Sorry Introspection Poems

Unlike the Beatles’ Strawberry Fields Forever
that is not forgotten and been listened to
since it was recorded, the field of forever
seems to be just standing there,...

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Here lies Anna, 
lost without her mate,
he's promised to another,
an honour,
trapped within his fate.

Savage, this hand,
dealt in arcane amour,
her affection cannot placate, 
nor dictate,
that which...

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With ways so slippery, what will ye do? 
Dreaming dreams so dreary, what will ye do? 

Two souls in love may not always marry, 
With...

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Let me hear that applause though I've done little to warrant it
Time is a poor curative for what's fundamentally broken
Brain's full pal, sorry, you've gotta...

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Stagnated sin stared straight out to sea
Seeking a scape subdued of such scintillation 
Stars she said should not share the same air

Superstitions shaped in slumber...

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I've made promises to survive before
To those I'd never see again
To those who couldn't keep it themselves
To those who don't know I exist

And here I...

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It’s all an act, can’t you see?
A pretense of Shakespearean complexity
A mask of so many layers it’s hard to hold
Yet it only gets heavier as...

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The Square Root of Beiruit 
 
Ten men bending while theyre pretending to be near the ending
A capitalist nightmare glares like rotten fruit
The squate root of Beiruit
No...

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The blood boils and froths 
Vapour sears; scarred and worn
Shame left, pain chronic...

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one man’s reality ~ is but another chimpanzee mimicry 

Monoku quote by poet


Foremost on my mind today
is much the same as yesterday,
but not quite!

A nuanced...

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I’m with you,
I’m without when not.

That’s how much you’ve become.
Plastered fabric enmeshed into me.
Like drywall, yet to crack, but firm and white.

Bare bones make us...

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All these years she envied me,
she envied my looks,
the way I walked, 
the manner in which I talked.

My courage was envied,
my strength could never be...

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There are many in this world
young and old
there is no color or gender
nor fashionable style
that tells you all 
there is need to see

A circus may...

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"God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, 
courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the...

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I kicked an acorn down the road as I often do,
to see how far it would roll, but unlike most,
which quickly veer left or over...

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