Porch Swing
the cold came in
like a sideways glance
from a once spectacular friend
it froze my movements
just as the labrea memorialized
the bones of other
trying beasts
with thick,
viscuid
material
to shed such matter
in such a manner
is difficult at best
easy at worst
i cannot help but to think
of the last star in view
just before
the death of the old
giving way to
the new chrysalis
developing new
forging methods
in the midsts of
all the crazies
clowns
and megalomaniacs
because
washing tides tell me
i've been all of the above
just a look
at me
i still love me
i am here
despite everything
society beats the skatt out of people
it doesn't matter who you think you are
you are human
you feel
i am humanesque
i resemble something that remembers
Love
Loyalty
Longevity
let's go-
don't give away your given place
to the fools waiting
for your compliance
shriek and call out into the darkness
to fish for those who are neccessary
to get us
out of the b.s. swamp
Copyright © Dennis Sheffer | Year Posted 2008
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