Mind Control

we sing and dance and write
cornered this way
mercy of lies
mercy for the liars
believe me when i say it
i sing and dance to break a leg
break my own ankle on center stage to take this away
an age old cliche
corner your mind
to corner mind
together we say the same thing
whats in a name?
the wars we fight over everything
one thing we all had to say
the voice of controversy
the target audience of one
what did he do
under the umbrella
got a box to follow
\corner your mind too
sing and dance
dance and write
the art we create of a color scheme you must be trained to see
the psychology of finger paints
and why red to green doesnt mean anything to the fashionably obique
do the math 
lick it stick it
and sickened
never get it but gifted
you couldnt say this but cornered me through your movie magic
break a leg out there
here in my corner trying to pull off a tough combo
a great fall
a broken ankle
stumbling away
following pandoras box to wonder the story of who has the guts to steal on least game
where would i run away from
if i was to play house
how would i figure out how to sabatoge the best thing you could have
and take it home for myself
race around the world
because this manmade miracle pays for itself
never knew anything
a wall of fire
innocents and sheep
wolves clothing
headless blunders
the sense making masks mistakenly sidesteps
and looking backwards at yourself 
together we say
i cant believe we did that
but the illlusion this time
is the oppurtunity is a window
shattering the open
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009


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Date: 5/26/2012 8:47:00 PM
Troy,;-) congratulations with your featured poem of the week... it was nice stopping by to view all the great poems, on the home page.... always... pd
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Date: 12/18/2009 8:24:00 AM
thanks for your kind congrats on my placing in Elaine's contest! Happy holidays to you and yours. love, shar
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Date: 10/15/2009 2:41:00 PM
Interesting write. keep writing. Sara
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