"carbondale" poems
Chicago
Black clouds are stirring-
White men gaze down white noses,
Seemingly immune.
Joliet
Music in the air-
The sound of brass and woodwinds
Permeates fields;
Exercising their freedom,
Equality, and kinship.
Springfield
Blood in the terra-
Innocence spilled under the
Cradle of a king
Now grows ironic flowers
Ignorant of unmarked graves
Carbondale
Black sky is waking-
Picket signs silhouette on
Pyramids of coal
Jan 10, 2015
Jan 10, 2015 at 3:01 PM UTC
Go to hell you daisy-eyed Rue21 priestesses
Clamoring for significance in ***** dressing rooms
Ashy skinned in clumsy selfies, splayed out like convenience stores
There's dust on your shelves and all your candy is stale.
Go to bed you pajama-pantsed prima donnas
bleached blonde and child-weary, swiping plastic for apple juice
Can't you see I have to go to work?
Pick your ******* cigarettes already!
Go to church you ******* hypocrites
You incessant fat barking chihuahuas
If Karen at the office is so insufferable,
why don't you just leave?
Go **** yourselves you snide social statisticians
prancing around prize racehorses
You'll be glue on somebody /else's/ eyelashes when you're done.
Jun 22, 2017
Jun 22, 2017 at 7:59 PM UTC
Went to Carbondale to save my friend,
That was the night my life almost came to an end!
Pretty sure my kids saved my life, thank God they were there,
Pulled up to the wrong trailer and almost got shot, now that wasn't fair!
The ***** said get of my f...ing property and I asked if she knew where Kane stayed.
***** said no, so I called him and prayed!
Thank God he answered the phone, that probably helped too
When I got there Lizzy was passed out drunk and that kinda blew!
I realize it was the middle of the night,
But I had to save Lizzy, just knew it was right!
She was out and my kids wide awake,
The next day was fun, we went to the lake!
Southern Illinois is a beautiful place,
But everyone there is crazy and I knew I needed to return to my home base!
Brayden played the bongos and Karissa the tamborine,
Lizzy was so impressed, she gave them a large cuisine!
Brayden was such a mess,
I wondered why I even got him dressed!
We went to the castle park, that was cool though,
Both of my kids were just like "Woah!"
It was good to get back,
And out of that ghetto shack!
I like taking them on adventures,
And I hope they will always remember!
May 16, 2020
May 16, 2020 at 10:24 AM UTC