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Premium Member Flabbergasted

I finally watched the much talked-about
R.Kelly interview. And it was off-the-rails crazy alright!
A day has passed and I'm still flabbergasted by it
If his objective was to convince the world
Of his innocence, he failed spectacularly
In fact, he came off like the unhinged monster he really is

Mid-interview, he turns to the camera
And completely comes undone 
He's standing over his interviewer, Gayle King
Pounding his fists, beating his chest, SCREAMING...

"Quit playing! Use your common sense, I didn't do this[expletive]!"

"Y'all killing me, man!"

"I'm trying to have a relationship with my kids, and I can't do it!"

"Y'all just don't wanna believe the truth!"

Myriads of questions ran through my head
During that bizarre meltdown
Why the hell is he lashing out at us viewers? 
Is he really blaming viewers for the trouble he finds himself in? 
Absolutely risible
I didn't get that whole "performance" 
I found him talking to the camera quite disturbing
As it felt as though he was looking and venting 
Directly AT me. It was as if we were looking 
Into each other's eyes. Again, disturbing!

You ARE a monster, R. Kelly
It makes me sick that I used to be a fan
You should be angry only at yourself
Blame your own stupidity for your woes 
You were acquitted for heinous crimes 
That would've sent an average joe away 
For a decade or two, but did you learn
Your lesson? No. Nobody put a gun to your head
And forced you to continue to prey on underage girls
You had the opportunity to redeem yourself
After you got a lucky break you didn't deserve
But you blew it! You thought yourself invincible
Now you got a very rude awakening. Your victims
Will finally get the justice they deserve
Hopefully, you won't get away 
With impunity this time


Date written and posted: 03/08/2019

Premium Member Flabbergasted

balloon flew from grasp
blabbing in chaotic flight,
just flabbergasted

Flabbergasted and Long Lasted Horn Haiku

we had forecasted
would become flabbergasted
long surely lasted

Jim Horn
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Premium Member Flabbergasted

His body language leaves me speechless

Phobophobia

Never having seen such
a sore site for eyes before
he was flabbergasted and I can only surmise
about what he thought he saw
as anxious irrational unrealistic
and much to his surprise
his flabber had never been quite so aghast
yet as nothing does last
in time this too was gone had passed
altho' annoyed but to avoid
the situation again hell-bent
greater than the danger posed
to great lengths he went
but at the back of his mind a memory lurking
a figment of his imagination faded and dim
the enemy within and after all...
it was himself — only him

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