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252 · Sep 2016
who dies young
mikecccc Sep 2016
good folks
bad folks
neutral folks
all kinds
unless it's a joke
who dies young
the people we like.
252 · Aug 2016
Matinee
mikecccc Aug 2016
The early show
Cheap tickets
For the big screen
Full of stars
Popcorn aplenty
Another tally mark
Against one more day
Worse ways to **** time.
251 · 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.
251 · 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.
251 · May 2016
The clown
mikecccc May 2016
It's funny
how an old joke
can become
A nightmare.
251 · 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.
251 · 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.
251 · 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.
250 · Feb 2017
Reality TV
mikecccc Feb 2017
Not excessively
realistic
what good are names
when they are ironic
they're good for a laugh
the first time anyway.
250 · Dec 2015
Loving noose
mikecccc Dec 2015
It's not *******
In case you were wondering
No this is love
familial or otherwise
That is just too much
They care
They care a lot
And there is no where to run
too little love and affection
Can make people crazy
But this kind will
Make you wish
For a place to hide.
250 · Jul 2016
Steel lily
mikecccc Jul 2016
Crafted for servitude
freed by happenstance
brought down by loyalty
a new kind of freedom is experienced.
technically zealotry
inspired by the mechanical
a book which i have not finished
250 · 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.
250 · 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.
249 · 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.
249 · 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.
249 · Apr 2016
Naive
mikecccc Apr 2016
The innocence of youth
which isn't always kept
in the hands of the young
it can be held in aged hands
though everyone wonders
how it can be
perhaps sought after
in the belief that
ignorance is bliss.
249 · Nov 2016
frozen
mikecccc Nov 2016
in stasis
metaphorically
time will take its toll
even if you call
time out.
249 · Mar 2016
stationary
mikecccc Mar 2016
you know where
I currently reside
it's the same place as always
I never move my perch is safe
so my abode need never move
you may be like the wind
always on the move
just for movements sake
but I am stone
as eternal as anything can be.
249 · 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.
248 · 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.
248 · 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 *****.
248 · 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.
248 · Apr 2016
simple
mikecccc Apr 2016
one dimensional
at least
from my perspective
and honestly
do I need
more than that?
247 · 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.
247 · 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 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.
245 · 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
245 · 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
244 · 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.
244 · 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
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 · 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
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.
242 · Jul 2016
Waiting
mikecccc Jul 2016
The thing is
I need to do something
but I need something
to begin .
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 · 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.
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 · Jun 2016
The king and I
mikecccc Jun 2016
we danced
we laughed
alas
as naught but a pauper
I was not the right sort
so I was shown the door.
cute story
242 · 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.
242 · 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.
241 · 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
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 · 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
241 · 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.
240 · Sep 2016
Bought dust
mikecccc Sep 2016
Invest in change
The only certainty
Aside from death.
Or so claims
My stockbroker
240 · Dec 2015
If i were weather
mikecccc Dec 2015
I'd be
That Gray cloud
That hangs over
Your head
Obscuring the sun
And raining
on your parade
Nothing personal
It's just
The weather pattern
That I am.
And at least
You won't get
A sunburn
240 · 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 · 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
239 · 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.
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?
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