Dreams of the Fool

In the kingdom
of Amazon women
where I daily toil
I am the lovable lump...

A once proud nobleman was I

now trapped

on the wrong side of history

  
Today a slapstick jester
summoned for comic relief
who amuses the Queen
and her cackling court
for the loose change
they drop in my cup..

A neutered eunuch fool

playing the butt

of all their snide asides..

Behind this clown's smile

is a sly serpent's determination..

Waiting patiently

for the wheel of fate to turn

and for Karma to reverse

my current bitter situation..

Forth and Back

I love contrarians
poking holes in my opinions
forcing me to defend my positions
as I parry and thrust back at them..

This stirring mix of the thought process
percolates meaningful debate
which can actually create
innovative advancements
to all sides of the truth equation

Gender Blenders

Peeps stuck in the 20th Century
seem excessively obsessed

with gender assignment..

They DEMAND roles be defined narrowly..

Pronoun ID's gotta roll binary..

You MUST be either a he or she
like it was for centuries
while those who did not fit
were socially ostracized

and condemned

by the hateful majority..

So what is a woman?

What is a man?

Not so obvious anymore..

There's now a serious degree of fluidity

flowing through once rigid definitions..

Slowly eroding prejudiced conventions..

Fear not our social evolution..

Change does not mean the end of civilization...

Embrace the rainbow

of the human condition  

and let people choose to be

whatever they need to be..

And if you can't adapt to the new reality

learn to mind your own frickin business 

Off Center

We loony birds of a feather
truly flock together

Ruffling staid conventions

to the chagrin of the pack

Never forget

we're all damaged goods

lingering on the clearance rack

So next time you feel lonely
and out of step with normalcy
just remember
you are a premium member
of the odd ball majority

Rolling slightly wobbly
but always uniquely

Seed Libations

 

Alcohol...

That behavior clouding libation
lubricating the loins of history...

What percentage of the population
owes it's very existence
to boozy fueled
inhibition reducing procreation?

Ever Aftering

Take your insipid distractions
wherever you kind find them

Draw the curtains tight

Blast the artificial light

Get immersed in the fairy tale
with all the hokey symbolism
cynics will surely mock

Their suffocating world of gray
polluted with jaded sarcasm
is a toxic waste land anyway

Dreams don't need heavy substance

or happiness draining reality validation 

Temptation Situation

So here I am..

A hungry middle age man..

Before me a steaming bowl

of digestive temptation..

The time is 10 PM..

Past experience tells me
this snack would be
an all night gastric calamity
of sleep deprivation..

Common sense demands

I put down this damn utensil..

What a crock it is
being so predictably practical..

FUCK IT..

Let's dine tonight with future regret...

 

Still Standing

 

I have been devalued and diminished

Knocked down by the forces of Ignorance

Taunting my bloodied ass
on my worthless insignificance

All these self esteem death missiles
launched daily in my direction

And yet here I am
still standing defiantly

Not giving a damn
what those bastards think of me

Patiently awaiting

the opening for my counterattack

This is when persistence pays off 

as I revel in the laments

of my shocked enemies

Game of Hearts

Don't overstay your welcome

in the world of nuance..

Subtlety is great
when playing cards
dealing with all the mind games

but you can miss winning opportunities
staring you right in the face
by playing it too cute
and holding your romance hand
too close to the vest

Going Out of Business Sale

After the Minister of Defense

read the Armageddon edition

from the Book of Mass Destruction

the stunned congregation

dutifully lined up for confession

to get their stained souls cleansed

before the infidels storm in

but of course not before

the pilgrims paid up at the door

for the salvation privilege

that the chosen ones roll with

Compass Less

In this state
of perpetual transition
we are forced

to calibrate
our current position
based on the best
available reconnaissance..

Traditional points of reference

which once guided us

can no longer be trusted  

How hard it is to accomplish

much of anything
without a solid base foundation

Untimely Obsolescence

Nobody wound
the old clock today..

So it sits transfixed 
at half past six.. 

Seems the old guy
who use to wind it
went off and died
as elderly folks
tend to do..

Sadly

only he knew
rewind tech mechanics
and since he left
no notes behind
the old clock
much like us
remains frozen in time

Honorable Valor

Medals will not be pinned
on the chests
of those souls who did the decent thing..

No monuments are to be erected
for the brave few
who in the midst of hate and prejudice
acted with human compassion..

Perhaps if we celebrated such valor
as opposed to military heroism
more peeps
would step up for their fellow man

war would be a tad less glorious

and definitely not as frequent

Maskquerade

Such a pretty mask
you display so proudly
for the right people to see..

The beauty of your façade
is it's not apparent readily
to those with limited views..

If only these deluded fools knew
the extremally flawed you
beneath your well crafted

public perception

Ode to Evolution

To all you nostalgia junkies

who reside

in the rose colored corridors

of flushed yesterdays..

The old ways

were not always

the best way...

In fact

they were replaced

and upgraded

for very good reasons

you seem

to have conveniently misplaced

The Devil and Me

The creepy man behind the counter

offered me an extended warranty of life..

This once in a lifetime offer gave me pause
cause I am a perpetually skeptical type..

I asked the smooth talking salesman
if I could see his binding fine print..

He produced a contract quite elegant..

Brilliant in it's eternal simplicity..

So I signed a blood oath

on the crooked line that was dotted..

Now I roll on my timeline soulless

but to me the tradeoff ain't so bad

cause it's hard to miss

what you never really had..

Audience Grooming

Imagine the interfacing possibilities
if we did NOT take
every perceived slight
so personally..

If complete
and unrestrained honesty
were the rule
rather than exception..

Then all of humanity
could conceivably communicate
unfiltered and unconditionally

Earthly Inheritance

The code we've struggled to break was finally cracked today as all the secrets contained spilled out all over the floor..

Now we are faced with a mess..

Loose truths impossible to digest..

Guess the world was better off before back when we were blessed

with glorious ignorance

Healing Thyself

The next time
you feel overwhelmed
by life's many frustrations
look in the mirror,

take a deep breath,
and apply a little tolerance..

Forgive the core source
of your angst
with all the maddening
shortcomings
we imperfekt angels
are weighed down by...

There is always room

for self forgiveness

Only then

once this challenge

has been accomplished

can we can proceed

to make amends 

with those fallen friends

we are currently out of sorts with

Cotton Candy Commentary

I guess

at this point

of my development

it's safe to say
that I lack
a lot of knowledge..

I know

my cranial database
stores a whole lot less
than the sum of my vast ignorance..

And yet...

like the majority vast
I post opinions
on a variety of topics
based on fractional info
even though
I carry the realization
that my slant is backed
by minimal information..

Of this I am certain...

Opinions are like asses... 

Everybody has one...

Though some assholes

are bigger than others

Poking Yesterday

 

All these could have beens
piled neatly in a corner
keeping the shadows company...

I've been advised many times
to leave these dropped possibilities be...

Do not dwell in the land of Never Was
but given my current situation
how can I not give consideration
to all the opportunities I may have missed?

Hit and Run

Time to spice up my material
with acceptable cultural touchstones
to make it more digestible
to the mass audience
flipping through view portals
in 20 second increments
seeking quick
and meaningless entertainment bits..

This poem is over the limit...

(Swipe Left)

The Holy Shit Trinity

Jesus.. Guns.. Babies ..

Pro Life Christianity that will kill you with a Second Amendment chaser if you dare pray from a different book...

Or possibly just maim you maybe if GOP Jesus takes pity and takes into consideration your White Privilege

We Persist

Let's work our way

to the eye of the storm

that blew in like a whirlwind

of unmatched ferocity...

Surrounded on all sides

by swirling walls of external turmoil

we can rest and get our bearings

if we stop fighting friction conflicts

Bend with the breeze

that seeks to rip us apart

and it will if we let it

cause we're ill equipped

to battle these forces head on...

Fortunately such adversaries

of high intensity

do tend to dissipate rapidly...

Unlike us who roll slow and steady...

Survivors of many a hard grind...

We'll still be around

long after this challenge

has blown through...

It's what we survivors do...

Rotten Apples

As a rule I try as best I can to stay clear of perpetually cynical people... 

Their negative slants on life not only are exhausting, but the black cloud they live under will eventually envelope you if you are not careful..

And yet I have become all that I despise... After quite a few decades wandering through life on this planet I am now a hard core cynic so I guess I truly despise myself (it happens)...

Of course we Negative Nellies like to classify ourselves as realists and given the facts of life today outsiders of our dark universe who would try and knock us off our cracked soap boxes would face an almost impossible task..

Let's face it, we live in an "ends justifies the means" world...

Consequence has become an antiquated concept... 

A fifteen year old Russian figure skater tests positive for a performance enhancing drug and of course the rule against this behavior is over ruled and the young girl is allowed to skate in the Olympics... The pressure got to her and she went down in flames, though the conspiracy tin foiled hat guy in me wonders if she was ordered to take a few falls for the team to lessen the heat.. Her Russian team mates finished 1-2 in the event, but who is to say they were not also chemically enhanced(not that it matters) but did not get caught.. It's all a big flashy spangled shit show..

The beloved teddy bear David "Big Papi" Ortiz who previously had failed a steroid test got voted into the baseball Hall of Fame this year.. Prior to this, known or suspected juicers did not receive the needed votes, but that thud you hear are standards being dropped.. Now the cry is louder than ever that past chemical sinners like Bonds, Clemens, and Arod should be in the Hall because "everybody was doing it"... Full disclosure: I believe these guys should all be in the Hall of Fame but as I said before I don't particularly like myself.. 

"Everybody does it" has always been the go to rationalization for those who have been caught in the act of wrong doing.. Kids use it all the time when they get in trouble, but how do parents today teach children that the old "two wrongs don't make a right" counter answer is still in effect? 

The Houston Astros get caught cheating and are allowed to keep their championship, the Patriots in football have been nabbed numerous times for bending the rules... Heck, even Medina's Spirit, the horse who won the Kentucky Derby tested positive for illegal drugs and was allowed to keep racing.. The transgressors just take the short term social media hits, pay whatever fine is levied, and go on their merry way..

Things are no different in business and politics... The corporate financial shysters who nearly took down the global economy in 2008 with their shady accounting tricks all got away with their crimes with nary a one of them doing a moment in jail for their fraudulent actions.. Zero accountability on their personal balance sheets..

Politics is replete with examples of people from both parties breaking rules and laws all the time with few if any ever having to pay the price...Most even get reelected and those who don't leave politics and slide right into the corporate or lobbyist world at mega salaries...Who says crime does not pay?

Along with consequence being an endangered species the same can be said for the concept of shame.. These days instead of the sinner contritely confessing and doing penance for their sins, the modern tactic is to play the victim card and aggressively attack the motives of those who bring the charges.. No deflection is too outrageous or out of bounds... Our previous president is the master of this strategy and his supporters love and celebrate him as the forever aggrieved whipping boy of the insidious Deep State..

Not only do "Nice guys finish last" in America, but they are ridiculed and their motives are constantly mocked and questioned by a jaded populace... One would think that perhaps these righteous unicorns should perhaps enter the priesthood or the ministry, but the pedophile protecting Church may not be the best place for pious morality types...

I offer no solutions of how to stem this tsunami of cynicism nor do I pretend to understand why our frightened species seems to be sinking deeper into this pit of human pessimism...

Maybe we should blame it all on God and call the rest of humanity's trip off...     

  

    

     

    

 

 

    

Mystery Tripping

Scrolling through coming attractions

to see where I need to be

Down this narrow corridor of tomorrow

the future is a maze of uncertainty

We roll moment by moment

Weave past history

into coherent memory

The good and the bad

form our life tapestry

What's up next

for wandering us

is anyone's guess

Best try and be ready

Shot Gun Love

On this relationship thoroughfare
replete with many a bump and turn
you were the one chosen by destiny
to ride shotgun with me

It was always you

It always will be

Our love soars above
the constraints of poetry

For happily ever after
ain't just a fairy tale cliche

It's our daily reality

Raging Cow

Sparks fly off her flat screen
with a friction unmatched in nature...

Reigning down calamity
on today's object of her ire...

A combustible text fire
that burns the eyes
and sears the very soul
of the toasted marshmallow
who lit the flame...

Now currently buried
beneath the ashes of blame

Shoot All Messengers

If you study the long history
of our contentious species
you will quickly see
a common thread of inhumanity...

Our chest thumping tribe
riddled with insecurities
is hard wired to solve conflicts
with unrelenting violence
so don't hold your breath
about us ever giving peace a chance

Thanksgiving Requiem

 

Gnawing on a turkey leg
like a marauding Viking
in the company of my blood
most of whom I never see
unless when we gotta reconvene
to bury one of them...

Those of us who skew elderly
wonder if this indeed
will be our final feast
and we'll be relieved finally
of the chore having to endure
this great American tradition...

Pass the mortality please...