The Joke I'M Not Telling

pointless
building a mystery for tomorrow
only to break out of routine
try to be surprised
find a way to get away from blind leading the blind 
a way for them to see
the riddle that makes them smarter
the one you can't tell properly
they must figure out on their own
then figure out their answer

leads me to the disasterpiece of how pointless it is
life seems to be like that
covering up its pointlessness
a routine of man's plan
caught in the middle of demon's listening in
to the instructions of how to write the instructions
for the angels
upon the mirrors for them to memorise
so it can dance upon the head of a pin

whirlwind
whirlwind
do you know what you did
when you said you planned to fail
you signed up for that box in the sky
to perfect it one at a time
the grace of it all
and die laughing like supervillians 
the ignorance
the bliss
the sin
and innocence of the joke we are about to become
that i am just not telling

The instructions for the angel to memorise
the hole in the plan the demons fall for again
the confusion of it all
sick sense of humor
and you say your not spoiled rotten
then why am i the only one crying to be the only one laughing
never mind I dont understand the way it was written
illustrating the mystery working of backwards logic
proof in the pudding of blame games
and super imaginative godlike children
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Mehta Avatar
April 20, 2014 at 6:29 AM
Wonderful write and congrats on your poem being featured this week,
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January 18, 2010 at 6:51 PM
what a truly unique writing. It surfs the gambit of emotion and feeling that we all put into our lives. Raw and Full of feeling, i can say honestly that i love poems that give something new everytime you read it. i read it about 5 times and picked up something new with every read. keep up the nice work. - Joe
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