Confusion Off And On Poems

A simulated consciousness
beyond our will to choose
Defying Einstein, Bohr, and Hume
where logic stands defused 

The matter at hand can’t matter
when rules unwrite themselves
An order once...

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You can rip my heart out,
Stamp upon the ground,
Give it an hour,
Returned loving sounds.

Lost and found,
Where shall I lay?
Give and take,
Content on either way.

Remaining in...

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Boredom,
the greatest vintner of pain
Aged in confusion
served with disdain

Moments gone fallow
dreams unfulfilled
Fatal perfusion
—doldrums distilled

(The New Room: May, 2022)...

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I now wear a mask
So do you
Credit the mask
For bringing a change
Making us new
The domestic help
No longer around
Any grudges and complaints?
No!
‘He’s having harder times'
We’ve found
The...

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In the Far Off Land of China
(To the tune of the Battle Hymn of the Republic)
Edit 1
By Franklin Price
03/28/2020

In the Far off land of China...

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Don’t wanna sit up 
Don’t wanna lie down
Don’t wanna play
Don’t wanna work
Don’t wanna create
Don’t wanna be idle. 

Don’t wanna sing
Don’t wanna dance
Don’t wanna talk
Don’t wanna...

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Shhh! quietly I nodded off nearly sleeping;
Hush!! Dogs barking outside reeling;
While I nodded nearly napping;

Mom looks at me as I’m breathing heavily;

While I nodded nearly...

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LIGHT-SWITCH
I was ignored in the light
So I hid in the dark
I was shamed and sly
So I told myself a-lie
Full of despair, now I grown out...

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Penuriousness long did acquaint
yours truly, who feels loath
to lodge complaint
regarding series of unfortunate events
(Lemony Snicket be damned)
imposed monetary constraint,

now aghast with horror
(ain't no trick),
I unwittingly...

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I'm sorry, I can't fall asleep.
My head keeps spinning. 
Under every brain cell is a new lyric,
A new mood,
A new genre of music,
A new version...

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(verse 1)
I’ve lived a short life,
for which my tears have gone dry.
 A state of mental confusion,
from a mother and father.
 Twisted lies, twisted truth,
which...

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We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz
   Because, because, because, because---
      Because of the...

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I've been walking these them streets;
Trippin and fallin;
Skinned my elbow and knees;
Lying on my back lookin at the trees;
Wondering will any body come and help...

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LATE TO WORK BUT I'M OFF ON SATURDAY

A single man from Texas;
Woke up late for breakfast;
Said his prayers, read a bible verse 
Took a shower,...

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Interested?

only in the falling off and floating,
watching as the clouds pass by
and
if the sky is blue and only blue
why then am I happy
seeing you in...

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