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Futile Escape Out Clutches of Penury Rattle Tin Can Once

finds yours truly groveling along
February third 2022,
never linkedin - analogous to stray animal  
without being befriended, 
thus I don't belong
survival instincts taught yours truly
the necessity acting 
courageous and headstrong

even if necessary 
to stare down King Kong,
who actually shows me respect
such that every now and again 
we play a game of ping pong
and on a crisp night 
roast marshmallows kindle campfire 
and sing Kumbaya song.

This tramp (which stereotyped
caricature familiarly epitomized 
in countless Chaplinesque productions, 
Dickensian tales, 
oil paintings from 
artistic hands of great masters 
and others anonymous 
exquisite painters, et cetera) 
remembers practically nothing 
of me nine-month stay in utero
birth, childhood nor early adulthood.

My amorphous gauzy, 
hazy fractal memories 
solely comprise fractured, 
fragmented and splintered collection 
of miserable experiences, 
which characterize living 
a hellacious hand to mouth 
hard scrapple existence.

Past wispy vestiges of wretchedness 
and now present woebegone existence 
seems a worse fate than death.

The overpowering urge to survive 
and summon up one barely audible 
l’chaim utterance against the depredations 
of the grim reaper only found 
nothing but defeat.

That daily dismal 
grinding away of last shreds 
of a purpose driven life fending off real 
and imagined threats sought salvation 
in a vividly encased jammed 
preserve of mine imagination 
an existence awash with ample 
trappings of comfort.


Premium Member To the Future Inhabitants of This Planet

The species “*****sapiens” was overwhelmed by greed.
He was a creature who consumed more than he would need.
In the fabric of the world, man definitely earned his place.
They built skyscrapers and bridges, and sent rockets into space.
These beings possessed a major flaw of distinction:
Their self-destructive tendencies drove them to extinction.
That is why none of them today can be found.
Have you noticed that humans are no longer around?
To you future intelligent beings who on this planet exist:
The errors man made comprise a very long list.
Share and distribute evenly before it is too late.
Otherwise, you will also suffer man’s inevitable fate.
Form: Rhyme

Contest 235: 14 Lines

Fourteen lines limit a poet. But

One line can say it all.

Two lines may seem like too few. While

Thirteen lines is playing it rather safe; wouldn't you think... 

Twelve lines are commonplace, not to mention a fair share.

Four lines typically conform and tend to rhyme, here and there.

Five lines don't occur very often. But

Eleven lines; now that's unique.

Ten lines of long length, often comprise a short poetry prose.

Six lines may simply form two stanzas of three. Only

Seven lines end the poem by adding a one-liner conclusion.

Three lines without a place enjoy mixing things up a bit. Prompting 

Eight lines to worry about it; it being not a thing at all. Getting a good laugh out of watching

Nine lines cling onto every word, knowing the end is near; but the poet continues to write to the limits of fourteen lines. 

-END

11-7-16
Contest 235, 14 line max

Premium Member Game and Gamer

Errant hounds capriciously bustle in an exceptional position near some forsaken backwatered millpond during some quietude noontime dismal conclusion concerning the game,

Per some dense overgrowth forward furnishes an exquisite refuge over the stalked moreover the superfluous breathing of one well-earned evanescent freedom comprise paid via the pursuers prevailing pattern during this auspicious consequence,

Preeminent preyed scampers incessantly before optimism regarding its autonomy of a choice pursuit that endures stirringly as an affirmed conclusion achieves its goal amidst a unique resonance due upon by a fatal singular blast.

In the end, the right to life and the right to survive is the name of the game.



Date: 08/27/2019
Form: Narrative

I Wax Poetic As Lifeblood Imperceptibly Wanes

Aging baby boomer
no longer fit as a fiddle
accumulating extra adipose tissue
around the middle
ain't no impossible mission
whence thumbs I twiddle
to shed unwanted 
weight methinks exorcise to unriddle.

Call to action necessitates
yours truly to acclimatize,
calling fitness trainer
whereby honed toned physique
(tubby synonymous with Adonis – ha)
benefits begetting courtesy  to aerobicize,
nsync dumbbells compliment exercise,
whereby brutal daily grueling
regimen will also comprise
boot camp rigorous discipline

strength to pilot (minus paunches)
shouldering, managing, hoisting crucifix sunrise
to sundown will non verbally advertize,
verily intolerant to chastise,
hence no bully best better mess
mine mean mien guise 
will enjoyably capitalize
zing might equals right to authorize
self defense without need to apologize.

Back in the day, I
presented pitiful sight
self worth equated on
par with botanical blight
buffeted along boulevard
of broken dreams
depressed body language
bespoke head to foot
encompassing enfeebled edifice complex 
scrawny measly gumby, 
hokey pokey height

how I presented such sorry spectacle 
courtesy excellent twenty/twenty hindsight
analogous to an emotional black hole,
never exhibiting courage to fight,
rather yours truly immediately took flight
and/or stood dumbfoundedly
in imitation of deaf mute wishing to alight
bajillion miles away, versus
active stance to fight
preferring the incognito
guise pitch dark vested gentry

donning luxury invisible
accouterment shade o' midnight
proffered, though natural camouflage
infrared crosshairs nonetheless did sight,
when scaredy cat sacrificial scapegoat
experienced his sealed fate, a heavy smite
upon me noggin scrambled outlook
seeing stars courtesy topflight -
(bare in) strong arms hoodlums 
brandishing razor sharp dagger

type like fangs able, eager,
(think) bloodthirsty 10,000
homicidal maniacs
ready and willing to bite
simultaneously trumpeting
hate speech to excite
curious madding crowd
glomming to render airtight
any possible safe escape,
yours truly turned white
as a sheet.


Premium Member Thriving In Solitude

I have a fondness for the polar bear,
hunting seals on a frozen ice-packed sea.
For camouflaged by white-snow everywhere,
like ghosts, they're impossible to see.

Cerulean waters freckled with white
patches of ice and snow comprise their home.
And all the northern creatures fear their might,
keeping a safe distance from where they roam.

An Arctic summer sun that never sets
lets them hunt in twenty-four hours of light.
And they survive on guile without regrets
when winter slips into an endless night.

In the wild, polar bears fascinate me,
thriving in solitude and living free.


(Sonnet)


5/7/2018
Form: Sonnet

The Hate I Hold Inside

Everyone has a family, except for me
My happenstance of a cruel reality
Everyone is here for a reason, but why are you?
Your problems seem far away, I don't even have a clue

Bundled up inside I keep my feelings
That make up my entire state of being
The years of abuse that comprise my past
Will they ever be one day released at last?

The people who call me the incorrect names
The monster inside of me, never to be tamed
Demons I faced to be where I am today
No promised neverland for me to lay

Like every alpha woman, I fight alone
For none of the acts against me can ever be atoned
Abandoned by all, I run without a pack
Free from all others, but nothing I lack

But all are lucky that I choose to restrain
From making them feel every ounce of my pain
That never ends, or ceases for a moment
Afflicting my heart and soul like a monument

Harassed for things that are not my fault
Secrets that are locked up inside the vault
Of those who know the truth of what took place
One day in the future, the judgement they'll face

But silently I keep it all hidden inside
Brokenness hiding behind blue-green eyes
I hold back my tongue, and clench up my fists
And hide from the scars on my arms, legs and wrists
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Grand Reopening

Several weeks ago, I passed a church                                                     
that had a special sign. There was                                                      
nothing said about COVID-19,                                                                 but COVID was clearly there.

COVID was there because                                                                   
COVID had left its mark,                                                                           its atmospheric debris.                                                                          
Such debris was not visible,                                                                     
but the psychic permeation was everywhere.

On a large print posting for any and all to see, it said,                                            
Grand Reopening. My vision isn't any better than                                      
most, but I tend to see more than most.

I tend to see and sense what is presented                                                  
as well as what isn't obvious. So I think to myself,                                  "One can only reopen something that has been                                   
opened before, and closed".

Our beautiful English language can be very tolerant                                  with multi-meaning words. i.e., A word such as the                                 
noun house( pronounced haus)-a building for human habitation;                
and a word such as the verb house( pronounced hauz)-to provide             
with or take shelter. If I do not know the difference, therein                       lies a dilemma that could change everything.

So, as I pass that sign, I think to myself again,                                           "A church can clearly be closed, but THE CHURCH cannot".                         So I asked myself, "Does this location comprise both                                   'a church and THE CHURCH'?  This is problematic if we do     
not emerge from the pandemic with a better distinction.                              To some, this is merely semantics, sounds trivial and simplistic,                 
but to me, it is rather defining.

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Form: Verse

Equilibrium

I beg of guilt to riddance my sin, 
sincerity mixed pleasure of call deep within. 
My mind of haze to idea once preformed, 
mascot contribution to my theatrics well formed. 
Beauty and a beast to a sickening desire, 
my body fuelled with pain from my minds deep transpire. 
Berate of my complexion, fabrication and hope,
 sacrifice my solitude with hopes of being cleansed deeper than soap. 
Cremation from the burning of wait does bring forth,
my stature destined to the mirror now morph. 
Soul, hand of pasture ,and faith in the god once named, 
all placed in pieces of a figure left to blame.
Waiting on a miracle to work to good deed,
hoof of purest lamb now sentenced to breed.

Thorn and thistle cursed to beauty of rose, 
man’s fortune to women with a price of propose.
System segregation from the people born truth, 
turn to natures sin in purpose of youth. 
Belief met bravery in hand of defeat, 
rush to the opening of a church in  large fleet. 
Memory reconcile with death fortune placed, 
sanction granted to power in need of erase. 
Intelligence fought sympathy in the war of troubled mind, 
am I useless without leadership if my demise meet unkind? 
Body built to the soil cursed by I man, 
colonies trapped in brutality of gods plan. 

Beggar, theif, and humanity at hand, 
Are criminals to be punished if future lie in the sand? 
Is truth upon belief of a system unpredicted, 
the structure a temple yet torture left unrestricted. 
Mind place of memory to the mistreatings underway, 
if I hold power to speak why should boundaries get a say? 
Free speech is a right in the rule book of law, 
however issue runs deep with dictatorship to core. 
Does a cry of babe not rustle in your mind? 
A predator to be freed yet a crook to be fined. 

A god of justice is spoken in scripture, 
but thy neighbour is thought on suspicion, never close to a sister. Harmony sung in words comprise, 
dealings from the devil while society treat to infantilise. 
If a body is a right to the owners spoken truth, 
why should societal exception meet way to the youth? 
For a pasture, a priest, or a saint of country name, 
would allow such action to ignight as if flame. 
Then action should compromise the wrongdoing upon mass, 
the power of performative government is as fragile as glass.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Countdown To the Last 1 On My List

Digits can be numbers, and our numbers mean a lot!
But digits I rate highest are the digits that I’ve got:
those literally a part of me; the five upon each hand
comprise my top ten digits, and here’s what makes them grand:
Without my top ten digits, there’s little I could do.
I couldn’t write, or cook or clean, or even tie a shoe.
Inflexible, I couldn’t use my toes to reach my lips,
And so I’d need somebody’s help to eat my fish and chips!

Each finger serves a purpose and I’ve got it figured out.
The one most useful to me is the one that is most stout.
The thumb, which can be overlooked, is really very strong.
Just try to hold a pen and write. Without it, you will long
to feel that writing instrument guided by your thumb.
But using just the thumb alone can prove quite cumbersome.
Helping guide that pen, you need a finger that is sturdy.
That would be the middle guy, also known as Birdie!

Of course, because I’m so left-brained, my top ten digits are
the ones attached to my right palm, and two I’ve named thus far.
The index (or the pointer finger) I would rate at three.
It’s a useful finger for a teacher just like me.
Ring finger gets a four. Symbolizing love,
it’s lesser value to me than the three discussed above.
My number five on my right hand, and the weakest one,
is Pinky. Little finger is the one that I most shun!

The fingers on my other hand would finish out my list.
The sixth important one, of course, is nearest to the wrist.
My left hand’s middle finger is the next one, naturally,
on my top ten countdown. Number seven it would be.
Eight and nine are index and the ring, respectively.
So the last 1 on my list I‘m sure by now you see
 is left  hand’s pinky, number ten. And now I’ve named them all:
Ten fingers, for I need both hands to catch a real fast ball!



For the 'The Last 1' Poetry Contest of Anthony Biaanco
Form: Rhyme

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