Tag Archives: violence
We’re Gone;
Everything’s rapidly growing worse It is true in prose, it is true in verse We’ll all party until we finally drop Time will show us we’re not on top Let’s dance across the sands of time To discover that it is just quick-lime Or sink into the slime and the ooze It does not matter […]
Look of Wonder
Oh for the look of amazed wonder Which can be seen in a child’s eyes When it’s all new, here and yonder They’ve not learned to hate, despise Over time, it all becomes mundane As you excel at talking in your head Your world narrows, cannot explain Only hear your own chatter instead When you […]
Dialogue
I haven’t posted for a week, though I have material ready. I’ve started several pieces, but this is the first one I’ve completed in that same length of time. I’ve been troubled by a reply I believe was intended for me, in response to a satiric poem I wrote about Donald Trump. (I’ve included it […]
Sad to Report
Like the narcissistic needs of a reborn Christian’s god Donald Trump requires constant praise and adoration It doesn’t even matter if he earns the presidential nod He’ll say, do and promise anything for your adulation It seems there is nothing too incendiary or outrageous My friend says it is simply in the cause of politainment […]
Old as Time, Fresh as Breath
For all our myths, our stories and legends No matter what they say, what we call them They are tales, or treks, quests or journeys Seeking wealth, wonder, magic, mysteries These are grand sagas of villains and heroes Life depends on death that depends on life Follow fortune miraculous, amazing, unique Discovering what we never […]
Small and Petty
Find, for me, a small and petty god One grown right from my local sod Who, as me, thinks, acts and looks Who can be branded by the books A proper deity, for me, should sate The horded hunger I have for hate Teach spare the rod, spoil the child Make my wife abide meek […]
No Guarantee
For my friend, Chris. He’ll know why. Blow it up or blow it down No point us hanging around We start again as a beginner If we lived as saint or sinner Still and all, it’s been before Not by us, so now our chore Some craven but some brave Dumb, brazen sum’s a grave […]
The Road Returns
Follow now, with me, the unfolding Macadam Through these dimmed, fly-specked windows Speeding from life, as if anyone gives a damn Keep our heads down no matter where it goes On this concrete ribbon vanishing into distance We hasten through the night, scant illumination Unlike water, we follow path of most resistance As we put […]
Wicked Lies
With me sail away for a year and a day To find where the plastic island floats Greeted by people who’ve found a way To survive in this world of harsh notes From any finding too much not enough Whose robotic servants never talk back They’ll tie your shoes, button your cuff No human slaves, […]
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