Cynicism Poems

Earrings

The complete loss of naivety doesn’t necesseraly lead
To cynicism cause it would be too dramatic
Its just a usual way of life
As it is, no naivety, no cynicism
Though you’d like to have them in stock 
Just in case you’d need some of it again
But the problem is, sellers are gone
Those good sellers, who could get anything

yuletide cynicism

If you’re looking for yuletide cynicism here,
you’re shopping in the wrong place.

This is New York City’s time of year.
It’s stood the test of time and it fairly sparkles,
proving that the ordinary can be extraordinary.
With the right lighting.

Lisa’s (parent’s) apartment glitters like our promised heaven on high.
When we left at Thanksgiving, Michael (Lisa’s dad) had the

The Cynicism Trap - Counterpoint Tree

The Cynicism Trap
apathetic  engaged
withdrawn  open, free
distrusting  entrusting
pessimistic feeling  hopeful in outlook
always expects failure ahead  strives onward for success
skeptic about the future to come  altruistic in hope for the future
selfishness, deceitful, dishonest  truthful, honest, cooperative 
emotionally detached, withdrawn  engaged, committed, sharing
gives up easily, becomes inactive  resilient, determined

Utterable Cynicism

    In photos we smile, we appear happy
       even if we feel kind of crappy

    ‘Pictures don’t lie’ – likely not true
       kind of like ‘Darling, I love you'

Cynicism

im playing cards with pandora
and she’s bleeding her hand
its so painfully obvious
i see her grand plan,
because calamities hit a set
and she’s feeling alright
but theres one card left
im holding hope tonight
and its hope which 
keeps me in this game,
im bankroll backed 
no matter the pain
that might come 
from losing it all
im in too deep
not prepared to

Cynic

CYNIC

He was Dean of the university’s
College of Creative Malfeasance, 
including the Schools of Business,
Law, Information Technology, Marketing,
Economics, Theology and International 
Relations!

His son was more sinister
He was a minister in the 
Church of Confederate Christianity,
a denomination that is anti-family,
anti-immigrant, anti-democratic,
anti-Semitic, racist, pro-gun
and absolutely pro-life, perpetually
in the courts, perpetually in the news 
and social media, perpetually in

We Live In An Interesting Time

WE LIVE IN AN INTERESTING TIME

He was Dean of the university’s
College of Creative Malfeasance, 
including the Schools of Business,
Law, Information Technology, Marketing,
Theology and International Relations!

His son was more sinister
He was a minister in the 
Church of Confederate Christianity,
a denomination that is pro-life
but anti-family!

Dan the Hero, Part Vii

...“Remember what I told you of my pa,
of what I shouted at you on that night,
you want a better world?  Then help others,
but you gotta do it one at a time.

“I save one person, does this save the world?
Of course not, but the fact of it remains,
that person is still here, to live their

Dan the Hero, Part Vi

...She was actually taken aback by that,
by the casualness of the whole thing,
was this the man who had snarled at her?
The brute with such simple understanding?

“Well you can go on, if you have questions,
I was a bit surprised your sought me out,
I though after last time you’d be upset,
but both of us were stressed, things

Dan the Hero, Part V

...He left here there, and she had a stunned look,
so did the first responders standing by,
no one had ever heard Dan talk that much,
much less express the feelings deep inside.

Needless to say, Tanya caught lots of flak
for her behavior, her network caught hell,
most did blow over within a few weeks,
but Tanya felt real doubts within

Dan the Hero, Part Iv

...His eyes narrowed, and he got to his feet,
said, “When did you fall to nihilist urge?
When did you decide that good in itself
was just to be laughed at?  Cast as absurd?

“You’re not the first of your kind to find me,
to pester with questions of shortcomings,
to ask why I bother, when ‘all is lost,’
to show

Dan the Hero, Part Iii

...It was amidst the aftermath of this
that Tanya first saw the man in the flesh,
he was half-blackened by the soot and smoke,
so taxed that even he struggled for breath.

People were circling around the man,
the cops treated him like one of their own,
brought him water, dispatched out the patients,
Dan could hear their every whimper and groan.

Tanya

Dan the Hero, Part Ii

...One such person was the bold Tanya Trace,
a reporter who worked online click-bait,
she lived in New York, knew all the right names,
liked the right causes, knew which folk to hate.

She’d see a tale of Dan saving the day,
and the sight of it made her roll her eyes,
because now matter what The Hero did
she and the

Dan the Hero, Part I

It seemed like it was a comic book-thing,
when news of the guy appeared to the world,
a person with powers far beyond man,
who could pick up a bus, give it a hurl.

Who’s skin was so dense that no bullet could
every really put the man’s life at risk,
that he could go and jump for two miles,
but not

The Cockroach Museum

Human beings are displayed beside the dinosaurs
in the museum built by cockroaches...

little did we know when we were around
that they would evolve to become the earth's stewards...

and do a much better job.

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