"dominos" poems
the tiles that encompass me
are falling like dominos
this is blackness at its zenith and
I have a coneful
lucky me
it’s like the summer of ‘96
all over again
and my friend’s dad jumped
in front of a coal train
we ate ice cream that day
in the dank Minnesotan heat
everyone was dripping
the mosquitoes were flocking in
green cloud
*ignite
flame
ignite*
and the crunch of bones
like this water falling on my shoulders
*wash
wash
again*
the sticky syrup from my chin and
poor Dane’s pants smell and there is
**** pooling at his ankles
enjoy this chocolate-dipped cone
or possibly this one with
patriotic sprinkles
no
I think I’ll pass
I’m watching my ten-year-old figure
you see this paunch?
it is my heart
it is so fat and ugly
take it from me, god
enjoy it on top of your
sundae
I always looked better red-chested
anyway
Aug 13, 2016
Aug 13, 2016 at 5:14 PM UTC
pale sickness
you're white as a sheet
draining illness
your clammy white skin
rots
deathly light
the diseased white sun will bleach your bones
after the doves pick them clean
sickly white
your cracked teeth clatter out of your skull
dominos in a dead white jar
trembling hands the color of spoiling milk
carefully cradle an almost translucent infant
mother and child
both far too weak to feed
the only thing that grows here is decay
white mold thrives on your hoarded white bread
while outside the safety of the white picket fence
there is not a single soul who does not
recognize the white of an unburied skeleton
under a full moon
Jan 29, 2022
Jan 29, 2022 at 6:44 PM UTC
House party no contact
No glasses no lenses
Isolation got no facts
Rich in hope like them benz's
Old as **** like a bold fax
Reminiscin past tenses
Action done by the fences
Have I come I to my senses?
Need to know, ask for a census
Need my own vote call for elections
Lowkey mind-broke, I need a pension
Need to think about all this affection
****
World cold stone cold
Was told It would be like this
Aint listened to them so I fold
Now I see myself down this own road.
The me everybody used to see, erode
The me anybody could be, be sold
Sadness pull up to my corners, be shown
The one who blew y'all away be blown
Everybody leavin faster than I can say hello
People in this world so shaky like a tremolo.
People don't come and go no more.
You just save up and they go forth.
At least that's my reality
Maybe I am insanity
No sleep till 2 am
You see it visually
Can't rest till these thoughts are at ease.
Life fallin faster than dominos
This time aint as good as pizza
Not even close rate negative 10 toes
No feelings like terminator hasta la vista.
Seen a lot like a barista
More people snakes than cheetah's
Venomous like cobras.
Sad **** I got into.
Me, myself and my sorry ***
Apr 24, 2017
Apr 24, 2017 at 10:34 PM UTC
The sky shining bright yet it is night.
The lightning bringing fear to ghost who know no cheer.
The clouds rumble one after one like dominos that tumble.
May 29, 2013
May 29, 2013 at 10:32 PM UTC
You had me fall like roses,
All those hopes for the future just got cut down,
dropped and decomposed to the grounds,
Every part of me falling like dominos,
Shattered the glass from the ones I used to reflect myself,
As the pieces cut me deep bleed until now.
I wish all those tear drops were genuine,
But you turned back and smile,
Just let the stories end,
all my playlist is full of blues,
Late night reminiscing
Which part of the stories that I’ve missed?
All the love tales crumble,
Even bottles of whisky weren’t strong enough,
Staring to the skies,
As I take a blindfold to close my heart,
I told myself would fall for love instead of heartbreak,
And yet I forgot my own parachute,
To have you here,
Feels like a king never separated from his crown,
In the end, I’m the one who looked like a clown.
Sep 14, 2022
Sep 14, 2022 at 5:43 AM UTC
Slashers Defined
In response to my piece, Slashers, it was requested that maybe I could
reveal at least which band or other info these great guitar players performed for to gain their claim to fame. I don't want to spend too much
time on this defintion, but will give what info I think is pertinent. If you do not know some of the names I have presented to you, and you are a blues,
rock, jazz, fusion guitar fan, I suggest you take the time to listen to some of their work. I have included some of my favorite incredible fusion players that do not have a super star following, but are renowned in their group of fans, probably mostly musicians to some degree.
If you are a frustrated guitar player like I am, do not listen to the likes of Holdsworth, Johnson, Gambale, or Morse unless you love being tortured.
Anyway on with the show.
Eric Clapton – Yardbirds, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominos.
Jimmy Page – Yardbirds, Led Zeppe, The Honeydrippers, The Firm
Jimi Hendrix – not only what is, but, what could have been
Alan Holdsworth – Solo jazz fusion player – hot
Steve Howe – Yes, Asia - Progressive rock, jazz –
Bill Nelson – BeBop Deluxe, Solo
Terry Kath – Chicago (25 or 6 to 4) – another sad early departure
Ted Nugent – Amboy Dukes, **** Yankees – The madman
Jim Krueger – Dave Mason Band – solo progressive rock
Eddy Van Halen – Van Halen
Ritchie Blackmore – Deep Purple, Rainbow
Jerry Doucette – Doucette (Mama let him play)
Eric Johnson – Solo – New Age, jazz
Frank Gambale – Australian- Jazz, fusion, rock
Goerge Benson – Jazz
Larry Carlton – Jazz, new age rock
Marc Farner - Grand Funk Railroad
Peter Frampton – Humble Pie, solo
Joe Satriani - New age – solo
Johnny A. - jazz, new age – solo
Danny Gatton – jazz, rockabilly – solo
Chet Atkins – jazz, country
John Mayer – Pop, blues – solo
Neal Schon – Journey
Steve Lukather – Toto
Masyoshi Takanaka – New age, jazz – Japanese solo
Lee Ritnour – Jazz, new age – solo
Leslie West - Mountain, West Bruce & Laing
Monty Montgomery – jazz, blues (accoustic you have never heard)
Wes Montgomery – jazz 40's – 50's
Phil Keaggy – New age Christian
Robin Trower – Procul Harem
Brian May – Queen
Rick Derringer – Montrose, Edgar Winter Group, Steely Dan
Robin Ford – John Mayall, Chick Corea, solo jazz, fusion, blues
Carlos Santana – Santana
Ronnie Montrose – Montrose
Steve Morse – Dixie Dregs, Kansas, solo jazz, fusion
Trevor Rabin – Yes, solo new age
Gomer LePoet...
Jun 10, 2010
Jun 10, 2010 at 1:19 PM UTC
I look back
Now, and I can see how it all
Set up, to fall apart.
Looking back,
Dominos lining up to fall,
Standing tall at the start.
Nov 24, 2014
Nov 24, 2014 at 3:26 PM UTC
Not gonna stop
Not gonna pause
Don't wanna think about where the dominos fall
'Cause thinking hurts
Constant heartache
Somehow I always come up short
So I'm gonna be reckless
Gonna be blind
Not care just to get by
Maybe it's selfish
Maybe it's wrong
But I'm tired of crying all night long
Can take the pain
Take the scars and the blame
But not the fear that always remains
So judge and accuse
Tell me I can make it through
Convince me of the so-called truth
But I'm not gonna stop
Not gonna pause
I'm not gonna care where the dominos fall
Apr 23, 2015
Apr 23, 2015 at 8:23 PM UTC
The walls stare at me
They will never set me free
I'll always be stuck here
Do you not see?
They're as white as snow
And this is why I know
That my smile will never glow
Even if they go
Really, I'm in an asylum
it's because I was crazy
I'm sitting in an asylum
I know I really am crazy
But do you know the reason why?
It's because he killed me
He shattered my life
And now I can't see
A crazy broken smirk
In the darkness I lurk
I will search for you
and probably **** you too
It's like a trail of dominos
I'll push you down
No sadness too low
Aww, come on, don't frown
Now the walls aren't white, they're stained with red
Yes it is blood, because I cut off his head
It's funny how they never saw me escape
Creeping, slipping out of the locked gates
The room was completely locked
Did you know how I got out?
I was never really stocked
They never knew what is was about
A mystery they'll never find out
How his head got cut off
Now the both of us shout
And then they turned soft
Really, I'm a ghost
And I'll feed on a host
To be able to ****
on my own free will
Maybe it's you next
I'll quietly strangle your neck
They thought I was missing
They haven't checked my room
They started on the names they're listing
To catch who began this gloom
Really, I'm in an asylum
No actually, I'm in my room
It's just that I am dead
but they haven't buried me yet
Sep 6, 2015
Sep 6, 2015 at 12:30 AM UTC
Is this not prayer?
is this tool not the tool I hoped for? The pen
filled by the ever-flowing flowery ink
that re-news old knowns
left to ripen under bald and hoary heads
in stoney hearts softened by seventy years worth
of salty tears
and sad songs
"great was the number of them,
wombed ones all, who sang of the victory to be"
Miriam and Hannah, Deborah and Jael, who
retold those tales by the rivers of Babylon?
And who fueled the furnace seven times hotter,
to signal the unbelivable fourth.
being likend unto the son of god, though the
analogy seems
lacking evidence that the likeness can be reproved.
Look again.
This magi-tech converged from all the poetic,
pathetic
ethos of logo marks making proper
ification of a rythm's
un legit singin' in public,
on the corner, wit' Willie and the po'boys
beat me daddy six t' the bar---
Oh
--- those ethnic poundings on my skull,
--- send those feelings, urging, grow grow grow
--- 'til the roofs cain't hold hope in
then
hear come them ol' time thought cops,
wee gray dominees preparing dominoes for
one reason,
dominos are never stood to stand, but to fall
touching one, touching one, touching one
whisper, rest
the waiting is over, this is the time
to start all over.
Nov 24, 2019
Nov 24, 2019 at 11:37 AM UTC
People use faith to keep themselves from hating life
They say that lack of a following of a religion constitutes as "evil"
Yet life itself is evil.
Hatred seeds from prior hatred
Like dominos, everyone falls
But faith and religion act as a harness
And a suit of armor
Keeping everyone safe from the evils of life
Yet evil is truth
So they can remain in their world of lies and comfort
Hypocritically hating, just as they claim to detest
I'll live on the outside, in evil per say
You can fuel the fire, judge me forever
I'll let you be and go my own way.
Feb 25, 2014
Feb 25, 2014 at 10:14 PM UTC
One after another
Dominos falling
Spiraling around me
I can't seem to catch my breath
My vision is blurring
I can't see straight
I'm standing
Now spiraling
Down
Down like the dominos
Once they were my friends
Placed piece by piece so as not to be lost
So I couldn't lose
I knocked one over
Just a gentle tap
Down come the rest
Falling
Shoving
I was in the middle
Why now am I in a pit
I was surrounded
Comforted
Group by group
Net by net
Collapsing
Failing
I can't seem to find my feet
I can't seem to catch my breath
Torture at its best
Do not leave
Please
I'm begging
I used to be alone
I found friends
Built myself a new home
There's no going back to being alone
I am not a hermit
I am not a ghost
I need human interaction
Conversations
Laughter
Someone to cheer me when I lie in sorrow
Calm me if I wake terrified
Out of my mind
I demolished all places I had left to hide
I lay myself bare to my domino friends
They toppled
They fell
Dropped one after another
Rolling thunder
A brewing storm
I failed to recognize the patterns
You all fell with so little thought
You are what I am not
You move forward
I still sit
I stay
I am soon buried
Life has left me behind
You all just left with the ride
I can't seem to feel my body
I can't seem to catch my breath
If you wish to have my seat go ahead
Be my guest
Just one simple request
Don't build friends from dominos
They'll leave you
But you can never really let go
May 22, 2017
May 22, 2017 at 10:50 PM UTC
I am somewhat of a ticking time bomb.
I can feel the internal pressure increasing daily.
Reminding me time and energy are finite,
and that bitterness lingers like a bad smell.
Having little practice managing anger
it slips away from me like sand through my fingers.
Sand gets everywhere, leaving nasty texture only I can sense.
The dominos are falling; an unstoppable force.
The fire has been lit in me to discover authenticity.
Inherently, growing aware of every violation against my core values.
The sand allowed for lines to be drawn,
and I am not crossing them; an immovable object.
Static, stuck, still, yet not stable or sustainable.
Understanding that life comes with sacrifices,
I will no longer give away so easily.
Assimilation is removed from my vocabulary.
Sep 28, 2021
Sep 28, 2021 at 7:28 PM UTC
We can build a house of cards, but with a misplaced whisper it comes tumbling down.
Shots fired I fell
I stand to make my case
But now it's become a race
For who can start the hell
I have no resentment
But it gets angry fast
How long can patience last?
I swore you weren't blatant
My heart is aching
My head is ringing
What are we doing
I'm tired of yelling
Pause.
Am I wrong for feeling wronged
I never heard a sorry
I'm beginning to agree
Maybe he was right all along
I make mistakes I know it
My anger gets the best of me
I try to say I'm sorry
But you won't let me show it
How could I forget
To my nature I am bound
When you're unwilling to forgive
I'm filling with regret
There is no relief
You won't let me say sorry
You sigh slowly
And say whatever with disbelief
We can stack the dominos, but with one wrong move it's all scattered.
Oct 26, 2014
Oct 26, 2014 at 8:06 PM UTC
Without restriction
Blinded by lust and love
I took your virginity
Never to be undone
I pushed the first domino
Unknowing of the journey ahead
Or the repercussions of my deed
I don't judge you
For the choices you've made
The things you can't take back
But I judge myself
For pushing that first domino
To watch you
Sails unfurled
Rudder missing
As you ran rampant
With no direction
As the other dominos fell
Was heartbreaking
I know it was exploration
But you deserved more
Jul 28, 2015
Jul 28, 2015 at 1:11 AM UTC
Skipping rocks on quicksand
covering my empire of dominos
that only fell for girls
with a general knowledge of obscure trivia:
an empire where Latin is a phoenix
rising from Ash Wednesday
for a fourth-quarter comeback
reunion Tour de France,
where the truth costs less than
**** jokes in bulk at Costco.
All this while I wait for christ
who cringes through crazy eights
with cards collected by Captain Crunch
from birthdays past.
I'd stop skipping rocks and appointments
if being swallowed
scared me like shoehorns
being anyone's weapon of choice
or the doctor's orders
including an extra fork for sharing dessert
but mainly the obsolete
laser for fixing Everything
hidden somewhere in a lab
coat worn by a wicked *****
Feb 26, 2015
Feb 26, 2015 at 12:14 AM UTC
Do you remember:
Watching Harry Potter and pretending the characters were our classmates,
while sitting on your couch eating Dominos,
the spices stinging my split lip.
Naming our sleepovers,
E-mailing "Jennifer is tomorrow".
Slurping mint Klondike bars in your hot tub,
Autumn rain pittering from the trees,
and playing truth-or-dare sitting in front of the jets.
Throwing your old toys in the road
and waiting for them to get run over
until my dad arrived.
Videotaping our feet
in the golden light
and the deleting them to save space
Walking to your house after watching "The video" at school
and giggling past the rivers of rust.
Honestly, I thought
we were going to be friends forever.
Feb 13, 2014
Feb 13, 2014 at 4:33 PM UTC
You and I.
Me next to you.
You next to me.
Stand next to each other.
Cause we look good together.
But honestly,
Here isn't the place
I want to stand.
Here isn't the place
I want to fall.
Cause once I fall,
For you.
You fall,
For another.
Oct 10, 2016
Oct 10, 2016 at 11:04 PM UTC
Life is unstable
It can come crashing down at any moment
You pick it up and try again
But it all falls
Killing all patience you have
It can come crashing down at any moment
One struggle after another
Hitting everything down as it goes
It falls apart like dominos
Life is unstable
Theres nothing you can do
Just set it back up again
And try to pull through
-Beth M
Apr 3, 2014
Apr 3, 2014 at 10:38 PM UTC
Skeleton1.0
And so it was said
that the weak will fall
By weapons of man
Rock,
Sword,
Bullet,
Bombs fall,
Death rains down
Like dominos they will fall
By each others hand.
Skull1.1
Then death did call
They listened,
Messengers,
Slayers,
Takers,
Of his extended hand,
Bring those who are need of peace,
So my eye may see through your eyes
I will take Deathbedwith last breath.
Spine1.2
I am the never ending
Gods have fallen,
I have then in my cages of bones
Gods,
Titans,
Angels,
Demons,
Man,
Everybody, everything feels my hand
Ages,
Decays,
Rots,
Till I greet them, no one escapes
I am death I see all that lives and dies
In space, air, water, land.
Scythe1.3
And so the universe dies
The energies of
God,
Man,
Animal,
Consumed by my hand
Energy consumed life force taken
Since time began.
Now all is dark, nothingness
Empty,
Barren,
Silent,
And so the taken
It will start a new
A drop in to the nothingness
Then light
Darkness collide
Where nothing,
Now
Life and death start again
As it was before, and then again
The cycle of life and death
A balance I hold infinite times
So it was, so it shall be again.
Jul 15, 2014
Jul 15, 2014 at 12:55 PM UTC
Why do you put up with a social climber
With two rungs left
Before his feet touch the earth?
Is it pity, empathy or indifference?
*Choices are often ultimatums;
Free will is frequently channelled;
Chaos and dominos infiltrate like moles;
Serendipity and chance prevail.
A few rungs were damaged,
And the playing field is never level.*
Why do you put up with one so down?
Ladders, she says, *extend both ways,
The angles depend on aspirations.
Going up varies,
Coming down, inevitable.*
She concludes with:
*The law of gravity is grave.
That's how.*
Dec 2, 2016
Dec 2, 2016 at 9:27 AM UTC
I prefer imaginary over reality,
whispers in stretched-out corridors
stand more stable in my mind
than the marble columns
stacked in rows like dominos.
I love the ethereal thoughts that glimmer
like a dream right before or after
I wake up,
and then pass away,
fading from flickering thoughts
to concrete decisions.
Oh how I wish fact was fiction,
and we all lived in the fantasy of inky words
scratched onto a reality
thin enough to see right through.
May 15, 2016
May 15, 2016 at 1:29 AM UTC
A daisy chain
grazes scars lined up like dominos
I long to tip forward
a collapse upon collapse
a tumble down a long hill
down a long eyelash in the wind
your ebb
flow
weave
for this I heave
the mountains and streams aside
Sep 28, 2014
Sep 28, 2014 at 5:05 PM UTC
Why is it that, when one thing in your life gets knocked over
A domino effect occurs
And all things come tumbling down?
Dec 13, 2010
Dec 13, 2010 at 2:24 AM UTC