Friday, November 16, 2018

American Dream

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Pursuit of hopes shattered by false popes
Expectations withered by words from plastic puppets
Dreams seasoned black via deep-fried prophets

Dream chasing fueled by capitalistic illusions
Smokescreen equality created by cabalistic elites
Selfishness parallels cultural toxicity, venomous pollution

Thoughts handcuffed by hidden class rules
Mental slavery, an intelligent design
Lowbrows segregated into cattle like pews

Knives in the backs of disenfranchised peers
Slave fighting slaves for crumbs fallen off silver plates
Circus and bread as highbrows’ clink wine glasses--Cheers.

Status quo remains chained to a wall of historic humiliation
Mass idleness drips in with famished pain, self-esteem flayed
Only collective pain can trigger socially progressive change

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Book Worm


Book Worm

Inhaling novels, essays, and poems
Swallowing verbs, nouns, and adjectives like handfuls of pills
Mental escapes from suffering and hate, anesthetizing motives
Self-medicating on creativity’s playground
Chugging short stories numb like cheap wine deals
Mortal horrors dissolve into mystic dream-worlds
Exhaling rhymes fortifying spiritual rebounds

Monday, October 12, 2015

Again And Again And Again


Head spins as stomach churns, dizzy
Lust and attraction and love swirling flummoxed
Lies and betrayal and rejection burns white hot
Heart scarred inside out
Emotional fool turned out
Silence abounds, flame blown out
Self-reflection proliferated with psychedelic insight
Spiritual guidance pregnant with hindsight’s forewarning
Sadness’ tears cleansing of perilous plights, a healing rite

Friday, October 2, 2015

Momma's Resume


Living life underneath a wardrobe of masks
Delusional anecdotes nourished globular
Truth vomited—allergic reaction

Self-inflicted wounds, merciful cries embroiled in wet-less tears
Pockets filled by profits off exploitation of her children’s horrors
Tireless tongue flapping, exaggerated tales of victimization

Grim’s scythe sharpened, revenge’s chops drooling
A legacy enveloped in crimson flavored unforgiveness
Mother's heart black-ice frozen, underground broiling


Friday, September 25, 2015

Voluntary Enslavement

Lizards herd sheep into corrals of false images
Lambs nurtured on greasy disinformation
Greed idolized, fattened by spiritual pillage
Obey, obey, obey, the sublime truth

Running in circles, trapped in a neverending rat race
A system designed by fork tongued pigs
Lion-heart gorillas lay listless, outnumbered
Total control equates total corruption, no saving grace

En-caged in a concrete jungle, no escape
Rebellious hearts eviscerated
Publicly displayed by stool pigeons, snake-faced
Mutiny's blood drips crimson on a tyrant’s trident for profits sake



Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Beautiful Baby Boy

A life sparked, stoked in sulfur womb warmth
An infant birthed under white fiery eyes watching
Screams for comfort blistered by fists of familial legacy

Razed in a scorned recapitulation of a father’s past
A baby baked in parental abandonment, glazed by a mother’s apathy
Tiny heart blazed for an ashtray end

Starved for attention, as nurturance stirred molten
A soul pulverized, burnt, a boy neglected
Child branded body scarred just like grandpa’s

White smoke, flickering flame fainted
Loved less than cigarette droppings, toxic compost
Ashes to ashes, dust billowed in the wind

Forgot by Mourn, a child's light smothered
Grief applauded a heritage extinguished
A spirit deep fried, rising phoenix wingless


Wednesday, September 2, 2015

An Island onto Oneself

A infant’s vision distorted
A child’s psyche splintered
A teenager enraged, caged

A low life educated
A tattooed miscreant evolved
A black ice perception thawed

A passionate, empathetic man accepted
A competitive man rejected
A man lost in bottomless perplexion 

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Compassion Heals

Slaying homelessness via remixed street smarts and formal education 
Harnessed collective collaboration without fearful hesitation 
Tireless placation past bounded, discarded

Suffocating stagnation, misallocation of hope old school thinking
Misappropriation fails strong, a rightful correction
Extreme capitalism implosive, worldly detoxification
Concentrated wealth diluted for the greater good
Kindness seeded, sprouted, nourished—thrived


Disenfranchised rising off oil-slick asphalt, off stained concrete
Extreme poverty eradicated efficiently
Ill erected cardboard shanties to apartment placements

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Know your place, boy, continued

Slandered by falsehoods, vilified by slurs of hypocrisy
Principled, unbroken, white flag never surrended
Authentic integrity, merciful tenacity, void of cruelty

Chain of command pontificated wanton reprimand
Competence worn, titled emboldened on badge
Fingers pointed by snitches, telling empty tales on quicksand

Actions spoke volumes, no one injured, no need to justify
Morals manifested without hesitation amid perpetual strife
Apathetic toward flagrant lies told by shit eating horseflies

Enraged by no reaction from gratuitous allegations
Despite the situation, adhere to rank, to a immovable caste
Don’t astray, safety not a duty, an obligation

Wits polished, trained for a one-sided dogfight
Words slung raw, dripped with substance, yolk
Unmoved, fearless, unswayed truth of hindsight

Actions right or wrong, bow and grovel, beseech forgiveness
Follow, revere, embrace despotic authority
No deliverance, disciplinary wicked, grim vileness

Intelligence enveloped in compassionate might
Muscles flexed tight, silver tongue unleashed
Beliefs steeled, abhorrent to conventional plight

Slights, barbs, character assassinations proved futile
Stepped back, hands fisted, hollow valor
Threats of termination hissed off a fork-tongued reptile

Level of empathy and compassion exposed
Leadership, domination, commands unheeded
Shallow, conscienceless, inhumanity opposed

Pressured speech, white-knuckled, mouth foamed
Reminded of status, less than, a pauper, a peasant
Face reddened, eye-brow furrowed, respect the throne


to be continued...

Know your place, boy....

Empty tales told by snitches, foundation built on quicksand
Tyranny worn on superior's sleeve, titled emblazed on badge
Chain of command pontificated wanton reprimand

Actions spoke volumes, no one injured, no need to justify
Morals manifested without hesitation amid perpetual strife
Apathetic toward flagrant lies spread by shit eating horseflies

Enraged by no reaction from gratuitous allegations
Despite the situation, adhere to rank, an unassailable caste
Don’t astray, safety not a duty, an obligation

Wits polished, well armed, unfazed by one-sided dogfights
Words slung raw, dripped with substance, fresh yolk
Unmoved, fearless, confident with the truth of hindsight

Right or wrong, bow and grovel, beseech forgiveness
Unilateral decisions not authorized, despotic authority reigns
No deliverance, punishment wicked, unthinkable vileness

Intelligence enveloped in valor, coupled in might
Muscles flexed, silver tongue unleashed
Beliefs steeled, abhorrent to conventional plight

Slights, barbs, character assassinations proved futile
Stepped back, hands fisted, hollow valor
Threats of termination hissed off a fork-tongued reptile

Devoid of empathy and compassionless gluttony exposed
Leadership, domination, commands unheeded
Shallow, conscienceless, inhumanity opposed

Pressured speech, white-knuckled, mouth foamed
Reminded of status, less than, a pauper, a peasant
Face reddened, eye-brows furrowed, respect the throne

Slandered by falsehoods, vilified by slurs of hypocrisy
Principled, unbroken, reflected, paused, surrender is comical
Authentic integrity, merciful tenacity, rebuttal void of cruelty

Compromise laughable, steadfast stonewalled
Quarrel shackled to stagnation, a lose-lose draw
Status quo preserved, ranks fixed, progress stalled

Dead Heart

A lake of love invalidated rippled
An eviscerated heart skipped
Slow sinkage, icy water dyed red

Electrical charge fumbled
Rescue never intended
Four chambers choked, silenced

Bottom feeders frenzied
Morsels of love lost digested
A wicked lover's revenge manifested

Thursday, November 29, 2012

The Tale of a Pharmaceutical Junkie

Awoke in a haze of macabre melancholy
Hit the medicine cabinet, snatched prescription bottles
Roaches scurried out of site, a daily routine

The living room: cold, dark, uninviting
Pills splayed across a glass coffee table
Razor blade sharpened, spoon polished

Deftone's record spun backwards
Lexapro minced, lithium diluted, xanax danced
Sweating, tremulous, thoughts distorted, heart twisted

A golden straw gleamed, god-like
Relief aligned in formation
No retreat, respite abounded 

Inhaled then exhaled, dust snorted brain-bound
Forehead numb, drainage slunk
Pixey dust back flipped into the gut

Lips chapped, anxiety stifled, yet crazed
A spittle of water, a cotton swab, a Bic lighter
Heart stopping tonic bubbled, sweat dribbled

Syringe filled, plunger cocked
Trigger pulled, middle fingers up to god and the devil
Euphoric apathy flooded primal senses

Alarm clock blared, focus regained, void of emotional pain
Skipped a shower, toothbrush untouched
Yesterday’s clothes, off to work, comfortably numbed

Monday, February 13, 2012

Positive poor denied!

                                                
One parent, three children, wrapped in rags, a dingy shack
Slept together, head to feet, back to back
Cement rugged, fought for space, someone got smacked

Stars shone, roof--torn tin
Rats crept, roach scurried, bed bugs stung
Heat raged, like a white flame, wearing patience thin

Roosters crowed, mouths yawned, arms stretched, bellies growled
Utilities unpaid, clothes sweat-drenched, cupboards bare
Mom’s cigarette lit, huffed and puffed, hungry children howled

A knock on the door, the first of the month, summer relief arrived
In the doorway, government man stood, with food, clothes, and cash
Door opened, his snout crinkled, lips thinned, turned about, left deprived

Without hesitation, mom chased, rabbit speed
The man halted, snatched the cigarette from chapped lips, and shouted
“You know the rules! No money for those who smoke weed.”

Friday, January 13, 2012

Confronting Incompetence!


Fork tongues flapped in mistruths
Words pure hocus pocus
Sloth cloaked in pious righteousness

Hypocrisy stealth in motion
Malice veiled by godly intent
Masses hoodwinked by biblical verses articulated

Accountability affronted cowish bamboozlement  
Facts trumped subjective truths
Mind uninfected by snake-oil potions

Voodoo tactics crumbled under hard footsteps
Actions bemoaned the hollowness of spoken word
Piggish greed revealed, ardently reviled

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

blah... blah..

Banality abounds
Creativity proves evasive
Head bangs against beige walls
Monitoring plinking, pixelating

Daydreams of razors gliding across tattooed wrist
Goals unwatered, wilting
Ambition fades to black
Hands cramp on keyboard

Anger regresses inward
Phone calls sent straight to vioce mail
Motivation lost, no searching
Slapped self in face, twice

Don't fret
the hamster's fed
Wire wheel turns round
Cognition sputters and sparks

Time to refocus, concentrate
Release the mind from slothish tedium
Envision something to be desired
Inspire to be more than what is now

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

A Love Affair

Beauty manifests cute, sexy, bold
Ethereal eyes reflect compatriot blue
Swagger pure steel resolve elegance

Preserver of inalienable freedoms
Sharp intelligence flexed in lithesome might
Exercise daily, fortified against subversion

Wit articulated stark arctic frozen
Silver tongue ominous, unfazed by tyrannical intimidation
Words melt cowardice, orange-flame lava

Forever indebted, yet…
Barbwire protected, guns cocked, bullet-proof invested
Integrity, conscience, justice dovetailed tight

Her majesty revealed, sitting high throne
Uncloaked, Unadulterated, Undeniable
First name: Miranda, Last name: Rights

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Will not be denied!

Opportunity abounds, ex-con branded
Applications skimmed, interview denied
Doors slammed shut, stonewall stranded

Self-esteem battered, determination resilient
Prejudice enacted, diving through open-windows
Black-balled, escorted out, will not remain silent

Gathered a stick, cardboard, tape, inked a message
Occupy now, rest later, fist in air
Posted on every corner, following an irrepressible linage

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Cheers!

Behind steely eyes and half smiles, hides a deep psychic schism
Daily situations trigger flashbacks of childhood horrors
Tormentor’s misdeeds alive after years of absenteeism

Abused boys evolve into men imploding, exploding in callous immure
Learned helplessness infectious, authorities ignored multicolor signs
Healing snail paced, forever a victim of the vilely impure

Legalized narcotics fail to quell violent inward aggressions
Middle fingers to false protectors, pour shots of 100 proof liquor
Embracing alcohol's bliss, a respite from haunting trangressions

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Job in a box!

Clock ticks, tocks, mocks
Little hand points south, derisive laughter
Big hand points north, opportunity balks

Apathy aphyxiates, ambition pale blue
Mediocrity laughs in the mirror in slack-jawed sneers
Aspirations limp, pipedreams skewed

Change laughable, an intangible abstraction
Thoughts molder, mood shiftless, spirit decays
Complacency consumes, entombed in rank stagnation

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Suspended animation!

A job in a box ignites atrophy
Thoughts ping pong off fractured dreams
Sitting goalless, rotting, mental distrophy

Sweating, walls melting, soul draining
Clocks mock with each tick and tock
Vision blurs, eye’s aching

Opportunities exist, yet heart adrift in deprecation
Progress retarded, selfish complacency infected
Potential wasted, adrift in precontemplation

To be continued…