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Street Games


it's hard not to have
bad thoughts when
you're being good

a little devilment
most surely would
improve my mood
and I'd do it
if I only could
I'd play with fire
then knock
on burning wood
I'd say something rude

if I thought you'd
slap my face
then kiss it better
I'd write you
pretty pornographic
letters
with you as the star

I dream you

in a sleazy
late night bar
or the back of my car
I turn
a corner in my mind
and there you are
running away

Hey!
would you come out to play
with the rough kid
down the street?
he knows

you ain't so sweet.
and he thinks that's

neat




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Comments


  • rhetorica gold member
    November 12, 2008

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    Thats a fine figure of a man right there,whoever he is...
    i`m not sure if you had rhyme in mind when you started this poem,it could lead anywhere after the first three lines,they dont have the usual rhyming feel about them, so i was surprised how it turned out after that,but i like it a lot,it has a playful feel about it,like you wrote this because you felt like "a little devilment".
    i love its structure too.
    nice work.
    bye.


    • Windhover gold member
      November 12, 2008
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      Not guilty, but not innocent.

      Hey R. This one 'came' as a sort of a rhyming slam and I just rolled with it. The photo is just a google image, I picked it to suggest the sort of innocence/edginess I wanted for the poem. And yes, there is some 'divilment' in it too. Thanks for the comment. >W<