Tag Archive: fun with words


Incompatibility

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Such sorrow to discover
she really believed
in emojis.

© Chagall 2015

Shrewdly Diabetic

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They left me alone
to see if I’d take
a cookie, but I didn’t
so I fooled them. I know
a setup when I see one.

© Chagall 2015

Smokin’

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The smell of caramel and burnt hair everywhere.
Damn, I’m good in bed!

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Phrasal Turn

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The least we can do
is to make the most of it.

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La Fête

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How creative the moment it constellates
like stars in time set off little flares
I’m awake I’m awake I’m alive!
against real sky in reel time.  Let’s!
you and I do jigs on the dance floor
wave our flames high in the air
We’re awake, we’re alive!

© Chagall 2015

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Why, can’t you hear it?
I’m pulsing with the music.
Why can’t you? Hear it.

© Chagall 2015

Under Anna Steizia

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I
I mention it’s about 10 per week or so,
enough to get the point across,
but not enough to skew it.

II
I tell her my shoulders hurt real bad,
she says I’ll start at the bottom, work up.

III
I remember nothing but overwhelming comfort
pressing in from all sides.

© Chagall 2015

Jeannie In A Bottle

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I was shocked by how both her breasts had shrunk
Till I realized I was rubbing her back.

© Chagall 2015

And Heaven To Boot

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My boss screamed
Carlos Chagall you’re amazing!
To which I replied
And good looking – no?

© Chagall 2015

Thunk

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They say less is more.
Huh!

© Chagall 2015