Low clouds come bustling in
Grumbling about being here again

Driven by the Crack of lightning's whip
Winds whip tugging at your grip

Apprehension comes dragging tension
The Crash-Boom for added demension

Raindrops commit suicide on the glass
Bulging in the panes break at last

Stirred in to added confusion
Missing roof is no allusion

Swirling winds puncture your skin
As the walls become vacant beens

Swept away from your stance
Poor you , you never had a chance

Dear Roaches,

   Please stay out of my coffee mug
In the mornings, I'll leave you bread crumbs
Or whatever it is you eat on the floor
When I make my sandwiches in the morn.
     ( I'm sure we can come to some
Sort of agreement)
   And perhaps I will forget to wash a dish
Or two and leave it out with just enough
To taste and delight yourselves in.
    But if I find you in my mug
Or my coffee machine, I will break
Out the Raid and other chemical
Weapons at my disposal, and sure I know
You will procreate faster than I can
Buy poison so let's make some kind
Of deal?
    Though it may not be a banquet,
I'm sure I can leave the occasional mess,
    So how bout it?

        Your housemate,
         Dedpoet

translucence is rare
withdraw your opaque armor
swim in fearless love

©2016janetaylor

sometimes
things dont work out
**I hope this is not one of those

Come to Ohio
Journey through the Midwest
Come to Ohio
You won't know how to dress
Come to Ohio
Sure you can invest
Come to Ohio
Pollution fogs the factory breath
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Here's a coat for the summer
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Here's some shorts for the winter
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Here's some algae bloom to drink
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Oh wait Ohio stinks,
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North and South to the borders
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Drugs come and go and ****** enters
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Streets cracked no money left
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No work just *** to sell, from the girls men kidnap and infect
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Prisons just about every block
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We got no view, and black skies to, a lake that's brown, shoes new.
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Hood's where the ******'s are popping
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No laughter just sobbing
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What's wrong don't like it yet?
Come to Ohio
No keep going, Ohio forget.