Daydreaming as a profession Poems
run wild
by Bogdan Dragos
Run wild
That was the motto
Of course it didn’t address
running wild
in the streets
and away from angry shopkeepers
and the police
and rival gangs
and betrayed friends
......
keeping that spark
by Bogdan Dragos
he deliberately chose
the nastiest
sound for the alarm clock
Zeeeehhweeeehhchhh
and there it went
again
Every four hours. Announcing that he
had to start the
......
the old dog
by Bogdan Dragos
he was a very old dog and
he left hairs everywhere he sat
yet despite all that
she let him sleep in the bed besides her
Only because her family
said it was wrong
By definition
everything those people called wrong
......
to cope with stress
by Bogdan Dragos
the stress was messing with
her periods
so she got even more
stressed as a result
Oh, and that guy she met
through the dating app, he considered
himself catfished. Why?
She looked like
in the
......
nothing good on TV for 18 years
by Bogdan Dragos
there's nothing good on TV
when you're in
a crap mood
"Shit," he thought. "Nothing's gonna be
good on TV for
the next 18 years. At least."
he sighed
and shifted his position on
......
a blunt weapon
by Bogdan Dragos
there was a time when he’d
fear nothing more
than the bluntness of the
empty bottle
his torment
his nightmare, his hell
The bottle would be
all right as long as it stayed full
......
a distracted dreamer
by Bogdan Dragos
what else to do when
the rain falls so heavy
against the window
outside?
Get melancholic
get poetic
have a drink
have another
......
an old instrument with rusty strings
by Bogdan Dragos
he sits alone in the
darkness
on a wooden chair
The walls surrounding him
have no
mirrors and
the windows are covered
by the thickest blinds
......
Saint Bernards are big, heavy dogs
by Bogdan Dragos
he opened another beer
and sat on
the couch
but turned off the TV
He watched the kid
The kid was on his knees
before the coffee table
busy with
......
hope she’s okay wherever she is
by Bogdan Dragos
she kept saying how much she
hated her tattoos
and kept showing them
to us
"Got 'em when I was young and
dumb and now I
jus' wanna rip my skin off."
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