Thirty Seconds Of Pure Annoyance

posted on 03/25/2013 by 3 Comments

 

Gently I try to coax you out

Gently not so gently

Because I can’t see past you

Because I can’t speak or listen or focus on anything but you

All encompassing you

The slight stinging

The teensy itching

Because my conversation has turned to twitching

Because you swallow an entire thirty seconds of my day

Thirty seconds of pure annoyance

Of prodding

Of rubbing

“Where are you? Where are you? Get out.”

Until with a blink you vanish

Gone into the crevasse of my lower lid

Where hundreds of lost eyelashes have gone to die.

 

JenniChiu

 

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Take it, snot rag.

posted on 07/16/2012 by 2 Comments

 

I’m going to start mainlining some immune system boosters because I don’t have time to be as sick as I am.  Hot Nerd is out of town on business for the next three days, my preschooler is making summer vacation his bitch, and our baby boy is recovering from the grossest, stinkiest, stomach bug ever.

I am a freaking super  hero right now.

I’m also so sick I want to cry for my mommy.

Here’s some spontaneous poetry that came out of my head once:

Brain compressed.

Mouth dry from hanging wide.

Stabbing behind the left eye.

Take it, snot rag…

take it.

When you multiply-

one on my nightstand,

two on my coffee table,

five on my counter,

I’ll try not to yell.

Just take it, snot rag…

take it.

If you find ways into my pocket,

and into my wash,

and leave pieces of you,

on everything I own,

I swear to look the other way.

Just take it, snot rag…

take it.

Take all that I have,

at 50 miles an hour.

It’s love/hate…

 

plus

aloe.

 

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Just to leave.

posted on 09/15/2011 by 10 Comments

Tick tock tick tock

White rabbit has nothing on us

Let’s brush

pause pause

Let’s dress

pause cry pause cry

wrong socks

good socks

bad socks

Patience is a virtue -

I’m a jezebel

Tick tock tick tock

Throw the mouse at the clock

Want to eat

Need to eat

Hate to eat

Let’s go

pause pause

Fight the shoe

Floppy fish foot

Stand up

Wet noodle boy

pause f*cking pause

stare blink stare blink

slither on floor

I gave birth to…

temperamental

molasses

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Flashback Friday- Immediate poetry.

posted on 06/17/2011 by 2 Comments

Today’s Flashback Friday post is from the category Immediate Poetry.

Enjoy today’s poem from the archives:

 

Toddler In Tow.

Waiting room

waiting room

Toddler in tow.

No nap has me praying.

Goldfish are my savior.

“Momma up!”

“down!”

“out!”

Wishing for peace.

stroller shakes, stroller shakes

Clock ticks

Goldfish gone

Into the room

the size of a dime.

Spilled milk

Strawberry milk

shirt off

pants off

“Momma milk!”

“Momma milk!”

Gown on

feet in stirrups

… silence…

awkward.

 

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Playground countdown.

posted on 05/12/2010 by 2 Comments

5:30 pm

Parent chorus

“Casey, five more minutes!”

“Mikey, three more times on the swing.”

Flurry of feet

Sand tornadoes

Giggles

“We’re going home in two minutes, Joshua!.”

“Two minutes, Casey.”

“One more time on the swing. Weeee!”

“Okay, you can go down the slide two more times.”

“One more minute.”

Jump, jump, jump

Run, run, run

Squeal

Giggles

“No more swing.”

“Say goodbye to your new friend.”

“One more time.”

“Once down the slide.”

“You have thirty seconds!”

“Grab your shovel.”

“Let’s get your ball.”

5

4

3

2

1

- You may now commence to self destruct.

It's all fun and games until someone says it's time to go home.

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