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"skewer" poems
homage to Wallace Stevens I - My Focus pistoned up the rise       and all at once, the Rockies -             silhouettes against the western skies. II - On the road to Boulder       a pleated ridge crawls north             like a blue whale bound for the open sea. III -  Appalachia's intoxicating verdure       never fails to induce in us             a certain mellowing of the spirit. IV - You 'conquered' my North Face, did you?       Why, I should skewer your arrogant ***             like a holiday lamb culled for the sacrifice. V - Lewis and Clark looked west       surveying the Bitterroots' frigid expanse.             Farewell Northwest Passage!   VI - Pueblos stranded on Enchanted Mesa -       their rock stairs crumbled to the valley floor.             Should they dive to their death or starve? VII –Touristas at Big Bend Park       wonder at its pastel window -             its romantic haze a toxic gift       from stacks across the Rio Grande. VIII – The once mighty Ozarks humbled by age,                 dwarfed by the youthful Rockies.             Listen up, youngsters, your time will come! IX – We de-bussed to seize the dolomites       with our hyper-kinetic shutters.             Pausing for a draught of Italian air,       I felt the whack of an Alpine snowball. X - Before Oregon's crater had its lake,       the mountain scorched the village below.             Today its azure waters preach only serenity. XI – Looking down from Shissler peak       to the golden meadow below             where the elk herd calmly grazes. XII – Do mists veil the Blue Ridge Mountains       or are there really no mountains at all -             only clouds decked out in mountain attire? XIII – They say that peaks more steep than Everest       soar up from the ocean floor.             Who will scale their sunken heights? May 28,  2010 – Boulder Colorado
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Mar 19, 2014
Mar 19, 2014 at 12:18 AM UTC
13 Ways of Looking at the Mountains
homage to Wallace Stevens I - My Focus pistoned up the rise       and all at once, the Rockies -             silhouettes against the western skies. II - On the road to Boulder       a pleated ridge crawls north             like a blue whale bound for the open sea. III -  Appalachia's intoxicating verdure       never fails to induce in us             a certain mellowing of the spirit. IV - You 'conquered' my North Face, did you?       Why, I should skewer your arrogant ***             like a holiday lamb culled for the sacrifice. V - Lewis and Clark looked west       surveying the Bitterroots' frigid expanse.             Farewell Northwest Passage!   VI - Pueblos stranded on Enchanted Mesa -       their rock stairs crumbled to the valley floor.             Should they dive to their death or starve? VII –Touristas at Big Bend Park       wonder at its pastel window -             its romantic haze a toxic gift       from stacks across the Rio Grande. VIII – The once mighty Ozarks humbled by age,                 dwarfed by the youthful Rockies.             Listen up, youngsters, your time will come! IX – We de-bussed to seize the dolomites       with our hyper-kinetic shutters.             Pausing for a draught of Italian air,       I felt the whack of an Alpine snowball. X - Before Oregon's crater had its lake,       the mountain scorched the village below.             Today its azure waters preach only serenity. XI – Looking down from Shissler peak       to the golden meadow below             where the elk herd calmly grazes. XII – Do mists veil the Blue Ridge Mountains       or are there really no mountains at all -             only clouds decked out in mountain attire? XIII – They say that peaks more steep than Everest       soar up from the ocean floor.             Who will scale their sunken heights? May 28,  2010 – Boulder Colorado
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I closed that door. Barred and barricaded it, Left a bomb inside, I didn’t wait to know it had Set off. I haven’t stopped stopping, Staring through the small windows, Everything blinded; myself folded. A tornado streaming through my past, This gush sets me free, flying uncontrollably Somewhere else. The more I fall, the more I find the shards of that broken world. I let them skewer my mind, imagining them mended back together. I closed that door. Yet here I stand its way, a silhouette. Neither here nor there.
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Feb 25, 2012
Feb 25, 2012 at 6:53 AM UTC
silhouette
Between the din of dusk and dawn Runs Sleepy Pillow Lane, Where gators guard the Gates of Thorn And cryptid creatures reign. They glide across the midnight sky Like grime in sanguine sewers; White canines long and talons drawn Spike rodents on a skewer. Gray giants glare from full-moon eyes, A ghastly ghoulish spell; Sweet sleepers swell the wells of Nile While centaurs swing the bell. Horned vipers writhe into your fears Like scythes through strangled weeds; And severed heads of angel hair From shouldered stumps relieved. A putrid pile of newly-deads Awaits the devil's scorn; And legless maggots gorge in beds From which the fly is born. Hungry hyenas howl in packs While circling carrions crow; And chunks of flesh are torn from backs Cracking bones bare below. Scavengers feast on man and beast, No rotting limb is spared; From hanging tongues to napping feet Blood splatters everywhere. Brimstone and thunder fill the air With hail presaging doom; Ten toothless witches shriek and cheer As zombies creep from tombs. Masked mummies stalk with stakes and stones In search of sleeping heads; They crave the skulls and living bones Of bodies slumped in bed. Through R.E.M. you toss and turn And roll on restless wheels; Alas Red Rooster blows his horn To end your grim ordeal.... ~ P (January, 2013)
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Jul 20, 2013
Jul 20, 2013 at 3:22 PM UTC
Sleepy Pillow Lane...
Fat people canes   They buckle and break Fat people canes   They smell faintly of steak Fat people canes   Always arched Fat people canes   Holding up the heavily starched Fat people canes   Struggle down the street Fat people canes   An aid for battered feet Fat people canes     Support poorly distributed weight Fat people canes   Caught within a sewer grate Fat people canes   Can't handle the load Fat people canes   Easing movements slowed Fat people canes   Used to skewer crumbs Fat people canes   Used to butter buns Fat people canes   Prop for a hefty handicap Fat people canes   Can't fit within a taxi-cab Fat people canes   Deserve a wage Fat people canes   Traded in for a Rascal with age
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Aug 15, 2014
Aug 15, 2014 at 7:18 PM UTC
Atlas Overburdened
There's a form of rodent In Latin form "quill pig". He isn't very fast. He isn't very big. But be very cautious If you encounter one of these. They are very nasty, Mean, to say the least. They bristle up and like cacti, They have a vicious will... You don't need to touch one to be Nailed with a quill. They will flick their tail at you To let their venom fly, So give this beast.a lot of room When you see him going by. People who are insecure Will be like them so watch out! You don't want to be around When they start to pout... Their quill will rend and skewer. The quill/ pen has its art. It will send a poison pen Straight into the heart. SoulSurvivor aka Write of Passage aka Invisible inc Catherine Jarvis (C) 2/12/2015
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Feb 12, 2015
Feb 12, 2015 at 2:26 PM UTC
Porcupine
the invisible hand is in my pocket pilfering everything and there's nothing i can do to stop it from robbing me blind it does not guide it only destroys personal expression under the whims of an outmoded model of economics capitalism a philosophy that subscribes to the metaphysical conclusion that a spiritual malady plagues every human heart a harsh chorus that rings like a melody of triumph in the multi-million dollar mansions of the 1% convinced we're born selfish it seeks to reward us for our own malpractice an edict predicated on social darwinism that forestalls the possibility of future charity as it drowns in the throes of misanthropy and butchers any hope of philanthropic community or basic humanity to vanquish our more maleficent impulses relegated to paying taxes to ensure the illusion of security while our money finances endless war and police brutality rather than healthcare or education they know if they keep us sick and dumb they can get away with ****** if the population shirks in horror from the looming specter of terrorism they can justify ubiquitous surveillance that robs us of our right to self-determination but people should not be afraid of their governments governments should be afraid of their people they say we can't be trusted that this is for our own good but i'll call their bluff that bull on Wall St. is full of **** and like a matador i'll entice it to lower its horns and charge when itsjust a hairsbreadth away i'll turn to one side and let it skewer the slave-driver raising his whip behind me that same skulking shadow that turns veterans into homeless wanderers begging for loose change in Central Park a pale horse haunting the aspirations of college students it leaves the poor and oppressed shivering after dark and overburdens broken backs god doesn't hold up the world like Atlas we shoulder the globe now watch us shift the weight brought down by the people you tried to suppress this is not some petty expression of vengeance but the rallying cry of a dream deferred exploding out to meet your injustice mark my words we're taking over the world
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Sep 7, 2015
Sep 7, 2015 at 10:22 AM UTC
dam(nation)
the invisible hand is in my pocket pilfering everything and there's nothing i can do to stop it from robbing me blind it does not guide it only destroys personal expression under the whims of an outmoded model of economics capitalism a philosophy that subscribes to the metaphysical conclusion that a spiritual malady plagues every human heart a harsh chorus that rings like a melody of triumph in the multi-million dollar mansions of the 1% convinced we're born selfish it seeks to reward us for our own malpractice an edict predicated on social darwinism that forestalls the possibility of future charity as it drowns in the throes of misanthropy and butchers any hope of philanthropic community or basic humanity to vanquish our more maleficent impulses relegated to paying taxes to ensure the illusion of security while our money finances endless war and police brutality rather than healthcare or education they know if they keep us sick and dumb they can get away with ****** if the population shirks in horror from the looming specter of terrorism they can justify ubiquitous surveillance that robs us of our right to self-determination but people should not be afraid of their governments governments should be afraid of their people they say we can't be trusted that this is for our own good but i'll call their bluff that bull on Wall St. is full of **** and like a matador i'll entice it to lower its horns and charge when itsjust a hairsbreadth away i'll turn to one side and let it skewer the slave-driver raising his whip behind me that same skulking shadow that turns veterans into homeless wanderers begging for loose change in Central Park a pale horse haunting the aspirations of college students it leaves the poor and oppressed shivering after dark and overburdens broken backs god doesn't hold up the world like Atlas we shoulder the globe now watch us shift the weight brought down by the people you tried to suppress this is not some petty expression of vengeance but the rallying cry of a dream deferred exploding out to meet your injustice mark my words we're taking over the world
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He calls himself Dr Swalik Take a long sharp skewer Pierce the body in numerous places But please, please do not pierce any vital organs Place said scammer in a pre heated oven 100 degrees or gas Mark 4 When the agonized screams have reached their loudest Reduce the heat Baste liberally with honey and olive oil Add chopped herbs of your choice Re baste the scammer and turn up the heat Gas Mark 7 would be about right When the skin is crisp and golden brown Serve up the scammer on a wooden platter Serve with buttered new potatoes And **** apple sauce
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Sep 21, 2015
Sep 21, 2015 at 7:27 AM UTC
To Cook A Hello Poetry Scammer
She was as crazy as a Norse horse with a wild bleached mane and madeyes, always willin to do anythin for ya with a ''come on then'' her moods would drive you insane, wrenching compassion and anger from your heart in equal parts, spewing venom when talking of her ma, it would hurt to listen,  yet it was easy to see this sulphuric froth as just rage being rage. In her kitchen she concocted over spilling potions banana and coconut breads, her time was your time, her table always spread, with baskets and jars, Valerian by the bottle she sculled to help sleep, baskets with moss and golf ***** Scottish tat in a heap and beliefs, worn and threadbare like the carpets in her tiny,  orange doored flat with a gerbil called ***** and a hamster called pat, and dear wee Jamie who spouted that Halloween mantra ''crap bat'' we filled and hung balloons with sweets and let the kids skewer the hell out of them, it rained chocolate in the corridor for weeks, and that is what I loved about her madness, is that it dived and it did, and it speaked
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Mar 18, 2011
Mar 18, 2011 at 7:06 PM UTC
Allie
Blowing smoke into the night inhaled from a mini pipe twisted with colors I did not choose My wispy gaze into rain summons from the gone past pains the deepest red hurt faded, cloudy and grey What lost I no longer remember in color doubles affect in its audible cracks Following in footsteps wherever intuition leads. Happily? Misery? In madness and smiling What lost no longer hangs over in color but lives always in minute hands I chose
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Jan 11, 2014
Jan 11, 2014 at 9:32 PM UTC
Self Skewer
The Cataclysmic Frog! Knows he wants to die. Slip from his lily pad. No-one knows why. All he seeks is misery. He’d sooner end up dead. A frog of many colours with toxins in his skin. To tell the truth in this sorry tale Which is maybe merely a superficial jest. Secrets told and secrets sold. Only shows an honoured few. He is gifted. Blessed with awesome style. Offers trips, Accompany him on his lily pad, The cataclysmic frog, he’s not bad. Subtlety strokes. Most of his gifts he keeps hidden away. Denies he has them. He’s crying inside. Cowering in fears’ depths. All love concealed. The frog, he knows these feelings exists. Finds them hidden under well- worn pebbles. Eroded by the tide. Pebbles round and shiny. Clear and bright, occasionally catch sunlight. Provoking memories, still fresh. A fear of fingers snatching him, causing searing pain inside. In his heart feels wickedness as stabbing needles burn again. The sky drips with vermilion blood tears. As in sadness, he denies. Believes he can’t see her in front of his eyes. Dries out while he dies. Just as he expires before he flies. Such a shame. He knows this vision was predicted. Together they shall beat a retreat. Poor dying frog stuck upon a skewer. Finding excuses to give to his muses. The sad cataclysmic frog, once again he’s blinded. As his true love he denied. Just see what he loses! Olivia Kent 2013 By ladylivvi1 © 2013 ladylivvi1 (All rights reserved)
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Aug 31, 2013
Aug 31, 2013 at 12:21 PM UTC
The Cataclysmic Frog!
As the cobra falters before it doth strike I recoil away from thee, awaiting my moment to ricochet forward and make my **** Such false security aids my real course and weakens my adversary’s resolve and as you happily take full advantage of this ill advised programme you can rely that your mistake is now my gain. As you plunge, I parry and as your momentum fades mine increases in velocity until my blade doth find its target. This sword of mine, made of finest worked, metal, slides easily through your personage. Flesh, muscle, even bone presents a none problem for this well forged tool. Sharpened point now immersed so deeply through your core that it conveys me too close to this pierced torso. I am spattered by such spurts of blood and sickened by another’s foul breath. We gaze for a moment, you in the horror and pain of defeat and myself in the satisfaction of victory. You remain upright only through the skewer I have delivered and it is at my decree that you do so. As I withdraw my being the blade extracts itself and it is only then that you are allowed to descend to your indubitable destination. As crumpled legs can no longer hold the weight of thee I use the momentum of this blades removal to pirouette my body. The spin that culminates with such a strike, a laceration so immense that the removal of your skull is no more than a mere triviality. Your destination is now complete. This is the legitimate place for a lesser man and the norm for a superior warrior than thee. Come take this gift dear Lucifer, I make a present to you of death's cadaver, it lies here before me at this very moment and it is yours. A donation from one great warrior to another. It seems that I fill such a bottomless pit with unworthy adversary. They suppose honour holds them to stand before such a skilled combatant but their is no morality for lesser men to try. There is no such thing as a honourable fool. I seek he that will try my skills, he that will take me to the brink of death with more than a single strike. For this person I will gladly redeem as a worthy opponent, for he, I will present my respect in more than a just a mere bow. Such adversary should he become victorious will possess a legacy that will draw him to the status of majesty. I would gladly fall to this superior being and as such, this would be a most fitting and virtuous death.
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Aug 26, 2014
Aug 26, 2014 at 9:59 AM UTC
Devilled Swordsman
As the cobra falters before it doth strike I recoil away from thee, awaiting my moment to ricochet forward and make my **** Such false security aids my real course and weakens my adversary’s resolve and as you happily take full advantage of this ill advised programme you can rely that your mistake is now my gain. As you plunge, I parry and as your momentum fades mine increases in velocity until my blade doth find its target. This sword of mine, made of finest worked, metal, slides easily through your personage. Flesh, muscle, even bone presents a none problem for this well forged tool. Sharpened point now immersed so deeply through your core that it conveys me too close to this pierced torso. I am spattered by such spurts of blood and sickened by another’s foul breath. We gaze for a moment, you in the horror and pain of defeat and myself in the satisfaction of victory. You remain upright only through the skewer I have delivered and it is at my decree that you do so. As I withdraw my being the blade extracts itself and it is only then that you are allowed to descend to your indubitable destination. As crumpled legs can no longer hold the weight of thee I use the momentum of this blades removal to pirouette my body. The spin that culminates with such a strike, a laceration so immense that the removal of your skull is no more than a mere triviality. Your destination is now complete. This is the legitimate place for a lesser man and the norm for a superior warrior than thee. Come take this gift dear Lucifer, I make a present to you of death's cadaver, it lies here before me at this very moment and it is yours. A donation from one great warrior to another. It seems that I fill such a bottomless pit with unworthy adversary. They suppose honour holds them to stand before such a skilled combatant but their is no morality for lesser men to try. There is no such thing as a honourable fool. I seek he that will try my skills, he that will take me to the brink of death with more than a single strike. For this person I will gladly redeem as a worthy opponent, for he, I will present my respect in more than a just a mere bow. Such adversary should he become victorious will possess a legacy that will draw him to the status of majesty. I would gladly fall to this superior being and as such, this would be a most fitting and virtuous death.
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She told my dad he was “kind of an ******* the first time we had dinner with him, at this place called The Pear Room but she was disappointed that there were not only no pear decorations, but that there was not a single dish with a pear included. She ordered a dry martini with three olives on a skewer, but she never took one sip. She gulped. She came at me like an avalanche in jean mini skirt. I tried to run ahead of her, but she picked up speed and tossed me right into her path with scratch marks on my back to prove it. You’d never know it by the way she twirls her hair into a bun at the top of her head just to take her make-up off, how she laughs instead of getting ****** or how she sometimes orders her dessert before her meal, but she’s just a girl who puts on her toughness in the morning like a slip. She folds her dollar bills into fourths before she puts them in her wallet, and she strings herself like paper chains against the sun every day as she drives to a job she hates. She listens to Miles Davis on her record player, asks me to dance at half past eleven on nights I need to sleep, but I get up anyway. I pour us both a glass of Coke and try to capture the reflection she doesn’t see of herself, mirror it in my eyes, just so she knows that she is not just another item on the menu.
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Apr 22, 2015
Apr 22, 2015 at 10:11 PM UTC
Ally
Poets make lousy friends because  eventually they’ll  skewer you with their poison pen; their  insulting  writ of relentless invective and opprobrious apoplectic venom. The naked foist of un-allayed aggression as art-form whereby  the vitriol of familiarity slices like a knife and digs in like a dagger.  The very nature of chumminess turns adversarial.  Like  acid in the eyes the sneering contemptible retch could cobble out words with a disgustingly exquisite though execrable precision. A quirk, an idiosyncrasy, a malevolent adherence so committed to  unmitigated truth that it is as a fist to the face,  a shocking starkness of  incivility justified by a requisite expedience hastened by the anxious need to blow one  off forthwith.  He was a veritable torrent  of abject invectives.
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Oct 12, 2013
Oct 12, 2013 at 3:53 PM UTC
The Cruel Poet
As stars reflect the knowledge of the sacred, The boiling seas of the cosmos churn acrid. Upon the nurturance of Venus' passionate quivering calls exclaimed, The essence of God's wrath so lovingly made tame. As the chariots of love, upon the courtships of epic virtue, possess, Our goddess sisters, import the specialty of rule, for which the governs obsess. As Boreas' trumpet sounds a euphoric ecstatic bliss, Rosicrucian passion bells hither, to a faint swaying and hiss. As the murmuring embers of the divine, left receded, Hour of humanities past, no time of present, so subtley defeated. As upon death, a mummy spreads its rein, Crucibles of knowledge, all for not, in vain. The seduction of fertility and the mysteries left to relish, Though made bitter upon showers of mourn, to embellish. The disillusionment of our fathers’ petty immortal opportunity made solemn, The wisest of men, why, amongst the true, made golem. Take precedence, then and now, when upon your throne of pride, As the winds of wrath call upon, our savior’s passion tried. In due notion a precedence of time, without respect, A fulfillment of God's love, our souls to resurrect. As dragons drew the chariots of night with profound duration, A coward’s sword in hand, his skewer's elation. As stars reflect the knowledge of the sacred, Humanities, why… derision for dole, left shaken. As prophets emit, as seen thus… When stars do let fall the Sun, Pray thee, a heavenly Venus.
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Apr 3, 2010
Apr 3, 2010 at 2:56 AM UTC
Of Venus
Some poets   make lousy friends they'll eventually skewer you with their poison pen their  insulting  writ of relentless nasty venom like some  twisted performance-art-form naked foist of un-allayed aggression the dilettante's vitriol of familiarity slices like a knife the very nature of chumminess segues into adversity a quirk, an idiosyncrasy, a malevolent adherence so affixed are poets to the unmitigated truth that it is as a fist to the face a  horrendous starkness of  civility justified by a requisite needy urgency of expedience contemptuousness brought on  by an  anxious desire to blow you off -ASAP they'll turn on you like a feral cat
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Jun 7, 2013
Jun 7, 2013 at 12:17 AM UTC
angst of the edge
Right now I want to cut myself, deep. I'd like to drop lit, wooden kitchen matches onto my willing abdomen and watch my flesh melt away. Something has to give. Bind me to an iron cross and flay my skin. Strike my joints with a metal rod until I am completely broken. This cannot last. I'd like to grab hold of the flesh under my jaw and rip my ugly face off of my ugly head. I want to pound nails into my knees, chew on thumb tacks, skewer my eyes with toothpicks. I spent an hour scraping calloused feet and toes when I could have cut them off with a pruner and saved some time. I'd like to do these things, but I am not a ********* I am no victim. I am no martyr. I am not so deep in The Nothing. I would rather perform these acts upon you.
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Jun 12, 2013
Jun 12, 2013 at 12:24 AM UTC
I want what I want.
The shadows of the distant past skewer across the expression of her face. Scars of passionate darkness are reminded every turn she makes towards the light. As small as she feels she calls out for help silently hoping faith can over come the fear. But the fear is strong and deep inside her bones sinking ever deeper beyond comprehension. Char coals and the fires of hate for oneself are burning inside her sanctuary. There are holes in her safety net and no one speaks her language, so the calls will never be heard. And now as she feared in the end she drowned in her own hatred left breathless to die inside her own self worth.
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Nov 21, 2013
Nov 21, 2013 at 8:19 PM UTC
Her Shadow
Skewer my body over the open flame. Rub the coals on my skin. I will let you. I will let you to prove that I am human too. Rake the charred flesh from my bones to reveal that they are broken. I told you so. I told you so many times that the hypocrisy is natural. Flowing in our human hearts. Not the spirit. Not the loom. Not the quest of which was given to whom? You may ask me. You may ask me who; and I would tell you, "Me and You". And the quest of which is spoken is to be human too.
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Sep 29, 2015
Sep 29, 2015 at 5:07 PM UTC
I am human too.
I was running full speed with hands a-blur Legs moved at warp speed but I couldn't be sure That my mind kept the same speed as initially procured Subtle hints in their voiced word speed that my lungs endure At the pace of vocal cords and their speed to a heart that's pure While I raced at the pace in the fast lane at full speed I was ignorant for sure To the signs of the fissures that form when spirits break at this speed too small to see in this blur So I raced for the carrot hung at the end of this rope, where we move at break neck speed Like a pawn on a skewer Where I was lead to believe, but it's hard to be certain when you're moving at this speed Where's the truth on the lure On the line of lies that they casted out of the reel of hope where the victims speed As my face shows the fissure From the hits I have taken by the promise of the shelter of a slower speed Realized faith in the sewer I slow enough to read the signs missed at my blistering speed A shock to be sure Led by misguided voice that speaks at light speed from the mouths of the cur NO U-Turn, maintain current speed but there is no future And as I started to lower the speed their words were fewer Traveling at old fool speed I was now sure That life's speed was nothing but manure
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Jan 25, 2011
Jan 25, 2011 at 5:06 PM UTC
Moving At Pawn Speed
St Paddy is a devil with a cruel taste for beer, last night he beat me on my head until my vision disappeared. My eyes are feeling blurry and my head is a balloon, I dont know if I'll make it until this afternoon. My mouth tastes like a harbour ***** and my breath smells like a sewer my brain cells are on strike and my throat is like a skewer.
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Mar 18, 2010
Mar 18, 2010 at 12:39 AM UTC
The Curse of St Paddy
...and going to state...action. The jade edge of the writing compartment showed luminescent in the venetian-split rays of an afternoon sun. Pillar Vas-Gurta gestured a heavy mop like hand towards the cigar case. Take as many as you like, he mouthed. But everything suspicious caused in me an urgent decline.  You are always too generous Pillar, I uttered with feigned diplomacy; the dense undertow carrying off the forfeit. Why are the Arm-ericans not displaying a greater sense of co-operation, Pillar questioned the telephone in thick Polish, and to me the single nod of a telephone rung off, his reply was as good as a grunt. As he finished the call; Ah now, come sit young Valentin, if you’ll none of my Cubans come sit and sip Cognac with me at least, spend a moment with an excellent mint. Untroubled by the American question, Pillar, eyes like hurricanes, hair curled on his forhead with the oil of a whistle, teeth forged, as if by a village blacksmith, patient and keen to devour conversation, was not a man to be declined twice in one afternoon. Pillar was a man who’s stubble grew as he considered each of his thoughts: and the skewer fed silence that connected fear with steel. I sense Valentin you are withholding something, are you troubled, rumbled the Polish border, is the Cuban smoke a little too dense for your sensibilities, My friend, my friend you are troubled, so tell me. Please. I answered for the cognac. And for the writing compartment. I see it is from Gabriella.  His flash, dense and swift as a school of minnows turning their escape into silver, caught me unaware; the weight in my question. He loves this woman. Here it is then. Even Pillar is vulnerable. You do not answer Valentin. No I’m sorry, I mumbled. Something troubles me. Please tell me Pillar, why am I here, why have you called me. Ah the question that cuts to chase the rabbit. As you say. Or something like that, no. You are here Valentin because I like you. You may think, there is nothing I like, and that also may be true. But the cigar must be smoked to appreciate its fullness. And it that moment, Pillar reached for the razor in his sleeve. Before he was aware, I had seen the gesture. The heel of my shoe captured his nose. The cognac glass filled slowly; a distortion of colour. Pillar sat motionless at his desk. Draining with the final swill. The jade edge of the writing compartment offering a seal of approval; Gabriella's last kiss. The cigar case remained open and untouched. I had taken as many as I'd liked. ...and Cut..
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Nov 2, 2014
Nov 2, 2014 at 6:33 AM UTC
The Death of Pillar Vas-Gurta
...and going to state...action. The jade edge of the writing compartment showed luminescent in the venetian-split rays of an afternoon sun. Pillar Vas-Gurta gestured a heavy mop like hand towards the cigar case. Take as many as you like, he mouthed. But everything suspicious caused in me an urgent decline.  You are always too generous Pillar, I uttered with feigned diplomacy; the dense undertow carrying off the forfeit. Why are the Arm-ericans not displaying a greater sense of co-operation, Pillar questioned the telephone in thick Polish, and to me the single nod of a telephone rung off, his reply was as good as a grunt. As he finished the call; Ah now, come sit young Valentin, if you’ll none of my Cubans come sit and sip Cognac with me at least, spend a moment with an excellent mint. Untroubled by the American question, Pillar, eyes like hurricanes, hair curled on his forhead with the oil of a whistle, teeth forged, as if by a village blacksmith, patient and keen to devour conversation, was not a man to be declined twice in one afternoon. Pillar was a man who’s stubble grew as he considered each of his thoughts: and the skewer fed silence that connected fear with steel. I sense Valentin you are withholding something, are you troubled, rumbled the Polish border, is the Cuban smoke a little too dense for your sensibilities, My friend, my friend you are troubled, so tell me. Please. I answered for the cognac. And for the writing compartment. I see it is from Gabriella.  His flash, dense and swift as a school of minnows turning their escape into silver, caught me unaware; the weight in my question. He loves this woman. Here it is then. Even Pillar is vulnerable. You do not answer Valentin. No I’m sorry, I mumbled. Something troubles me. Please tell me Pillar, why am I here, why have you called me. Ah the question that cuts to chase the rabbit. As you say. Or something like that, no. You are here Valentin because I like you. You may think, there is nothing I like, and that also may be true. But the cigar must be smoked to appreciate its fullness. And it that moment, Pillar reached for the razor in his sleeve. Before he was aware, I had seen the gesture. The heel of my shoe captured his nose. The cognac glass filled slowly; a distortion of colour. Pillar sat motionless at his desk. Draining with the final swill. The jade edge of the writing compartment offering a seal of approval; Gabriella's last kiss. The cigar case remained open and untouched. I had taken as many as I'd liked. ...and Cut..
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Clean off your slate, that messy desk is just a ruin of all your memories Dust every corner of your room, make room for contemporary Throw all your old toys in the garbage, they're just personality accessories Destroy yourself if all means point to necessary Talk to the conch before you throw it back into the sea Or into that lake broken of glass bottles that gave you ****** feet Dress yourself up, make yourself look neat Only return to that lake if you want to see where your heart still beats Strip your bed, clean your sheets Forget those games in the corner they distract you from the elite Travel into an empty cave, forget the friends you once knew Trade out your old sneakers for some nice shoes Forget the swing sets, and the bicycles, they're way past due Forget the silly pop music, it's time you outgrew Cast away that personality, trade it for a tie and a monochrome hue Try on your high heels and your perfume Lose some weight and your hostility too Skewer you, skewer you into a new geometrical suit You jump now, you're a frog now, not a newt Learn how to love, learn how to reproduce Learn about narcissism, try to pursue Learn about love, try not to lose Learn about depth, try to precept Learn about religion, try faith too Learn about yourself, try to hold on to that, it's more important than you ever knew Become one of the many, one of the many of the few Take everything out of that trash can, begin anew
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Jul 31, 2014
Jul 31, 2014 at 5:50 PM UTC
Growing Upside Down
A Poem on Zugzwang :   Before your life ends up in Zugzwang Learn to pin, Devoid of sins! Skewer your thoughts, Hope against odds. Manoeuvre your troops and forces Plant outposts and seal victories Remember- Numbered are your moments, To post your deserving achievements! Plan, Work Sail and Prevail This is the way you must trail. Chess is timing, so Is Life! Move with a purpose, Have High aims! Face the gale when Defence is the demand Hold on! Take charge and command. Do the best and Leave the Rest To God! And he will save your position from the Critical Zugzwang!
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Dec 9, 2013
Dec 9, 2013 at 7:38 AM UTC
Zugzwang
In the month that I popped a pharmaceutical drug to feel better, I smiled for the first time in months at a lame joke, I stopped worrying about where I was going to be if the zombie apocalypse was to happen, I ceased feeling terrified of waking up to the voice of Joey Ramone to not want to be or feel anymore, I wondered how Hemingway felt as he stared at the glittering city lights of the Rive Gauche, typing down his dark thoughts, I walked to the blinking white silhouette of a tiny person across the street, without hoping that the cars would magically skewer to the side and consequentially crush my skull in, I felt my heart enlarging like a balloon, while I stared into his magnetic eyes, that remind me of the glistening candlelit lights of Paris after the war, I craved the chocolate ice cream my imaginary little brother bought me while annoying me, I listened to the world and heard it's rambles and jangles and knew that "every little thing is gonna be alright", and I watch myself in the mirror to realize that I this person staring back at me is a shell enveloping in the shock at my utter disbelief that I don't know who I am anymore. Perhaps somewhere out there, in a parallel universe, wherein lies reality or fantasy, I have already given up and is watching me here to mock me.
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Nov 22, 2011
Nov 22, 2011 at 1:29 AM UTC
Experimental Untitled Muse.