Tripped over a tongue twister
AP: 1st place 2026
why… how come…
the world’s not at peace
~ egos unchecked
the chalice of need contains no poison ~ but might cause a herpes lip
scoffed the leper to the serpent ~ who was trying to sponge out a sip
the snake dissed the quip quietly ~ his tongue had already lost its tip
but was heard under his breath saying ~ how’d i end up in such a kip
I saw a girl down on all fours
Who looked just like Diana Dors
A Marmite girl
Whose toes would curl
Whenever Tom finished his chores!
Our Id is our menace to society
Our Ego balances our poison
Our Supergo is our antidote
Maslow created the hierarchy
Erikson set the stages
Rogers breathed self actualization
Skinner tried to put us in a box
There are many more with more to say
but none yet more profound
Live your Life with joy unbound
Leave nothing in your way
Change is calm abiding
with Love we become the way
Unbridled, unabridged,
understood, unafraid,
unifying, umbilical
Unconditional.
Unanimous
Want to sway with the tree tops
want to race the raindrop down the pane
The day is solid and nighttime almost invisible
mist eats the land
nothing more than nothing
less ponders more
anger bites my lip
and pain ebbs easy with the little blinks
depression hides behind the eyes
that seldom interact
with smiles
a Freudian arc.
Flower patterned couch
and five un neutered cats
Free! Free! Free! Pee! Free!
A poet's soul lay in slumber,
his pen a distasteful adversary.
A suffering soul lost in yesterday,
stumbled upon his somnolent path.
Enchanted eyes felt her nakedness
through barriers of her cryptic veil.
Echoing tremors of her broken soul
gently charmed his hardened heart.
Enraptured by her enchanted tears
he joined her capricious journey.
Her enigmatic elegance inspired his
zealous zealot pen to ooze musings
praising their charismatic camaraderie.
Drifting into the anomaly of her mind,
he became a victim of a Freudian slip.
Voices tormented her malinger mantra,
suffocating her into a maudlin malaise.
Reprehensible words led to bruised ego,
unjustifiable actions led to lonely silence.
An aroma that expired with her last petal.
A poet's soul lays in slumber,
his pen a distasteful adversary.
Silent One
Simple Musing
23 January 2018
Freudian slip
a slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals
many a foot in month
statement uttered
wish that they could
be taken back but
they never can be
many an unintentional
tactless remark were
thoughtlessly
abruptly bluntly
blurted out during
unchecked moments
of Freudian slips of the
tongue
In the PsychoSocioscheme of things we see;
The ID chooses the Socio Path
The EGO chooses the Sym Path
The SUPEREGO chooses the Em Path
all others choose the A Path
A mental mind freak,
Or just your every day,
Run of the mill nut bar,
If you prefer.
Eloquently presented,
But not really.
Unless bat crap crazy
Dressed up as a pretty girl,
Is your cup of tea.
Making friends with the blade too much,
Making enemies with food even more.
Puff puff,
And there’s a pretty little smoke ring
From one of many chain smoked cigarettes.
Crazy you say?
Nope, most certainly not.
I’m just a bloody field day
For every one of those Freud wannabes.
Freudian Slip
Don't take this as a flippant quip
But you know what's showing?
Your Freudian Slip
You may think you're ultra hip
But your subconscious speaks
Through the words that slip
When you're flustered, try to get a grip
But you only make it worse
Over your tongue you trip
Don't bother trying to zip your lip
Let it all hang out from under
Your Freudian Slip
**************************
Jungian Drawers
This is no mere jest or hype
But you're my kind of archetype
Cast upon Plutonian shores
What showing? It's my Jungian Drawers
The Collective Unconscious is how I know
That you love me, and boy, it shows
Freud and Adler are such wretched bores
To you, I'll toss my Jungian Drawers
Rediscovered What's sane maybe
the matter with me?
hiding blinded voice
Difficult why leave?
am i soo collective tired?
eventually you realities
will dream thing get beings better?
being dream
Souls I like tricking soo many things about suspence you
i like ignorances things truths about me
slide
what added tortures will stay tomorrow speaking bring angels altruisticly?
Random Plans do you Overthrow someone like me Forbidden keys too?
do darknesses we Love mankind simply have a poeticly strategic future?
Time am I Subconcious good enough to hate?
Thought mutiny to protect
Ponderewd will i souls changes make married making you happy?
change
To prove
this theory,
exceptions make a rule-
patriarchs seeking a father
figure.
If
we
listen,
we'll hear the
thing behind the thing-
we
each
remain
imprisoned
in our childhood pastt.
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