oh naught is a child taught. patriot. hating it. standing for the silver bells. scream upon the idiot box until the blind deaf dumb - unfounded in your belief. whosoever holds the sword is sworn to the hoard and sits above board as you swing for your lord.
deafening is the caw of crows
a grave upon to plant rose
in rows of swaying circles
as the world comes back around
and you sit silently and cough as they turn off the camera. finally alone
Mar 10, 2021
Mar 10, 2021 at 6:22 PM UTC
Where on person can spin gold from straw,
Another squeeze silver into clutter
A positive attitude will always determine;
Who makes precious metal,
And who swims in seas of *******
Mar 10, 2021
Mar 10, 2021 at 5:46 PM UTC
I pray for thunder
A loud clap
Preceded by bright light
Just a little thing
To break the silence
Something to cut
Through our quiet lives
To break the monotony
To break the status quo
I pray for thunder
Loud enough to topple
Every broken institution
And each and every
Person who stands
Crooked like a bending line
I pray for thunder
To snap us from our stupor
Crumbling our closed
And placid attention span
Like a gavel from the sky
To beat the courtroom table
A judgement on the wicked
A call for introspection
A chorus of forgotten
And the poor that we ignore
I pray for thunder
I pray for thunder
I pray for revolution
Mar 10, 2021
Mar 10, 2021 at 8:26 AM UTC
We do not make art,
Art makes us
Every word, every note, every brush-stroke
And every joy,
Every wonder,
Every tear,
And every pain,
Is part of us
Mar 8, 2021
Mar 8, 2021 at 3:52 PM UTC
Woe be to the person
So callous in their decisions
Who makes the conscious choice
To reheat fish sticks
In an office microwave
May you forever be condemned
Mar 4, 2021
Mar 4, 2021 at 10:07 AM UTC
I eat, sleep, breath a self rendition
A puppet acting what should be,
The greatest work of art;
Life
Yet, arms and legs
Are bound in fallow strings;
Like earth-binding vines,
meant to drag the angels down
Never hold tight;
Gripping all our mistakes,
Like a life-raft,
In a churning sea, we have yet to understand
All footsteps,
Disturb the gravel ground,
As we lead them,
Or they lead us,
Towards whatever goal we choose
Mar 2, 2021
Mar 2, 2021 at 9:29 AM UTC
You held all the putty knives
Twisted-time arrows made of 40 oz dreams
Silken ropes used for belts
Just to hang me where I stand
I saw your popsicle stick ****** rifle
A ****** scout wearing a sandstorm veil
I can hear you whisper in the wind
As you crept into my heart
I hope your pink-haired clown mask fit
Never reveal your true identity
Never let them see your true intention
As you cut out my heart for feasts
Just because you bring flowers
Doesn't mean they can't turn
Into blood-covered razor blades
As you made all your decisions
Feb 21, 2021
Feb 21, 2021 at 7:58 PM UTC
She spoke in tones of innocence,
The heart makes you defenseless,
Her anodyne smile,
Could stick around awhile,
As we bask in our reticence
She spoke in a soft tongue so foreign,
A place I could not determine origin,
Her words, they killed my pain,
Driven from madness to sane,
Listening to her covert chorus
Feb 19, 2021
Feb 19, 2021 at 2:50 PM UTC
Vans come and vans go
Through godless streets of violence
Through angry crowds who thirst
For blood
Eat the weak on Easter
And feast upon the poster
Children in the garden of Eden
Or maybe rest upon the rock
In Babylon
Freedom isn't free
As we line up, cattle feed
Imbibing of the hate machine
A big blue F that desiccates
Human experience
And makes it bite-size
To represent the life-size
For our ******* pint-size
Pea-brained attempts
At **********
We all stand alone
Atop the heap of corpses
Left in our wake
And smile for the cameras
In our pajamas
Weak-willed
Like those who came before
Feb 19, 2021
Feb 19, 2021 at 1:15 PM UTC
I grew up so poor,
Ketchup sandwiches,
And never much more
Papa always said,
"I'm coming home late"
Today, tomorrow, every day;
Since now until
The future,
He still works the long shift,
27 years later
From high school,
It's elementary, dear Watson
I'd kept my grades up,
Until I noticed the girls,
Or more accurate,
When they noticed me
Basketball was all I had,
A tall white boy,
With good hands,
I always timed the rebound,
Just so...
3-point at the buzzer
When no recruiters came,
And the buzzer,
Had long been silent,
I joined...
And man, the Army
What can you say about that?
I walked through hell,
And high waters,
For people who will,
Never appreciate the sacrifice,
Who will never know the truth,
Rolling up conspiracies,
To smoke,
Placid in their stupidity
I was already long,
In the tooth,
And salted in my pepper,
Before I hit the books
College is the hardest,
How do you learn,
What others deem appropriate?
But I love the challenge,
I love the people,
And I love the work
I broke my back,
In faraway deserts,
And raising two girls,
The most beautiful kids
They're the only girls,
That look at me now,
Full of irritation,
At how fast I finish the waffles
But they're the only ones I need,
I won't let them,
Climb the same,
Pile of garbage,
That I climbed
I smile at them,
Every day,
And say,
"Daddies gonna be home tonight"
Feb 19, 2021
Feb 19, 2021 at 12:52 PM UTC