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290 · Mar 2017
Winter's crown
mikecccc Mar 2017
madness and power
bound in gold
a wish for safety was made
they are too far gone to suffer
probably not what they meant.
inspired by a show
290 · Jan 2017
Comforting
mikecccc Jan 2017
A hand light as air
was placed
upon my shoulder
not weighed down
with feeling
simply coerced by tradition
that hand did not
belong to an actor.
289 · 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.
288 · Mar 2016
passé
mikecccc Mar 2016
get with the times
you're ideas
out of another age
will get you
only scorn
unless you're dealing
with weirdos that
are in to retro things.
288 · Jan 2018
5 years time
mikecccc Jan 2018
In half a decade
Where will you be
Well
Having consulted
My crystal ball
I can say with certainty
Somewhere.
288 · 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.
288 · Dec 2016
caustic
mikecccc Dec 2016
Should a tongue
leave burn marks
it's funny
what a mouth full of venom
can do to a person
maybe not funny
intriguing
at times distressing.
certainly painful.
288 · Apr 2016
We
mikecccc Apr 2016
We
We fend off the dark
With artificial light
since the real stuff
is finite.
287 · Oct 2015
team spirit
mikecccc Oct 2015
it's busy
haunting someone else
so i'm afraid
I simply have
no pep in my step
not much swagger
either but that's
due to my shoes
good for the spine
bad for the swag.
287 · 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.
287 · Oct 2018
human spirit
mikecccc Oct 2018
the artist attempts
to show us more
beyond
They fail
this is all their is
amazing as it is
it gets so boring.
287 · Mar 2016
See you later
mikecccc Mar 2016
To be honest
I don't think
we will ever meet again
at least not in this world
perhaps in the next
if there is an eternity
to wander about
we'll stumble upon each other
not sure what I would say
or what you might
which of course is why
I don't just
look for you here.
286 · 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.
286 · 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.
286 · May 2015
quiet curseword
mikecccc May 2015
There we are
bantering
chatting
discussing

when all of sudden

you start giving
me a look full of
***

And I realize
I no longer know
what were disscussin

So I start backtracking
but I know I've lost you.
285 · Jul 2016
felt like forever
mikecccc Jul 2016
forever feels
like an hour
with nothing to do
but twitch and think.
285 · Oct 2015
Satan's toes 10w
mikecccc Oct 2015
Their tiny and red
those *******
hate filled
cherry tomatoes.
285 · 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
285 · May 2016
Yellow brick road
mikecccc May 2016
It shines
like the road
to the promised land
but it's just a conveyor belt
built attract the naive
the end of the road
is a very rusted town
you may not be able
to ever leave.
inspired by Elton john
not Baum
though he might have been
285 · Sep 2015
Lovecraft mind
mikecccc Sep 2015
fear of this
fear of that
fear of them
it spawns
the best tales of horror
even better than reality
which has
more often than not
such unexciting horrors.
284 · 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.
284 · 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.
284 · Mar 2016
pleasantly macabre
mikecccc Mar 2016
pain and suffering
on the stage
i'm no sadist
but I dare say
it is quite riveting
is that so wrong
it's not even real
well not for me.
283 · 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.
283 · 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.
282 · 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.
282 · 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 .
282 · Jun 2016
Fatherhood
mikecccc Jun 2016
my mother always told me
if you want to be
A good father
watch Steve martin.
specifically cheaper by the dozen
281 · 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.
281 · 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.
280 · 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.
280 · 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
280 · 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.
280 · 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.
280 · Aug 2016
Environment
mikecccc Aug 2016
did the cage
make you a beast
or did you find
your beastly self caged
does it matter now
perhaps
to historians.
280 · 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.
278 · Jan 2016
An Aside
mikecccc Jan 2016
As I look to the audience
and tell them my plan
I pray
that you really
can't hear me
if you could
i'd be quite the fool.
278 · 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.
278 · 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.
278 · 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.
278 · 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
277 · 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.
277 · 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.
277 · Dec 2015
Authority issues
mikecccc Dec 2015
I take issue
With those
Who tell me
What to do
Which no one knows
Since I'm too polite
To mention it
I Just keep it
To myself
And one
Poetry site.
Or two
276 · 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.
275 · 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.
275 · Jan 2016
how it is
mikecccc Jan 2016
I know the truth
Well
I know my truth
it's probably
your truth as well.
275 · Oct 2015
Afterlife
mikecccc Oct 2015
What come next
When your race
Has been run
Is it nothing
Is it clouds
Is it another life
I don't know
Many say one thing
Many say another
Some possibly the wisest
Say don't worry
Your living focus on that
Which is advice I wish
That I could follow.
274 · 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.
274 · Oct 2015
gamble
mikecccc Oct 2015
Roll the dice
and pull the lever
make a wager
you may win
but probably not
the deck is stacked
and the house
usually wins
but in theory
you could succeed.
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