MY HEART GOES ASTRAY
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by Joy Leftow
1y ago
Static in my heart sings a ring so strong like an episode of sesame street gone wrong, the world gone awry in a single cry awoke evoked clouds linger in the pre-reminiscent pregnant air five seconds ago on the web, I watched Yellow red purple smoke rings cascade up from Cape Canaveral Choked on enzymes fumes in absence of love invades hate on the abyss a trend in fate, an alias to convert a feather stroke to abuse with a lavender candle invoked Skyrocket in sight with a socket in my cap.  Didn’t say it wasn’t love The rhythm of the music moves my hands Heros dead in a flash of smoke one ..read more
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Smoke that dream before I cream you
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by Joy Leftow
1y ago
Smoke that dream before I cream you   I’ve got all my own mishigas too sufficient to sort through. Memories a life’s sake, a backache, earache filibuster, Monroe birthday zone, a black hole, don’t know where to go. A vagabond review, a Scarsdale Hebrew cemetery, morsel of dainty tastiness nastiness a black hole of madness no home to go to, a Hebrew Jew.   Stuck inside my head, a poet’s world, inspired to drive down dirty get high on some Thai stick, trying to get skinny on the sly, sounds tinny, the words stuck in my eardrums, tum de dum   Exhale poetry with scarlet U2 embolism ..read more
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Marijuana Escape from Blues
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by Joy Leftow
2y ago
So very hard to face each day when so much sad Engulfs me, makes me face my bad My meds provide a space for peace To feel some glad Escape from being had Raised in a bad way, rad I’m alive Caught between my mom and dad Born into a world of fate, hate surrounded me Smoked at 14 laughed my ass off Mary Jane helped me collect myself off the pavement Days of wine and roses Live in dreams – a haze of beauty made more magnificent with m medicine Wish I could do more, but I do all I can do and more I’m a tad behind because of so much sad I’ve endured A child badly clad, woe was me, carry the sad insi ..read more
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 God Bless   God Bless the day my mother...
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by Joy Leftow
2y ago
 God Bless   God Bless the day my mother was born She birthed me to this life God bless her cruelty taught me to survive  God bless the day my father was born God bless my sisters though they refused to love me Contrived to deprive love God bless the stories they told to justify their hate God blessed me to survive rape and abuse God blessed me to strive to revive Bruises and blues of my soul God bless the day I was born in March of 49 Been in overdrive, overactive sex drive All the drivel of conniving men  Who fooled me, jive as the shrine I’m in God bless the universe God ..read more
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DRUGS ON THE RISE
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by Joy Leftow
2y ago
DRUG PHASE   Living life in a daze So many drugs create a haze By now I know it’s not a phase  After all these years it shouldn’t faze me   Someone said, “It’s over a dozen years,  going through the same fears.” Put your life in arrears  you should know it’s not a phase   “After all these years,  you should know it’s a way of life” So should I stop trying now  After all these years  ..read more
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AMBER
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by Joy Leftow
2y ago
 AMBER   She melts in your mouth  like the hot resin of a ripened tree The m's roll off your tongue poetically Amber absorbs sunlight and reflects moonlight She has her own glow Amber comes in many colors like a rainbow Sometimes cloudy, sometimes clear the color of honey The ones with fossils are worth the most; it makes sense  Because skeletons are a big expense   Sometimes you see straight through her A connoisseur of fragile glass Shades of golden yellow to fern green to lime or orange Amber is diffuse, her energy attracts  her words interact, it’s a ..read more
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ONE WRONG STEP AFTER ANOTHER
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by Joy Leftow
3y ago
ONE WRONG STEP AFTER ANOTHER   My body follows my life like one big misstep misstep physically and fall on my hip Literally act out my psychological ailments Overstretch my foot so much, it hurts I can’t walk I lie on my ass, sit around and talk On the phone – balk  at all the empty phone talk makes me feel dead instead of alive Words are my bedrock, my life Numerous iPhone chats,  Facetimes,  leaves me unsatisfied No human caress causes distress,  loss of eye contact, response is less No touch,  No hugs, nor kisses, just guesses of what we’re doing here Most of w ..read more
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Spending Blues
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by Joy Leftow
3y ago
 I GOT THE SPENDING BLUES DISEASE   PLEASE, please, I need to be at ease I got the buy, buy, buy, disease Like to put it on a freeze Turn around like a sneeze  Got a hold on me like trustees Need to find another release I know it’s not that old song,  somethings got a hold of me,  I know it must be love  It’s this buy, buy, buy, disease My self-control destroyed, spoiled by my unease, Commands originated in my mind’s badlands,  quell the urge please   I got the spending blues So easy to do Swipe out a card  Got the distribution blues Buy thing ..read more
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2020 Presidential Election Year
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by Joy Leftow
3y ago
 2020 Presidential Election Year   This coronavirus is making me insane Feel like I’m on another plane Nothing left to gain and a lot to lose Living like this the bane of my existence Trump running a chain gang on our nation Tough guy bully guy macho man image Not charging social security taxes Means social security at 65 out the door Maybe they’ll see what they can’t see now Chaos  It’s plain to see, lying in wait in society Need the key to unlock the gates We’re heading from heaven to hell It’s no game, president man forgot about democracy Love and hate, not fate  Trap ..read more
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SEARCH FOR AN ENCORE
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by Joy Leftow
3y ago
 SEARCH FOR AN ENCORE   My heart hits the sky for a wonderful guy  Want to live in my dream Let off steam, ride that moonbeam Watch my love while we watch stars who strive to extreme,  Love trees feed on earth and water Feel like lamb to slaughter New world’s just begun under one sun Redwood forest, lakes, rivers run No babe, I no having fun Weak knees pervade,  transcend dreams glide I’m along for the ride Economy, parsimony, Slide into fear of this and that World where dictators rule my land and that land make the world what is has become  not a race to create e ..read more
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