Matthew Harris Poet Free verse

Common Thread First Strand Za

alternate long worded title – the grudge holder from one generation to the next for all intents and purposes remains the same, and thus interestingly enough, they can easily be a pinch hitter for man, woman, and/or child feeling resentment since dawn (or eventual dusk) of civilization and dominant species experiences discontents.

Hotmail outlook grim, viz beholding 
     warp and woof reconciliation,  
     at social gatherings time and agin
mass elf listened to threnody 
     inducing dot bin
reiterated within earshot, 
     when this then mortal mwm 
     clocked LVIII Earthlinked
 
     round the sun, while he
     tugged hairs on 
     his chinny chin chin
now clearly informs thyself, 
     how genealogical 
     weave incorporating din
gee, holey, bunched 
     gaps rendering incomplete
 
      thine quilted worm, 
     and moth eaten 
     delicate webbed weave  
     thread bare fabric 
     evinces absent majority descendents,
     not more'n two generations past
equally substantially rotten produce 
     junction bore inquisitiveness
 
     upon approaching mine 
     middle adult existence
     details known istenig to WXPN  
I whiz a boot 
     thirteen (NOT shoesize),
     benchmarked with virulent yen
twittering, snapchatting, instagramming
Bugaboo gainsaid, infiltrated subUrban

bedroom and kindled pinterest the 
reddit lee making me 
     an outcast with Penny 
Sylph Vanya (amidst prickly 
     Poker Flats of 
     Lake Woebegone), when 
trumpet call to 
     erect an invisible 

     omnipotent fence still 
     did not obstruct hearty ten 
to cros the Rio Grande 
     among strong men
many sharing first name Sven
purportedly related moost every one 
     placed when newborn among 
     one of many scattered orphan
 
(deliberate poisoned, sans scorpian 
     subsequently kid
     napped by vested gentry,
     who shared microscopic strands 
     plus CRISPR DNA 
     compliments of Ken
and Barbie, nonetheless forced 
     as stoop labor for

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