21:18 May 17 2006
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Okay, I suppose you’re here for some great poetry. That’s really unfortunate, as I have only my verbal psychosis to share with you. After the first few entries, most of the stuff here will be published here for the first time. The first few entries will be a mix of VR Exclusive material, and some of my favorites from my livejournal. Speaking of which, I like the opening over there much better. I wrote:
Okay, welcome to my little corner of the internet. Here I will be posting some of my crappy poetry, so you can read it and send me death threats when you think it sucks. But seriously, any comments are welcome. Those whose religious sensibilities are easily offended, or those offended by erotic imagery, or words like "fuck" should just leave right now. I'll be posting newer stuff, as well as some old. That being said, a word on my work:
I dislike the way I write sometimes. I think that when my stuff rhymes, it sounds very juvenile. In my opinion, if Dr. Seuss was depressed and took far too much acid, it might sound something like this. Ready?
In the Valley
Death, around every corner but yours;
in every valley, save mine.
And we drink from the cup we are given.
And we eat of the fruit, never tasting the vine.
Currently Untitled
I let your name roll over my tongue like ripe berries.
You were the sweetest taste of a future memory.
The all and the only--you became grave and open sky.
Deceptively finite: you were the ending I never knew.
Understandably void: I merged into your spaces,
and was lost.
Affected
My foot is firmly in my mouth.
My insides are still coming out.
I scream a smile but you pass through it.
And never know what to do.
My best friend Exacto grins metallic from the dresser.
Maybe he's laughing too.
I'd sell my soul for friendly eyes.
Sell my soul for loving arms.
Maybe I'm just that desperate.
Maybe I'm just like you.
Simian Pageantry
Simian Pageantry:
We strut around like peacocks-
Our feathers unfurled
for the approval of others.
Donning our oddish coiffures
and calculated expressions
we pace the sidewalks and mega-malls.
Waiting for others to notice.
Cold and Impartial
Falling snow not unlike
dying angels
hits the ground
like hammers
cold
and impartial
beautiful
short-lived
cold and impartial.
Angry Words
I know something of angry
words...
of the gruff retort to fevered oral masturbation.
What is said with a
smile
is often wrapped in bitter blankets--
kept hot for the explosion.
Your painfully facile
utterance
is worth but a pound of nothing,
from vacant mind to wounded ear.
Amidst the heartstorm, our
egos
expend such injurious effort
simply to scar one another.
I know something of angry words.
The Playback
Sift through the blue kickback. On playback it sounds like a melody. A memory. A means to wash away. On your hard back on hard soil, drifting to the black--sweet and syrupy. Passing through phases like phrases you repeat just to know you're alive. Laughing, you're nameless and faceless and painfully swept under some kind of rug. And do you love? Tangerine and cherry blossom, scarlet slashes fill my vision. Who said life could hold a rhythm? Who is the architect and confidant, the commandant? Alpha and Omega... I listened to the playback. The melody. The memory. Fade to black. To nothing. Nothing.
Life in the Void
The halogen light
casts conspicuous glares
across grasses and rooftops
amidst the rain’s falling.
Betwixt winter and Autumn
I’m looking for patterns but--
Structure breaks.
And I’m left without season.
Men of God
The population police shall come
swarming round your door;
and without ever knocking,
will go rifling through your minds.
God bless those predatory gentlemen
in suit and tie chicanery.
Perfectly manicured hands,
perfectly suited to hold you down.
You’ve become both sin and felony
with your contemptible cries---
and so will come these men of god
with stake and kerosene prosecution.
The Darkest Embrace
When death kisses me long and deep
I hope it won't feel like this.
And though I know she won't be sweet,
I'm sure she'll taste just like you.
I know she'll be just like you.
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