Mirror Mirror Go Away

Don't wanna be me

I never really did

but I've played along
as programed

Being a hollow man
for what seems an eternity

Don't wanna be me

Wearing all these labels
Husband, father, friend,
Half ass professional
bean counting clown

Too many clever perceptions
weighing me down

Trudging in place
with all the other
sorry souls
hiding behind smiley
Facebook facades

All the fucking self pity poetry
from this "Count Your Blessings" guy
sure does reek of hypocrisy

Such is the price one pays
when their whole one act play
is based on a worn out cliche

Tis such a locked in existence
once the path of settlement is taken

This desperation too shall pass
as long as the medication lasts

Captain Chaos

Captain Chaos
owes his very existence
to constant friction

A child of turmoil is he

Can not exist in serenity

Peace is his kryptonite 

So he pokes the hornet's nest
whenever his powers wane
and ravenously feeds
off the negative energy
supplied by
his growing legions of enemies

A dangerous game he plays
inciting tension's domain
but conflict is all he knows
and hatred his premium rocket fuel

Of course the poison spewed
will splatter him dormant eventually 
as it has throughout history
on all rabid dog demagogues 

This comforting assumption
is based on the calculation
our deranged captain
does not waste us first

  

Uncover Charge

Plying the flirt babe
with drinks and humor

All my best material
she was buying

Putty in my hands
til I was advised
she was pay for play

Much to my dismay
I lacked the proper capital
to successfully invest
in her sexual affections

The Good Sisters Of Merry

Mary's enthusiasm in bed
was matched
only by her nympho sister Maggie

They loved sharing their men
(Who worshipped their
generosity religiously)

So competitive were they
to be the top lay
their bedsprings did sing
Nearer My God To Thee

Now those of a repressed
Puritanical bent
sought to strip them
of their carnal habits​​​​​​
with a stained glass blast
of fire and brimstone guilt

but the girls could not be swayed
by lame biblical passages
drenched in hypocrisy
(since those bible dudes
were always begatting
with multiple wives)

In the end
the merry sisters
kept doing what came naturally
just as the Lord intended
when he created woman and man
in that lost paradise of Eden

Ode To Sheep Dogs

Every click we inflict
on the world wide web
is registered in a database
sprinkled in the cloud fields
of gray artificial intelligence...

These ghost ships ultimately
define our identity
as our dreams get categorized
and marginalized
into the blender
of trend analysis
which allows the Data Masters
to know what we desire
before even we do...

Tis not as bad as it seems
this apocalyptic nightmare dream
of corporate government thought control
fueling the totalitarian inclinations
of the long established ruling class
now armed with this useful cyber tool...

Unburdened by the constraints
and poor choices that excess options bring
to us overwhelmed fodder fools
we will now finally be totally free
to be the very best sheep we can be...

Flight Of The Enabler

So tired am I
of being your fall back guy
every time you require 
a shoulder on which to cry

My back grows weary
from boosting constantly
your wavering self esteem

The needs
of this pillar
will no longer be secondary
to the whims
of my drama queen

Time for me to go
before I lose my identity 
and become
a pitiful mess like you

Nearer My God To Me

In my dream
the Lord cameth to me
seeking advice
on a query of theology

Told his high Divineness
I was not qualified
in what should be
his area of expertise

He smiled that sacred smile
and let out a soft sigh
cause he had no idea why
he would ask this befuddled guy
anything about anything

Maybe he was just feeling lonely 

The Final Dissolution

These days keep bleeding together..

Time is accelerating..

Too many years gone..

Loved ones moving on..

Friendships evaporate..

Pain accumulates..

Critical mass reached..

Shredded denials breached.. 

Time for me to disintegrate..

The whole dust to dust rap..

Whisked away by the wind

Load Bearing Peeps

These chains of obligation
we carry like beasts

Day after day
dragging our weighed down asses
up mountain steep
to do what must be done
for glory unseen

For there are no medals
to be awarded
on the hollow pedestal 
of real life

At the end of the journey
after the task is complete
we can finally find respite
and rest our weary feet

Take a long sip of eternity
savoring the knowledge 
we did our duty

Rebel Dust

From pulpit high
that foaming at the mouth
phony pious guy
is ragging again
at his demons du jour 

What hateful
fire and brimstone
defenders of the faith
and persecutors
of perceived deviants
will never understand
is that Jesus LOVED freaks

Truth be told
he was viewed
as one himself
by the religious establishment
who in fact
went out of their way
to persecute his sacrilegious ass

Such is the fate
of all who poke
the rigid boundaries
set by the naysayer class

So the next time
you get crucified
for your non conformity
remember that you're in good company
throughout history

Read All About Me

Back in the day
I never knew what to say

On perpetual mute was I

Which peeps misread as shy
but twas really just abject fear
of living inappropriately

This of course happens
when lacking self confidence
in the field of public expression

Then I stumbled into social media

Twitter specifically

Where I found my voice
posting micropoetry

Hashtag venting in the public domain

Emptying my soul anonymously

The release felt so good

I found a creative addiction

Now I ramble on daily

Free from the demons of uncertainity

with text friends I shall never meet

who unlike my flesh and blood pals 

give a damn what I have to say

Destruction Construction

We use 
the tribulations of today
as stepping stones
for the glory of tomorrow
like the good
brick layers we are

Building character
from the fragments
of exploded stars
one disaster at a time

Rules Of Dissent

Henceforth and forthwith
any and all acts of dissent
will be regulated by the government
and every placard will be taxed
to cover the high cost
of the first amendment

Prospective mind numbing
repetitive chants
must first be submitted
to the Patriot Media Center
where a committee
of carefully vetted linguists
will edit out all obscenities
or any other language deemed obscene
by the censorship bureaucracy

Those who can not abide by these rules
or still feel the need to disobey subtly
will be summarily tossed over
our shiny new state of the art wall
to be forever cast out
with all the other enemies
of 21st Century democracy

March On By

To all the very recently awakened
hyper activated 
righteous crusaders
seeking to recruit converts
to their latest glorious cause:

PLEASE LET ME BE

Go save the world without me

I got bills to pay
and that damn clock
keeps ticking away

This is my selfish injustice
that needs to be rectified

Crayon Nation

Those who tell the story
keep the version simple

Free of any messy complexity
to cloud the narrative
or contradict their
black and white slant

At the end of the tale
when the last page has turned
tis up to the reader to discern
any and all truth they can find
and to use their best perception
to color in the between the lines   

Damnable Man

After the revolution
intelligence became irrelevant
as emotion ruled the day
and a payback mentality held sway

State sponsored media
spun incendiary stories
to stoke mob insanity
as violence became
the sanctioned way
to obliterate dissent

Then the inevitable consequence
when the beast pushed too far
the pendulum swung and hit back hard

Those who ruled by the sword
were eventually sliced and diced

Their bloody remains
stain the pages of our history

To be repeated again and again

The cycle of stupidity

The curse of humanity

Off Switch On

Political vigilante mobs
on the job 24/7
polluting social media
with their partisan bullshit

Perpetually angry outsiders
sabotaging the exasperated powers that be

with stinging rants of hyperbole   

but on January 20th
come Inauguration Day
antagonists and protagonists  

dutifully switch shifts
as a whole new crew
of naysayers move in
to replace
the now jubilant obstructionists

who formerly lobbing down opinion bombs

from the roped off balcony 

Now the combat majority

will eagerly assume power

to dominate and denigrate

the pissed off opposition

as the squeaky wheel
of cynical government turns
but continues going nowhere

Inevitable Expiration

People die

It happens every day

Tis planned that way
to reshuffle the deck
so overpopulation
is held at bay

Death is the fearful reality
shared by humanity

Rich or poor

Famous or infamous

There is no buyout clause

Tis a non negotiable
natural law

All things must end

So we best do
with all our might
this gift of life right