Discomfiture Poems

Naive Faith

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I struggled in vain to conceal my shock at the sight of the lady in her thirties but looking much younger in flashing dress with a lot of makeup on – obviously dressed to kill. In her presence, I s...

The Pretty Boy Paradox

...Vexation seeps through sighs 
As the pen finds comfort 
Sharing the same story

Nonsensical pretty boys 
With smoke cloud habits 
And bloodshot ponderings

Vaunting on their 
Newsworthy deli...

Communique From Gethsemene

...The pretext of my residency here seems to have exhausted itself. I now find myself in need of offering an explanation for the immediacy of my departure. No doubt certain obvious reasons will come unp...

The Last 4 Years and the Coming Decade 3

...Conceited clericalism is encroaching scientific study and educational exploration, obdurate obscurantism engulfing people's normal mentality and judgment, ramrod racism routing ethnic equality and me...

Mink's Manifesto 2

...How can human deal with all the other animals with a sense of indisputable superiority? What makes them keep mollycoddling the mean motive of extracting from other animals as much as possible while p...

Who Am I

...WHO AM I 

                          I am a woman of abundance,
                           not of material possessions;
                        but more of my gifts or talents,
                 ...

Lost In Consciousness

...I skitter cross time's restless bones in search of sleep's access,
Discomfiture not fate or man but "restless legs" (1) confess.
An accidental drug (2) does treat if I do not forget,
It calms legs...

The Podium of Casanova's Odium

...Tell me, Casanova, how long you’ll pine
On sodden sleeves your heart you’ve worn
Reputation on the line in decline
Sterile standing in society shorn

Of its aura of charm and calm
Reduced to ta...

Cupid Clinkers and Blinkers

...Love in its majesty and spendour
Visits hearts kind and unkind
Waxing her odour and ardour
To help the love-lost to find

Little spaces, loving faces
Enamoured enough
To rise from surfaces
Wh...

Clarion Call Sounded On My Wailing Wall

...Narrow escapes- thrice threatening
Came and went
Despite succor abstaining
My soul under no circumstances meant

Harm to my person
Stolid as I sometimes dreamt to claim
Not heeding, not learni...

Anxiety

...The many faces scattered here-
the sense of misery had 
swollen, not unexpectedly.  Sound
“louder,” suddenly
at the end, dreadful movements
then till the end.
The clear red-hot,  mass of fire
...

Sundown

...After the rain, 
the Sun will rise again
we have been in darkness since they arrived
in their caravan of dreams with empty promises of change, 
and constructive untruths, with which they tricked ...

Why Is Life That Way

...© Ben Burton 6/18/2016

It's difficult to feel good
When you see
A long lost loved one
The meeting predicated
On the death of another
You both loved
But, at least one of you
Barely saw at al...

Wind the Musical Element of Life

...Wind is that wonderful element replenished at each breath,
Interrupting this rhythm even for a moment results in a discomfiture.
Wild wind rustling through the leaves of the tree,
Carrying with it...

Depressions

...Waking up with the demon digging your bowels
Imagining other marvels, your mind on a different level
Hit the streets with a system in discomfiture
Nose in the air as to flatter any future

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