Universal truth:
We are all children of God
Strive to your fullest
Loving and holy
Recognized for their virtues
Here’s to all the Saints
Happy All Saints’ Day!
K. Pinella’s poems

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Stepping out
As a betty till past midnight;
You don’t know my secret
Because I want you to be tricked. Continue reading
“Mama!”
Mouth wide open,
Teeth razor-sharp,
Tongue forked like a snake
No one claims this child.
“Mama!”
Insistent cries from hell to heaven,
Drowned by the sound of the harp.
The child’s fingers shaped like a rake,
His face pitted and wild.
“Mama!”
No welcome for the heathen,
Ignored as if hidden under a tarp.
He crawls back to Devil’s Lake,
Where he was originally defiled.
[Entry to Monster Masquerade, hosted by Fly TrapMan and Poet Rummager]
©2015 Karina Pinella
I took the wrong turn
You came at me from nowhere
Evil temptation

Image: Pixabay/Gerd Altmann
©2015 Karina Pinella

You take-a piz-za my heart,
You fill me like no other.
Get thee to my plate;
Your aroma makes me swoon!
I am ready to cut you apart;
I cannot share you with another
Even if I inflate
As big as a hot air balloon!
What makes you so hot?
Sweet onions galore,
Dough kneaded just right,
Sausage and three kinds of cheeses!
©2015 Karina Pinella
Four stages, wrought to have you wring, wrangle, and wrestle
With ropes, chains, rings, 2-inch ledges, and cliff hangers.
The roar of the crowd cheers you on as you grab a vessel,
Trying to balance so you don’t fall into the dreaded cold pool water.
The audience shouts your name, encouraging, cheering for you.
Sweat coats your skin as you focus from one obstacle to another.
The smell of fear is in the air as you near stage four.
O, how you must taste the closeness to victory.
You’re pure action, always in motion, gets you to do one step more.
At Mt. Midoriyama’s summit, you climbed to claim your glory. Continue reading
Quack, quack, quack,
Quit the duck lip schtick.
What’s with the pout?
The moue, the pucker, or whatever you
Want to call it when your lips stick out.
Spare the sparrow face too.

©2015 Karina Pinella
Stilled life on asphalt
Once dashing and daring
Now a bloody gestalt.
Once warm and caring.
Biped, quadruped,
Even one on a moped.
Anything goes,
If you go too slow.
©2015 Karina Pinella
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