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The Perfectionist Is Listening

The Perfectionist is Listening the rich are committing suicide and taking us with them the prosthetic limbed bastards Fort Darwin tottering on fewer stilts once the masters of the universe presently picking through garbage looking for an Icarus to pilot some way back among the clouds their telepathic goon squads armed with the hard on of God squat in the darkness of doorways lightning strikes all around even their machines were clairvoyant several thousand watts went up my leg shorting out the only attention span I own left me perforated but not lacy wearing all my masks all the time fragments of self are selves in a bulemic deconstruction where form and content mud wrestle incessantly for attention on the crazy train to 3 color hell the protagonists the antagonists fornicators masturbators liquidators pariahs and unlicensed poets preaching hellstone and brimfire apparently the ancient gods still rule in their madhouse heaven petulant and stupid gods thought their figures included all the angles sword point conversions gun point perversions now their carcasses are steppingstones what quirk of an infinite being makes this burning plague village of a planet so alone and necessary of course none of this is protection it's psywar out there kids better find where they hid your dossier mesmerized of the world unite you have nothing to lose but your failed methods of addressing reality said his twisting tongue struggling for ratings like any media the soul cannot erase it can only go sightless a phantom trapped in melancholy when we were built to dance with the twinkling stars he finally learned to undestroy memory being an ascended master of non sequitur carried aloft in the arms of Mother Goose his metabolic hurricane of why an inferno of intrigue and superstition our embryo-headed UFO ruling class have me inside their fence of skulls an investment in diagram futures the idiots From "Engine of Didactic Beauty" available on Amazon Artist Portfolio: http://walteralter.byethost32.com/

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Date: 3/10/2016 7:04:00 AM
Thrilling, intriguing, addictive read!!! The plot of your verse is magnificent ;-) Congrats Walter, for having your piece featured in the Poetry Soup homepage!!! ;-)
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Walter Alter
Date: 3/10/2016 10:42:00 AM
Much obliged, Teddy. All the positive responses are making my "inner pariah" a little woozy, lol!
Date: 3/9/2016 8:18:00 AM
This is a brilliant write , Walter ! Glad that i found this gem....kudos to you !!!!7/7
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Walter Alter
Date: 3/9/2016 11:14:00 AM
Thanks Red, pass the word around, the rant poet needs all the help he can get.
Date: 3/7/2016 7:21:00 PM
Wow, rock on, Walter. Good stuff..textured, gritty, dark, rich in imagery--what's not to like? Cheers, mate, from one unlicensed poet to another.
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Walter Alter
Date: 3/7/2016 11:22:00 PM
Happy you had fun inside my head, LOL! It's a Laurel and Hardy pie fight in there...
Date: 2/29/2016 9:49:00 AM
As per a new poet here, I decided to go for your best poems and I must say that this one left me flabbergasted! You are a gem, a star and a potential mega duper souper! Keep on writing friend and you are highly welcome to PS... A definite 7
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Walter Alter
Date: 2/29/2016 1:57:00 PM
Wow, Funom, that really made my day. These poems have been germinating in various forms for 35-40 years. I'll be posting more from the book I finally published two years ago - "Engine of Didactic Beauty".
Date: 2/18/2016 7:22:00 PM
I enjoyed this multilayered firmament. This is you first piece I am reading an I am adding you to my favorite poets. You have skills my friend.
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Walter Alter
Date: 2/18/2016 10:30:00 PM
Many thanks, Richard. Their gestation period has been about two generations and I'm hoping they are nicely ripened, fermented even, but fear they may cause cramps.
Date: 2/18/2016 3:31:00 PM
Love it. Supersaturated with ideas and imagery. "Better find where they hid your dossier" is one of my favorite lines, encapsulating the rushing paranoia of the world you put forth.
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Walter Alter
Date: 2/18/2016 5:05:00 PM
Supersaturated - I like it. Yah, paranoia is a big deal in human affairs and can be a form of vision when wrestled to the ground.
Date: 2/18/2016 11:51:00 AM
Walter I read you in a way suggesting what you say about my writing is at least equally true of your truths.
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Walter Alter
Date: 2/18/2016 5:02:00 PM
Thanks, I try to put the same intensity in my writing that life is capable of delivering, both bad and good.
Date: 2/18/2016 10:54:00 AM
Great poem, love the power behind your words, kept be intrigued till the very end!
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Walter Alter
Date: 2/18/2016 5:26:00 PM
Thanks, Sandra, this stew has been simmering for 40+ years and now it's time to serve it up, lol!
Date: 2/18/2016 10:33:00 AM
WOW, nothing to lose, but the failed attempt......... I like your style, I also think it's cool to use certain reference, line, Mother Goose. a feeling that once was... Amazing write, I've never met a free verse writer, with so much to give in one poem. HUGS.. LINDA
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Date: 2/19/2016 12:41:00 AM
Ha, sometimes I rewrite my poems, over and over LOL, at last a masterpiece :) LINDA
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Walter Alter
Date: 2/18/2016 5:32:00 PM
Most of these poems were fused together from several others over the years. Can't tell you how many rewrites they've been through. For me, reading them is almost like archaeology, lol.

Book: Shattered Sighs