MOONLIGHT MUSES' POEMS AND SCORES #2

Lap 15
Round 11
Five Lines

My palms are sweaty,
blisters forming, a fizzed mind -
yet I will not give up,
for the rest of the teams are in sight,
we will win this fight!

Lap 15
Round 12
Halloween

Smarties smothered with dust
makes my mouth water,
more tears than drool
a tongue devastated, wishing
parents didn't restrict Halloween
candy consumption.

Lap 15
Round 13
Toilet

Flush, flush - bubble,bubble
oh my God I am in such trouble
the toilet blocked, what to do
oh the smell, pee-ewww

grab the plunger,splish -splash
holy shit, look at all the trash
tampon wrappers, what the hell
seat floods over like an oil well

Pump it quicker, please go down
Oh my God here comes something brown
hands are sweaty knees are weak
damn thing flowing like Samson's creek

Gurgle, Gurgle, going down
adjective followed by another noun
now left to clean the all this crap
then I think I'll need a nap

Lap 16
Round 1
21 Syllables

Pastels sleep between the
clutter of paper curving
around spines -
abandoned drawings.

Lap 16
Round 2
Tanka

It doesn't matter
how hard I try, these damn things
chase me, what the hell
these annoying little wimps
gonna make me want to cry

Lap 16
Round 3
Water

I exhaled, shooting
bubbles into the air
that floated aimlessly
'til popping upon
my skin unexpectedly
like a watered down kiss.

Lap 16
Round 4
Free Verse

Friday nights
freedom imagined,
rather I'll stay home,
drenched in poetry,
dripping endless
turns of phrases...
It's almost like being
drunk.

Lap 16
Round 5
Include the word "microscope"

My eyes as shiny
as dew drops on morning petals.
Yet I press onward, fighting
the fatigue.

Another lap, another round,
another poem to complete.

Perhaps a cigarette will revive
the lazy metaphors sleeping
in the back of my mind or
a cool drink of rum
will get the blood pumping again.

10 more minutes and I fear
I will need a microscope
to see these words I type ...

as they grow more and more
hazy by the minute.

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Round 6
Wild Card - 5 lines

Ice cubes are chattering and I am
jealous of the way they drift freely in a pool
of Antarctic water. They mocking me
with their sleek bikini bodies and I find
myself wishing a polar bear would gobble them up.

Lap 16
Round 7
Cats

My cat sure was unique..
she was gray,but had an orange paw
curious,loving.. she chased all she saw..

But I left her outside one day..
for mom,Inside..wouldn't let her stay

I will never forget how I found her..
the day she slipped away,

I should have known better
not to leave my cat astray.