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

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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

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

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

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

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

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…