Long Knee jerk reaction Poems

Me... creature of comfort? Bah

Once again mine lock, stock
and barrel trade in balderdash
finds yours truly (i.e. me)
to type poem frisson a$$ off
as dentures chatter and gnash,
while still inside me gobstopper,
(the sole way to generate
plea for...

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A winter vacation to Grandpa’s farm
Involved a drive over the Great Divide
As long as we didn’t hit a bad storm
I can make it in three days, if I try
I know now, it would be better...

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when you feel like pacing up and down
hitting yourself in the head
on that perimeter fence of enclosed emotion
bracing for an onslaught of pain
that won’t dissipate on the barbed wire fences

a watch tower is mocking and...

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What you have done to me defies my best description,
A downfall orchestrated by your self-absorbed affliction;
You saw me as what, a time filling, knee-jerk reaction?
A neurological stimulant, a meaningless distraction?

Was I so easy to kill,...

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Unlearning a reflex takes quite a while
As I cross the flooding Nile
Overcoming my thirst adrift in the sea
Mouth full of sand, blood too thick to bleed
I'm losing a staring contest looking at a mirror
And objects...

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In this desolate world so filled with every distraction
Each situation so demanding of a knee jerk reaction
Where time is money allowing greed to become king
Know that the fog will never lift until it’s Gods praises...

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The sergeant says,
you know the drill
And the new grunts get the spit down
Pressed pants and shiny boots 
in the barracks
are military grade thumbs up
But, in the showers, eyes are cast down
Murmurs and rumors 
are the...

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We live a life buried alive, mentally, 
burdened by guilt and circumstances.
We live in our own angular box,  
oxygen depleting, but dare not kick out 
at the sides, imbibing clean, fresh air.
Kick the walls...

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They try to silence, say it's about violence,
repression, oppression, obsession,
ignorance is bliss, quess what they can kiss,
they slander, they pander
it's a knee-jerk reaction to the right-wing faction,
fear of something new (like people of hue?),
it's a...

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An outpouring of happiness,
love surges up from the heart
and splashes against the soul;
an emotion exclusive to humans.

More than a ubiquitous word,
love is an overwhelming desire,
that burns in your heart
and merges with your soul;
defying logic and...

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