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Choking On Bourgeois Mind-Control

abstract endings pacified 

  pedestrian beginnings, 

save yourself before

             you're slap-happy,

 choking on interloping bourgeois 

       mind-control subterfuge

   under a darkly cast spell of

plebeian sugarcoated reality,

  waxing tween whitewashed rainbow

        hues and unicorn attitudes,

  beyond uncompromising comeuppances

     from behind unglued glossed over walls'

                congealed mid exoneration's excuses

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Richard Lamoureux

Date: 12/23/2017 1:50:00 PM

Dropping by to wish you Merry Christmas. I enjoyed reading this one again.

Paul Callus

Date: 12/6/2016 4:54:00 PM

You return, Paloma, refreshed and as strong as ever:) Here I am left mulling over conventional attitudes, conformity and makeovers. A poem which leaves us open to interpretation. ~ Regards // paul

Freddie Robinson Jr.

Date: 12/6/2016 12:20:00 PM

Well now that you're back, I'm pacified, ready to be controlled by the anarchist. LOL! No conformist in you, the poem says so. Didn't know we were plebes though. I knew we were peon and pawns. Plebes ... okay that's new. Very original poem in your own inimitable style, Paloma. Well done. Love always.

Chris Green

Date: 12/6/2016 9:11:00 AM

And then I saw a sign that read, "Pick a line, any line!" And I couldn't because each one floored me. Should I just repost the poem here in this little box? I will not be led to this beginning or end but some stupid sign...but following you and your poetry, get the kids out of the driveway, here I come. Amazing Paloma...

Paloma P
Date: 12/6/2016 9:20:00 AM

I wish you could see my smile. :) Watch out kids! Many thanks Chris...

Darren White

Date: 12/6/2016 9:10:00 AM

Slap-happy indeed... I am glad to see you back. I missed you and your wonderful wordplay

Paloma P
Date: 12/6/2016 9:19:00 AM

I missed you too! Thanks for your kind words.

Heidi Sands

Date: 12/6/2016 8:30:00 AM

Another powerful one Paloma. No mind control!

Paloma P
Date: 12/6/2016 8:57:00 AM

Much thanks Heidi!

Daniel Turner

Date: 12/6/2016 8:17:00 AM

"Sugarcoated mind control" I don't believe I've ever heard it so aptly described. I'm with you, Paloma. I missed you and was going to soupmail you. If you had not shown up today I was going to ring you. So wonderful to see you:)

Paloma P
Date: 12/6/2016 8:57:00 AM

Thanks Danny, nice to know when you're missed! :) I missed you too...couldn't be helped though.

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 12/6/2016 7:43:00 AM

You will not be controlled. I enjoyed this piece Paloma.

Paloma P
Date: 12/6/2016 8:55:00 AM

Thanks Richard, much appreciated.

Paloma P
Date: 12/6/2016 8:54:00 AM

Thanks so much Phil, I never did care for Ivory Towers.