Confusion Allegory Poems

life the main blessing
despite pain, grief or stressing
seems worth professing

what we haven't got
drives many human's sub-plot
until being caught

unthinking chatter
caustic words maim and batter
reactions matter

may not...

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results may vary
when words pursue their quarry
people turn wary

simple is better
even in Dear John letter
feelings unfetter

angry verbs go rogue
no matter how softly spoke
estrangements invoke

lurking cold...

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          Meet me on the corner,
         I will...

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Like water

I was the river
You were the sea
I dissolved into you
And thought I was free.
Out of the cage I flew
But landed on my knees 
As...

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Let me go silent,,
Because this is the only answer so I didn't get violent,
What I have I am thankful but if I hope for something,Is...

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Aye kid, Baby joe
You should know the norms
The world is filled with phonies
Shouting behind the curtains
Do nothin but only to blame

Aye kid, little joe
Cover your...

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("Anagogical Moments Merit Badge" #39, 2011, original oil)

As Above So NOT Below

The tripartite world of material appearance
Sandwiched between the infinite depths
Of the unconscious 
And infinite...

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("Creation Myth 101", 2018, original encaustic)

Make Believe and Crazy

A world gone mad
Upside down, inside out
And if you don’t like it
You must be a phobe.

Gaslighting's nothing...

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A genie's lamp cannot compare,
To smoke awoken from my breath,
Slithered out in ancient swear,
Unshackled life from sudden death.

Hear me now in brazen bond,
Bow to me,...

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Heartbeat of the world still sounds,
quieter maybe but still it pounds.
She may roar in pain as if giving birth,
but can always find joy and mirth.
no...

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This land of entitlement 
entertainment and enterprise 
lost burnt broken...despised 
skeletal structures reaching 
griping 
clutching 
scraping this infernal sky!

Arcane factories sit on horizons 
haunted like...

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In the prison of sadness, I find myself confined,
Yearning for solace, your presence intertwined.
Oh, my dearest sweetheart, how can I draw near?
Let me craft a...

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Move on, my friend
Raise your right hand
To move on, to concede
Wasting your time will lead
To nothing, nichts, niente, nada
Do it for the soul of America.

Stop...

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In the depths of his mind, a guy in enigma
Wandered through the haze of his own confusion
He had lost his way, and could not find...

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Was it someone's cunning plan,
To persuade talent to leave Government agencies,
And councils by the score,
For better money and conditions,
So the one who thought up the...

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