"impound" poems
Morning, a glass door, flashes
Gold names off the new city,
Whose white shelves and domes travel
The slow sky all day.
I land to stay here;
And the windows flock open
And the curtains fly out like doves
And a past dries in a wind.
Now let me lie down, under
A wide-branched indifference,
Shovel-faces like pennies
Down the back of the mind,
Find voices coined to
An argot of motor-horns,
And let the cluttered-up houses
Keep their thick lives to themselves.
For this ignorance of me
Seems a kind of innocence.
Fast enough I shall wound it:
Let me breathe till then
Its milk-aired Eden,
Till my own life impound it-
Slow-falling; grey-veil-hung; a theft,
A style of dying only.
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On Tuesday morning the report said
Los Angeles was beyond the heat wave
the meter had run out
and you turned back to a pack of Camel’s
after avoiding them for seven months and nine days
wreaking of olives and tanqueray
I was without mascara
it had been towed inside of your ’96 Civic
we walked around the morning streets
looking for beer and a way
to go back to before the street cleaners
took away your ’96 Civic and you
lit that first cigarette
We’ll do this right one day,
you said between drags of that first cigarette
I tried to get you to put them away
but we knew it was too late
One day in San Francisco
we were too young to be nostalgic
and yet we looked North
beyond the impound lot
with anticipation towards
milder weather
looked back at the ’96 Civic
being led out past the gate
looked down at the third Camel
between your second and third fingers
with regret I watched it fall to the sidewalk
I wanted to stamp it out
but instead watched the cherry burn
until only the filter remained
and the wind brought it to the space
in between two concrete slabs
we got inside your ’96 Civic
drove South along the freeway
you lit a fourth cigarette
gave a fifth to a homeless man
along the freeway
we listened to wordless music
with windows rolled down
you asked me what I was thinking
thought against telling you I
was already waiting for
cooler weather in San Francisco.
Jul 13, 2012
Jul 13, 2012 at 1:32 AM UTC
Pulsating honor doth corroded hearts impound
A blustery breeze echoes cries from each, preceding battleground
A recurring, eager parade of reporters, gawkers freely roam distant mound
Below, fatigued, tidy mass of steeled infantry; to death's throes bound
Neighing horses conditioned to mayhem the pageantry doth confound
On opposite ridges, mounted turrets prepared hell's fury to expound
On signal, a synchronized, concussive chorus doth its dark melody propound
Scraps of metal shards initiate; commencing another, toilsome round
After lengthy barrage, wits collected a more lethal volley to stound
Familiar, urgent order to charge christens hallowed ground
With youthful ardor a wide-eyed bugler doth the bridled expanse unbound
Shrieking rancor from recoiling rifles; a familiar anthem doth resound
Recurring cacophonous medley, weathered nerves drowned
Once more, a mass of flesh surges into the abyss with mortal hopes crowned
Anon, shattered limbs; gory wounds misery's cache compound
Jul 20, 2012
Jul 20, 2012 at 9:59 AM UTC
It is so cold and dark as gloom
I'm on the floor hog-tied and bound
The door is locked to my new room
I don't know if I will be found
I'm on the far side of the moon
Deep silence I can't hear a sound
I really thought I was immune
Even though no one was around
I think maybe it was about noon
I saw you two and my heart drowned
You were hand in hand love abloom
How on Earth could I have been clowned
My hand to my hip then the boom
You lay bleeding on the hard ground
Caught within the web of your loom
Grief and misery both abound
Tour song of love was out of tune
I weigh treachery by the pound
My heart break to you I impugn
My once kind smiling face has frowned
Horrid deeds drop me in a swoon
The gravity does me astound
You will be buried this afternoon
A grave and tomb will you impound
The green-eyed monster sealed my doom
But why, why did you so confound
A love, a life so opportune
My feelings for you so profound
A cuckold pathetic buffoon
Alas no peace have I found
Here on the far side of the moon
Here on the floor hogtied and bound
You lay bleeding on the hard ground
Caught within the web of your loom
Mar 18, 2017
Mar 18, 2017 at 5:47 PM UTC
Do you ever come across that feeling of melancholy?
When you’re going too fast on that midnight trolley
Your head starts spinning in unfamiliar directions
While you’re left there, looking for defections
Do you ever feel like you aren't enough?
Everyone thinks it’s all a big bluff
But deep down inside you know it’s true
The whole world around you starts to turn blue
Do you ever feel that obligation?
When in school you want certification
Gaining the card that classifies you as
That one guy who is cooler than jazz
Do you ever feel pressured to fall?
Into a love in which you can’t call
A pointless relation clouds your mind
Pushing you farther from what you might find
Do you ever feel like you try too hard?
To fit into a jigsaw, but instead bombard
Looking for a clique that suits you best
Coming to feel like you’re better than the rest
Do you ever feel like you can’t be found?
Lost inside your own impound
Deceived by self-inflicting thought
You continue to feel even more distraught
Do you ever just want to run away?
Leave behind your past and go astray
Forget the life you lived at home
And elsewhere discover a new throne
Do you ever feel like life is a game?
A game in which you can’t come to claim
The honorable title as the winner
Settling down for the same old dinner
Do you ever wonder if you’re treated unfair?
You live thinking that you cannot bear
The dreadful thought of being singled out
Making you want to scream and shout
Do you ever feel like nobody understands?
Like you’re the only one stuck within the strands
Trapped inside an ignorant state of mind
Only to come all this way and find…
That you were wrong all along
It was all just a mixed up song
These steps you take throughout high school
Turn you into some kind of rotten fool
One day you will come to see
That it was all part of the journey
You’ll take it in and walk down your path
Knowing that the worst of the wrath—
Is over…
-David Rombouts-
Dec 31, 2014
Dec 31, 2014 at 12:54 AM UTC
Sing a song of slick men
Pocket full of lies.
Four and twenty fat cats
Terribly unwise.
When the truth was spoken
They don’t even try.
They’re immune to reason
And they get all the pie.
Sing a song of no sense
And how they persevere
How they get elected
Year after year
Still they have no scruples;
Ethically impure,
They still win out in the polls.
Why is still unclear.
We should build a big fence
And lock them all inside.
Then impound their fortunes
Wherever they hide.
Let them see for sure how
Crooks we can’t abide.
See if they can stand each other
Living side by side.
Sing a song of statesmanship
Nearly gone extinct
Senators and gangsters
Not so distinct.
The rich still had their millions
We lost the kitchen sink.
Brought us all to near defeat
And pushed us near the brink.
Jun 11, 2015
Jun 11, 2015 at 8:20 PM UTC
she drove a block
through the middle
of my man and I
she performed it with a
callousness of ply
into his heart
she wormed her way
not a bit of feeling for
me did she display
all the time pretending
to be my friend
but only doing that
in benefiting her own end
she got what she
wanted so badly
my man fell into
her arms gladly
she hooked him
as a seductress
he was so readily
reeled into her caress
she robbed
she robbed
she robbed me blind
she pulled off the greatest robbery
robbing me blind
she took the love
of my life without any regard
only ever caring
for her home yard
she never gave a
thought to my emotions
when using her
sensual potions
my man she did
shrewdly impound
spinning her spider web
around and around
out of our bed
he did stray
she had the bait which
caused our love to fray
she robbed
she robbed
she robbed me blind
she pulled off the greatest robbery
robbing me blind
Apr 10, 2018
Apr 10, 2018 at 10:08 PM UTC
It was up in Minnesota
or was it South Dakota
It doesn't matter
we know how the story starts
It's friday, time to party
Some girl comes in dressed all tarty
With a body
That could break a thousand hearts
There's gonna be a storm tonight
A cat fight's on the way
You just hold on when it all starts up
And then you clear the way
You just know it's gonna happen
Something bad is in the air
Just grab your beer and hold it
Just watch the nails and flying hair
All the eyes were on her
You knew she was a goner
You could feel the tension
And hear the nails extract
In jeans of lace and denim
With perfect slits cut in 'em
You knew that she was hunting
that's a fact
There's gonna be a storm tonight
A cat fight's on the way
You just hold on when it all starts up
And then you clear the way
You just know it's gonna happen
Something bad is in the air
Just grab your beer and hold it
Just watch the nails and flying hair
The band played loud and raucus
As the bar's all female caucus
Watched her close
As she went toward the bar
You could tell that this girl's reason
Was to hunt the men in season
And she set to take
the first one to her car
There's gonna be a storm tonight
A cat fight's on the way
You just hold on when it all starts up
And then you clear the way
You just know it's gonna happen
Something bad is in the air
Just grab your beer and hold it
Just watch the nails and flying hair
when the crowd split like the Nile
And there standing with a smile
was the girl of the
man this girl had claimed
Well, the bottles started flying
And though the bouncers all were trying
The fight broke out
Between the two I named
There's gonna be a storm tonight
A cat fight's on the way
You just hold on when it all starts up
And then you clear the way
You just know it's gonna happen
Something bad is in the air
Just grab your beer and hold it
Just watch the nails and flying hair
The cops broke up the rumble
Amid the debris and the crumble
Our combatants were
off to jail that night
Tomorrow they would be found
Back and out of impound
At another bar
And in another fight
So, It may be Minnesota
or down in South Dakota
But, no one cares
We all know how the game is played
So, when you feel a storm brew
And you know it won't involve you
Grab your beer
And watch...your night is made.
Jan 29, 2015
Jan 29, 2015 at 12:01 AM UTC
Death becomes you,
So modest and frail
Caressing Last Rites
Laid out in Braille
Wearing a gray suit
Free hand pulling the hem taut
Clunky black shoes
Hair tied in a knot
Distress's mistress
With barren lips
Lust glistening from her eyes
Cleverly drips
Mouth opened just enough
To notice the absence of sound
Seized words
Left in impound
A last little twitch
Consumes an entire room
Giving away spring
Before the lilac had a chance to bloom
Mar 27, 2017
Mar 27, 2017 at 11:30 PM UTC
MIDDLE OF MY MIND
Many explanations for what are personal exclamations, sights unseen by the the ones that are keen
Tastes and smells sights or sounds, simple hints that lead to something so profound
Electric waves washing over me, mixing mental physical energy to create negative synergy
We lie in wait at a familiar gate opening to an unknown fate, minor glimpse for what is inbound
Forcing me down, swift or slow still leaving it's frown,frozen in time yet another check in my diary
Sampling a storm,hellacious hurricane to circling cyclone, electric waves fluctuate on a battle ground
Mystical madness robs our gladness, strong voo doo, frothing foaming wild animal halting my stamina, taking moments of our legal sanity
Sudden stagnation of time like stopping sands through the hourglass,seeking escape while the spasms further impound
Another frightened night falling into the fold, moments ago we were so bold, now I prepare for random phantoms to make their inquiry
Un rehearsed Dark drama silently awaiting, constricting contrast, marked moments, embedding memories that may soon pass or will I be drowned
The mystery in the middle of my mind leaves me wondering, it's appeal has a hidden zeal like a mysterious friend who may play nice or leave an injury
A witness saw my soul, blindsided into oblivion, came again without showing it's role, survival came again today, maybe tomorrow my resting place be found. R.C.
"Peace Takes Practice"
Apr 22, 2020
Apr 22, 2020 at 5:04 AM UTC
Footprints impound my secrets
While writing my lyrics
Washing away my muse
Making them known to few
Drunken veins
Nervous brain
Because I’m of secrets
I‘ll hide
They’ll remain
Please ask a question
I want you to know
I am invisible
I didn’t grow
Ducked by mirrors
Reality begins to sear
The glass walls
Express my fear
Drunken veins
Nervous brain
Because I’m of secrets
I’ll hide
They’ll remain
I wait a minute
I want to sing
The internal bleed
External bells ring
Please ask a question
I want you to know
If I am invisible
I will not grow…
Feb 9, 2010
Feb 9, 2010 at 4:38 PM UTC
When we sit at staionary station
Watching
Our essence drift by
Sometimes you'll find the strength
To reach out
At the trails left behind.
But sometimes you won't.
And as you impound
These thoughts, it's already too
Late.
You wait, wondering where; people
Have gone,
You open your eyes, realising they were never closed.
And you tumble slightly onto the tracks.
As the memoirs of your evening come back,
You awaken screaming internally at all the empty faces.
You squint briefly
To the inconveince of blinking.
But you are no longer there.
Aug 25, 2022
Aug 25, 2022 at 6:59 AM UTC
Now your fighted lightening brightens defeats
Your off-White Knight thunder frightens me
This hiss from those lips of this person I've missed
Tightens kissing fists of a ****** horizon seen
Mist heightened
I do not wish to be enlightened
I do not hope to hear your throat excitened
Around sounds that expound my stuttering ground
Or surround a thousand profoundly aroused frowns
By all counts by now they hound
My surmounting cloud
My sound impound
Say stray failures are bound round brain behaviours
Claim they wound down your feigned brave nature
These sharp verses start to form disturbing curses
Hearts should favour a saviour of more deserving or curbing regalia
Critical, it's **** literal
It's typically, empirically, egotistically pivotal
I pine to hide inside a hurst of worse design
I am not diacritical
I cannot align my mind with a realistic vine
Of my own bemoaned confines
And now this line of finely timely chides
I'm dumb and undone
Numb hums begun
When this thunder does bedizen you,
The lightening does enlighten, true
But the prices are not my vices rightened for you,
I've surmised a prize of a more biting view
It might be right to lose sight
Of the delights of tonight's plights
I slight fights
I blight contrite bending
But this ripe, spiteful spate of trite infights trending
Indicts a tending
Benights, invites, ignites a new intending
A descent now rendered impending; an ending
Apr 11, 2015
Apr 11, 2015 at 6:22 AM UTC
Lying in this cage.
Lost on closed off ways
in which to succeed and to thrive
I fall into myself and do a head dive
Inside the depths of sadness
madness
No one seems to have the time or investment to place in you
you have talents
but when you cannot prove them
you start to fade empty too.
How do I escape this debt and pain of the lack of people?
How do I prove myself as I do try so very hard
as I still feel chained like a car inside an impound yard
you have the strength of hope and grab ******** strength
trying to pull yourself out of hell by light's rope.
Send me a signal
and I'll work hard to repay you
Leave me to rot..to fester..to fear another tick of the clock
and you have sat back to watch a good soul
waste away
as your failure to aid in his darkest hours
take on his sanity..a heavy toll.
Oct 29, 2018
Oct 29, 2018 at 7:58 PM UTC