Clogged Vent

Condemned at birth was I...

Never fully cleansed
from that original sin
I played no part in...

 
Anger issues implanted...

Hard wired resentments...

Today I am way past warranty
but the madness still persists...

Who do I see about this??

Ticket To Oblivion

So preoccupied was I
with my latest shit
I missed the big pic
that my distracted ass
was currently riding
the wrong train
to the wrong place..

Since I am almost there
at the end of the line
it may be time

for me to get off somewhere
in the middle of nowhere..

I doubt my insignificant 

existence will be missed..

Guide Guy

Take my hand
my brave little man...

Let me lead you
through this scary world
we gotta navigate today...

Take my hand
my brave little man...

I know the way..

The safe path of conformity
you will make your own
and pass on to your son someday...

Go Go to the So So

It is unprecedented..

So much so
nobody knows
what exactly we got here..

It is so

god damn unrepentant..

Wrecking all past conventions

to such an extent
nobody can recall 
exactly what came before..

Can flowers grow in this fog
that descended while we slept?

Probably not...

Probably so...

I guess I don't know...

Do you??

Open the Can

The majesty of any moment
rolls by in sporadic time increments..

The memory opportunity 
to be possibly implanted
and forever cherished
is totally lost on those
who perpetually view
this precious finite life
with eyes and hearts closed

Say What?

The Bafflegabian
from the Republic of Bafflegab
speaks fluent Bafflegabeese..

Sort of a hybrid mix of Chinese
and archaic Mangleese..

No one understands
what the fuck he is saying
except the ancient Vulgarian
who is so angry at the Bafflegabian
he's refuses to talk with him..

Given how pissed he usually is

maybe tis best we are lacking translation..

Then again,

maybe our misunderstood friend

is just frustrated

he has no one to talk too

Pro Control

The Right to Life
comes with a steep price..

Kids born to single moms...

Many of them lacking in resources..

These right to life children
will soon enough

join the cycle of poverty
cause the prolife party
ain't never been keen on programs
that give the poor a helping hand
to help them climb out of misery ..

They call this Socialism..

Government overreach..

Except where your uterus is concerned..

That belongs to them ..

The truth is they don't give a damn
about the true sanctity of life..

Only power and control
like the medieval Lords of old

Peer Pressure Teardrops

Don't trade in
your self respect
for a few fleeting moments
of perceived social coolness

That affirming spot light
you so desperately seek
will blind your senses
and expose bad intentions

In the end the consequence
just ain't worth the polite applause

from the shallow trend setting crowd

who will turn on you at the first chance

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...

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