Daydreaming as a profession Poems
infinitely unhappy girl
by Bogdan Dragos
Oh, infinitely beautiful girl
you are not alone
she wrote with
scarlet lipstick on her mirror
But words alone
don't
change hearts
......
she gives love, kindness, warmth, acceptance. And never judges
by Bogdan Dragos
the woman smiled at him
and showed her
legs from beneath a
white coat
She was close to his face
Stretched on the label of
the rubbing alcohol bottle
......
the last notebook
by Bogdan Dragos
he takes his old wrinkled
notebook
and the black pen
and finds a
spot from which he can observe
the people
and write down what he
imagines to be their inner
conversations
......
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
......
lovely hands
by Bogdan Dragos
there's been a collection of
rather
dark thoughts lately
and he was
studying it from the comfort
of his bed
The other day he found a good pillow
in the dumpster
......
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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