Best Apply Poems
We cured death on a Tuesday,
launched the trial on a Thursday,
by Friday, 14% of the test group
was gnawing on the janitorial staff.
Still, the press was kind.
“Remarkable resilience,” they wrote,
as Unit 42A chewed through its restraints,
and tried to bite a cameraman.
We called them SoulSavers™,
engineered for eternal youth,
a proprietary blend of nanites, CRISPR,
and just a dash of hubris.
ReVive™ hit the market with glowing ads:
"Because Forever is a Family Value."
But the legal fine print… oh, the fine print:
May cause mild memory loss, spontaneous moaning, and cannibalistic cravings.
They rose in boardrooms first,
CEOs with perfect teeth
tearing into interns
like gourmet hors d'oeuvres.
By Q3, the infection was global,
but stocks soared--
because someone monetized the mayhem,
packaged brains in biodegradable boxes.
The living now hide in Costco bunkers,
bartering soup for silence,
while ReVive™’s jingle
plays softly from every abandoned screen:
“You can’t spell ‘afterlife’ without 'life'--
Sign here, and live again!”
So yes, we cured death.
We also cured peace.
And now we walk among the ruins,
clawing for comfort,
with half a heart and half a face,
still under warranty.
Author's Note:
This poem is what happens when you read Tom Woody’s contest prompt and accidentally engage the undead half of your brain. It’s a free verse romp through biotech gone wrong, corporate chaos, and a sprinkle of satire. No contest entry--just undead fun.
I am putting a sign in my window for a position available. The position is soul mate,
(friend and lover) this is not a temporary job but a forever thing. Apply within to see
what I am seeking.
You must be male
Single (divorced or widow is okay)
Live in this city(no long distance thing)
Love cats (I have two)
And children (I have none)
You must be trustworthy and faithful
(without trust we have nothing)
Have good communication
A good listener
Love nature and long walks
Hate cruelty to people and animals
Like poetry(mine especially)
Be a writer (optional)
Be happy with your life
Not into smoking, drugs or alchohol
Have humility and kindness
Ambition and intelligence are needed
As is honesty and warmth and tenderness
Mature yet still have that little kid inside
You should be supportive and nurturing
Appreciate my friends(accept them)
Be a good kisser etc
Sense of humor is a must
Like art and museums and plays and concerts
Movies and music
Day trips in the city and hiking
(sorry these feet never leave the ground)
Flowers(because I have a garden)
Watching television
Love to read and quiet time
Have great quantities of compassion and empathy
Show respect to me and others
Have your own hobbies and interests and friends
Accept my flaws
Be passionate and romantic and affectionate
Like to cook
Helping with the housework is not a problem(yes/no)
If you have controlling behaviour (please do not apply)
Share my values and respect my beliefs
Committed to improving yourself
Appreciate my private space and thoughts
Bring me flowers and chocolates (just because)
Willing to compromise at times
Put no conditions on our relationship
Make me a better person
Love me
If you feel this is a position you are qualified for, please come for an interview with
a list of your qualifications and picture. Reminder, this is not a temporary job but
a forever thing.
________________________
June 7, 2015
List
Written by Broken Wings
For the Contest, The Interview, sponsor, Judy Konos
First Place
I gave up on you years ago
Felt love in my life had to go
Felt free and strong without care
Never needing wanting another there
Life has changed so much since then
Looking inside I take to pen
Wonder have I grown up yet
To include something more than a pet
Another February comes to be
Alone again hello, just me
Valentine's day it comes and goes
Will I again receive a rosé?
Will this be the year I'm ready to see
If someone can share their life with me?
I apply myself
I try and fail, try and fail
When will I see gain?
As I strolled down Beaker Street
A neon sign flashed in front of me
That said "Only Serious Poets Need Apply"
(Blink) "Need Apply" (Blink) "Need Apply"
So it was I thought to myself
I can think of nobody else
As serious as a poet as I
I looked to the right and the left
Feeling pretty confident about myself
And decided to take a gander inside
The room it was totally dark
In the corner was the tiniest of sparks
I did a stately poetic stroll in that direction
Feeling I might have made a mistake
This thought occurred a little too late
But of course this whole scene might just be window dressing
A voice said we don't need a poet at all
Just someone dumb and gullible
That's the moment in my pants I started messing
Turns out it was a mad scientist
With a masters degree in craziness
What were his dastardly plans I could only be guessing
I was grabbed by a couple of ugly thugs
Who highly dislike deodorant and mouthwash
Tied up and flown off to the smallest of islands
Where they did unspeakable experiments on me
In the first, second, and third degree
All because to insanity they took a liking
When it was they were finally done
With what those nut jobs consider good fun
Don't know how many walls they had me climbing
Daily now I plan my escape
I only hope that I'm not too late
When the opportunity arrives I hope I don't blow it
I find it so hard to believe
That this all has happened to little ole me
And Why?
Because of me being such a serious poet
This notice to public,
For a vacancy,diplomatic,
To serve people civic,
Here come symbolic-
Not much on academic,
May not know Alphabetic,
No need Arithmetic,
Ignore all Ethic,
Nothing about Logic,
Not much on technic,
Married to calls,telephonic,
Depending on statistic,
Working not systematic,
Not much on geographic,
Always on picnic,
Places of historic,
Busy like Olympic,
Not much on economic,
Talk all comic,
For every thing critic,
Not much on genetic,
Enough,no lunatic,
Prove via clinic,
Belly up to Arctic,
Back down Antarctic,
Not much on tactic,
Actions all Astatic,
Vanishing like magic,
Possess all said symbolic,
Apply,the job politic!
She is given freedom to rise high
but not to peaks of sky.
She is given freedom to get educated for family's reputation
but not to her senses satisfaction.
She is given freedom to marry to her wish
but not to cross fathers choice of fish.
She is given freedom to do job for family's support
but not to glorify her effort.
She is given freedom to drive her children
but not any other burden.
She is given freedom to lover her lord
but not to be against to the orders of her god.
She is given freedom to part her hubby's victory
but not to mast the voice of her befitting betray.
The Truth That Must Apply
I’m testing fate for now, resembling a vision,
A reality hit the present, world-wide division,
Rapist on the loose yet stoners on death row,
Nowadays reality, freedom where’d it go?
We vow to live stress-free, but the opposite applies,
Why does all authority get away with all these lies?
Homeless on the rise, they don’t have a say,
Innocent in my home, until they take it away.
Where is the freedom, where is the promised rights?
Not in this lifetime, while there’s children alone in the nights.
Narcotics taking over, leaving the economy on there last breath,
Always remember the end, jails, institutions and death.
Loyalty is losing its meaning; the world’s turning in,
No ones better than anyone else, we all do our daily sin.
The facilities are over packing, maybe it’s a sign,
It sickens me that some inmates don’t see the sun shine,
Race against each race, violence on the rise,
Global discrimination, National leaders breaking ties.
Inflation over exaggerating, leaving people with out homes,
Federally involved technology, sending drone type items that roams.
-Nicholette Bernice Perry”
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Thank you.
I wanted you to know
That you did not steal the show
Unable to harness the harmony
You did not screw this up for me
In fact, it's such a huge favor
Not wasting the fruits of my labor
Knowing you were out to deceive thee
I don't know why you don't believe me
When I told you how I feel about people who lie
When it comes to seeing eye to eye
No way any of it will fly
I would advise you to step aside
Instead of trying to fix this on the backslide
That will just cause us to collide
Taking our love to a bad kinda high
Don't want to have to choose sides
Or risk that either one of us would ever lie
Looks like none of our plans are going to apply
Sometimes you have to accept the reasons why
That there is not much left to erect or intercept
Cause it looks like you swept much of it away
When you chose to be that way
Hoping all your lies
Didn't get hung up on the inside
Thinking you can justify
What I feel is nothing but a slap in the eye
Over you telling your dirty lies
Deceiving while hiding in discquise
Once you cross this line
There is no way to realign
What was once so divine all by design
Why would you choose this to be
Now I must set you free
You are not the one meant for me
You had your chance
At the most romantic dance
But now you get to stay home
And wish about it from a glance
And when you come out of your trance
This will be a broken romance
That has no last chance
Read
Read
Read
And Read
And bring your kids to read
Friends to read
And yourself to read
So read
Read
And read
Then write
And learn
Learn yourself
Execute your learning
Apply it for good
And read
Then write
And apply
Then read again
Then write
And read!
why are things not the way they seem
cut wrists not seen as a silent scream
and crying is seen as crocodile tears
not the emerging of your inner most fears
the pain in your head caused by tension
and pills being popped for attention
how many doors need to slam?
before you realise they don't give a damn!!
how many times we try to please
so we can feel at total ease
and many times we stop to look
at broken hearts and the time it took
what started as a tiny tiff
nasty words come fast and swift
and how many lives will it take
to part true love with the fake
why do the good always die young
when only half their time is done
sitting at night all alone
no-one To talk to on the phone
other people sit alone with their strife
praying for someone to sort out their life
sitting alone they slash their wrist
add another suicide to the list.
I feel equivalent to an alien
as if I don't belong
for I am Pleiadian
I'm extremely headstrong
Although I understand struggle
I imagine we could still overcome
if we can learn to juggle
then to this we wouldn't succumb
Have we become to ostracism
when someone doesn't meet our criteria
magnifying a prism
as if they have diphtheria
I recognize it's difficult
but we must somehow comply
to obtain that which is Biblical
and this to apply
Apply yourself better
You can make the grade
Put more focus on your studies
There is more knowledge for you to gain
Do not waste your time
And be a fool
Open those books
Edify yourself and be cool
How can you say that about any part of the bible?
Whether it be old testament or new ....
How can you say that?
But the old testament law was done away with....
When did the old testament get thrown out?
Well, Jesus came and did away with old law ...
Did He? I thought He came to make it flesh.
Jesus came to bring life to the Word.
I don’t see where He threw any of it out.
You take it all as God’s Word ...
Or throw it all out.
You can’t pick and choose what you want to follow.
God’s Word is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow!
And will be forever!
So what Bible are you following?
I don’t criticize you for what has not quickened in your spirit
But don’t tell me that my beliefs are done away with
Let God lead you in what you are to keep.
For He is what He is, and that is what I believe
Therefore, if He leads me to follow ALL the Word
Then so be it, I will follow All of the Word.
So please, don’t tell me ‘that doesn’t apply anymore’.
When God, through His Holy Spirit, shows me
What does and doesn’t apply, then I will understand
But by no man will I change how I believe
Nor will change how I live
My Lord will direct me, and you also, if you allow.
Dare to see
True beauty
Sensuous times
Rhyme on rhyme
Lovely daze
Craze grooms craze
Lively grind
Find odd find
Apply balm
Calm floods calm
Dare to be
Easy free
Leon Enriquez
05 May 2016
Singapore