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"slaps" poems
is when they mess with your head light fires in your mouth and make you hide in your bed put stones in your heart to drag you deep down under they fight and they fight their screams predictable as thunder the rain is the part that gathers in mom's eyes when she keeps you up late to tell you lies lying on the couch her arm over her face foundation in streaks like old dry erase it's when she lets you stay up late to read to her specially just to give her departure more brevity when she kisses you on the cheek and holds you tight then calls the cops on dad that same night when she only gives you presents to make you feel bad when she feels better by making you sad emotional abuse is when she calls on a restricted number tells you she loves you but won't let you see your little brother when she slaps you in the face slams your arm in a door well maybe that's not emotional abuse anymore... when she tells you she loves you but leaves anyway... abuse is abuse, it all feels the same.
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Jun 10, 2014
Jun 10, 2014 at 1:10 AM UTC
emotional abuse
Her chill Sends tears down my cheeks Like a cataract over a hill Her snow Slaps my face Like a **** slaps a *** Her ice Makes me slip Like an alcoholic's vice
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Feb 4, 2015
Feb 4, 2015 at 9:53 PM UTC
Cold Hearted
What's up is the sky and I'm up for the stars and down for a cave expedition. I'm game for a used copy since time is literally killing me while I got pizza in one hand and an energy drink in the other so the tree that is my life goes chop chop chop. The only chip on my shoulder is a potato chip because I got a dozen for every dime I spent, which is a drop in the bucket of change I'm saving for Coinstar. My son Jack has made many trades, from CDs to movies to videogames to trading cards and he just so happens to be a Pokemon master, thank you very much. Resisting a piece of cake is no piece of cake, even when the recipe --complete with a photogenic picture-- is comprised of over a thousand words. Don't cheat on your diet, the spinach is always watching and that Rolex will feel so tight you'll be praying for thousands of slaps on both wrists. When things get hot you can bang against a clock to see how long you last. Just don't crack 'em up too much, clocks are fragile devices. My motor's a Cobia yours is an Evinrude but otherwise we're in the same boat. Whenever I fail I don't go to the drawing board, I get out my scrap book. I prefer its texture and it is, truly, the first square. When my frustration becomes too much I might have to beat the bush instead, after all it can't be a sightseer forever. Don't throw me a bone, I'm not dog, merely a curious cat still on his seventh life. I'd rather be close than be stuck with a cigar-- smoking's bad and I hate the smells. If I'm left with nothing, I'll cry like a wolf. Wolves are hunters, wolves are survivors.
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Jul 14, 2014
Jul 14, 2014 at 12:16 AM UTC
Idiom
What's up is the sky and I'm up for the stars and down for a cave expedition. I'm game for a used copy since time is literally killing me while I got pizza in one hand and an energy drink in the other so the tree that is my life goes chop chop chop. The only chip on my shoulder is a potato chip because I got a dozen for every dime I spent, which is a drop in the bucket of change I'm saving for Coinstar. My son Jack has made many trades, from CDs to movies to videogames to trading cards and he just so happens to be a Pokemon master, thank you very much. Resisting a piece of cake is no piece of cake, even when the recipe --complete with a photogenic picture-- is comprised of over a thousand words. Don't cheat on your diet, the spinach is always watching and that Rolex will feel so tight you'll be praying for thousands of slaps on both wrists. When things get hot you can bang against a clock to see how long you last. Just don't crack 'em up too much, clocks are fragile devices. My motor's a Cobia yours is an Evinrude but otherwise we're in the same boat. Whenever I fail I don't go to the drawing board, I get out my scrap book. I prefer its texture and it is, truly, the first square. When my frustration becomes too much I might have to beat the bush instead, after all it can't be a sightseer forever. Don't throw me a bone, I'm not dog, merely a curious cat still on his seventh life. I'd rather be close than be stuck with a cigar-- smoking's bad and I hate the smells. If I'm left with nothing, I'll cry like a wolf. Wolves are hunters, wolves are survivors.
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After 12 seconds, the clock slaps me " Earthling, what're you doin'?" Me: "Oh, I'm killing you, immortal. And you?" Clock: "Just, revolving 360 degrees since B.C. Now what if, I **** you?" (Took off the battery . . . then saw another clock) You see, nothing stops it. No one. But,
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Apr 13, 2015
Apr 13, 2015 at 12:39 PM UTC
Clock-ing
Sensual pain like no other Practiced on a submissive lover As the hand slaps fast Naked flesh hit at last ***** agony belongs to you In your mind, doing what you do Naughty thoughts connect somehow Good girl I will call you now
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May 21, 2014
May 21, 2014 at 9:47 AM UTC
447: Spanking
Living freely in this world My vulnerability, feels so lost As it seeks the skies to escape all Perched high away and hiding My heart forsaken For my vulnerability Has left The little bird has flown My retreating heart lives behind Many layers of frozen ice The warm waters of my heart Have all frozen over Come back, come back little bird A teardrop falls For I see the loss of potential In this frozen pond Where waters should be warm My heart should sing Great rich jungles, it should bring My pride wounded by this world I stare into my murky depths My standing in this world falling As my legs are taken By the jaws of a giant beast Far away a bird twitches My stomach twists and turns Absorbed I am into the belly Of a great giant crocodile I begin to feel my vulnerability In these dangerous warm acidic waters As I merge into a crocodile And high above a bird leaves his perch As the ice layers break With the force of my tail New eyes see the self importance in people Of this earth, with all their arrogance I will bring you back to earth For I am the last living dinosaur Born from a time when T.rex reigned And even the birds had teeth For I still live in waters Where Piranha's seek to Frenzy on living flesh And I am to be scared of you I warn all of those who wish to disturb My open and most precious heart That rests in silence over my pond For your flesh will quiver With the sound of my ancient growl And your eyes will panic With the sight of my jaw A quiet bird flutters closer Bring your bitterness and all your sourness For I am hungry and love rotten meat And your disregard feeds my fury Circle my pond Where my heart rests softly With rich and green waters Bursting and growing in love For I am not scared to feel And I will lounge and grab As a tonne of me, slaps itself Bang, hard on this earth For I am here to feel it And not escape it But you will be blind And lost in my depths I will turn you over and Your arrogance will feed me As I grow stronger You will be ripped limb from limb   A little bird comes closer My heart free from noise A silence nestles in me And all innocence is seen Beautiful souls float freely Butterflies dance and play And my beautiful vulnerability returns in sweet song And rests softly in my jaw A strange paradox becomes so very clear With a little bird we hold so dear
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Jul 28, 2014
Jul 28, 2014 at 7:54 PM UTC
THE JAWS OF VULNERABILITY
Living freely in this world My vulnerability, feels so lost As it seeks the skies to escape all Perched high away and hiding My heart forsaken For my vulnerability Has left The little bird has flown My retreating heart lives behind Many layers of frozen ice The warm waters of my heart Have all frozen over Come back, come back little bird A teardrop falls For I see the loss of potential In this frozen pond Where waters should be warm My heart should sing Great rich jungles, it should bring My pride wounded by this world I stare into my murky depths My standing in this world falling As my legs are taken By the jaws of a giant beast Far away a bird twitches My stomach twists and turns Absorbed I am into the belly Of a great giant crocodile I begin to feel my vulnerability In these dangerous warm acidic waters As I merge into a crocodile And high above a bird leaves his perch As the ice layers break With the force of my tail New eyes see the self importance in people Of this earth, with all their arrogance I will bring you back to earth For I am the last living dinosaur Born from a time when T.rex reigned And even the birds had teeth For I still live in waters Where Piranha's seek to Frenzy on living flesh And I am to be scared of you I warn all of those who wish to disturb My open and most precious heart That rests in silence over my pond For your flesh will quiver With the sound of my ancient growl And your eyes will panic With the sight of my jaw A quiet bird flutters closer Bring your bitterness and all your sourness For I am hungry and love rotten meat And your disregard feeds my fury Circle my pond Where my heart rests softly With rich and green waters Bursting and growing in love For I am not scared to feel And I will lounge and grab As a tonne of me, slaps itself Bang, hard on this earth For I am here to feel it And not escape it But you will be blind And lost in my depths I will turn you over and Your arrogance will feed me As I grow stronger You will be ripped limb from limb   A little bird comes closer My heart free from noise A silence nestles in me And all innocence is seen Beautiful souls float freely Butterflies dance and play And my beautiful vulnerability returns in sweet song And rests softly in my jaw A strange paradox becomes so very clear With a little bird we hold so dear
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Are you ******* crazy, he says and I want to nod, want to grin want to peel back my lips and gnash my teeth like a wild thing, want to jump on the table and scream. I want to caterwaul, want to close my eyes and keep them shut I want to dig my nails into flesh and hear the tear. No, my voice is quiet like a whisper, hesitant and unsure. I want that to be the wrong answer but I don’t... I want him to get angrier still but I don’t... I don’t want him red-eyed, blood thirsty, coming down upon me but I do. And when he grips my chin with slender fingers, I want to sigh, want to moan like a ***** in heat. Like a ***** on the side of the road, full with *** sore with lust and clit-swollen. When his hand slaps my bare bare skin, stinging pink brightly under the force of my degradation. My sweet humiliation, leaving soft thick welts on my delicate limbs, writhing helplessly in discomfort, tears smudging old makeup and I am weak, I am ugly, I am hurting and I am wrong, impaired and imperfect, and perhaps I am ******* crazy.
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Jan 5, 2014
Jan 5, 2014 at 6:54 PM UTC
Tenderness
Holy cow, watch that ***** shake As she twerks up and down You know, my lord, that ain’t no fake It **** near slaps the ground To watch her twerk is amazing Giving me a notion …Need a better view of that thing See up close that motion I’m memorized, I sit and stare Caught up in that movement ***** bouncing beyond compare twerk be all heaven sent truth be told I hate this whole trend young girls objectified there’s more to you than a rear-end on second thought…I lied
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Apr 24, 2015
Apr 24, 2015 at 3:45 PM UTC
twerking *****
My hair looks like a veil Straight as a sheet of ice As I walk through the parking lot To get my only vice. The light of a cigar A moment of pure silence To wonder how many times I've had to die since The time when the kisses hurt, The slaps felt clean The taste of dirt As I lied in between The leaves of fall Fingers went numb Always and again to became a doll.
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Oct 15, 2014
Oct 15, 2014 at 3:07 AM UTC
Doll
clenched fists eyes rolled back, tousled mane face red from Master's slaps gentle violence good girl.
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Sep 1, 2015
Sep 1, 2015 at 6:56 PM UTC
Untitled
The lies, Make the mask, Make the face. **** it fast. I die, I cry. They lie, I listen. Fight the power, **** the machine. Fight the power, **** the machine. Fight the power, Save yourself. Johnny is a white boy, Born into Democracy. Johnny is a slave boy, But he's told that he is free. Johnny asks his Mama, "Why am I the same? Why do I have to work so hard? Given my bland name?" Johnny's Mama slaps him, Makes him straight and true. Now blindly loves his government, You are aware that you do, too. For reasons unbeknownst, A pleasant government image, you make. Under the happy illusion, That you and I are safe.
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Jun 15, 2010
Jun 15, 2010 at 6:08 PM UTC
Anti-Government Sentiment
reggae jesus turns water to spliff reggae jesus push sheep off cliff reggae jesus kind of ******* Why he push sheep of cliff, why he never clear bowl reggae jesus have bomba klanga reggae jesus picks girl and bangsha reggae jesus slapadabass reggae jesus slaps yo face reggae jesus has done enough reggae jesus is corrupt reggae jesus put on trial people think he shouldn't stay a while reggae jesus put to death last request to light a spliff as he takes his last breath he smells like kush people take a sniff later People find a field of kush reggae jesus made a new bush reggae jesus misunderstood twas his upbringing in da hood
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Dec 2, 2014
Dec 2, 2014 at 3:46 PM UTC
Praize reggae jesus
Samson-bound between book shelves, in the New Aeon Section, a pale youth nourishes his ego on bombastic conjunctive adverbs. (An imagined sea lion balances a striped ball on the tip of his snout & slaps his fins in frenzied approval. Arf. Arf.) Though absent, the ring master smiles from the realms of irony. He holds the bearded lady by the burl & orders a reception for the new act.
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Oct 9, 2013
Oct 9, 2013 at 11:14 PM UTC
"Thusly"
When you turn a blind eye I know you still see it just means its ok what he's doing to me You think of yourself and what you have to lose every time he comes home stinking of ***** Turning your back gives the ok to do whatever to me so he don't do it to you I hope that its worth it all the **** that you'd lose to you let me your son become bruised and abused You dont hear the screams or the cries in the night or the slaps and the punches when I put up a fight But don't worry about me cos I died long ago just forgot to lie down so that no one would know There's nowhere I can run and nowhere I can hide When folks tried to help you just stood there and lied Well lie about this when this poem gets read the truth will come out they'll know why I'm dead They'll know that you knew and you turned a blind eye right up to the day I decided to die For the longest time now I've been dead inside well enough of this **** I got nothing to hide I was only a kid that was destined to lose so his ***** of a mom got her smokes and her ***** And her **** of a boyfriend that twisted old **** got his pleasure from kids or as he called me her "runt" You should know when you read this fore the razor bit down that I emailed this poem to the papers in town I hope that you find me and it fills you with pride try and turn a blind eye now you've nowhere to hide
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Sep 27, 2010
Sep 27, 2010 at 4:03 PM UTC
Turn a blind eye
I saw Jim at Two Amigos Sitting at the bar, Stick-handling a coaster. He was a hockey star, Showed it when he smiled; His nose a puck. He tells stories Of blood freezing on ice, Jersey pulls and sweat, Body checks and corners. He drives the zamboni, Making the ice sheet a giant mirror. The crowds cheer Jim To get off the ice, Let the game begin. He speeds his machine To the far end doors, Vanishing down the tunnel. He's just ordered a double boiler-maker, Stirs his whiskey with a swizzle-stick, And slaps back another shot.
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Mar 8, 2016
Mar 8, 2016 at 8:40 AM UTC
The Slap Shot
This is the Devil’s hour. It’s when George Lutz hears the ghosts And murders his family in Amityville Horror. Shia Labeouf get’s high on acid at 3:15. I decide to write a poem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For 4 hours I’ve been trapped in the Internet. From Facebook posts about feminism To related searches on Google. “Mexican **** Takes Huge American **** A video of a man receiving oral from An eighteen-year-old Hispanic girl. After ******* on her face, He spits in her mouth And slaps her with a foam finger That says, “America is #1” The cameraman then says in Spanish, “Still happy you’re doing **** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ As I watched this woman degrade herself It became hauntingly aware That I could have stopped watching at any time. The men in the video were pigs But then what does that make me? A ****** A lonely man? Not to say I gained pleasure from this. I don’t get off on Women being demoralized by A ***** (the true icon of male dominance) For the ****** entertainment of others Man is not a wolf, Man is a parasite. (My self-included) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My eyes are made of glass My head like a bag of hammers Insomnia got the best of me.
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Sep 9, 2013
Sep 9, 2013 at 5:25 PM UTC
Insomnia 3:15 a.m.
So ends the Drama locked into your Bronze Nike kisses you and shows you her Womb Who, despite Angry Lads, live Life's Beyond Now Married are you to Testimony I guess you will survive the Afterthought Of Promos and Parcels you will not Resist The Wheel turns again; And in your Forenaught Honest Advices refuse to make a Fist You have this Resume of Deaf-Record, Partial to Characters you do not Like Even if they ask Penance for your Accord Your Self-Righteousness slaps them in-spite. What's the use? Your Friends will come to your Defense Even if an Ant like me Stings to make Sense.
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Mar 11, 2013
Mar 11, 2013 at 3:52 AM UTC
SONNET TRIBUTE SUNDRY - FIFTY - TOM DALEY
I don't know what happened but things between us didn't work out All the things you said before, I now started to doubt. Things began to fall apart All of a sudden reality just slaps you really hard. Our love story was magical But now it slowly turned dull. We both agreed to take things slow But now you said your love for me can no longer grow. You were my lover and all, But you left me stranded and it made me feel so small. What happened to us? Was there even an us? Yes, I have shortcomings in the way I have treated you. But was that enough reason to leave me out of the blue? It's so easy for you to leave me without any explanation nor goodbyes If only you could see the pain through my eyes. You gave me so many false hopes And now I'm trying to unstrangle all these ropes. I was trying to convince myself that you left me for a good reason But then again I was wrong and now I've learned my lesson. You replaced me instantly, I was hurt badly. There's nothing I can do Because somehow I already knew. It's like I couldn't breathe and do anything But I am so blessed that there was a King. My Heavenly Father picked me up when I was down on my knees. I'm so tired of taking over the wheel so I gave Him the keys.
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Mar 3, 2015
Mar 3, 2015 at 1:51 AM UTC
To the guy that left me hanging..
The handcuff bites my wrist as teeth sink, searing flesh. A breath, a scent too familiar to forget. Blind. Massive palms, razor point carving canyons down my spine, blood is the wine. The burn of beard feigning consent. Fistfuls of hair conquering words. A corpse to rob me of life, the press of perversity against satin. Fighting, writhing satisfaction. Pain swells in every limb the wet swell reveal my sin. Slaps stinging awake every fiber of clothing still keeping me safe. The drive of possession splitting secrets wide, fingers around throat clenching tight. Sweat running red, the rising growls growls resonate in my head. The raw force bruising like claiming a slave, body & mind consuming. Ferocity leads to frenzy, my senses rage against me, The thickness rips, devours, conquers my body for paradise. And I scream in the ecstasy taken. A clenching incites eruptions, the pulsing beast flooding. My purpose awakened.
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Jul 9, 2016
Jul 9, 2016 at 4:10 PM UTC
Taken
Neither in the vividness of the arches of a cathedral, Nor in the dangling bells and echoing rituals of a temple, Neither on the holiest banks of Nile or Ganges, Nor among the peaks of the grandest Mountain, There is no augury, there is no God, is there no God? And if there is, Why are the eyes of lives haunted by the cruel dreams of disbelief? Why is banishment tangled around the feet of a truth seeker? Why the perverse thoughts and deeds ruling the Mankind? Why the pious body and mind are today full of grief? If there’s God, Why is this sea of cold blood on a high tide? If there’s God, Why are the innocent lives being wasted? If there’s God, Why are the good being handcuffed? If there’s God, Why the darkness is today the source of light? The slaps of violence on the face of peace is a sign of doom, If there’s no God, then these drops of bloods cry for whom? But GOD is that moment which is beyond knowledge and wit, That one cipher which has taken centuries and yet not deciphered, That one point of thought where the minds seize to think, That one decision which stops a man from giving up, That one drop of tear from the eyes of an Oppressed, That one source of energy which makes us to take a stand, That one voice of truth which demolishes the works of lie, That one smile of innocence which equals a million shouts, That one silver lining which makes us believe in ourselves, Calls Aloud and makes us believe, that there is A GOD, And He’s Everywhere, With everyone, and Will always be.
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Mar 15, 2015
Mar 15, 2015 at 7:33 AM UTC
That One Belief
Neither in the vividness of the arches of a cathedral, Nor in the dangling bells and echoing rituals of a temple, Neither on the holiest banks of Nile or Ganges, Nor among the peaks of the grandest Mountain, There is no augury, there is no God, is there no God? And if there is, Why are the eyes of lives haunted by the cruel dreams of disbelief? Why is banishment tangled around the feet of a truth seeker? Why the perverse thoughts and deeds ruling the Mankind? Why the pious body and mind are today full of grief? If there’s God, Why is this sea of cold blood on a high tide? If there’s God, Why are the innocent lives being wasted? If there’s God, Why are the good being handcuffed? If there’s God, Why the darkness is today the source of light? The slaps of violence on the face of peace is a sign of doom, If there’s no God, then these drops of bloods cry for whom? But GOD is that moment which is beyond knowledge and wit, That one cipher which has taken centuries and yet not deciphered, That one point of thought where the minds seize to think, That one decision which stops a man from giving up, That one drop of tear from the eyes of an Oppressed, That one source of energy which makes us to take a stand, That one voice of truth which demolishes the works of lie, That one smile of innocence which equals a million shouts, That one silver lining which makes us believe in ourselves, Calls Aloud and makes us believe, that there is A GOD, And He’s Everywhere, With everyone, and Will always be.
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I had a dream This One time where you were All up inside and I was all upsidown at camp and there was rain and baked challah with hair and dirt inside, but hey why argue with free food? And you were feeling me, making my hair stand On edge and taking your time Even though an avalanche was ready to hit Come, bury me in snow and leave me to die in Ecstasy, come, throw me off a building and Let me fall into your dark Gaze but don't let my boyfriend know, I don't Let the devil out to play when he's around. Baby, your fingers were lightning, breath like Cigarette smoke and can you do The french inhale because I want to be hot Hot for you, but not only you Don't forget, I like to roam wild, test How far I can get you to go. Manipulative? Nay, ingenious. But somehow, you end up on Top, getting me to beg for more, beg for you To allow me to come and seep through And you laugh as I grasp at straws, Smoke some **** boy, its how you feel alive You're how I feel alive Passion, pity, cause me pain But just a little, I like to be handled rough Hair pulls, slaps, punish me I've been a bad girl, I've been naughty Cheating on my boyfriend in my head with you and you're EVERYTHING THAT HE ISN'T And nothing that I want him to be, so let My fantasy continue, see you in hell You make all my muscles clench with just A tiny graze of skin, a stupid Text and I know you don't mean it You just want some, trying to get down my pants, it's A game to you Maybe I want to play **** I know I want to Me, a girl like me As if you could possibly Hard, let me feel you As you run your teeth down my You, stoner boy, make me scream for Can you make me feel?
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Aug 20, 2012
Aug 20, 2012 at 11:48 PM UTC
**** Me As Hard As You Can
I had a dream This One time where you were All up inside and I was all upsidown at camp and there was rain and baked challah with hair and dirt inside, but hey why argue with free food? And you were feeling me, making my hair stand On edge and taking your time Even though an avalanche was ready to hit Come, bury me in snow and leave me to die in Ecstasy, come, throw me off a building and Let me fall into your dark Gaze but don't let my boyfriend know, I don't Let the devil out to play when he's around. Baby, your fingers were lightning, breath like Cigarette smoke and can you do The french inhale because I want to be hot Hot for you, but not only you Don't forget, I like to roam wild, test How far I can get you to go. Manipulative? Nay, ingenious. But somehow, you end up on Top, getting me to beg for more, beg for you To allow me to come and seep through And you laugh as I grasp at straws, Smoke some **** boy, its how you feel alive You're how I feel alive Passion, pity, cause me pain But just a little, I like to be handled rough Hair pulls, slaps, punish me I've been a bad girl, I've been naughty Cheating on my boyfriend in my head with you and you're EVERYTHING THAT HE ISN'T And nothing that I want him to be, so let My fantasy continue, see you in hell You make all my muscles clench with just A tiny graze of skin, a stupid Text and I know you don't mean it You just want some, trying to get down my pants, it's A game to you Maybe I want to play **** I know I want to Me, a girl like me As if you could possibly Hard, let me feel you As you run your teeth down my You, stoner boy, make me scream for Can you make me feel?
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Contentment is the greatest evil in the human grab bag of emotions. It’s born out of the head of ignorance, it resides in the heart of the blind. It manifests its evil doctrine of passiveness throughout the body, until fully enslaved by inaction. It turns agents into sun tanners, activists into office workers, outlaws into accountants. It puts preservatives into culture, it laminates laws, it places crowns on faceless leaders. It slaps a smile across the ***** the beaten, the neglected, the racially profiled. It mutes news casts, veils the homeless man that lives behind office buildings, glorifies the paycheck. It makes the walls of homes seem bullet, terror, bomb, corruption, and death proof. It allows sleep at night, it kills the monsters under the bed and the ghosts in the closet. It causes hundreds of thousands of suffering people to simply, disappear. It insures, “birds like to be caged,” and “pain is just part of the human condition.” It whispers these misconceptions like a priest insuring his congregation of the power of Jesus. Contentment, you see, corrupts the very concept of progress. Progress is deemed by the million-pieces-of-paper-owners to be founded in terms of economy. Progress is deemed by the people-who-stop-us-from-returning-to-state-of-nature to be founded in terms of control. Progress has forgotten it’s maker, just as dying old men forget that they were once bounced on a loving knee. Contentment leaks from the Western world and infects all those around it. When you are no longer content you will begin to see the holes in the patchwork of life, and wonder how it was you hadn’t seen them before. When you are no longer content, you will at last demand change.
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Dec 23, 2010
Dec 23, 2010 at 9:09 PM UTC
Contentment
Contentment is the greatest evil in the human grab bag of emotions. It’s born out of the head of ignorance, it resides in the heart of the blind. It manifests its evil doctrine of passiveness throughout the body, until fully enslaved by inaction. It turns agents into sun tanners, activists into office workers, outlaws into accountants. It puts preservatives into culture, it laminates laws, it places crowns on faceless leaders. It slaps a smile across the ***** the beaten, the neglected, the racially profiled. It mutes news casts, veils the homeless man that lives behind office buildings, glorifies the paycheck. It makes the walls of homes seem bullet, terror, bomb, corruption, and death proof. It allows sleep at night, it kills the monsters under the bed and the ghosts in the closet. It causes hundreds of thousands of suffering people to simply, disappear. It insures, “birds like to be caged,” and “pain is just part of the human condition.” It whispers these misconceptions like a priest insuring his congregation of the power of Jesus. Contentment, you see, corrupts the very concept of progress. Progress is deemed by the million-pieces-of-paper-owners to be founded in terms of economy. Progress is deemed by the people-who-stop-us-from-returning-to-state-of-nature to be founded in terms of control. Progress has forgotten it’s maker, just as dying old men forget that they were once bounced on a loving knee. Contentment leaks from the Western world and infects all those around it. When you are no longer content you will begin to see the holes in the patchwork of life, and wonder how it was you hadn’t seen them before. When you are no longer content, you will at last demand change.
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Reflections of self in others Painfully, reality slaps Realization of needed change More patience, more patience, MORE PATIENCE The residue of stinging words remains Making it hard to breathe There is no escaping self-induced consequences
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May 23, 2010
May 23, 2010 at 7:26 PM UTC
What Have I Done?
A thin, red trail slaps the pavement, becomes so swollen, strands trip around the neck and cut deep where there, in the slick trickles pulled to small floods, sinking out, a tip of the tongue cry never quite confirmed, stays strangled. Drips and ebbs with bottle in hand, a scarf in the other. Like ribbon it weaves into spaces, drenches the ground until everything is art.
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Mar 7, 2012
Mar 7, 2012 at 8:26 AM UTC
Scarf