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"traction" poems
There were dividing lines between Springfield and Mariners Gate soft, subtle lines that spoke of origin and code and biting union it was all the reason for being; alive and living dead or dying deep in a pack of pint size resistors hell bent on the marsh crow and cannabis tower jumping the rush with *** shots and anchors and tribunals camouflage creepers and transient floaters marked rebellion at the gates (skullduggery and taunt high on their favor list) jack straws and flat paddles for the evening charade beakers and flailing hands from the foot washing baptist (the Pleasant Street conservatives with their own something to say…“there’s gonna be hell to pay!”) there's a lingering effect to this sentiment (evident in the pump house stride) the river winds blow gently into the night as the huddling packers and **** backs chase the evening hours it’s a bitter sweet end of an era; those traction bars hood scoops and nickel bags will always be the rage
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Feb 21, 2017
Feb 21, 2017 at 11:13 PM UTC
Blood lines
Photography, Photo journalistic, Everyday, realistic. Commercial, architecture, landscape, artistic, Industrial, fashion, ethnographic, pornographic. Big Brother, fallace, stealer of souls, vouyer. News seller, instant gratifier, man pleaser, woman abuser. Barthes, Sontag, Cindy Sherman, Virginia Woolf, Warhol. Weegie, Francesca Woodman, Leibovitz, Adams, Arbus, Tina Modotti, Nan, Evans, Hoffer and even the Paparazzi. Cheap ***** digital manipulator, image poser, Center fold, coupons, Jackie O and Marilyn Monroe. Where did they go: Lifeless paper product, painter's picture mess, C-type, digital archival, Sepia, black and white, hard drive retrival. Image addict, Image taker, Image maker, image seller, image buyer. Newspaper, magazine, graphics and ads, TV, dreams, even the trash. Billboards, subways, phones and buses: Utopia: Surreal, crop, stretched and air brushes. Modern ideal. Surface manipulator. Brain conditioner. Consent manufacturer. Oh Photography, I got you in my eye. A few thousand dollars, A BFA, A critical scholar. Or maybe a nerd, Just boys with toys. Telephoto genitals, with motor drive action. Studio lights, umbrella traction. Oh Photography, You proprietor of obscene. Detailed, de-sensitized. Court ordered, jury analyzed. Click, image, copy, edit, paste, print or post. Myfacespace, twitter, flicker, An internet media overdose. Pry, spy, your friend's friend's acquaintances. Parties, picnics, reunions and shows. Visits, vacation, style, shoes and clothes. Pics, photos, images, jpegs and giffs. Snap shot, portrait, panoramic, Kodak kiss. Exacerbate: Divorce, break-ups, jealousy, envy, love and fears. Devour and captivate society for years. Slaves to Western and Capitalist desires, Destruction of Earth with psychological, monetary empires.
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Jan 11, 2010
Jan 11, 2010 at 7:05 AM UTC
On Photography
Photography, Photo journalistic, Everyday, realistic. Commercial, architecture, landscape, artistic, Industrial, fashion, ethnographic, pornographic. Big Brother, fallace, stealer of souls, vouyer. News seller, instant gratifier, man pleaser, woman abuser. Barthes, Sontag, Cindy Sherman, Virginia Woolf, Warhol. Weegie, Francesca Woodman, Leibovitz, Adams, Arbus, Tina Modotti, Nan, Evans, Hoffer and even the Paparazzi. Cheap ***** digital manipulator, image poser, Center fold, coupons, Jackie O and Marilyn Monroe. Where did they go: Lifeless paper product, painter's picture mess, C-type, digital archival, Sepia, black and white, hard drive retrival. Image addict, Image taker, Image maker, image seller, image buyer. Newspaper, magazine, graphics and ads, TV, dreams, even the trash. Billboards, subways, phones and buses: Utopia: Surreal, crop, stretched and air brushes. Modern ideal. Surface manipulator. Brain conditioner. Consent manufacturer. Oh Photography, I got you in my eye. A few thousand dollars, A BFA, A critical scholar. Or maybe a nerd, Just boys with toys. Telephoto genitals, with motor drive action. Studio lights, umbrella traction. Oh Photography, You proprietor of obscene. Detailed, de-sensitized. Court ordered, jury analyzed. Click, image, copy, edit, paste, print or post. Myfacespace, twitter, flicker, An internet media overdose. Pry, spy, your friend's friend's acquaintances. Parties, picnics, reunions and shows. Visits, vacation, style, shoes and clothes. Pics, photos, images, jpegs and giffs. Snap shot, portrait, panoramic, Kodak kiss. Exacerbate: Divorce, break-ups, jealousy, envy, love and fears. Devour and captivate society for years. Slaves to Western and Capitalist desires, Destruction of Earth with psychological, monetary empires.
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There is no moral code When time is an icy road Where you cannot stop Or you'll be stuck in the cold ground When the temperature drops Snow collects in my frosty frown And starts to linger On my frostbite fingers While I keep sliding On the line we're riding I see icy roads Leading to icy modes Of acting Impacting The way we treat each other The same way we beat each other To the finish line Of our frigid time Time isn't nice When it's ice But it's all we know Time continually goes The challenges grow Buried in snow Trying to go uphill is a nasty nope Sliding downhill is a slippery slope If you momentarily lose your control You're pulled over by the cops on patrol Everything is covered in snow Even the cars being towed Their owners gave away their agency And are at the tow truck driver's mercy They rely on him to get them to safety So they cunningly wear his jersey There are things we want Acquired by tease and taunt We drive on top of bodies To gain traction on the street We do what is naughty To have enough to eat I careen through time Without seeing a dime Everything looks so plain In this frozen rain When the ordinary life Is within my sight I look for something more Only to see a frozen door There is ice on the road There is ice in my heart I can't handle the load In the back of my cart Until I decide To abide By the slide And glide On the edge of control and freedom There are other cars and I'll lead them
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Jan 17, 2018
Jan 17, 2018 at 2:03 AM UTC
Icy
The missus bought a Paperback   ...at Val Village, Saturday,   I had a look inside her bag;   ....T'was "Fifty Shades of Grey".   Well I just left her to it,   And at ten I went to bed.   An hour later she appeared;   The sight filled me with dread…..   In her left she held a rope;   And in her right a whip!   She threw them down upon the floor,   And then began to strip.   Well fifty years or so ago;   I might have had a peek;   But Mabel hasn't weathered well;   She's eighty four next week!!   Watching Mabel bump and grind;   Could not have been much grimmer.   And things then went from bad to worse;   She toppled off her Zimmer!   She struggled back upon her feet;   A couple minutes later;   She put her teeth back in and said   .....I am the dominater !!   Now if you knew our Mabel,   You'd see just why I spluttered,   I'd spent two months in traction   For the last complaint I'd uttered.   She stood there **** and naked   Bent forward just a bit   I went to hold her, sensual like   and stood on her left ***   Mabel screamed, her teeth shot out;   My god what had I done!?   She moaned and groaned then shouted out:   "Step on the other one"!!   Well readers, I can't tell no more;   About what occurred that day.   Suffice to say my jet black hair,   Turned fifty shades of Grey.
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Sep 4, 2014
Sep 4, 2014 at 8:30 PM UTC
50 shades of gray - a husbands view written by john summers
Now through night's caressing grip Earth and all her oceans slip, Capes of China slide away From her fingers into day And th'Americas incline Coasts towards her shadow line. Now the ragged vagrants creep Into crooked holes to sleep: Just and unjust, worst and best, Change their places as they rest: Awkward lovers like in fields Where disdainful beauty yields: While the splendid and the proud Naked stand before the crowd And the losing gambler gains And the beggar entertains: May sleep's healing power extend Through these hours to our friend. Unpursued by hostile force, Traction engine, bull or horse Or revolting succubus; Calmly till the morning break Let him lie, then gently wake.
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5.2k
Nocturne
Her eyes burned from ammonia and snow as she shoveled the driveway in the parts where the cat litter failed to appropriate traction. This is what cars are for she said before she slipped away onto a twin mattress next to pile of laundry and a pillow of books. Sleeping with dryer hot clothes is only comfortable until you realize you are still alone and loneliness is only formidable when you know it is indefinite. So she folded each item into a pile and wondered if a suitcase wouldn't be better than her dresser. But running away is not an answer like pit bulls and vipers having daughters, even though they ran out of formaldehyde and jars.
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Aug 11, 2011
Aug 11, 2011 at 8:17 PM UTC
One Night Stands with Ex's
I never thought about my whiteness, other than to realize that I’m ghost-white and therefore not as attractive as some tan buxom babe. I thought more about my economic status: upper middle class with plenty that would give me a leg up, that I knew I’d never lack for higher education. It has gradually occurred to me, though, that even though I may have a societal advantage being white and all that, I’m still a chick and therefore have several strikes against my success, or at least a comparable salary. Not to mention the load of ridiculous expectations to be mother, successful career woman, housekeeper, **** star, and ****** Hooray for the Bible Belt, where church is next door to the *** Adult stores targeted at hick white males. Hooray for my mother’s Texas family where it’s okay for an adopted daughter-in-law to be gay but nobody else is allowed and some of them will look down their noses at my Indian boyfriend and ask me why I’m diluting my blood with a foreigner.
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Oct 27, 2012
Oct 27, 2012 at 5:24 PM UTC
Traction
My timeline is filled With self indulgent selfies Searching for gratification And self satisfaction Need to get an instant reaction Some social media traction There's no time for distraction From this digital attraction You can't get enough Of the interaction 1,000 poses in your camera roll Narcissists are taking control It doesn't matter What the time Come wind, rain Snow or shine Just make sure You look devine Lick your lips You're looking fine Flip the camera And strike a pose Making sure Everybody knows Here's your next Digital daily dose Does it really matter Which ******* filter you chose? I feel like I've lost my soul Narcissists are taking control The bathroom Is the perfect spot Take your picture Before you Photoshop Bunny ears And a rainbow smile Frogs legs And a crocodile Snapping away Well all the while You could have been Down the Curry Mile Instead you're out there On your own Sat at home On your ******* phone Sharing pictures With people you don't know You'll end up on the ******* dole Narcissists are taking control 1,000 poses in your camera roll Mirror selfies And online trolls Constantly searching To find your soul There's no way out Of this black hole Just one more post On your way home Narcissists are taking control
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Sep 14, 2019
Sep 14, 2019 at 8:34 AM UTC
Narcissists Are Taking Control
I'm trying to navigate through life, but the roads are iced over and this vehicle wasn't built for the treachery of snowy slopes. My tires turn at odd angles, oscillating wildly in their attempt to catch some semblance of traction. But the snow bank is getting closer and no matter how I twist the wheel I can't seem to steer away from what seems to be impending impact.
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Dec 12, 2014
Dec 12, 2014 at 6:38 PM UTC
Impact
Lost traction, in a disillusioned faction. Thought prosperity could keep all afloat. Instead it's left me to gloat. About a lifestyle of inefficiency, in an attempt to gain a touch of currency. What a poor excuse, for something so abstruse. But it is a tampered explanation, after large amounts of manipulation. About the best thing I'm left to offer, seeing as I'm a poor impostor. But then again isn't everyone. Seeing as we've all been outrun.
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Apr 18, 2012
Apr 18, 2012 at 2:15 AM UTC
Mob Mentality
You've been upgraded from ***** to **** not a **** not a ** you don't even blow but your ugly shows when your emotions grow you're not a trick it's not a stunt I'm gonna light this blunt and think about your upgrade from ***** to **** oh what have I done went too far from the time we made love in my car under the rising sun before you upgraded from ***** to **** I remember when things were sweet just you and me and every word was spoken tenderly that time went by and that's why I'm here getting igh wondering why how it all happened when we lost our footing tires lost traction I'll never know can't tell you why the tears fall from my eyes as I smoke this grass and saw it happen so fast and for me to have to be this blunt and upgrade you from ***** to ****
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Jul 25, 2013
Jul 25, 2013 at 2:34 PM UTC
You've Been Upgraded From ***** to ****
Sometimes he was like f+ck it just went ahead and stuck em let em fall where they stood crack another bottle and brood hysterically on the ridiculous he had a meticulous knack for belittling the serious, berating feelings and imposing his will in a furious fashion. He liked knives and passion, and will cash in on your lashings. A vigilante, stealing antes to match the chips. The missing teeth of split lipped grinns bidding his amends to the dense. sent to cleanse, the fences on the perimeter. a distributor of disasters. contributor to the laughter in the stoical spleens of nerdy teens, always cheering for the away team. He was the benefactor of traction-less tractors rotting in the mud. He was a slacker, smothering the world in love. He was above all else, on drugs.
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Sep 11, 2012
Sep 11, 2012 at 10:58 PM UTC
The Vigilante
God is spoken From a potent Thing we smoking Trees Gaia birthed the bloom breathed the boom in the canopies, In the wind flew the bees and grew the pleasantries Prana pushing thunder through sQuishing lemon trees   like a hundred new Whisps of mists and heavy deeds Sit with honeydew The gist of this the lemon breeze (We) Going tunnel view Fits and Shakes, seeking remedies digging under you Might be dicking under you Might be Torn asunder true Pirate borne to plunder you.... Sweat means gold, what's been found with lemon -ease? I've been told What in our eyes is what we ever see's 7 seas, more like 7 deeds, filled with deadly feeds Demons like to pleade with ready rease, Virus, the life that spread disease (it alters our sense and what we please) ~Ahem,   ***no te comas la verdad del diablo,***   today to trust Might feel bad, but none brought low There's an easy in WE  Strong Standin', N0ne brought low and now we win amen, a man none start south Its begun... Light as Potent as my prayers **** the make-believe ***I can't wear it, ah Dark is Ever reaching What do you receive? ***What you carrying hah? Balance (Is) an even preaching : What we choose to be ***I can bear it ; hah Come  and help me unweave those who have been so deceived Those stuck in in the mud of ... sputtering " how can it be ?" **** the you or me, mentality When Neurons Fire free and Serotonins drained in me You Might find Saraswati sweetly swathing me In glowing rivers, poured off the moon With Omens looming soon With Omens looming soon I been choking on my doom. Dreaming with Both eyes open and a heart awoken , poorly stoking gloom Too blind to see hope but stoked, still mocking roving Vroom : im off to tokin soon. Sh!t this blunt be totaled soon I Might be total loon an inverted magic man who most often enwomb those caught on the moon Those stuck in the tune For those who hear this earworm, this tea room sloom. This is for Those muted in zoom: I've found traction in heaps Breaking as hard and often As the risen yeast When you pass on the least My Passion is to find the passion of peace its Stuck In the  grasp Fashioned with the sap of my last energies...
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May 3, 2022
May 3, 2022 at 12:27 AM UTC
They Call him Ah-Wah-Keh
God is spoken From a potent Thing we smoking Trees Gaia birthed the bloom breathed the boom in the canopies, In the wind flew the bees and grew the pleasantries Prana pushing thunder through sQuishing lemon trees   like a hundred new Whisps of mists and heavy deeds Sit with honeydew The gist of this the lemon breeze (We) Going tunnel view Fits and Shakes, seeking remedies digging under you Might be dicking under you Might be Torn asunder true Pirate borne to plunder you.... Sweat means gold, what's been found with lemon -ease? I've been told What in our eyes is what we ever see's 7 seas, more like 7 deeds, filled with deadly feeds Demons like to pleade with ready rease, Virus, the life that spread disease (it alters our sense and what we please) ~Ahem,   ***no te comas la verdad del diablo,***   today to trust Might feel bad, but none brought low There's an easy in WE  Strong Standin', N0ne brought low and now we win amen, a man none start south Its begun... Light as Potent as my prayers **** the make-believe ***I can't wear it, ah Dark is Ever reaching What do you receive? ***What you carrying hah? Balance (Is) an even preaching : What we choose to be ***I can bear it ; hah Come  and help me unweave those who have been so deceived Those stuck in in the mud of ... sputtering " how can it be ?" **** the you or me, mentality When Neurons Fire free and Serotonins drained in me You Might find Saraswati sweetly swathing me In glowing rivers, poured off the moon With Omens looming soon With Omens looming soon I been choking on my doom. Dreaming with Both eyes open and a heart awoken , poorly stoking gloom Too blind to see hope but stoked, still mocking roving Vroom : im off to tokin soon. Sh!t this blunt be totaled soon I Might be total loon an inverted magic man who most often enwomb those caught on the moon Those stuck in the tune For those who hear this earworm, this tea room sloom. This is for Those muted in zoom: I've found traction in heaps Breaking as hard and often As the risen yeast When you pass on the least My Passion is to find the passion of peace its Stuck In the  grasp Fashioned with the sap of my last energies...
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Bad as a ***** ***** Bas as a ***** ***** Flapjack rippin up tracks Call the conductor Oh wait that’s me You need training Wheel’s on the track Traction that you stuck under N never wonder who is coming with the blunderbuss All up in yo face, one shot n you under us Ain’t wonderous? ****** up a couple plastics, pause, chill, kickback Smoke a couple blunts M to the A G, N to the Ificient Life’s nice isn’t it? That is, if ya got a little life light to lighten up those, like, Way heavy dark instances. And I don’t give a **** what you’re inference is Psh, this ***** tryna tell me what the difference is I thought it was obvious I am, they are not the **** Now we all got a nervous system But that don’t explain why you’re so nervous mister I done chained two chains up by his whiskers Gave away his dummy money needed hunny ****** his sister It’s the Little Rapscallion ****** up your fleet, better bring the whole battalion And I rap stallions, you stickin to the stable Fables of your ladies n your many medalions **** I’m goin off in this motha ***** Tossin these ***** fuckas wall to wall Knockin bricks out with a fist pound So get out n stand back, take notes, watch it fall I’m bach with ***** don’t matter what your speed I can clock em all, No cops involved, knock knock knock knock Lock down drop top n ball I’m all tweaked up n ***** you bound to stall
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Aug 26, 2014
Aug 26, 2014 at 2:33 AM UTC
Swerve
Press Play It's about time that I got into the action, A little bit of flawless and now we got traction. Player one and I'm feeling like a MC, Onto the next arc with new opportunities. RGB, I'm gonna light up the industry, Fresh new world, yeah that **** was built into me. Yeah, I'm not one to come and act all cynical, I got a crew behind me, Repping art so lyrical. So, this wasn't a miracle, We put in the work, Now we headed past the pinnacle. And this is just the prologue, Just the beginning. Even though we been at it, We gon' keep on winning. Look out for name on the web, And here's where I said. So, when they picturize my story They'll know I meant it.
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Dec 11, 2022
Dec 11, 2022 at 11:27 PM UTC
Game On
Karma is as karma does, don't ever wonder why Worry about what once was...until the day you die Wasting days and nights as life"s burdens worsen Commit before it is too late to be a better person Enjoy the feast but most of all appreciate the famine Indulge the beast but always look at life and examine Regret is a curse drastically never to be undone Numb and wash it over with momentary fun Only to return again just like a smoking gun Reminded when you eclipse me just like the sun Been Sleepwalking through my daily race to run Bittersweet life to leave, alive an then... You're done The globe will spin as time again whispers in your ear Deaths approaching all of us therefore you have no fear Grasp the wheel decisively and let your fate begin to steer But always analyze and learn from your rear view mirror The road is slick, and windows fogged as you begin to veer Traction comes as happy birthday drums bring another year No matter how severe the storm becomes it will soon be clear Jubilant exuberance from your eyes as they expel one last tear
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Oct 21, 2012
Oct 21, 2012 at 10:46 PM UTC
Equilibrium
You ravaged me without permission I ravage you no intermission Each blow you dealt I’ve doubled my anger simmered and bubbled This is the only time I’ve felt job satisfaction feeling just sublime placing you in traction
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Feb 24, 2014
Feb 24, 2014 at 5:14 AM UTC
Satisfaction
Pretzel Logic always counter intuitive with a twisted sense of fate explicitly constructed how much longer will you wait the axiom of choice the scenario of doubt with random intervention how can you bring about a clear and precise result with no deviance in action probability of predictions spinning wheels with no traction the answers so concise in udder chaos results you find without collaboration such an eery creepy mind a scavenger of darkness deep down thoughts somewhat toxic no wavering in directions manipulative pretzel logic Gomer Lepoet...
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May 3, 2013
May 3, 2013 at 10:54 PM UTC
Pretzel Logic
I am an escaped prisoner from barred disillusion, A personable recluse fighting the illusion Of an introspective extrovert who finds solace in confusion. I wonder how it is that I find optimism alone, When collective pessimistic thoughts condone The woeful tales that howl and moan. I hear voices of people that aren’t there, Yet find myself in calmness aware Despite their tormented accusational affair. I see ideals living and thriving out there Even when apathy or indifference ensnare Battered hearts and worn out minds in despair I want nothing more than to ‘want’ so desperately I hold onto desire so restlessly, That I’ve tired the being of my entity, I am an anomalous paradox captive to the sea Where waters churn in active disharmony, Yet comfort as it may my tranquility. I pretend that I’ve already staked my global legacy As if my words, thoughts, and feelings, Have changed the world entirely. I feel everything as I believe it should be, Riding the waves of intensity In emotionally humble serendipity, I touch the stars in remote prose, Wandering the vast expanses without close, Wherever my mind goes, it goes. I worry about the future of humanity, As if I was merely here to watch observantly From some unknown eternity. I cry for those in silent pain With fake smiles of disdain Who dare not speak for thought in vain. I am a quiet observer of the human condition Checking and balancing sedition Though never granting my submission. I understand the fallibility of the mind, Gathering as many perspectives I can find, Theorizing everything to which I’m inclined. I say it’s all relative but it’s all relevant Prone to be dominated by the prevalent Missing the subtleties that are heaven sent. I dream when I’m awake through my ideals, Even when they’re still just spinning wheels, Hoping they gain traction as time reveals. I try to be better than the day before, As that’s the best way to keep score, When the world has us compared to others so much more. I hope my legacy is genuine, I regret nothing even when I sin, As time wears down my wrinkled grin. I am only human, to live and to die, That’s about all we can be or rely, And honestly this notion breaths me a sigh.
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Sep 16, 2018
Sep 16, 2018 at 5:11 PM UTC
I Am Poem
I am an escaped prisoner from barred disillusion, A personable recluse fighting the illusion Of an introspective extrovert who finds solace in confusion. I wonder how it is that I find optimism alone, When collective pessimistic thoughts condone The woeful tales that howl and moan. I hear voices of people that aren’t there, Yet find myself in calmness aware Despite their tormented accusational affair. I see ideals living and thriving out there Even when apathy or indifference ensnare Battered hearts and worn out minds in despair I want nothing more than to ‘want’ so desperately I hold onto desire so restlessly, That I’ve tired the being of my entity, I am an anomalous paradox captive to the sea Where waters churn in active disharmony, Yet comfort as it may my tranquility. I pretend that I’ve already staked my global legacy As if my words, thoughts, and feelings, Have changed the world entirely. I feel everything as I believe it should be, Riding the waves of intensity In emotionally humble serendipity, I touch the stars in remote prose, Wandering the vast expanses without close, Wherever my mind goes, it goes. I worry about the future of humanity, As if I was merely here to watch observantly From some unknown eternity. I cry for those in silent pain With fake smiles of disdain Who dare not speak for thought in vain. I am a quiet observer of the human condition Checking and balancing sedition Though never granting my submission. I understand the fallibility of the mind, Gathering as many perspectives I can find, Theorizing everything to which I’m inclined. I say it’s all relative but it’s all relevant Prone to be dominated by the prevalent Missing the subtleties that are heaven sent. I dream when I’m awake through my ideals, Even when they’re still just spinning wheels, Hoping they gain traction as time reveals. I try to be better than the day before, As that’s the best way to keep score, When the world has us compared to others so much more. I hope my legacy is genuine, I regret nothing even when I sin, As time wears down my wrinkled grin. I am only human, to live and to die, That’s about all we can be or rely, And honestly this notion breaths me a sigh.
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I'm at my wit's end. Fed up, burned out, sick and tired. Racing through alcohol fueled depression because I'm not free, to be me. Judged, criticized, crucified held to the expectations of other people's self-serving morality. I'm a cog in a machine, rolled under the wheels, of a small business owner's capitalist pipe dream. I'm a pawn in a game of war of money of politics. Mislead, misdirected. mission critical prime directive. It's a story as old as "civilization" all of this dehumanization. Turning me into something that serves you better. I'm warning people to stay away from me because I see through their **** and its ******** on ******** on ******** on ******** I'm warning people I can't take much more because every human being is an ******* and a ***** Because we put these labels on being truthful and free. Because someone put a label on you and now you put one on me. Because someone taught you its okay, to be ignorant and mean. And now I, have become indignant and belligerent which is just one step away from being just like you. But how do I move away? Do I pack up the truck and literally move away? to where? Are people somehow better somewhere? Or do I just get as far away as I can from them, from you? Living off the grid makes it hard to get laid. Living off the land makes it hard to get paid. And you've been raised to be a slave, a wage parasite on a dying host. You want more than to survive. You want to thrive. You want to live forever but will die of cancer or suicide. The baby jesus inside me has its face smashed into a tv screen. The buddha inside me is tired of taking the blame. If every step kills a bug and every bite kills a plant and every breath kills a microbe and every death of a dictator kills a universe of bacteria then the only right action is inaction and every action is inherently wrong. Morality is a psychosomatic symptom and our system is inherently flawed. I try to escape and it seems like there's no way. There's no light at the end of the tunnel, and no traction on the corpses of the fallen. There's a dream of hermitage, and the sadness that follows. There is sadness in every corner bar and every heartbeat. Sadness in every wilted limb and worried brow. Sadness in every frustrated plea for release. Sadness in the teardrops of the creation. Sadness tumbling down like shards of glass from the millions of dreams broken by the machine. Constant grinding.
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Sep 12, 2013
Sep 12, 2013 at 1:20 PM UTC
Wit's End
I'm at my wit's end. Fed up, burned out, sick and tired. Racing through alcohol fueled depression because I'm not free, to be me. Judged, criticized, crucified held to the expectations of other people's self-serving morality. I'm a cog in a machine, rolled under the wheels, of a small business owner's capitalist pipe dream. I'm a pawn in a game of war of money of politics. Mislead, misdirected. mission critical prime directive. It's a story as old as "civilization" all of this dehumanization. Turning me into something that serves you better. I'm warning people to stay away from me because I see through their **** and its ******** on ******** on ******** on ******** I'm warning people I can't take much more because every human being is an ******* and a ***** Because we put these labels on being truthful and free. Because someone put a label on you and now you put one on me. Because someone taught you its okay, to be ignorant and mean. And now I, have become indignant and belligerent which is just one step away from being just like you. But how do I move away? Do I pack up the truck and literally move away? to where? Are people somehow better somewhere? Or do I just get as far away as I can from them, from you? Living off the grid makes it hard to get laid. Living off the land makes it hard to get paid. And you've been raised to be a slave, a wage parasite on a dying host. You want more than to survive. You want to thrive. You want to live forever but will die of cancer or suicide. The baby jesus inside me has its face smashed into a tv screen. The buddha inside me is tired of taking the blame. If every step kills a bug and every bite kills a plant and every breath kills a microbe and every death of a dictator kills a universe of bacteria then the only right action is inaction and every action is inherently wrong. Morality is a psychosomatic symptom and our system is inherently flawed. I try to escape and it seems like there's no way. There's no light at the end of the tunnel, and no traction on the corpses of the fallen. There's a dream of hermitage, and the sadness that follows. There is sadness in every corner bar and every heartbeat. Sadness in every wilted limb and worried brow. Sadness in every frustrated plea for release. Sadness in the teardrops of the creation. Sadness tumbling down like shards of glass from the millions of dreams broken by the machine. Constant grinding.
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I have been so busying studying That I need a distraction A break from the action on my computer screen My mind is so full of random facts and data I am getting a migraine My brain needs a break Should I bake a cake or is that the stress talking Maybe I should be walking I don't want to walk alone in the dark I hope the neighbors dog don't start barking I really need my sleep tonight If my eyes were not so sore I might just cuddle up with a good book Thinking of a temporary distraction My feet will make some traction on the kitchen floor I will make a cup of Hot chocolate read a poem or two Sit in my lazy girl chair drink the hot chocolate and think of the best distraction of all All of my poetry friends Have a good day or Night I wish to thank you all for your wonderful poems and your friendship :) :) :)
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Nov 5, 2014
Nov 5, 2014 at 11:13 PM UTC
Distraction
Here.you can have this one easy, I wont struggle i wont even look.Here you can sharpen your pencil and jot me down in the book.Here....... cant spell CAT less I give C and T to U. And you think creation bubbles and boils in you. Sad sack of !!!. .....When I wanted my turn? oh no, you were way to busy reading tea leaves, mumbling mantras,consulting the zodiac Now you want me to rub your head and tuck you in bed,pull your blanky chin high and then tuck it, Hmm, too easy. Verses with curses, you call that a poem ? Here. right here between the C and the T. good boy. Now. Shall we begin the beguine. There once was a man from Belize Who was stung by the poetry bees. He read books to distraction But couldn't get traction less I pushed for action To clear up his those from his these..Duh So Here. go visit Nantucket. Dont forget to take a bucket !!!. Next stop Limerick. Here we go again. Next time I crawl back try to at least offer me chair. A " hey dude it's good to see you" or I swear I'm off again like a ***** shirt. Just you and that keyboard and blinky the cursor.Blink, blink, blink................ There.I finally got that unchested. Feel so much better now, so Here take a letter now. Here you can have this one easy.
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Oct 3, 2013
Oct 3, 2013 at 12:36 PM UTC
Ostinato
Exotic trollwood harlotry and mule kit blues Tyrannical tyrannosaur traction padness Cohort cavorts clastic and witch’s *** hues Ontological ontogeny somatalogy fadness Inductive endemic veracities and talus weather clues Epistemological equilibrium’s homogeny badness Timeless rhetorical ruminations and ephemeral exigency dues Transcendent ascensional equivocal madness Tactile acuity prescience capacity intrepid intrigues Mystical symbiosis dharma sensorium sentiment proselyte Torturous tractive prosthesis umbrage ultraism colleagues Newfangled nocturnal nonchalant nether nestle neophyte Top notch topography tortoise trauma fatigues Faustian faux pas foist felicitous fealties socialite Agnate nous ontological ontogeny euphenics in league Mentalities evocative introjecting sycophant eulogizing apposite Mystical terrestrial equestrian tellurian tableau Panoramic imagery empiricist Evocative exserted apomixies’ ethereal should show Ontological somatalogy lyricist Reflective refraction remissions opulence could know Theosophy theophany epiphany equilibrist Magniloquent inductive extrapolation quantum back *** Transcendent nimbus nimiety exorcist
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Aug 10, 2015
Aug 10, 2015 at 5:20 PM UTC
Rootclod Rudiments
Death once spoke to me through a streetlight that solely flickered rushing red. Along with the drops of acid dancing within the outlines of a thread. One pedal to accelerate an already accelerated mind, One pedal to reverse a raucous reaction, Mirrors plugged to my beating flesh, pulsating time, Wheels swirling off it's axis, succumbing to the lost traction. Closing eyelid after eyelid, fate selected a pedal, Roaring of both synapses and electricity, Swerving across the bumps of light that model, Leaving stones to break like my bones, collapsing entirely, goes my entity. Water crept into my lungs. Water replaced my tears. Water ****** my blood. He said to me, "You'll smell a smell you've never smelled before, and sense a sensation worth dying for." So with one last cell, and with one last breath, I smelled and sensed the defiled Death.
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Jun 18, 2013
Jun 18, 2013 at 2:37 AM UTC
Eyelid After Eyelid