant diet of your beautiful light
Right in the midst of constant chaos
Lost between where I am and you sleep
Keeping my body in constant need
Leading my mind back to you

on June 4 2007

Gone Fishin'

A reworking of "She believes in Faeries"
In her favourite purple bikini
(Tinkerbell peeks around
her mid-section)
She swims bravely by
Two eleven year old girls
Holding hostage all
The pool toys

She tightly clutches
Her little, well-used yellow mat
And a Floating noodle
Swims awkwardly to the middle
Yanks Tinkerbell
From between wet cheeks
Scrambles up
Into a lotus position

Expectant she places
Her noodle
Into the chlorinated water
And (cross legged)
Fishes for dreams

on May 25 2007

Four Year old Wisdom

Through the confusing haze
Of snot and pain
And over the counter pain killers
His voice whispers
Cracks a little from the newness
Of keeping quiet

As he rubs my back
With a chubby little hand
“it’s all right mamma, don’t cry
It’s gonna be okay”

He pauses in his words
Pats my head
Which richocets fresh pain
Across the back of my head
And spikes through
My red eyes

And through the agony
I hear him again
“Wanna paint?”

on June 1 2007

Dance Puppet Dance

Non stop traffic congestion
Jams every concrete artery
Slams the nerves against the windshield
Trapped between the metal and the glass
And the palpable insanity

Profanities slip out without notice
For the desperate rush
Day after day mental crush
To get to the other end
And for what?

A perverse pleasure for the
Constant political two-step
Worn with pretty smiles
While the machete is lodged
Between the third and fifth vertebrae

and the ridiculous requirement
to seek redemption in procedures
and counterfeit personnel
with incessant malice and guile

And all the while
The bullshit covers the truth
And the truth becomes the bullshit

on May 31 2007

Bad Aim

Testing out new styles - so please. Be brutal.
Shiny metal can
Reflects

May’s vibrant
Sunlit afternoon

Tin foil wrappers
Scattered

Inertly
On the fresh cut grass

Lost and found

NEEDS SERIOUS WORK
The crooked oak
With crooked arms
And a crooked smile

Almost hidden
Smothered
By Proud
Coniferous

And that one leaf
Hangs
Dangles
Clutches on
Refuses to le go

But alas it must
Without ceremony
Silent descent

Reminiscent of the silent drops
Once upon a time
Down her soft cheek

on May 25 2007

Like a warm campfire

Once chilled to the marrow of my bones
Strange tingling warmth has arisen
And by some unknown means spread

Into even the smallest of cracks
In my once slightly fractured aorta
Has travelled through each frigid vein

Into every desiccated pore
On all my exhausted limbs
And been absorbed by every hair

And for some odd reason
I find myself unable to control
My lips from lifting in your presence

Sinus infection Delirium

Just a facecloth and spoon
And a soft spitted prayer
From that fat bastard in the moon

On a sunny day in June
From a glib fluffy chair
my snot singing a wildly bluesy
(rather greenly) tune

And as I listen to you croon
Please don’t have a damn care
That I may or may not swoon

We’ll count the seconds to noon
Get a solid grip on the outlying hair
You'll pull hard while
I dance around like a baboon

But please, please make it soon
get off your ass and stop
the pain, festering and despair
In the snot filled hours of mid afternoon

on May 23 2007

Complete in his Trust

A reworking of Saving the linens and the love
In the darkened house
A quarter past ten
Before the house settles in

He carries all fifty pounds
Of warm sleepy boy
To the potty

A drowsy voice
“I hate this”
Before a gruff response
“I know buddy”

His head bobs gently
Against a strong shoulder
As chocolate eyes slip closed
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