In silence it slips across my worries A quiet balm, unexpected This is not that shroud of death That we all imagine This is not the seeping arthritic pain of aging handsBut a peaceful much appreciated surprise of releaseThe ecstasy, inexplicable the joy of being aliveWaking, some time later This poem was waiting unbidden Just…
Category: Poetry
Here is a collection of various poems spanning the last five years. Among these are a few from decades ago
Xyprexalatel Chlorophosadic Neutrazonol
I find myself sneering with each click of their fancy red buttons* Delusions (believing things that aren’t true)* Hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that aren’t there)* Jumbled or confused thinking and speaking* Odd and random movements like strange posture* Avoiding other people* Trouble showing emotions* Having very low energy* Trouble planning and carrying out activities In quiet…
Lies
Lies are better tranquilizers None are deafer than those who will not listen The “Oh my God”iness of it allPolyester leopard print couch with matching throw ruga “rad” complementary chair The ambulance screamed by in perfect harmony withHarmonious Chords evoking Earthly ParadiseToo late for the life saving abortion of the tangled half life fetus She…
A World
Before the Furrow The Paradise that no one knew was neededWhere skies stretch wide, a silence speaks the day.The ancient people worked the soil, yet minds on wings,With calloused hands on Golden vortex plows and thoughts blinded by third eyesworlds away.Their knowledge blooms beneath the morning light a dawn withLong sinewy links behind our…
WR
Is it just squirting This orgiastic spasm?Is it just rewards for more procreation?Is it mechanical At the levels that feel So fulfilling?Passion Destroyed by so many worriesIf I walk off this infinite pier will the magnificent shipArriveOrganic … inorganic.. organic Steel stolenFrom the rich earthThe step by step increase Towards releaseLe petit morte Orgasm functions…
William Blake
Running my electric toothbrush Over my teeth with that marvelous Dental quadrant timerI suddenly realized I am doing something William Blakeand all his “revelations”Never, ever, did … Sept. 28, 2024 SGL Brunswick, ME
Slipknot
Truth is the rarest information The eye can see and is visible You cannot see the backside of the cupthat you know is there The tree feels the texture Fingers on the rough surface Exactly as our models expected God is everywhere and nowhere All at onceLike a catIn an imaginary boxLike the one and only electron and the single positron Matter Antimatter DeathNot DeathSlipknot September 28th…
Dead Poem
In the Cow Palace 1974, the lobby spun, Floor swirled, pulsed, anticipation begun, Owsley Orange barrel coming onThe Wall of Sound waited for us allWaves of fervor surged, pushing tight, Against the exit doors, our path in sight.An unseen hand moved the mindful throng, Guiding us where echoes once belonged, Into a space where grandeur…
September
(Green leaves turning ) It all starts dying The blooms fade The air changesIn a death sort of waySpiders are everywhere When fried they are likeLittle lobstersYou can’t fry lobsters You need to boil themAliveLike innocent medieval “witches”Their little claws opening and shutting Useless Not unlike our mindsWhen the super intelligence Spots our inefficiencies Tremendous…
Clouds of Blood
Things that copy themselves Are very rare Machine-like molecules Stepping up the evolutionary ladderOver obstacles, unseenNothing for the blazing future Radio Activated charcoal warriors Emboldened the bystanders who have no clue Making flawed copies of the faulty narrative Stumbling over the Acronyms of lifeBlindly slicing with their Light sabers of justification Freedom the shoutJustice the…