I wave in the breeze, hanging momentarily
In that eternal second
I scan the horizon, hugging the bay of my life
Wondering how you could possibly
Hoist me up with your incendiary petard
Taking stock of my own meager mark
Thinking, of how you
Stood on my growing back
Raising slowly, year after year
Nothing more than a boost to elevation
I groaned in lamentation
Under your burdensome weight
Until finally, you plucked
The fruit you sought
Jumping off with a kick
Violently, I wallowed down the hill
Your ticking bomb, tossed with skill
With a powerful blow and
A timely jostling roll
Right off the grassy knoll, I flew
Impaled by red-hot shrapnel
Bleeding out before I reached
The culvert at the body glutted foot
Eyes open, no longer registering
You stood over me, picking my pockets
Storing your ill-gotten gains
Alongside the same volatile chemicals
Used to drain my life
K.B. Silver
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K.B. Silver
K.B. Silver has poems published in magazine Wishbone Words, and lit journals: Sheepshead Review, New Note Poetry, Twisted Vine, Avant Appa[achia, Plants and Poetry, recordings in Stanza Cannon, and pieces in Wingless Dreamer anthologies.
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CH 20~ Party Down
Argento’s ninth (eighteenth in earth years) Birthday came and went Thursday, the thirteenth, and he’d already received his father’s gift, if you could call it that. You had to commit a fairly serious infraction to be cut off; the Arch-Baron was keeping up appearances and maintaining his own reputation as much as any sense of love or attachment to Argento with his “gift.”
By K.B. Silver Exclusive • 7 days ago
Silver Screen Magic with Mae West
American actress and singer Mae West became a popular film actress during the Great Depression. She started entertaining in vaudeville, then performed on Broadway, and finally went to Hollywood. She signed up with Paramount Pictures and made her debut in the 1932 film “Night After Night.” She also starred in musicals, comedies, and crime dramas. The American Film Institute named her one of the best classic Hollywood actresses.
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🫂hugs, KB