Not So Precious Moments
They call
these nameless voices
introduced by
insipient rings
droning on
their piercing voices
shattering the moment.
They insist
on speaking breathlessly
running past the
comma’s
hurdling the
periods
racing toward
some distant goal.
Oblivious to
barking dogs
screaming children
whistling tea kettles
beeping smoke detectors
droningonandonandon
in mantric monotony.
Who imposes
such a penance,
demands such restitution?
What past life indiscretion
could bring about
such karmic contingency?
They call
yet I cannot offer
forgiveness.
Nor will I save the
endangered
kaigiwalligalopolous
by sharing
my credit card info.
Not even if they send me
a picture of
the kaigiwalligalopolous
my contribution saved.
They drone on
as I have set
the receiver down
and walked away.
The dog barks
the kids scream
the kettle whistles
the smoke detector beeps
the pan cakes are really done.
John G. Lawless
© 3/4/2017
Categories:
insipient, dad, humor, natural disasters,
Form: Free verse
Enjamblious
Megalomaniac
When manic
Melancholia
Polar vortex
Mellifluous verse
As depression reversed
Darkness melodious
Nihilistic intelligence
Nocuous scribe
Demons of compulsion
And addiction
Haunt Storage
I
Described.
My will divide
My love denied
.
In desire.
I
Suffer
Rejection injection
Implied
Complication
This time.
REBORN OF FIRE.
This scorn. This Rhyme
An oversimplification
In elaborate diatribe.
The musings of a liar
Enjambment
Deponent in ire
Indignant inside
METRICAL MEANINGS
In toxic entrapment
Magical beginnings
Tragic endings
Are insipient
I
Describe.
Prophesize
Catastrophized
In a linguistic limit
In a New York minute
A Joke, A gimmick
I
Rationalize
Excuse the parts I despise
A doll indignant
Abuse in darts
Indifferent. Love dies.
Gave up. Barely tried.
Categories:
insipient, farewell, self,
Form: Free verse