Angst Pride Poems

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. 
John Burroughs

bursts of anger once ruined me,
my...

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Good Vibrations 

It’s been one year,
three months 
and two days,
since Floyd last rode his Harley.

Damn stroke!
His F-ing left leg don’t work 
and he barely grips...

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Where are you? 
You happy I do hope so
I'd understand if I treated you rough, 
gone against your back or didn't express enough. 

Was not...

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In tones of frenzied feelings,
Rage, responding to rage,
Chiseling on the stone, a heart
Dusted with doubt, jealously,
Hesitant to believe 
There was once a gentle light,
Glowing like...

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The Unsupervised Stop Sign 10-26-23
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The Unsupervised Stop Sign

STOP!
Red lights flash crimson warnings
As arias of bloodred omens swirl about
My heedless headstrong rush past clanging signs
Into a...

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What's this reflection?

Sad mockery of a younger, better man's dreams.
One hand with a choke-hold on easy prosperity.
The other splayed out - each finger scraping for...

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A broken record, gracefully posed in emotion
Arch of the wrist, scorched notes that came before
keys of safety, memories of old, hidden away

Digitally found glory interrupting...

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I had the strangest of dreams 
They happend in the land overseas 
Usually called the land of the free
Even though I have never been 
There...

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Now tell me that you've felt a failure
In doing what was right
As salted pillows dampen
In the dead of sleepless night
A wonder, wonders bless the wicked
And...

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One day later

My ego is protected 
All the pain deflected 
From the hurt you caused 
An eye for an eye; zero pause

You cut my tongue;...

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Mufasa & Scar join forces
To kill evil in its courses

Angst to the hyenas
King and bro hit arenas

It is like riding all horses!

Syllables:

8,8,8
7,7...

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her hands trembling
she held her breath.

her eyes shut tight
giving her prayer that extra effort.
knowing it would take
nothing short of a miracle.

she read and reread every...

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MAYDAY! MADAY! MAYDAY! 
Can anyone hear me!?! Over...

This is the USS American Liberty…
We have capsized in the sea of despair...
coordinates...21st century, 45th U.S. President...please send...

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Some days it gets to me
Requests for prayer, currency
One can try quiet neutrality
But stories are hard, dependency

Here: crystal, Meth, Tik, or glass-y
U pray today, they...

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real life wasn't real nice 
so conceal and disguise 
and let fly many lies 
which fill minds and survive 
'til alive and realised 
as real...

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