Pawns Take Queen

In a glass palace serene
resides the Porcelain Queen

currently in a state

of solitary melancholy
over the extinction of royalty

The splendor of all that once was
packed away in crates
on the dusty shelves

of faded yesterdays

Cobweb clouds
descend from 
heavy gray skies
on the catatonic relic 
of a drunken figurine  
awash with regrets
as the sun forever sets
on her shattered
bygone empire

She knows full well

the wrecking ball of history

will not be forgiving

to her opulently privileged kind

who flaunted every excess

in the envious faces

of the now in charge peasants

Beauty Full

Beauty Full


Elusive butterfly

doing the flutter dance

on the perimeter
of her desire

Let's see if I can
tempt her
with my sweet nectar

or

maybe 

I should leave her be

and let beauty fly free

Heading For Armageddon

Heading For Armageddon



Smooth talking

fast walking

demagogue on display

Hypnotic controller

of the masses

he does sway

Wave the flag

Pound the drum

for the carnage sure to come

His choreographed propaganda

fuels the hate machine

as fiery rhetoric escalates


Reaching a fever pitch

trumpets blare
the clarion call for war

Demagogue raises his fist
and smiles with glee

He may indeed

be the Anti Christ

foretold in ancient times

The harbinger of death

the angel of the apocalypse

Return Fire!!

Return Fire!!


Hey!

Miss Perception

Spreading text lies
like a nasty virus
in the gossip arena

You can twist my words

Spread your hurtful 
deceits 


Fire away

Cause it
matters not

I know the truth

and my friends do too


We are all on to you

So we file you under I

For invisible
and irrelevant too

As the ground collapses
beneath your
sorry feet

Wake Up Ball

When I reach
my expiration date
and it's time
to plant me deep
throw a big party
for my grand finale
to celebrate my life
and all the joy we shared...

Do not despair
or mourn my passing..

I had a good ride..

I ran my race..

Now tis time to get off
cause all things must end..

It's how Nature makes 
way for the new..

So toast my legacy..

Toss down a few...

I'll see you again
real soon :)

Patchwork Us

Patchwork Universe 

I am the bastard child

of darkness and light

A hybrid blend

of day and night

I am the shadow

you partially see

You can never quite

fully believe in me

I may be just a dream

A wisp of possibility

Wandering through eternity

A forever unsolved mystery

I am your child

and you are mine

We are forever linked

throughout our history

You and I

and all of us

comprise

the fabric

of humanity 

Shadow Dancer

Shadow Dancer


In the darkness
I concocted

to provide
blanket protection

from my shadow


who should be dormant


and yet

there he is

dancing in the dark

Tormenting me
with his presence

Cold blooded
silent stalker

My forever
nemesis

will not be
suppressed
by my laws
of reality

Cog In Wheel

Cog In Wheel


Blasting sarcasm

in all directions

Intolerant of fools
and their mindless
indiscretions

I take them on

one at a time

but
there were
too many

these legions of loons

over ran my position

and took me prisoner

Into a pit I was thrown

to be
indoctrinated
integrated
and consecrated

into the Church
of the Machine

where
my lobotomy
was performed
at the alter
of conformity

Now I am 

one of them

Now I am

forever bland

Power of Two

Power of Two 

She resurrected
my stone cold soul
from the tomb
of my indifference

Now I must repay
her generosity
with the passion
she breathed back
into me

Her issues 
will become 
my issues

Challenges to be 
faced together

Our days of
being lone
warriors are over

We are a team

The Forever Club

The Forever Club


The thought
of you
dieing
before me
is my
nightmare

Living out
my days
without you
by my side
would be
my agony

The hole
in my heart
could not be 
filled by another

Cause you were
meant for me
and I was meant
for you

It was our destiny

and it will be again

When we are reunited

for all eternity

Supporting Cast

Supporting Cast


I always wanted to be
a studly leading man

The kind of guy
who when he took
off his shirt
would feel eyes scan
all over his ripped body

Admired and envied
by men

Desired and craved
by women

Just a mere sex object
of lust crazed sexuality

How great would that be?

Alas

My genetic blender
did not cooperate

Being plain
and ordinary
was my fate

I've long come
to accept
this flawed reflection
in the mirror

Worked on pumping
up my personality

Honed 
my wit and humor
as best I can


Making due
with the material
allocated

So here I am

Always playing 
the role

of

"just friends"
second banana man

Ever After

Ever After


You walk into my life

we be 

instantly connected

Electrically charged

Particles fused 

I wonder if you 
feel the vibe?

Do you hear 
my heart rejoicing?

How to get you to recognize
our life changing event?

If I could just meet your eyes

A quick glance

A shared smile 

You move closer

Fate now working it's magic 

I see that ring on your finger

I see your prince
kiss you on the cheek
the way comfortable lovers do

Devastation

Dreams crushed instantly

I curse Fate

I curse Love

Unrepentant envy

The lament of the lonely

My empty life rolls on

You were the one

If only life were

a romance novel

you would be mine

for all time

Just another lost fantasy

I need to suppress 

Microwave Life

We all be granular

grains of sand

in the vast expanse

of eternity...

When the wind blows

through our allotted time slot

we scatter and dance

with the breeze...

Time dominates...

None of us immune

from it's relentless effects...

Our expiration date

we wear for the duration

of our stay here on Earth

and yet...

We suppress our mortality...

Perpetual procrastinations...

Living for a tomorrow

that eventually 

one day

will never come... 

Could have beens...

Should have beens...

Is there a sadder epitaph

as the coffin closes permanently

on a lifetime of missed opportunities 

Fire Eaters

Mob scene

convulsing and
spinning
out of control

Angry beasties
blasting rhetoric

preaching anarchy
to the congregation
lapping up the hate

Dogs of ignorance

intolerance and
prejudice 

fuels
the flame
as the

dysfunctional party
rages on

Mad Hatter steaming

pouring bitter tea

into the cracked cups

of their hypocrisy 

Waking Moments

Waking Moments


Seeing her
laying there
in the casket

so peacefully
serene

like a plastic mannequin

"Doesn't she look good?"

"Her pain is gone"

"She's with God now"

SHUT THE FUCK UP!!

She's dead!!!

Void of life

An overdressed door stop

This is not my pal gone cold!!

I see her dancing

So young and dumb

and full of life

Flood of memories

school days care free

back in decadent 70's

Forever flirty friends

we were
once upon a time

Look at us now

You are dead

and me

playing the somber soul

Dressed in my

best death comes a
calling threads 

We would share 
a laugh at the absurdity
of this scene

How the Hell
did I ever 
outlive you?

Now what do I do?

Do I go in the back
and chat?

Reminisce and swap
your life stories 
with these strangers
I use to know long ago
when we were less
proper and so much
more alive

I never know

how to perform

at these things

Maybe find religion

suck up to the Lord
while it's convenient  

My prayer
my hope
my wish

is that you are 
looking down 
on your farewell scene

and are as happy in death

as you were in life 

Amen

Can You Dig It?

Can You Dig It?


The treasure we seek

always

just beyond our reach

So hard to find

the elusive glory

we excavate

the Earth for

Sifting through
our limitations

real and imagined

Find your treasure

It's out there
somewhere


so

keep dreaming

and

keep digging!!!

The Dismal Science

The Dismal Science


Too many bodies

too few jobs

high demand

short supply

Line up call

in the cold rain

peddling their skills

Trying to look desirable

like desperate whores
looking to score
a measly paycheck

They just want to work

they are not bums

they have worth too 

they dream of becoming

one of
the 
luckily employed

The line keeps growing

The trail grows cold

on the desperate wall

as the parade stalls

Disappointed faces

disperse into the gloom

Come back tomorrow

bring a better rap

None of us worker bees

qualify

as too big to fail

Just please don't bullshit me

about our improving economy    

Acceptance

Acceptance

Wrap your arms around the anarchy

And embrace the loose uncertainty

Go deep inside the insanity

Merge with the new reality

So let go of the melancholy

Those regrets which weigh us down

Escape all those lost yesterdays

And rise above the scorched ground

The storm of our own creation         
Finally begins to subside   

The damage can now be assessed, 
Clean up procedures applied  

This cynical dam we constructed, 
Our wall of rationalizations    

Can no longer hold back the fact
We need to build a stronger foundation

Back to the Womb

Sirens blare... Chaos everywhere... Search lights scorch the night... Over the wall we ascend... Prison break... Mass escape... We disperse like lightning bugs... They can't catch us all ! Strength in mob numbers as we dash headlong toward the dream of freedom... All the tasty beastly pleasures of the flesh to be savored and devoured... Rum and lust dominate... Indulgences to satiate... We be free to choose our moral poison but freedom is never free.. It comes with chains attached... Like a tenacious vice choking off our fantasy life... Those lingering consequences... The residue of self destruction... In the end it all went wrong... Choice destroyed us... Sensory overload brought us down... Prison was where we belonged all along...

Envy Frenzy

Envy Frenzy


The grass may
indeed be greener
on other side
of the fence 
that divides

but

beware of the snake
hiding in the weeds

cause he'll bite you
in your envy

a venomous fate

that will leave 

your ass dead

if you rush in

where only
fools dare to tread