each one with their death
because nothing tells me about you
the voice that inflects
or tells me about you the look you have
and its meaning
if we only know how to avoid the abysses
and deviate through falsely safe routes
as we travel like fast missiles in the sky
carrying deadly loads pretending to be eternal
without thinking about the cruelty of time
and how much we disfigure reality with dreams
that seem sugary but that are nothing more
than a poison
nuclear bomb
ready to annihilate us forever.
Categories:
inflects, prayer,
Form: Free verse
While jurisprudence illustrates through brief,
the bureaucrat stands verbal in reply.
To pillage righteous freedoms like a thief,
he fans malfeasance tethered to a lie.
Incitement is the weaponry of choice
for inspiration fanning despot flames,
autocracy inflects within the voice
to emphasize the fabricated claims.
When treachery lies hidden in pursuit
of public trust or monetary gain,
a blind belief leaves reason in dispute
to dispossess such mutinous disdain.
Beware the quisling, quick in repartee,
with flouted oaths that lend to vagrant creed,
for in their wake, the demagogue will plea
constituents were partners in the deed.
Is not a vote the voice behind the lead,
is not a gathered flock thy shepherd’s keep?
For voices served are culpable in deed,
and what they cultivate so shall they reap.
Though, but a bit more goodness lights
the night than evil bids to dim the human heart,
morality must lean into this fight
if e’er to let benevolence impart.
Categories:
inflects, anger, angst, hope, society,
Form: Rhyme
left looks for defects
the right all things imperfect
blame the weak effect
loud verbosity inflects
propaganda hate infects
By
David Kavanagh
Categories:
inflects, corruption, power, violence,
Form: Tanka
Xenophobia
Fear seethed in reluctance,
Rinsed in the stream of laziness,
Conception donating annoyance,
Aggression and guts embroidered with thoughtlessness.
Offspring set for war,
Migrants to fall by his sword.
Vice versa, the crescendo swings,
As revenge inflects its melody.
Wails seconded by wrath,
Atmosphere littered with emotions,
Confetti of joy by cowardice drawn,
Contracts into a span, then destruction.
If fear is love and choice, zeal.
War'll be peace, and xenophobia, patriotism.
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Categories:
inflects, africa,
Form: Sonnet
she doesn’t know I left my urge up in
the icebox under the roof on the floor
of the consulate’s attic it’s pretended
anymore like a terrifying war between
two bitter friends in love with guns
but not the bullet this pretense endured
for vanity’s sake
home in the hamptons
a cobweb inflects on a cranny cornered
by our calico kitten we’re not kids
anymore with worthy wars to abhor
clinics to bomb new partners to kiss
so it’s her and I so it’s houston I miss
bright bright blasts
bind the cradle blind SIDS
Categories:
inflects, desire, marriage, vanity, war,
Form: Sonnet
When reality bites,
it inflects hurt and pain;
and while we lick our wounds,
we cannot run away.
Fueling fantasies
tightly tethered to love;
erotic dreams offer
a secret place to play.
A sanctuary for
fragile fledgling feelings;
within dreams, fantasies
and truths can coexist.
Sighting a shooting star,
you launch wishes with hope;
for even a little,
can take you a long way.
Life is way too short to
waste worrying about
unfulfilled promises;
or yesterday's mistakes.
Categories:
inflects, angst, betrayal, dream, emotions,
Form: Blank verse
When reality bites,
it inflects hurt and pain,
and we look for a place,
to simply, get away.
Fueling fantasies,
tightly tethered to love,
romantic dreams, offer
a secret place to play.
A sanctuary, from
fragile, fledgling feelings,
where passion, and desire,
coexist, within dreams.
When disenchanted, with love,
paint your wishes, with hope,
for, even sad feelings,
are far better, than none.
Life is much too short, to
waste, worrying about
unfulfilled promises,
or games, of betrayal.
Categories:
inflects, beautiful, emotions, feelings, love,
Form: Quatrain