Notes About The Poem

An older write, dd 7/7/2024


 

Existential

Admired by many from afar,
especially in jam-packed bar;
must include a fair derriere.
How he stirred his tea is his affair.
Any amount of shove and push,
like a beating about the bush,
will drive him up sanity’s wall.
It’ll make his coming out to stall.

More than the sum total of parts.
Eyebrows are raised at broken hearts.
Like flotsam, affairs jettisoned
and much of the jetsam yet to stoned. 
The episode at Walt’s party,
back in the day of drink hearty, 
where Mickey and Minnie romped
on the screen amongst feet stomped.

Giving his due: He’s debonair
and goes through life without a care.
His Free Will not ever questioned,
and compassion not sessioned.
If passion weighed up against norm
and he’s expected to conform,
what message do others relate?
Their self-loathing must abate.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Hind Avatar
September 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Problems with others stem from our own core, interesting and powerful,
Hind Avatar
September 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
:)
Richards Avatar
September 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Yes, now I get it. You are right, Paige :)
Hind Avatar
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Causes us to push and pull away -
Hind Avatar
September 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I see what you're saying. :) I just am saying that people acting out came from something deeper seeded, maybe trauma or....what Ghairo was saying, MPD, Bipolar, etc...
Richards Avatar
September 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I think you are missing the point of this poem, Paige. Hating on others, maybe, but prejudice is external and affects many lives - it is not their doing.
Daniels Avatar
September 24, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Yes ! I adore “bi-polar & multiple personality” human’s > they’re only one’s for real, Su. These are the ‘New Humans’. Gen Z’s are not the first who don’t care an owl’s hoot : read many in one ...and I’m for game - except fulcrum must hold base. Love last line of this poem > nice strong message.
Richards Avatar
September 24, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I had some pushback when I first posted it last year - but now I'm bolder and "kannie worry nie" ... Yes, GenZ is not the only one with a handle on reality. Thanks for the read, Ghairo.
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