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Babylon Candy

"Babylon Candy"


“My god you 
babble on”
he said.

the guy 
thought he was 
a giant, 

as far as writers go.

She chirped, 
“it’s all post humus 
humour, from here on in
you know”.

Code-named, 
“The Owl”,
she rolled her eyes

and hooted,

“You may as well play
with your marbles
before you lose them.”

“God only knows -
I Am.”
he replied,

“me, myself and I!
By the way,” he adds 
quite flippantly, 

“you think they could 
choose better music...
and what is it 

they’re putting 
in drinks these days? 
The Green Fairy?”

the response, 
“Yes, The Green Fairy,
I hear he’s somewhere, here.
Lethal agent that one, excels
at camouflage.” 

she elaborated further,
“The Lights don’t help.
You'd think they could 
turn them down.”

Meanwhile, 

back on the dance floor
of the U.a.U.
(Unicorns are Us)
Publisher’s Ball,

dressed to the 9’s
in 6 inch heels, 
a silent observer,
unrevealed 

sweet and sour Candy 
stood sucking 
on a high ball, 
some long island iced T

watching on bemused, 
waiting 
for The Owl’s 
next move…

in the bird’s 
pocket, not very 
well hidden, fully loaded
like a water diviner

perched 
the inevitable 
big gun 
seeking out 
The Resistance

burned, 
a slow rising story.

flashforward
Hypodiegesis 
Chekov’s gun -

"all guts"
the dossier read,

"and by God...
all glory."

Everything 
for the 
story.

(LadyLabyrinth / 2023)
Form: Narrative


Across Figurative and Literal Board

Across figurative and literal board... 
mine hardscrabble existential debacle spelled losing game of trouble

Oft times, I experience wretchedness being alive
spurring wonderment whereby thoughts
of my demise doth drive
analogous to buzzfeeding bumbling bees
combing into their hive.

Giddiness prevailed
when coronavirus (COVID-19)
warranted quarantine to diminish
transmitting pandemic virus thru the air
lifestyle change no major imposition,
cuz yours truly already familiarized
with self isolation
courtesy his social anxiety despair
schizoid personality disorder the diagnosis

nsync with loathsome
body morphology toward self
viz mental health impasse a legitimate malady
impossible mission possibly
since in utero didst impair
minimally abetted courtesy
Buffalo wing and a prayer
wishful thinking only death can relieve
some recently approaching year.

Indifference toward self sums up story
viz mindset to whit
resignation to cash in chips
at a tender age, I did submit
evidenced courtesy abysmal grades
during stint as student
kindergarten and first grade the exception
earning appellation dummkopf or nitwit
showcased apathy to access ability and excel
overshadowed courtesy powerfully pointed outlook
within his bedroom at 324 Level Road
sequestered long haired pencil neck geeky hermit
four familiar walls constituted ambit.

Refuge sought vis a vis withdrawal
from world wide web
refusing sustenance (think anorexia nervosa),
thus these lovely bones withered away
thankfully mother (a licensed practical nurse)
of course intervened without delay
belated acknowledgement
regarding maternal love hip hip hooray
enrolling expertise of Doctor Ted Goldberg
at Collegeville Community counseling
to ameliorate psychological internal melee
running rampant and roughshod within me psyche
pushing self destruction down into stairway
entering portals of hell
analogous to Earthen bowels
deep within Zimbabwe.

Whether the above sentence incidental
to feeble attempt at reasonable rhyme
so please geography buffs pardon moi
add dull less cent delinquent puns
he did cashier plus
any unintended faux paus as aspiring poet
artfully crafts elaborated gimcrackery,
albeit impious kooky mishmashed
outlandish quirky s*it.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Light That Lights All Llghts

Primordial begs a question. Precursor answers,
prior request. Clarity necessitates perspective
anchored. Pre-Genesis /\ Chapter 1: Verse 1 of
 it being OUR EARTH-- /   \ Verse 3 is the FIRST
 LIGHT as our Daystar/     \as ALL LIGHTS trails
allies like------------        ------------Flora and 
Fungi, plus \                           /Fauna. Then
all four seasons.\               / Winter, Summer,
Spring, and Fall./                \To four elements
known matter,  /         / \       \ Earth, and air
water, and    /         /     \       \  fire. Lastly,
humanity.   /         /         \       \Man is Adam
And the    /        /              \       \ Woman is
Eve. Says/       /                   \      \   clarity
cites     /     /     perspective     \    \     in a 
lengthy  /   / expounded detailed \  \  point
of view./ / ALL LIGHTS, closing this   \ \SHAPE
POEM    \/FORM. Second LIGHTS that \/ came
post ALL LIGHTS—describes the Daystar that’ll
highlight in several varying details elaborately
formatted. Being that its duly noted as wisdom
dictate, values bring a wealth of common home
knowledge that everyone soon knows the truth.
of THE BOOK of GENESIS. Mom confessed to me 
into its TRUE LIGHT as THE WORD OF GOD BE A
LIGHT AT OUR FEET--A BEACON UPON THE HILL.
Earth was made for humanity, we’re ALL LIGHTS
created as a sharing amongst ALL other LIGHTS
as it was written—now elaborated. Daystar are
LIGHTS that precedes ALL LIGHTS, plurally. The
WHYS & WHEREFORES like GENESIS, was written
and elaborated as well. GOD IS THAT LIGHT and
POINTS NOT TO GOD, AND DAYSTARS LIGHTS, US,
AND ALL LIGHTS. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~  THAT LIGHT IS
ON RESERVE AS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALL SAINTS--
KNOW “HOLY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TRINITY”:
GOD THE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~FATHER,
GOD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~THE 
SON, AND GOD VWVWVWVWVW THE HOLY SPIRIT.

PONTIFICATE: "Take to the floor and raise the roof -- Matthew 5:16"

Why? GENESIS Wherefore! REVELATIONS

"The Holy Trinity, THAT LIGHT, on a universal eternal role as THE CREATOR, cometh EARTH'S dawning as predecessors were processing, and an unsuspicious dark universe were ripe for there dawning by THAT LIGHT."

IN THE NAME OF GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT, AMEN.
Form: Concrete

Premium Member Mid-Summer Night Dream

Once upon a time in the land of the Hobbits, 
Fili was annoyed.  He wanted excitement.
He was the youngest of the twelve dwarves,
Dressed in a blue cloak and sporting a yellow beard,
He entered into his tree house in an angry mood.
Up in the attic he sat on a stool and pondered.
That night all fairyland would celebrate 
The great feast of Midsummer.  And everyone
Would parade his oft practiced skills.
Alas Fili had nothing spectacular to show.

In the dim light of the attic he spied a shine.
Fili had the best eyesight and somehow knew
There below the cupboard lay an alexandrite lode.
It shone and magic oozed out of it.
What could it be?  He grabbed it and saw
A parchment with strange signs he could not understand.
Yet in the bottom was written so very clear:
Use me to fly, turn, swirl, but you must
Understand the signs or suffer you will.

A Catherine wheel opened the feast lightning the glen.
Immediately thousands upon thousands of fireflies
Flew around and illuminated the open grassy space.
Elves brought in the beer, sweetmeats, firewater.
The Firstborns danced around the Maypole,
Frog dances abounded as elves escorted the Fairy Queen
To her elaborated decorative throne.  She smiled 
And after a while she clapped her hers, and amid the clapping
She gave the sign that the much sought contest can start.


To be continued

UNDER UNDERSTOOD

To be mis understood is to be absorbed 
A rejection of existence by the listener 
The communicator communicating 
But the message is dissonance 
It has happened one two three many times 
Too much so that speaking is distilled 
To specifically what you believe in 
So that you can see me, It is heartbreaking 
I would have taught you so much 
We could have had so much fun
We could have found each other 
In the meanings elaborated with patience 
But I think a little too fast And my word smay slur 
I also do not know many English words 
To describe states of the heart with grace 
and panache I lack finesse I speak too direct
You say am too honest I know no diplomacy 
I might embarrass you while disrespecting my self 
I am too headstrong but you are weak at  heart
you are not talking to me 
You are misunderstanding on purpose to 
Conserve who you are rejecting any other 
So I echo you you you 
Because  To be misunderstood is to be  a broken mirror 
It makes you hate yourself   
Struggling
To find yourself in the other


Heart of the Meek

Deep down in his heart was the draining of sorrow,
Despite the reality of his faith grabbing the dew of every morning,
He forms the power of stable mind but never turns a candle light on,
Whenever words get full in his mouth, darkness fence him tremendously,
He paints down every imagination,

He pens down every echoing sound,
Immediately society set out to brag of their partners, he perceives unsensational dispensation appearing from the ground,
They only haste to rule his meekness with a vile, making him feel bound,
They had no figured realizations to dispose their murderous acts firmly nowed,
In a cage was he alone, despite his presence among men identifiably and unidentifiably yoked, 
Finding himself a dream took his spirit toward a lonely road,

Many had the thought to drag his individuality into a black sack,
Hey, those squad never knew what he terms, “logical man of unperforated fact”,
Firmly did he sat to establish a compactible gust,
Since those unaware nuisances steam their senseless passions to mislead with sprinkled dust,
A dagger he raised to butcher their inequity was rightly sharpened for a total must,

And the state of their recalcitrance was divided into shame,
Stelled eyes behind the scene elaborated the story of the meek,
This finely fortified the “ready aimed” of this generation to step up their game,
But the pride insane refused to listen and understand what every sage need,
He was an exradictionary caliber pertain without greed,
And he had it all written on his face, how he wishes all those weakened get freed,
That`s a factuality roofing the head of “THE MEEK”,
Yeah, he was meek…
And no one dares to deny it as truth.

Premium Member Impasto Passage

IMPASTO PASSAGE
initiatives
to sparkle
as
bizarre
idiosyncratic
       unusual
features

a wayward conception
so convincing
  as an illusion
with criteria
   powerfully
     elaborated

a vigorous
 scene
  simultaneously
graphically
&typically
    exhausting

 it
initiates
a
 complex analysis
so visual
&
  appreciated
in a
 wondrous manner


THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE without grammatical symbols the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and respond thus making the form a two way interplay and often a unique interpretation by the enigma so derived
Form: Other

Premium Member Little Hope

Is it so great to hear them everyday
Singing hosannas, playing harps for you?
And you’re not tired of sorting out their prayers
Not bored to see them trying to pursue?
And the concept of paradise, was it enough
Elaborated, or it could have been concealed
To an extent, because the plot seems rough
At least from what so far has been revealed
Is there the smell of summer breeze at morning,
Are there dewdrops on the leaves of apple tree?
A scent of coffee when my darling says I'm coming, 
And there she is, holding a tray for her and me?..
My dear Lord, I guess you’ve been endowed
With a sufficient amount of love and labour
To materialize among the clouds
Please let us live again, do us a favor 
Don’t take away this little hope, my Lord
It’s in your power, though you could disclaim 
Cause nowadays your world is rumbling with wars
Some of the victims may divulge your name.
Form: Rhyme

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