Love As Formication

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You were all around me
Buzzing like flies on a carcass
Tickling at me like a virus
A contagion with no cure

As hard as I tried
I could not prevent your incessant attacks
Your delicious malice
Now you’re under my skin

I can feel your love crawling
Under my shins, knuckles
Forehead, scalp, arms
Shoulder blades and spine

It feels so delicious
To scratch at it even though
The itch won't go away
Just move to somewhere else

All I wish for now
Is for my heart to capture
The love you have for me
If only to be rid of this aphrodisia
poetry
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Very vivid, Mark. Hits almost all the senses. Nice.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Rose,

Hits almost all the senses. Nice


Thanks very much. Glad you liked it.
Star Control: Origins
Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Whoo. Very, very vivid and luscious.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Great stuff mate!
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
This is great! Good work!
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
...ahh the torments of passion. I'm seeing an ant-pattern in your writing. I'm wondering whether these are reminiscences? Perhaps of a past life? Thanks for your special way of seeing things. Loved it.
- Don
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
San Chonino,

very vivid and luscious


Thanks again, mate.

Adnauseam

Great stuff mate


Thank you, mate.

Buddah,

This is great! Good work


And thanks to you too. Again, your book has provided me with not only good reading and pondering but inspiration as well.

Don

First of all,

Thanks for your special way of seeing things. Loved it


Thanks for this. Now, to answer your question, a lot of what I write is based on memories but a lot of it is fiction. Words and wordplay fascinates me and I enjoy writing immensely.

Whip,

Thanks again...
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
Words and wordplay fascinates me and I enjoy writing immensely.


It shows, Mark. Well done ... again.
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
Chris,

Well done ... again


Thanks very much, mate. I'm looking forward to your next too.
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
It shows, Mark. Well done ... again.


Ditto on this! Lovely Mark! BTW...for a moment there I thought the title was - "Love as Fornication"!!
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
Serenity,

Love as Fornication


Yeah, I was wondering who might pick up on that... Hmm, trust you
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yeah, I was wondering who might pick up on that... Hmm, trust you


! Eyes for the details...sometimes!
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
Serenity,

Eyes for the details


Details... Yeah, right
Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top
I'd like to say 'Poetry...hmph!"

But I can't. I'll begrudgingly admit it's actually not bad.
Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top
Shovel,

Thanks very much, mate, although 'masterpiece' is probably over-rating it. Still, thanks!

Mason,

I'll begrudgingly admit it's actually not bad


Thanks, mate. The poet lurking in you thanks you too
Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top
Thanks, mate. The poet lurking in you thanks you too


Nah, I'm no poet.

The best poetry piece I can come up with is

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Doorknobs
Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top
Mason,

LOL Ah, so you're of the Ogden Nash school of poetry, right?