The Friendly Lover

 

Dating a princess way out of my league..

A real beauty and the beast tryst..

She's my latest vanity project
in a long string of conquests
that to the world makes zero sense
cause we ain't exactly a perfect match..

But here's the thing..

I know how to listen
and cut through the bullshit

when all a girl wants to do is talk..

or vent..

or confide in a friend

she trusts and respects..

Getting deep into the depths

of the muddled mess

churning in her fair head..

Where few of my gender dare go

cause we fear being trapped

in the dreaded friend zone abyss..

I have am not burdened by that fear

as my options are more limited

by this flawed face in the mirror..

So patient me let's time

and the natural progression

of human relationships

do the rest..

Physical barriers being no match

from the force of erosion

that wears down all resistance

in the end

Golden Ruler

 

Where life lessons

are sadly lacking

ignorance definitely

ain't bliss

They should teach
the golden rule in school 
every day
til it becomes rote
like multiplication tables
and gum stalactites under the desk.. 

Call it the Pledge of Respect
until hopefully
the daily lesson rolls into habit
and the kiddies
grow up to be decent adults

Past Prejudice

 

Let's have MY people
meet YOUR people
at the designated place
where we will interface
and formulate secret plans
against THEM
who have no people
of any consequence..

We entrenched natives

gotta unite
because if we don’t
those we fear
will succeed in eventually
becoming part
of us
and the blood purity
of our former ethnic exclusivity
will be forever lost

as part of the Great Replacement

Deep State conspiracy

Go Girl Majesty

 

Drink up my dear...

Let the booze melt those chains
of ancient sexual repressions
good girls are forced to wear..

Morning after
you came blame it all
on too much alcohol...

but there's really no need..

For it's only a walk of shame
if you choose to let it be..

I suggest you choose NOT to..

Don't allow people to judge you..

Cause their snide petty asides

are nothing but projected envy

toward those with the audacity

of savoring this all too brief life

Caress the Process

All the answers you seek
to riddles that confound
are contained somewhere
in the loose solution fragments
rattling around
and bouncing off the walls
of your muddled brain..

Take the time
to sort
and collate
these jumbled thought cells
in an orderly coherent progression..

Then just connect the dots

and allow the clarity

now staring you in the face

to lead you through the darkness

of what was once ignorance

The Mystery of Faith

 

All of God's children

praying together

in splendid houses of worship..

Of course they also sin..

Many of them incessantly

which to me

is the height of hypocrisy

since so many love to preach

about the Lord's many requirements

So the unfaithful

sure can't use ignorance of the rules

as a fall back failure excuse..

So why the constant moral violations

that only serve to jeopardize

their potential heavenly reward?

This does give me reason to pause

if these pilgrims are truly all in

on the prospect of eternal salvation

which as I understand it

is sort of the end game objective

for pious true believers..

Makes me thank God

I'm a practicing agnostic..

Buffer Boy

 

So here I am..

Locked up again
with that mocking clock

keeping me company..

Spin freezing

my overloaded 

frozen ass..

Cause as always is the case
I try to do too damn much
too damn fast..

Only a desperate

refresh button option
can reset this busted equation
and bring about
much needed

time life restoration..

Just another band aid fix

slapped on the stubborn wound

that will never properly scar

on this poorly planned

overzealous man..

My Old Friend

 

Just another rest in peace moment
for an old friend..

Read about it on Facebook

from the thoughts and prayers comments
posted on an old pic
back when we were friends
before we too became old

and subject to the drifts of time..

Demise details sorely lacking
cause our friendship subscription expired..

We didn't even exchange

Christmas cards anymore..

Social media having squashed

such quaint traditions.. 

I wonder how my old friend died?

Was it quick and painless

or a long drawn out drip drip event?

Perhaps it was a to Hell with this life suicide?

My now dead old friend was dramatically inclined..  

Gotta get to the wake for all the morbid details

that I can share with my fellow curious ghouls

who won't bother to be there..

Gotta see all my other old friends

who do make the last respects trip..

Dressed in our best death threads
we'll reminisce on all the old stories
before we became walking corpses
now sharing our own shrinking timelines..

Who amongst us mourners 
we now barely know
will be the next to go?

Electronic Church bells toll

as yet another body gets laid to rest..

They do seem to ring louder than before 

which is weird cause my hearing 

has greatly faded over the years..

I guess mortality does play tricks

with the old senses

Fearless Cowards

 

If you've never felt
the sting of your mistakes
that slam impacted your friends
or suffered the consequences
of selfish misdeeds
then insensitive you is destined
to repeat these egregious offenses 
again and again...

This is a blessing

and a curse

(of course)...

The life of the oblivious cur

is a curious one indeed...

A cool bastard mix

of bravery and foolishness..

Destined to crash and burn

(of course)...

The Chosen Ones

 

While it’s an absolute truth

that all dogs go to heaven

tis also not a guess

that all cats are admitted too

Glory be the truly blessed innocents

the Lord has always favored

While we sin based humans

roll 50/50 at best

to meet entrance requirements 

What does this say

about our marginal species?

We're made in God's image my charred ass

Nick and Nora

 

Let's get dressed up..

Let's go out and be seen..

Insert our faces in every pic..

Pretend we're a perfect couple
for all the social media voyeurs
sitting home in their sweats
wishing they were us..

Be the flashy objects of hate and envy..

Maybe we can even con ourselves
into believing we are happening..

Be part of the cool kid clique for once

Dumbing Down

 

Hatred clouds judgement...

Creating an irrational covenant
between facts and poisoned fiction
that diminish once solid positions
and demolishes
what's left of our credibility
to such an extent
we become non serious
buffoonish cartoon characters...

Once we have devolved

to this level of pure ignorance

the dummies that we have become

will have achieved 

the proper gullible pliability

for full indoctrination

into a certain political cult

that rhymes with SAGA 

 

Quoxite Party

 

The movers and shakers..

Cigar chomping Earthquakers
live in the clouds they created..

Label them as you see fit..

Fat cat capitalist industrialists..

Fiendish lobbyists..

Deep State operatives..

They have always existed..

Robber Barons..

Lords of the Manor..

Those insidious shadow dwellers..

Owners of everything..

Taking more than they need

because they can..

Peeing down from on high

on the mud dwelling majority..

Simply because they can..

Philosopher poet agitators

can of course

demonize these ghosts

who roll anonymous..

At least in concept..

Swinging their flacid sticks

at steel piñatas

they really can't see

Futility is the recurring theme

for we would be revolutionaries

forever fighting windmills

Time Tyrants

 

To increase team productivity
our cloud dwelling overseers
brought in a renowned authority
on time management efficiency.. 

Thus commenced
the daily flogging sessions
to teach us slackers the lesson
that their sacred processes
had to be duly worshipped
at the expense of common sense..

Those thought sinners who strayed
outside the rigid boundaries laid
would be cast out
of bureaucracy Eden
and forced to wander

the unregulated wilderness
where all innovation resides

Empty Cans

 

Today I choose not to engage
in the communal festival

of shared cyber rage..

It's not that my anger has dissipated
or that this friction addiction within

has been satiated..

I just got hit by the realization
that the constant conflict

churning these pointless

circular arguments

is a no win situation

which only widens the schism

between family and friends..

All this shit breeds is mutual resentment
and a major sense of inner emptiness

with only our divisive opinions

to keep us company

Don't Tug On My Blanket

 

All our useful rationalizations
we utilize to get through the day
may not always be truth
but they do become so ingrained
into the fabric of our souls
we make them fit into our reality
through sheer force of necessity..

So don't try to straighten me out
with your version of pliable facts

that may be your particular

comforting crutch du jour

that works very well for you

and your judgmental ways

have zero relevance with me

Sobering Thoughts

 

Took a swig of something strong
cause it needed to be drunk
to get me out of my head for awhile

and fly above our daily muck..

Tricked my brain into having some fun..

A joyous condition oft frowned upon

by judgmental fools and moral hypocrites..

In my liberated inebriated condition
I blurted words without my usual hesitation

cause chemically emboldened me

no longer feared the monsters of recrimination..

Did things I never would have done

due to past indoctrination

under the guise of religious education..

How glorious it was to be free

even if only temporarily..

But of course the morning after came

accompanied by harsh repercussions

compounded by self induced shame..

Weakness rode in with my hung over state

as I now sought answers

for my perceived transgressions

Alcohol of course was there to blame

like a steady reliable fall guy..

Letting me hide behind the alibi

of personal inebriation..

Now that I'm back to my norm

of being a morally repressed

uptight white guy

I come attached with this disclaimer

when I binge and sin again

as is my decadent nature

Self Abuse Poetry

 

I know
this face I see
blankly reflecting back at me
has always been

an impossibility...

Not conducive exactly
to a sense of mental stability..

Maybe I really do need therapy
though I have learned
from years of crafting

insanely bad poetry
that perhaps this shitty self esteem

is a twisted kind of destiny
that was simply meant to be..

Gonna keep bludgeoning

these frickin inner demons

with a torrent of introspective

totally disconnected words..

No way

these sick bastards

can take

this rambling mess literally..

I sure as Hell don't

Definitely Tripping

 

Our trip stalls
as it so often does
at the fork in the road
where decisions need be made
that should not be delayed
but of course they always are
cause of our analysis paralysis..

Where there is no direction
drift becomes inevitable..

Our crash was predestined
by the self generated forces
of information saturation 

that weighed our analytic asses down..

Leaving us at the mercy

of non judgmental gravity

that really should be

the only compass we need

End All

 

Tears have all been expended..

Now the end game commences..

A paralysis of suffocating sadness..

Unless..

I stop blaming myself..

Make peace with my fate and keep to the premise that I will not weep in this haunted place

anymore

Point Driven

 

Precision in language
is the current mission

Clarity of intent
improves communication content

Direct point to the point delivery
remains the concise objective

Free from the applied tyranny

of loose misinterpretation

We have the power to conquer
these useless confusions
that drive many a conflict

only if we have the courage

to choose the straight line path

from transmitter to receiver

Smile Tripping

 

So many twists and turns
we faced on this life journey

with so many bumps along the way...

Venturing forth without a map

way before modern GPS days..

Feeling our way through as best we could

using the best guess scenarios not always so good..

But not every move in these forks in the road

were choices we would later regret..

Somehow, someway we ended up on the same path...

At the right time, at the right place..

Call it luck, label it fate..

In the end who gives a shit

how you wound up getting there..

Happiness is all about the trip...

Our grand plans just go along for the ride..

For in the end the destination works itself out..

Dark Noise

 

All this pulsating fury
and blasting bits
of shared 
orchestrated outrage
over the great nothings
that passes for crisis
these contentious days..

Saturated with absurdity..

Shredded by anxieties..

These are the shrill people
who dominate current conversation
with their sheer noise volume

and total lack of social consciousness ..

Fret not these thoughtless opinions

for they by there very nature

are bitter transient ghosts

blasting words like flame throwers  

onto a gasoline drenched canvas...

Now just spent black smoke

drifting away

with the indifferent breeze of history

Turning Wheel

 

All these regulations and rules
you once owned
and brandished like a sword
of shameless hypocrisy
have turned against you..

Now losing control..

Arrogance corrodes the soul
as you whine like a child
about the unfairness
of your creation
now being inflicted
on your indignant
soon to be incarcerated ass

Dino Droppings

 

Just another glitch

in the machinery

Tech Central decrees

is too expensive to be fixed

For now

we gotta do the workaround

to bypass the defect

in our ancient process

that will not be upgraded

til the last of us dinosaurs 

is gone

along with our phone modem memories

Control-Alt-Delete

Chewed Eraser

 

The older I get
the less I digress
to amend
previous proclamations

It's not that I misspeak

any less
or am now an elegant master

of language precision

I simply grew weary

of endless self revisions
and found acceptance
that seriously flawed me
ain't ever gonna achieve

communication perfection

Glitter Stick

 

Once upon a time
fully committed was I
to the concept of rhyme
and iambic pentameter
because I worshipped
at the literary altar
of form over substance..

The opiate of texture..

Tactile word allure..

Mere glitter on a stick..

Easily shaken off
by the harsh winds
of what passes for truth

these unrelenting days

Crash and Yearn

 

My true love became
a password once saved
but now tragically forgotten

when our support system crashed..

Lost in the pit of self darkness
by the opiate of rote convenience..

This is what happens
when you take the heart for granted
and don't do your due diligence
to keep the precious flame safe
from unforeseen circumstance

Revenge of the Abused Pussy

 

We truly live 
in a FUCKED UP society
where our she's

can't walk down the street
alone at night
or in the day for that matter
without looking over their shoulders
for some monstrous creep
who feels entitled
to grab them by their pussy's
or other bodily parts
just because they can..

Our mothers, daughters, sisters

by jungle necessity

gotta always proceed cautiously

and more often than not

endure locker room boys

clumsy groping grabs silently

in deference to the tyranny

of the entitled patriarchy

which traditionally

in matters of he/said

she/said controversies

pees down on the teasing sluts

for dressing too provocatively..

Now that rape and sexual assault

have been stirred into the cauldron

of modern combat politics

as yet another lame rationalization

to counter the long overdue Me Too accusations

girls today may be better served

exercising their 2nd Amendment

God given rights

to defend against predators

when these cavemen feel the primal urge

to get overly physically affectionate..

At the very least they'll get the cave man's attention 

as well as their post carnage bullet slicing castration

thoughts and prayers 

Wise Ass Knight

 

Far too many times

I've been victimized

by the harsh process of elimination.. 

My defense mechanism

has always been

to go inner numb..

Wear the cloak of apathy

spiked with sarcasm..

This liberating indifference

to humbling rejection

shields me from shame

and the accompanying

feelings of life inadequacy