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248 · Jul 2015
to each their own
mikecccc Jul 2015
Every one has desires
Every one has needs
Most needs are the same
Desires though
Now theirs the thing
Strange and unorthodox
In your eyes
Is so pedestrian
To another
Can we say
To each their own
When some truly care
I suppose some aren't important
The majority of course
Are really the ones
Power in numbers hmm
No no they have their ways
But the opinion that matters most
Is the one with the most silver tongue.
248 · Nov 2016
frozen
mikecccc Nov 2016
in stasis
metaphorically
time will take its toll
even if you call
time out.
248 · Aug 2016
Train of thought
mikecccc Aug 2016
we are going
going somewhere
forwards mostly
getting ahead of myself really
but if I linger too long
I fear the passengers
will attack me.
248 · Apr 2016
simple
mikecccc Apr 2016
one dimensional
at least
from my perspective
and honestly
do I need
more than that?
247 · Oct 2015
Cola river
mikecccc Oct 2015
The river
Full of fizz
The carbonated
River flows
Down to the land
Of sweets and
Rotted teeth
Maybe water
Would be wiser
Unless you fear fluoride
Then maybe *****.
247 · Nov 2016
keys
mikecccc Nov 2016
click clack
fingers on the keys
like hooves on cobblestones
but this is for me
not a passenger
i'm fairly certain.
247 · Jul 2015
The press
mikecccc Jul 2015
It lowers slowly
making you bend
it never stops
the strongest falter eventually
the weak just bow faster
there is no reprieve
no loophole to abuse
a timeless process
some call life.
247 · Oct 2015
Winter rising
mikecccc Oct 2015
Winter is on the horizon
Soon you'll worry
About being frozen
The day's are growing dark
The jackets are coming out
A good time for cocoa
Snow peoples and frost bite
Best of all the bugs
And the bears will be
By and large asleep.
246 · Aug 2016
meant to do that
mikecccc Aug 2016
Slow motion
the stumble
trying to grab at air
then the fall
down down down
the sound
A muffled thud
better off than a turtle
but not by much
I have the image.
246 · Jun 2015
I want it
mikecccc Jun 2015
And that
And that
Ooh and definitely that
Alas I cannot
I curse you God
All these shiny baubles
Catch my eye
I go in for one
And leave with six
It is just so wrong.
246 · Jun 2016
sleep more
mikecccc Jun 2016
weary is accurate
reading sad stories
can be such a drain
the news
more dead people
justice still only a dream
foreign affairs
****** and tense
same old same old
should probably
stick to fiction.
246 · Aug 2016
It was all a game
mikecccc Aug 2016
Chess
terribly complicated
when you attempt
to take it seriously
but forget the rules
and just toss the pawns
to the horses
then you'll have fun
or at least
be done with it quickly.
246 · Jan 2017
Blame game
mikecccc Jan 2017
I threw a dart
at a board of names
my barber is apparently
the cause of all my pain
was worried it was me
but the dart wouldn't lie
probably.
245 · Jun 2019
death of us all
mikecccc Jun 2019
The wrong green flourishes
political gardeners
fields of prize winning weeds
you'll **** us all.
you'll
you who
I am Legion
too many to prosecute
things will change
but will it be enough .
245 · Aug 2015
Creatures
mikecccc Aug 2015
They just appear
these creatures
I have no say
I can't avoid them
They could a least ask
but no
so I wander
and bam
they appear
they swarm
it's freaky
at least to me
dam creatures
245 · Feb 2021
Greedy gus
mikecccc Feb 2021
I'd bite off your fingers
if you offered A hand
its not an attack
just thought
you might fill my void
is that not how it works
impolite perhaps
the material
can fix the immaterial
so they say.
only metaphorically maybe
245 · Dec 2016
I have no idea
mikecccc Dec 2016
Well
I have an idea
I don't like it
I don't want it
But I have it
I have a few actually
They **** to
What are you going to do
Nothing much probably
I don't claim the sight
But I expect regret.
244 · Apr 2016
Ever onwards
mikecccc Apr 2016
I walk the line
My line specifically
When that line
Went over the edge
I followed
Cause it was
My line.
244 · Dec 2016
Rainbow
mikecccc Dec 2016
The colors clash
make a mess
an acid rain
drip drop
on the citizens
who wonder
why
Why
human nature.
244 · Apr 2016
Memory bank
mikecccc Apr 2016
A vault full of history
with haphazard security
they lose stuff and let things
get switched out for fakes
If this weren't a metaphor
i'd suggest replacing them
with a kid with a stick
243 · Oct 2015
I don't want to know
mikecccc Oct 2015
The worst lies
are the ones
we believe even though
we know there false
the lies we want
to be true
the lies we need
to be true
the ones that
when uncovered
leave the world
just a little bit darker.
243 · Dec 2019
soporific couch
mikecccc Dec 2019
collapse
the days weight
is a bit much
the doorbell rings
I try to rise
I can't even open my eyes.
zzzz
243 · Aug 2016
discount sage
mikecccc Aug 2016
A young man
with a fake
long white beard
sitting to the side
giving directions
that make sense
in theory.
242 · Jul 2015
In poor taste
mikecccc Jul 2015
You can't joke about that
it is
in a pro pri at  dude
or it is now and here
maybe then or there
it's all cool
but now it's just wrong.
242 · Nov 2015
you know I care
mikecccc Nov 2015
probably
I mean you should
I can't just
say it
but you
know that
right?
242 · Apr 2016
That moment
mikecccc Apr 2016
when does hope die
right before you do
is probably the best case
some live long lives
with their hope dead
A sad bunch
resigned to the shadows
they know the future
it isn't good.
is that why I hate the sun
242 · Apr 2016
A shame
mikecccc Apr 2016
A Scarlet Letter
or something
less obvious
A mark against you
that you know
they will notice
and they will
condemn you.
Probably
241 · Jul 2016
Waiting
mikecccc Jul 2016
The thing is
I need to do something
but I need something
to begin .
241 · Jul 2016
They follow
mikecccc Jul 2016
I found heaven
and found
it had its own demons
So I moved to limbo
Not sure where
I will flee to next
I hear the void is nice.
241 · Nov 2015
figurine
mikecccc Nov 2015
So well made
Tailored clothes
Perfect hair
It's all most real
But it isn't is it
No pain
No panic
No pleasure
No blood
No bile
Just well shaped plastic
And a chiseled smile.
241 · Dec 2015
faux pas
mikecccc Dec 2015
my bad
I meant no offense
it really *****
when you say
the wrong thing
or make the wrong move
with no real ill intent
but still cause offense
all you can do
is give
your apologies.
241 · Feb 2016
Keep your hands to home
mikecccc Feb 2016
You're like a kraken
And I'm the ship
You seek me out
You wrap me up
Then I find myself shattered
The debris that was me
Just floating in the sea
This is why
I prefer dry land.
240 · Dec 2015
Poor thing
mikecccc Dec 2015
An unearthly wail
Echoes across the town
It comes from a metal monster
Always spinning in its
Predetermined track
While small fleshy things
Climb all about it
And other angsty fleshy things
Draw all manner of things
On it
The poor accursed monster
If you got loose
Many would suffer.
240 · Sep 2021
sanctuary
mikecccc Sep 2021
What good
are doors on the floor
just invite yourself in
I can't stop you
I'm asleep
everyone sleeps
thats no weakness
still unsafe
close my eyes
never again
I can try.
239 · Sep 2016
morning noon
mikecccc Sep 2016
Sleep the day away
break your fast
at sun set
terribly inappropriate
your circadian rhythm
will be all messed up
but what's a nightshifter
to do?
239 · Sep 2016
Bought dust
mikecccc Sep 2016
Invest in change
The only certainty
Aside from death.
Or so claims
My stockbroker
239 · Oct 2015
Frankenstein
mikecccc Oct 2015
You raised the dead
Though not very well
The thing you resurrected
May breathe may even walk
But that special something
Just isn't there anymore
I suppose it's stuck
In the grave.
239 · Jun 2016
Red Light
mikecccc Jun 2016
Just shine
crimson lighthouse
be something
to stumble over to
in the dark
why red instead
of blue or white
we want it to look
ominous.
colors are interesting
238 · Aug 2016
Hidden notes
mikecccc Aug 2016
You
you who
you who can read
inbetween the lines
will probably drive yourself crazy
discovering coincidental patterns.
you would say that
238 · Jan 2017
is that madness
mikecccc Jan 2017
it's not crazy
to scratch an itch
might be uncouth
does it become
A mad action
if you scratch
till you bleed
but the itch remains.
if you have to ask

maybe you just need a knife
238 · Apr 2015
the road to hell
mikecccc Apr 2015
I meant well
Honest
But I hurt them
All of them
So did they
We're walkers
On hell's road
Since apparently
Cars aren't for the dammed
I passed the way back
Miles ago
We're almost at the end
Even with all this cardio
I can't outrun my mistakes.
237 · Apr 2016
Poorly worded
mikecccc Apr 2016
Say the right thing
which was what again
good morning is a good start
but
that is too
cheerful
i'm not here by choice
can I complain
that would be natural
No normal people are polite.
and lie
237 · Dec 2015
The rules
mikecccc Dec 2015
There are always rules
Some are unwritten
Some are set in stone
But they are everywhere
Of course if you want
You can break them
Though
You may regret it if your caught
You may feel guilty
Even if your not
But it's up to you
What to do
In theory
At any rate.
237 · Jul 2015
to war
mikecccc Jul 2015
Why do they fight
I know some
Do it for money
Some for love
And others for their God
But I wonder which
Excuse is best.
237 · Apr 2016
I walked home
mikecccc Apr 2016
It was disturbing
the world is big
the sky looks infinite
the roads are full
the cars are to
this isn't all
this is barely any
I need to hurry home
and lock the door behind me.
237 · Aug 2015
Think of the children
mikecccc Aug 2015
This thing
THIS thing
will ruin us
and them
it does stuff
to folks
it needs
to get gone
and by golly
it shall
or so I
keep insisting.
237 · Oct 2016
puzzles
mikecccc Oct 2016
how can anything
be everything
so many parts
in each puzzling life
is it healthy for anything
to be everything
depends on your anything
depending on who you ask.
236 · Sep 2016
true to you
mikecccc Sep 2016
you know a lie
when you hear it
A Lie
Is Anything
that competes
with your truth.
silly
236 · Sep 2015
Hideaway
mikecccc Sep 2015
A secret place
To escape everything
And everyone
The loving ones
The unpleasant ones
And those that don't care
Someplace quiet
Maybe somewhere
Over the rainbow
But really anywhere
Just not here
If only for a visit.
236 · Sep 2015
winged monkey
mikecccc Sep 2015
A simple minion
Is all you are
You could fly away
At any time
Staying to serve
A terrible master
You could be more
You could be
A flying ace.
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