"zeroed" poems
The Feminine Core
Without it, Earth is no Earth.
I, Fathima—the primeval woman—have no doubt:
the circle of prophets is my witness—
I touched the bottom of her waters.
Zeroed into her zero-neigh,
circled it with my hair,
and laid down her foundation,
hardwired with my circle.
Sep 7, 2017
Sep 7, 2017 at 10:59 PM UTC
Parts placed in the Machine
Stamped out from a larger piece
Repetitive in nature
They just keep coming
Hordes upon hordes
GOOD LORD
THIS IS ALLOT
But its my plague
No room for the vague
Micrometer zeroed
Bending hero
I conform to fit in
And still get rejected
I guess this factory called life...
Just has zero tolerance.
Dec 13, 2014
Dec 13, 2014 at 4:19 PM UTC
A forest adventure-we didn't plan it that way at all,
the call of the wild prompted us, is all I can now guess
hand in hand in to the woods we ventured like two possessed,
magical, it felt, we soon disappeared, from the eyes of curious intruders.
erogenous scent of damp earth, after the first sprinkling of monsoon clouds,
pepped up our interest in hunting mushrooms
popping up everywhere, like fragments of white clouds descended,
we pulled out, egg shaped mushrooms that came in to our view
the frenzy we fell in to, possessed us in total,
after all we we are also young and hot blooded,
We competed like hounds in hot pursuit,
ran, collided with each other, fell down,
with a gentle thud, upon each other.
She did lay flat, face down on my chest,
I smelt,musk on her neck a slow intoxicant
and mushrooms hidden in her both armpits,
which I pursued and found out,we were getting hot,
in pursuit of each other's secrets.
the world, we had forgotten completely for long!!
We didn't see evening light melt and
darkness spread stealthily over the woods
that engages the robust body of the night,
from the rendezvous, of these secret lovers,
we sneaked out and saw lighted torches,
approach us from all four directions.
they zeroed in on us,"Who goes there?"
a harsh voice asked,
"This, do you know, is the holy grove,
of mother goddess, strictly watched
for not to be get desecrated
by people who seek some sort of adventure,
such an act never goes unpunished,
we'll search you and find what you did"
We held out mushrooms before them,
and I saw each face turning a lotus!
"where did you get this,? Oh! so much!,
Those are so rare and any one is able to pluck it,
only if mother goddess is pleased"
And then we realized this,
in that forbidden sacred wood,
between us a miracle has happened!
that pleased the mother goddess
of the woods, the blessed presence,
aren't we then the chosen ones?
,
Jul 13, 2013
Jul 13, 2013 at 6:44 PM UTC
Always it does,
But I can't shiver,
Coldest in the river,
Deathly river of tears,
Excruciating is the pain,
Filthy salty water it flows,
Grandiose in society kills me,
Hefty personal problems prey,
I can't swallow so I don't eat any,
****** of ego I turn into since long,
Killed me multiple times in a go daily,
Lovelorn I die each moment I try to cry,
Mouthful of unfriendly words help me die,
Name of mine means incomparable literally,
Ostensible concept of love entices me so much,
Put me in a jail and stuff me behind the bars now,
Quailing me is the loneliness that has been forever,
Ruling out few occasions of company I stay so aloof,
Sparing some days of happiness most are depressing,
Toying with my own heart I feel my heart is hydrogen,
Unattractive it is not & it could not stay segregated ever,
Volumes of my voice have died out & so has my hearing,
Wailing deep in my heart I let this sorrow seep in to sink,
Xenophobic I ain't but of course I dislike enemies of love,
Yucky thoughts of people assassinated my love last night,
Zeroed in on the catalyst -strange enough- she herself is it.
Feb 13, 2015
Feb 13, 2015 at 1:00 AM UTC
Assaulted once again,
Betrayed by the ones she loved,
Consumed with utter sadness,
Dehumanized in every way.
Embarrassed by what they made her do,
Fearful that there's more to come,
Heartbroken and humiliated,
Inadequate in all she does.
****** around with such great force,
Kept quiet with threats of death,
Laughed at as she cries in pain,
Mistreated and manipulated
One broken heart left on display.
Pain they left within their wake,
Robbed of all her happiness,
Scared to trust again.
Trapped within their shadow,
Uncertain of my fate,
Victimized for the final time,
Worthless mindset overcome.
X'd out all the lies you told me,
Yearning for all that I deserve,
Zeroed out of my heart forever, as I take my final stand and finally leave today.
Nov 16, 2012
Nov 16, 2012 at 12:39 AM UTC
I was checking out the girls
Looking for a dance
When I got close enough
I saw her come on glance
I asked, "Do you two step"
She looked into my eyes
She said, "Honey, do you know
You're a mindreader in disguise"
JUST A DOWN HOME BOY
UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT
I WAS COUNTRY BACKWOODS
SHE'S BIG CITY LIGHTS
I WAS LOOKING FOR A CHEVY
WHEN A JAG ROLLED IN SIGHT
JUST A DOWN HOME COUNTRY BOY
UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHT
Her perfume was awesome
It hit me like a truck
When it comes to being lucky
I never had so much
My first trip in the fast lane
i could feel the fun begin
While we talked about the weather
I felt a warm front moving in
REPEAT
With my long legged, two legged dear
Already zeroed in
It was hard to keep my fever
Under a hundred and ten
REPEAT
May 25, 2012
May 25, 2012 at 11:48 AM UTC
It started out a day like any other.
Down at Billy Bobs Nuclear Power Plant and toaster repair.
Where I sit in front of the monitor
with my dumb blank look and stare.
Until my friend Jim came in,
with coffee, doughnuts, and a magazine, he had grabbed from the john.
Wouldn't you know it the centerfold was gone.
So, I stood up to stretch and yawn.
As I sat back down I knocked over the coffee,
And the jelly doughnut rolled out the door into the hall.
The array of toasters went up in flames,
as did the magazine and the wall.
Jim started talking like Captain Kirk,
as he went into his Star Trek mode.
I slapped him hard across the face,
and informed him this Enterprise was set to blow.
That's when we both turned and saw the florescent green ooze,
seeping under the door.
At that point it was every man for himself,
as I pushed the elevator for the 13th floor.
Leaving the babbling Jim behind,
with the elevator on its way,
pipping in a soft musical version
of Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze.
(which seemed to me rather odd)
Once the doors slid open,
thinking there's never been a 13th floor before,
I was surrounded by flesh eating zombified rodents,
About to become their lunch de jour.
As the zombie rodents zeroed in,
my friend Jim showed up...What luck.
With communicator in hand, and in his best Kirk voice,
He said, "Scotty beam us up".
As we were high in the sky,
I saw half of the south implode.
As boring as this day started,
you never would have know'd.
I hated to leave the world behind,
In such a mess, after my coffee spill.
One thing I did leave, believe you me,
Was Duncan Doughnuts the entire bill.
Apr 27, 2013
Apr 27, 2013 at 6:30 PM UTC
Music pounding, I felt it in my bones
Bouncing around my ribcage;
The only place I've felt at home.
This intruder destroying the walls of my heart.
Debris falling like lead to the pit of my stomach.
The dizzying lights
And astounding heights.
Falling through space,
Seeing his face.
Music pounding, I felt it in my bones
Shaking around inside my skull
Voiding every thought, zeroed and null.
In a crowd of people, feeling alone.
Each breath of cool air, through every pore.
The dizzying lights
And astounding heights.
Falling through space,
Seeing his face.
Music pounding, I felt it in my bones.
And I wonder,
Where is my home?
As I slept, I wondered,
Where is my home?
Mar 16, 2015
Mar 16, 2015 at 11:47 PM UTC
Abused, Abandoned and Alone,
Bound, Beaten and Bruised
Captured and Categorized
****** Defeated and Damaged
Encompassed
Faded, Failing, Flinching
Gagged
Hopeless, Helpless and Hospitalized
Idealized, Impaired and Intoxicated
Judged
Kicked, Kept and Kissed
Labelled,
Marked, Molested and Misguided
Neglected
Obeying, Observed and Offended
Panicking, Pummelled and Promised
Quivering and Quaking
*****
Screaming, Scared and Starved
Throttled, Thirsty and Thinning
Unloved and Unable
Victimized
Wailing, Weakening and Wondering
an X
Yelling, Yanked and Yielding
Zeroed
May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016 at 10:07 AM UTC
By: Cedric McClester
This is for my ******
Who might need some schoolin'
With their different street names
Who y’all foolin'
It’s high time
That you peep it
Your government names
Ain’t no secret
What’s the point of having one anyway
Who you think invented (AKA)
They can capture you
From a satellite
Doin it under the covers
In the dead of night
Identifyin who is no mystery
They’ve got files on you full of history
Yeah I hear you
But just the same
I prefer you don’t call me
By my government name
There’s nothin that you’re doin
That they don’t know
Besides they’ve even got you
On video
And snitches that’ll tell ‘em
All they need to know
So if you ain’t aware
Then you must be slow
There are fewer secrets
Out on the street
Then you’re likely to find cops
Walkin' a beat
If it becomes necessary
I’ll repeat
Must I still hip you (to the game)
They already know your government name
Yeah I hear you
But just the same
I prefer you don’t call me
By my government name
****** always tryin to be
So secretive
Do ya really think
They don’t know where you live
Even what you carry
A gat or shiv
See they also know
What you’re about
And who receives the packages
That you give out
And just in case you still have any doubt
They’ll put a tail on you
Via the usual route
So don’t go thinkin
Cos they call you *****
Your government name is hard for them to figure
Yeah I hear you
But just the same
I prefer you don’t call me
By my government name
See if it takes me spittin
A hot sixteen
For y’all to understand
Exactly what I mean
I’m prepared to do it
Cos I’m very keen
On avoidin all the ********
That I’ve seen
I know you have identities
You’d like to protect
And I’m not comin at cha
With disrespect
But if you think a street name
If some kinda shield
It’s high time that the truth
Of the matter be reveiled
Yeah I hear you
But just the same
I prefer you don’t call me
By my government name
If ya used a celly
Or a land-line phone
Then you need to know
That you weren’t alone
And if you’ve ever e-mailed
Anyone
Forgiddaboutit
Cos tha damage is already done
Today they have cameras (everywhere)
There’s eyes (up in the skies)
That you need to fear
Zeroed in on you (with a constant stare)
So don’t start pointin figures
Or start placin blame
Because the government
Always knew your name
Yeah I hear you
But just the same
I prefer you don’t call me
By my government name
I call ya by the names
That your mama gave ya
You’re crazy if ya think
That’s how popo made ya
Cos they already knew
Who you were and (where you hanged)
They even knew the (names and numbers)
Of the chicks you banged
So you may think what you’re doin
Is really on the low
But that only goes to show
You don’t really know
I guess that’s why people say
Ignorance is bliss
Though that applies to a lot of things
It certainly does to this
Yeah I hear you
But just the same
I prefer you don’t call me
By my government name
This is for my ******
Who might need some schoolin'
With their different street names
Who y’all foolin
It’s high time
That you peep it
Your government names
Ain’t no secret
What’s the point of having one anyway
Who you think invented (AKA)
They can capture you
From a satellite
Doin it under the covers
In the dead of night
Identifyin who is no mystery
They’ve got files on you full of history
Apr 19, 2015
Apr 19, 2015 at 10:13 PM UTC
Shish kebabs
shish kebabs
that's all they have
Miriam said
as she sat
at the bar
of the base camp
in Morocco
I sat smoking
and drinking a Bacardi
they do salads
I said
in long French loaves
I have those
they’re healthier
and quite filling
she looked down
her nose
can't just have salad
she said
must have meat
of some kind
well don't look at me
I’m too skinny
for a decent meal
she laughed
and sat
closer to me
at the bar
can you get me a drink?
sure what you having?
same as you
ok
Bacardi and coke it is
so I asked
the bar keep
for her drink
and he went off
to get it
a cigarette hanging
from his lower lip
what did you think
of the belly dancer
last night?
I asked
not my thing
she said
but I see you liked it
yes it was a good experience
heard about them
but never
seen one before
last night
I said
the bar keep
brought her drink
and I paid him
he went off
and I said
how did you sleep?
not good
I had Moaning Minnie
with me
and she moaned
because I came in
the tent at 3am
what time
do you call this?
she moaned
some of us
are trying to sleep
she moaned on
for ages after
I think she was moaning still
in her dreams
I suppose you slept?
she said
yes I crept in my tent
and fell asleep over
my suitcase
I was too **** tired
to move it
and the ex-army guy
was zeroed
lucky you
not really
I would rather
have had you there
than him
snoring like some bear
what makes you think
I’d sleep with you?
you did the other night
after the beach party
she sipped her drink
and looked
at the menu card
that was different
she said
yes it was
I said
we went in your tent
and Moaning Minnie
came in
and turfed me out
Miriam smiled
if she'd come
five minutes earlier
she'd have got
an eyeful
yes that
would have been
a bundle of laughs
Miriam ordered
a salad roll
and sipped
her Bacardi and coke
I sipped mine
and enjoyed my smoke.
May 31, 2014
May 31, 2014 at 2:30 AM UTC
The sting of its tail is oh so sharp
I should know it has pierced my heart
Injecting it's amorous venom
All while I lay upon pure linen
My tail and my horns tried to block it's path
But it found a way around my wrath
Softened me up with its silver tongue
Before I knew I was undone
My fault I'm sure
this hunter at heart
I zeroed in on my prey
I chose my mark
Did not expect
for it to hunt me instead
I realized too late
He was in my head
I try to want to shake him off
To no avail
He has me in his grasp
Upon my being, his venom has assailed
Apr 24, 2016
Apr 24, 2016 at 1:17 AM UTC
In the midst of a crowd
In the middle of chaos
In the ****** of deep thoughts
Came the best five seconds of my life
It took my a jiffy
To recognize that bag
To remember that hairstyle
To realize that presence
And I was right
It is really you
After days of longing
You came and ended my suffering
To say that it was short
To mention my obliviousness
To describe that moment
Five seconds is already enough
Everything was in slow motion
At that moment, it was only you
My attention zeroed to your figure
It was the longest five seconds of my existence
Today, I thank the heavens
For letting you appear in my most stressful hour
I thank them with all my heart
For coming at my least expected place
Now, I can finally face tomorrow
With a smile extending to my ears
A mind contented with thoughts of you
And a heart fulfilled with pure bliss
See you soon, my dear
I'll patiently wait for our next five seconds of sanity.
Jan 13, 2015
Jan 13, 2015 at 4:29 AM UTC
standing under a pinetree--
large zeros, zeroed in on
smaller ones.
till a bee's buzz was sourced.
a bumblebee banging against
a marble-size hole in a bough.
with every aerial fumble,
a buzz's bang--
the sound of baited breath.
till it cleared the hole with a fluid
wedge, its bulbous but pulsing.
its blinking black sheen eaten by
the hole.
as my mind ratiocinated: access
granted!
Jun 8, 2017
Jun 8, 2017 at 12:24 PM UTC
Soury water flow
Ceaseless tears last till death days
I die a millionth living years
Lesion of wound reddish show
I am a victim of war relic
Can't you see, my burnt house
My pair of rag clothe
My battered ink of ignorance
Queuing for a feed
Begging for a drink
**** in a homeless bridge
Conscripted as a child soldier
Can't you see, I am the war relic ?
Voice of refugees status I am
Rebel to my homeland I run
Deprived by mortal quest for power
Politics of hatred wash me to bank of ocean
Can't you see I have one arm, one eye, one embroidery parts
Can't you see am a victim of power mongers
I have foolishly support their quest
I have shouted for the nuke to be test
Justifying their foolish context
they ran away to have a succor of rest
When the war bullet penetrate the wall
I am decorated as a zeroed hero
Holding crutches leaping like a dog
So bad I am abandoned in a refugee camp
Can't you see I am the worst victim of war with relatives buried and burned
with fire of sand and the gods watch without intervention
by
Martin Ijir
May 18, 2017
May 18, 2017 at 5:35 PM UTC
please excuse the gross lingo in this write
but using it will add some genuine bite
last night Jack's freezer called on our town
leaving a big frost blanket well behind
its chilliness stayed fixed to my rind
the temperature was minus of degrees
there came a feeling cold in toes and knees
everything most certainly zeroed down
holy crap them winter ides aren't too good
they shivered through my old frames wood
three more months of a bitter frigid brace
summer's warmth has departed these parts
which means I'll be up for Jacko's white starts
climes such as his are so hard to face
May 31, 2017
May 31, 2017 at 8:52 AM UTC
Fourteen paces apart
They stood face to face
The place was Belvedere
In death’s close embrace!
It was morn at half past five
Air thick in rivalry
On stake was hung two life
They were bitter enemy!
As it lies all evil’s root
False ego and vain pride
Squabble and dispute
Demons men can’t hide!
That hour was eerily lull
Birds stopped to chirp in trees
As glistened the two pistols
And none could afford to miss!
Damp was the August clime
Time perched on rested wing
Zeroed in the scheduled time
Broke out the starter’s ring!
Francis fired first
But preordained was fate
Though loud went the burst
He badly missed target!
Pierced his powder’s stings
This time was there no miss
Found his mark Hastings
Fell to the ground Francis!
He muttered I’m a dead man
Hastings ran to the spot
Uttering as he ran
Good God I hope not!
The day turned golden bright
Mist of smoke dispersed
Revealed the glorious sight
How his enemy Hastings nursed!
Oct 25, 2014
Oct 25, 2014 at 4:12 AM UTC
The frosty holiday breeze
flowed against my pale exterior
as I walked over white paralleled lines.
And as if fate was on my side,
I met a pair of dark brown orbs
all too familiar
all too beautiful.
In an instant my line of sight zeroed
on those enchanting eyes,
I was left in a sweet daze.
This figure I know all too well
sent shivers into my own.
Time seemed to stop
as we our gazes locked
and everything else was a blur.
For a moment,
it was only us.
Dec 11, 2015
Dec 11, 2015 at 8:39 PM UTC
kid with dog, I know, not what you’re thinking of my midwestern peace porn. for lightning burn a stick above advancing plastic army. make zeroed the black kid with red dog. this I can follow. my loyalty to shame and to the poorness of my spirit’s ghost. god drawing himself in god’s raffle. a woman with cigarette on a zoo outing. bold I make her in images mine. I stalk, don’t worry, I tell her myself. it’ll pass being tired of god.
Feb 27, 2014
Feb 27, 2014 at 11:28 PM UTC
Super
Hero
Zero Uno
Hears no
Ear fulls
Fears no
Beers whole
Strolls all over here
But Zero Uno
Zeroed on fools gold
Yonder uno upon a pier
Where Nero
And Brunno
Steer those
Heros clear
And you know
Splash
Oct 6, 2013
Oct 6, 2013 at 12:57 AM UTC
Zeroed
Options slim
Slept in
Him
A boy once
A life
That still had pull
The push
Is near
I can feel it
I can feel it
Nothing or I'm dresser drawer ajar
Milk spilled ---- fulcrum
Whitened zeros
Cascade on linoleum coulda-been's
Watch him
Objectify
Halfeaten lies
Immolation of self
Pokes
Reminds
And so
There really is
Nowhere to get to
Nothing more to say
Aug 30, 2014
Aug 30, 2014 at 3:07 AM UTC
Sum this all up: mind
zeroing in on that you
can't be zeroed out.
Sep 21, 2017
Sep 21, 2017 at 1:43 PM UTC
I'm familiar with the bottom
I used to live there
My neighbors wore the same dress code
We greeted eachother with the familiar language of the Struggle
Hearing the cries of the people when they were in disbelief of times of supreme demise
A muted tongue from what life had done
Destruction to a Middle Class family
Payed a visit to my front door
The Bottom caught my fall
And replaced my sorrows with ambition
To ignite action and propell us from the past
Flowers sprouting through the cracks of concrete.
The World so big zeroed in on the piece of earth i lived in
A small fractured piece
A shadow in the wilderness
Looking for resources
And then.... It was then that I found the missing pieces .......
The pieces....To BUILD
A world so small had begun to grow so Tall in mY World
Once living in destitude
Now living amongst the multitude
A Family of THREE became Many
The bottom I knew all so well
But a vision came to me and the idea began to swell
The story unfolds as the story gets told
Days are pages
Obstacles overcome are Chapters
And The End..... is the Beginning
And Climbing got me HERE!!!!!
Mar 17, 2016
Mar 17, 2016 at 12:07 PM UTC
he wipes his glass clean
she wipes his glass clean
his glass hers
to see in
the fold of her being
she sees to it all clearing;
and things to fulmination
committing a steady ****** into
the silence, this afternoon
I think to myself
wardrobes tossed
hers, somewhere there, in oblivion
temporary, absolute,
zeroed in, sexed up against walled-up contention
our legs a tribe
of hounds, our fingers
feathering light through his glass
she wiped clean
with her emissions
eyes wide as morning
somewhere by a mountainside, horses
ride into the Sun
and he thinks of
repetitive lapping of floundered waves
to bite shore
and she thinks herself
a verse punctuated
open still
to
revisions
Mar 3, 2016
Mar 3, 2016 at 1:13 AM UTC
Your eyes keep outlining the shape of your desires
Transposed on to my body
Watching you watching me
No secret, im left exposed
Vulnerabilities exploited
with a mere flicker of the eye
Primed eyes locked
Its the moment
Flight or fight
Zeroed in on my waist,
a triangulation of anticipated pleasures
Eyes drawn up,
the signal fire is lit
a flourish of your jacket like a bullfight
Swaggering towards me
arm raised in another flicker
the resounding crack of a slap breaking
broke the air
Fear panic and dread.
frozen.
And yet, the kiss left
was soft warm and gentle
Weaving the shape of a homely warmth
that as soon you broke away
left a chasm so cold
i was driven to clamour for it
Only for a second though,
You know what a stubborn ***** i am.
Admitting it was never an option.
Even with my breath in your mouth.
Still when asked what i felt
You know my reply.
First draft
Your eyes keep outlining the shape of your desires
Transposed on to my body
Watching you watching me
No secret, im left expised
Vulnerabilities exploites with a mere flicker of the eye
Primed eyes locked
Its the moment
Flight or fight
Zeroed in on my waist a triangulation of anticipated pleasures
Eyes drawn up the signal fire is lit a flourish of your jacket like bullfight
Swaggering towards me arm raised in flicker the resounding crack of a slap breaking broke the air
Fear panic and dread frozen
And yet the kiss left was soft warm and gentle
Weaving the shape of a homely warmth that as soon you broke left a chasm so cold i was driven to clamour or your warmth
Only for a second though,
You know what a stubborn ***** i am.
Admitting it was never an option.
Even with my breath in your mouth.
Jan 5, 2018
Jan 5, 2018 at 7:34 AM UTC