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Who Is the Boss

Artistic 
Simplistic 
Ruby grapefruit lipstick 
Glossy shimmer 
To quell the chap winter crack's 
The toll takes on immune down body system's 
That survived the Vitamin Blitz
And if we can make up in any way
Camouflage that hideous interior 
To make small gains to feel Superior 
Then what is the harm
For if it was not for the sweaty palm
And the heat resonating via the cold remedies 
Because Doctor's would not prescribe antibiotics 
You have become comfortably numb
An aqua lung siphoning despairing air
Home care bed ridden self medicating 
An artist simplistic unrealistic 
Carcass 
Of a failing vessel 
The mind could have outlived 
But sadly the body power's the Clock
Not the Head or Brain
age


Premium Member The Landlady's Memo

Dear Tenants,

If you are not a global citizen
then you do not reside here.

Your vehicles,
and your extractive habits of siphoning and fracking my resources,
your competitive lose-lose nationalistic economy,
and your toxic egocentric culture
are prohibited by our mutually cooperative lease
on multiculturing life.

Please stop peeing and pooping in my water,
while starving my malnourished soil.
How would you like it if I took a crap in your blood-stream
and sucked dry your soul?

Please turn down the volume
and turn up some compassion.
Breach of globally contracted
mutual respect and integrity,
need I remind you?
is far more than sufficient cause to evict
your not-sorry-enough ass.

Namaste,
Landlady Gaia

Premium Member Ode To An Impostor

What smug pseudomorph 
inhabits my reflection,

adroitly mimicking my 
every manner and expression,

mercilessly mocking me 
with flawless simulation?
 
She is the great pretender;
a master counterfeiter;
a furtive opportunist;
a thieving imitator.
 
She is a soul-sucking demon 
of the gravest degree;
a brazen parasite 
feeding on health and ingeny,

pillaging my youth 
with savage gleam and glee;
siphoning my precious hollow 
of vitality.
 
Time ticks across my aging face
while our eyes lock in defiance,
and in the end, my spurious friend
will demand my full compliance.
 
So, with a twinkling eye I wink 
at my mirrored facade,
acknowledging this fearsome foe 
with a playful nod.

Respectfully reciprocal, 
she gestures back to me in kind,
and we part as esteemed enemies, 
to my last breath resigned.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Batteries Not Included

Batteries Not Included


They sit – idle memories – languishing
crusted filth - a city’s weeping gutters.
Detritus of fast food disposal clings
to scentless bloodied thorns of tear soaked rose,
future maple trees sailing sewer bound,
adrift on a city’s polluted dreams.

Yellow lights a-swirl on oil slickened streets
highlight a scrawny stalking alley cat
sad mime back arched on a red brick facade.
Cold shush of tires on icy pavement
hissing at the joy of dancing snowflakes,
chilled chatter of recycling’s shopping carts.

Barrier reefs of soft restaurant lights
deflect the silent hardness of the night.
Wet dogs shiver in the blue cell phone light,
taut leashes battling absent owners
check for “Pee-mail” on  “Face Book” fire hydrants.

Puddles torment the feet of passersby,
tempting the feet of children and adults
dampening the spirits of the homeless.
Gutters, siphoning off a city’s soul,
seeking salvation from a moonless night
in search of a coldly distant sunrise.



12/27/2016

submitted to – Form – B – Poetry Contest

Want To Do

Written on: 7th September 2012.
Written by: Sashi.Prabhu (Zeauoxian)

Tons more I wish to do,
Much more I want to do,
Before I am laid on the pyre facing the sky deep blue,
Much more I wish to do……….

I want to scale scary heights,
I want to bungee jump without any fright.

I want to travel rough terrains on bikes,
I want to make it through forests and go on long hikes.

I want to wander singing songs,
I want to sing about how I mended my wrongs.

I want to be creative again ,
I want to write about my joys thrills and pain.

I want to pour my heart and passion in my works,
I want to write verses & haikus without reactions knee jerks.

I want to take many a calculated risks,
I want to learn from the entire process without shortcuts or fancy tricks.

I want to contribute for a good cause,
I want to give without siphoning material or emotional dross.

I want to untangle messed up issues,
I want to wipe off tears with empathy laced tissues.

I want to work on taboo subjects,
I want to solve regression of y on x.

I want to listen to my music loud,
I want to pen my work in a place far from the madding crowd.

I want to sow seeds and many a plant,
I want to bask in sun rays that into my room slant.

I want to drench in the rains,
I want to make paper boats and sail them in the drains.

I want to pick up from the ground and smell fresh wet earth,
And then joyously have my speech filled with mirth.

I want to boldly write about myself only for me,
I want the world to know me & my mind as they  will always see.

I want to meet often the persons, who mean a lot to me,
I want to be able to emote my passions and feelings of love and glee.

I want to be happy about just any small thing,
And all this I want to do before the last breath to my nostrils I bring.

Facing the blue skies on my funeral pyre,
I want to be on the best craft my soul can hire….

All this I want to do very soon,
Before sets into me dreaded gloom.

But the life I live is taking its toll,
I am yet to get out of this oblivious hole.


Time is just right to set aside,
And take a ride

Fulfill my wants and dreams that I nurtured in me to grow,
And I had put away sheathed in a cocoon of time many years ago.

Now I don’t want a moment long,
And I will do what I want and sing my own song,

And do what in me I let grow,
Many, many years ago.
Form: Couplet


Bucket List of Wants

Tons more I wish to do,
Much more I want to do,
Before I am laid on the pyre facing the sky deep blue,
Much more I wish to do……….

I want to scale scary heights,
I want to bungee jump without any fright.

I want to travel rough terrains on bikes,
I want to make it through forests and go on long hikes.

I want to wander singing songs,
I want to sing about how I mended my wrongs.

I want to be creative again ,
I want to write about my joys thrills and pain.

I want to pour my heart and passion in my works,
I want to write verses & haikus without reactions knee jerks.

I want to take many a calculated risks,
I want to learn from the entire process without shortcuts or fancy tricks.

I want to contribute for a good cause,
I want to give without siphoning material or emotional dross.

I want to untangle messed up issues,
I want to wipe off tears with empathy laced tissues.

I want to work on taboo subjects,
I want to solve regression of y on x.

I want to listen to my music loud,
I want to pen my work in a place far from the madding crowd.

I want to sow seeds and many a plant,
I want to bask in sun rays that into my room slant.

I want to drench in the rains,
I want to make paper boats and sail them in the drains.

I want to pick up from the ground and smell fresh wet earth,
And then joyously have my speech filled with mirth.

I want to boldly write about myself only for me,
I want the world to know me & my mind as they  will always see.

I want to meet often the persons, who mean a lot to me,
I want to be able to emote my passions and feelings of love and glee.

I want to be happy about just any small thing,
And all this I want to do before the last breath to my nostrils I bring.

Facing the blue skies on my funeral pyre,
I want to be on the best craft my soul can hire….

All this I want to do very soon,
Before sets into me dreaded gloom.

But the life I live is taking its toll,
I am yet to get out of this oblivious hole.


Time is just right to set aside,
And take a ride

Fulfill my wants and dreams that I nurtured in me to grow,
And I had put away sheathed in a cocoon of time many years ago.

Now I don’t want a moment long,
And I will do what I want and sing my own song,

And do what in me I let grow,
Many, many years ago.

by: Sashi.Prabhu
Form: Couplet

Premium Member Trellis of Deceit

The truth was concealed with many branches
Entangled on a trellis of deceit ,
The anger reflecting inked blots on weeds
As I  cruised alone through evening’s approach...
To bid his disguise   hidden like veiled twigs
Crumbling, withering  in this labyrinth
Till  the pretense of fidelity glared;
Siphoning a love untrue, root to bough...

How my  heart  sullen  as dusk  tumbled on,
Into a maze where a breeze  folded its wings,
Its  cry  echoing my  black homily
That in a daze I recalled his footsteps...
Yet, each step I trailed    became ashen clay ;
His  distorted ploy stirring a flamed rage
Where old leaves fall in the bleak  of moonlight.



Lewis Rayne's Contest 
Emotional Anger, hurt, rage
Submitted 12/1/2017

GONE

When the last idea is spoken
And the final symbols written down
Will all creation acknowledge
WORD isn't captured by any sound

He flies in skies beyond thought
He sails on waters above existence
He walks on movement
Harmonized with light flowing through resistance

No matter, no fear, can cage essence
He is the invisible, all-knowing presence
Seeking, finding, exploring, questioning
All the fears of matter, siphoning, affecting
....creative energy

Today, it is known, outside, inside
Around, above and beyond humanity's reach
The lies that bound the living to dying
Are crushed in the contracts breach

Trust, trust is how LOVE gets permission
To move through obstacles unforeseen
When definitions yield to TRUTH's stance
Parties lose the right to make WORD mean

Spirit clothes her in WISDOM's dress
Harden criminals forced to confess
Wretched are those who steal
The innocence of heart who came, only, to heal
....creative energy

GONE....

Written by Trudy Schrader on 10-22-2025
Form: Rhyme

The Statesmen

Listen to the music of centuries
Remembering looking toward peace
"We must disentral ourselves"
The congressmen
Big black tires
Big black men,black suits
Siphoning your GRIT
The corporate war profiteers
Who are they as bats at night
Chameleons in all natures
Camouflaged at appropriate times
Demagogues!the cause of poverty
Be angry at the sun
The public men,publish falsehood
You are no Catullus you know;
To lampoon these crude sketches of ceasar
Struggle for power;and women for fame
I stand alone dazed words giving way
Blood gurgling down into the mud and sand
This nation,A village of thorns and brambles
The old earth is withered and undone
While decades pass
Pleasured in the dead's heritage
Riots and robs,
some busking in the glory of others
Others salvation
Others the lords of charity,
Splashing dirty millions in altars and Holly stages
You are begot and spawned in shame
Little resources huge demands
Oh wanjiku!How long shall the donkey tire for your load to be delivered?

Ephemeral Recollections On the Passage of Time

Ephemeral Recollections of the Passage of Time 

Ephemeral recollections of the passage of time  
General inspections of a population in decline
Congenital directions of a genealogy in scientific refine 
Perennial distortions of a perspective in pure mime

Elegant notions of a theory on entropy 
Pertinent commotions of what the third eye can truly see
Innocent devotions about what it’s like to live in poverty
Malcontent emotions over what it means to be truly free

Singular visions for the indiscriminately proud 
Angular decisions as you power through the crowd 
Rectangular incisions on the throats of the politically loud
Perpendicular divisions as the dead are placed into their shrouds 

A cacophony forming at the base of a mountain range 
The topography calling out the wierd and indiscriminately strange 
The cartography of the wicked and the fundamentally derranged 
The anthropology of society and what it means to be defamed

Litigious corporate lawyers claiming their money on the side 
Ambitious politicians out for what they cannot hide
Pernicious inhibitions of a man enslaved by pride 
The vicious extraditions of those who just jumped on for the ride 

Enlightening notions of the concepts of spiritual awakening  & transcendence 
Frightening potions of imposition and rememberance 
Lightening bolts of intuition and incendiary elegance  
Siphoning jolts of inhibition as we see through the embellishments

Contaminated water and superficial elements of decay 
The celebrated quarter of what it means to have your say 
The inundated distorter of truth among the games that we play 
The contentious border of Ukranian land on international display 

We walk this earth in discontent and  observation of the crimes 
And give a wide girth to the consequence of the symbol of the times 
But what we have learned in the enlightened abstinence has created pure refine 
And what we’ve earned in the brightened elegance, as we proudly step out of line
Form: Rhyme

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