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278 · Apr 2016
Trickster lessons
mikecccc Apr 2016
Oh spider
teach me cunning
so they never
get the best of me
and teach me how
to laugh away pain
when they do any way.
278 · Apr 2016
Quiet society
mikecccc Apr 2016
it won't tell you
how to be
it simply expects
you to know it
naturaly
and it may
knock you around
if you find
a way other
than the expected.
277 · Aug 2016
Projecting
mikecccc Aug 2016
I will stare at your nose
When I'm talking to you
Unlike your eyes
It doesn't show
A fun house version
Of myself.
277 · Dec 2016
Gaige
mikecccc Dec 2016
My bad
sorry
words so hollow
even if you mean it
what's done is done
will they seek recompense
we can start a feud
can always run
how far is far enough
hope I know it
when I see it.
based on a game
276 · Jul 2016
felt like forever
mikecccc Jul 2016
forever feels
like an hour
with nothing to do
but twitch and think.
276 · Feb 2021
A New Year
mikecccc Feb 2021
Late to the party
Arguably
fashionably so
what lies on the horizon
the same old woe
claims the cynic in me
in me
the cynic I am
the optimist I try to be
might claim otherwise
the optimist i try to be
Do I really want to be
Could be fun
A change of pace
The Optimist I try to be
might say
so long as you're alive
things can change for the better.
275 · Sep 2015
Simplification
mikecccc Sep 2015
Take an idea
boil it down
and spread it around
it's done so readily
some forget the whole
and it makes you wonder
should you share knowledge
if you can share only a bit
they fill in the blanks
with whatever
and ruin everything
or twist it just enough
to make a mockery
the worst do it intentionally
most really just don't know.
274 · Feb 2016
In plain sight
mikecccc Feb 2016
It's true
Some things
Are so obvious
They are all
But invisible.
Somehow
274 · Aug 2017
Drown in ink
mikecccc Aug 2017
black pool
pull me down
fill my hollow chamber's
with something
words would be nice
good ones please
I would sacrifice my mind
at the inkwell alter
if only I could find
the right guide.
273 · Nov 2016
no no no
mikecccc Nov 2016
A fist
is no gavel
slamming the ground
crying out proclamations
no one need heed
wasted time
making a spectacle
you can be a YouTube star
for a bit.
273 · Mar 2016
Collapse
mikecccc Mar 2016
Face down in the street
Was it because
Of drink
Or maybe you just
don't care where you are
They'll haul you away
If you have a poor excuse
But maybe the cells
Are mostly empty
And you can get
Some rest.
272 · Oct 2015
Fun with scissors
mikecccc Oct 2015
Chop chop
And cut and dice
So much fun
Can be had
With naught
But a cutting edge
And some easily
Sliced material
Unless your against
A mess because
For sure
There will be
Confetti.
271 · Dec 2015
secluded spot
mikecccc Dec 2015
I'd like to find
a special land
where everything
is just
a little quieter
where the residents
aren't so chaotic
a place preferably
within walking distance
all I can think of
is a monastery
or asylum.
271 · Aug 2015
unnatural beacon
mikecccc Aug 2015
Night has fallen
in this wilderness
the moon is hiding
The stars seem dim
the fire is out
wolves are baying
the other prey
is hiding

fortunately
on the horizon
is a light

not swooping firefly's
but an oddly bright
porch light
not exactly sunshine
but it will do
to guide me home
take that mother nature.
271 · Jul 2016
now and then
mikecccc Jul 2016
A photo of a group
friends in the summer
I didn't know
you had Photoshop
way back when
for surely these summer friends
aren't the foes I see today.
271 · Mar 2016
Hmm
mikecccc Mar 2016
Hmm
I was going
to say something profound
but I forgot it
something about life
and how not
to live in bitterness
to forgive or at least forget
I wish I could remember it.
271 · Sep 2015
Conscience
mikecccc Sep 2015
A mold
for a monster
made of slime
to ooze
into proper form
when cracks appear
it flows into new
rather distressing shapes.
270 · Apr 2016
Legos or something
mikecccc Apr 2016
build them up
knock them down
you can build
whatever you can imagine
and you have
the skill to build
kinda frustrating
so many pieces
maybe just a wall.
270 · Oct 2016
cool
mikecccc Oct 2016
The world is ending
said the man
at the register
the signs are clear
Armageddon is nigh.

cool
cash or credit
asked the bored clerk.
270 · Mar 2016
It's my way
mikecccc Mar 2016
Or the highway
Or the secret tunnel
Or the alley way
The yellow brick road
There's a lot of ways
Truth be told
To get where
we are going
The place all
find themselves eventually
The great state
of confusion.
270 · Sep 2015
Second best
mikecccc Sep 2015
Whatever you do
There will always
Be someone better
Than you
Some hear this
And decide
Never to try
Others
Simply
Take that as a challenge.
270 · Aug 2016
Blurred
mikecccc Aug 2016
The faces fly by
As I drive by
Their words
Don't reach me
The faces so varied
But what do they matter
Existing only in my memory .
270 · Aug 2015
Feral
mikecccc Aug 2015
Your wild
outa control
but don't worry
we'll civilize ya
make you
right and proper
whatever that means today.
269 · Sep 2015
you there
mikecccc Sep 2015
person
stop doing that
that thing you do
I find it odious
It gets under my skin
It makes me think
of purifying fire
Why Why why
well
as I said
it annoys
no it offends me
my sensibilities/morals
are irritated
mind my own business
you say
ha ha ha
I can't.
268 · Mar 2016
Hyperbalicious
mikecccc Mar 2016
I'm not exact
so rather
than go under
i'll go over
it might
be a touch
dramatic
but
the viewing audience
loves drama
so that's okay.
268 · Mar 2016
Morning
mikecccc Mar 2016
If you ask me
I say it's a new day
Some would say
It's still yesterday
No you see
Twelve has come
Twelve has gone
A new day is here
Perhaps
It will be pleasant.
268 · Nov 2015
midnight
mikecccc Nov 2015
A time of change
one second we're there
one second more
and we're somewhere new
it might look the same
right now
but trust me
everything is different.
268 · Dec 2015
If I were A cannibal
mikecccc Dec 2015
I would nibble
on your skull
but
only a little.
268 · Mar 2016
Sleep
mikecccc Mar 2016
Go to sleep
Don't get up
I would if I could
But your bad vibes
Keep me here
In the rocky land
Of consciousness
Yes your bad vibes
Your Ill will for me
It's totes unjustified
And really loud.
267 · Nov 2015
I hear you
mikecccc Nov 2015
Tick Tock Tick Tock
yes I know
your always moving
I hear you passing
So slowly when i'm glum
and a dead run when
things are good
each tick tock
is so precocious
and that dam clock
won't let you forget it.
267 · Oct 2015
Youtube comments
mikecccc Oct 2015
Readem and weep
The comment section
Full of genuine critique
And just so much hate
Is this what people are
When no is looking
Is someone I like
Writing these and then
Pretending they never would
Is this just the danger
Of no one being accountable.
266 · Jan 2016
Dog
mikecccc Jan 2016
Dog
Such loyalty
you pledge yourself
You debase yourself
You don't falter
for your sake
I hope
your master cares.
266 · Nov 2015
Anchor
mikecccc Nov 2015
You might
Fall into the clouds
If you have no anchor
For most
All you need
Is your physical shell
The needs of the body
To keep you in check
But some
Need something more
Perhaps some one
To remind them why
The earth isn't so bad.
266 · Oct 2015
Squire
mikecccc Oct 2015
Training at the feet
of the experienced knights
so one day you
can be a hero
it should be simple
rescue the damsel
fight the dragon
and one day
you'll teach a squire
of your own
but it isn't like that
all your mentors
say different things
the damsel may not exist
and dragons are just
the most obvious threats.
266 · Mar 2016
Inconvenient
mikecccc Mar 2016
they closed the library
because of you
so I had to dine
with the creatures
I don't know
who you were
but I know
how you left.
265 · Dec 2015
What I will say
mikecccc Dec 2015
If some day
I should have
Kids of my own
I'll tell him/her
/them
The same thing
My mother
Always told me
I won't inject
Your insulin.
She says it with such love.
265 · Feb 2016
Avoid that
mikecccc Feb 2016
To die
and leave behind
only enemies
seems a sad
sort of fate
all those years
all that experience
and
you never learned
how to make peace.
265 · Dec 2015
raising my hand
mikecccc Dec 2015
I was always
a bit overeager
at answering questions
I just
wanted to make sure
everyone knew
I wasn't totally clueless.
265 · May 2016
Fair weather friend
mikecccc May 2016
I love you
like a brother
when all is well
when all goes wrong
I have trouble
remembering your name.
I still remember your name
just in case the sky clears.
264 · Mar 2016
Scorpion
mikecccc Mar 2016
I'm no
entomologist
so I don't know
if you have veins
but if you do
treachery runs
in them at least
according to the stories.
vein status
unconfirmed
google unhelpful
264 · Mar 2016
Staring post
mikecccc Mar 2016
look at them
they're the staring post
built to take all the glares
i'm sorry if
your new designation
is not to your liking
I don't make the rules
I just look along
with the crowd.
264 · Jun 2016
Stoic
mikecccc Jun 2016
Serene as the seas rise
pleasantly detached
as i'm swept away
be a shame to wake up
just in time to drown.
264 · Nov 2015
Already lost
mikecccc Nov 2015
I'm gonna lose
Are my words
At the start
How surprising
Are words I will
Sneer in the end
I'm a psychic
Nah
I'm just a defeatist.
263 · Dec 2016
just about done
mikecccc Dec 2016
the end is nigh
maybe the worlds
definitely the years
A celebration is in order
wine is needed
we survived
if nothing else
call the party planner.
probably
this poem is early
hope I haven't jinxed us.
263 · May 2016
Personality award
mikecccc May 2016
polite faces
crisp people
the right sort
for most occasions
a shallow appraisal
but so long as that mask
stays in place
we'll embrace you.
said it before
263 · Nov 2015
A poorly mixed drink
mikecccc Nov 2015
The cup runeth over
With self loathing
With regret
With hate
And dear creature
I fear there is no room
For even a drop
Of anything else.
263 · Apr 2016
unmarked
mikecccc Apr 2016
here lies
someone
maybe someone
who was lost
maybe one
who was hidden
now just bones
no tears were called for
It was just a number
in the end.
262 · Feb 2017
reasonably
mikecccc Feb 2017
once upon a time
A boy broke his head
he was never the same
his parents wept
and his friends
were bummed out

it happens
it happens you know
not sure what we learned
besides that it can happen.
just a story
i've been told
262 · Oct 2015
Atlas couldn't shrug
mikecccc Oct 2015
You see
The weight of the world
Was precariously perched
On Atlas's shoulders
If he were to shrug
The world would fall
Which while leaving Atlas
A great deal lighter
Would also depress him
To no end.
262 · Jul 2015
red eyes
mikecccc Jul 2015
They haunt me
Those rage filled
Sockets
I wonder
What caused it
Or who
Can they be calmed
Would vengeance
Be the fix
Or is anger
And hate
all That's left.
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