Open your ears and mind, before you open your eyes ' Be informed of humanitys dis-guise..As the Greeks
Gave gifts to Troy, you will notice the
Same old hackneyed ploys, food parcels
To the dissposessed, bulk bought could
Cost? ten to fifteen dollars, certainly no
Less.. Yet the mirrorless action of giving
Billions, to fund wars destruction its in
The trillions.' Of course no bankers would
Be involved in such, or non profit orgs..'
Now should that read organ-isations.? I
Wonder much.? Yet should i not wonder?
Just bow my head, hunch shoulders and
Shrug.? With no-thing said.? Untill I am in
Truth; null and void' quite dead.!
I started to clap, but no-one joined in.
Do people not do that here? I asked.
But at least my applause was genuine,
Unlike a round with which one is tasked --
Pressure to buy several pints, feeling casked,
Pegged to a keg of expectation
When all you want is icy hydration.
Not feeling awkward as the odd one out
Is one of my social aspirations
When silence distorts one sound as a shout.
Rushed me into
Relations
A full detication
You something
Else
, I just wanted
You to know
You've got my
Attention
Hey should I mention
There are some
Exotic places we
Still can go
Bikini beaches
Far fetched reaches
There is one thing
I wish you to know
I really like you
Thought you should
Know
We skip dolly dew
And pause see mally
My dew
We ooh we dobble
May feel
Retreat to say
What we feel
We ooh ah dobble
Mc reel
We dance to the
Repeal
We applaud and we
Dance
We, opp to the chance
Of love..... We ooh we
Dobble appeal
We act like fiction is
Real
We dabble in love
We speak it till
It's right
We call it ah night
We fucc like
We're in love
Applaud with relief you are history
Grateful of serenity not daily worries
How do you live destroying emotions
Each bond you built only with motive
For you built beautiful promises
All of which under false pretenses
Prayers that you feel the ugliness
Your actions bleed out to others
Great examples for your family
Deranged morals to show a family
Dark energy always looses
Unconditional love wins always
Friends is an honor one cherishes
Friends don't instigate dividers
Finally arrival to washing away your ugliness
I thank you God for cleansing
Quantico meeting
hot air arrogant speeches
looking for applause
Truth trips the tongue mid-stage
the mask cracks in the glare,
applause feeds on the lie
failure wears a spotlight.
youth fades with truth
truth holds the proof
smooth words uncouth
truth hides the proof
uncouth truth
craving to be seen
yet stray retort shatters me —
my glass mask splinters
every piece tilts my face back
at angles I can't endure
one word in print scalds
smoke sears my lingering thoughts
blinding tomorrow —
fragility weeps like wax
from a candle I keep lit
still, I sift slivers
threading them in songs and verse
knowing they might cut
to make strangers laugh or cry
it's worth each crimson spot
You applause the actor
Her harmonious tone
Her play of words
Her triumphs heard
But do you love the stage after the song
The leftover footprints from where it sang along
Atoning for every step that was missed
Retrieving the dust from her accomplishments
The dust from the skill she used to win
The dirt from the shoes that store talent within
She takes a bow and stifles her breath
For love won’t come if she shows weakness next
But no one applauds the stage after the show
For being there, for laying low
For setting a platform all but their own
The cleaners perceive them as one last chore
The light flicks off, and what is love?
The stage hadn’t known, from being alone
And it will never know, until the lights flick on
And the cleaner applauds it for all it has done
Hold the applause, I’m not dead yet
she said, in deafening soft voice
you wish to sing, to dance, rejoice;
give me another cigarette.
Hold the Applause – Pick a Title Vol. 52, 6-8-25, Sponsor Edward Ibeh
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Hold the Applause
Hold the applause
As the last note holds it’s breath
Before the keynote
Exhales
Before the melody
Takes a solitary journey
Into a taciturn hush.
Nascent
Waits
Like an incognito coda,
A second ending,
Rejecting the downbeat of resolution.
A breathless
Motif
Expands
Into the glorious,
Unfolding
Into fresh synonyms,
Anointed arias,
Unfolding like auroras
In stanzas
Pregnant with commas.
creative thoughts we seem to think
vibrations borrowed from vast space
our muse that appears in a blink
what else is it but gift of grace
hold the applause, we’re not the cause
our consciousness is full of flaws
all eyes on us when we walk in
everything seems to go our way
we don’t need to work hard to win
the sun shines on us every day
hold the applause, we’re not the cause
know ego grips us in its claws
possessions which to us our dear
our social standing, wealth and fame
trophies won praised by the crowd’s cheer
reflect which force steadied our aim
hold the applause, we’re not the cause
put such thoughts of grandeur on pause
As a young child of five,
I found myself in dance school.
It was a fun place to make new friends,
as we learned about dancing.
After a year of training,
we were ready for our big dance recital.
The exciting night finally came,
we were dressed in hot pink outfits.
Now it was our turn with music playing,
we marched out onto the huge stage.
Bright lights were on us,
as well as every eyeball from the many seats.
The lead girl froze in place like a statue,
so please "Hold The Applause."
I stepped in front of her,
and kept on dancing.
The other girls followed me,
as we danced across the huge stage.
We finished our dance recital,
now we will take your applause.
Final Applause
Velvet drapery in the dusk back-ground
A turntable goes around in sound
Baffled from the scenery
On stage imaginary
A final applause
Voices echo
The crowd lowered in the shadows
Blue lights array smoke
A late night show
The dark curtains open
Music in the back-ground travel
Across the floor
Dancing sway amused
Put on a play
Live performance shadowy
A pleasant evening
A poem live compelling
The final applause
Standing ovation
A play greatly appreciated
applause from heaven
celebrating victory
christian gets baptized
The world’s applause
After climbing the highest peak,
The world’s applause;
It is victory’s cause, because
The eagle knows of which I speak,
Love grants an alluvial creek;
The world’s applause
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