The
other eighteenth
centurion was rewired to beat whip-
ping cream by trans-
ferring it to one of free flood plain car-
rier amigo acid barriers and then em-
BARK-
ing on his var-
ied
own
creep dis-
cussing raw plans in a goop text where he adds
a spam
and melon
ball twist to a clutch-
ing figurine piece depicting
an angle between those sidewind-
ers required for
hooking spouts
with ambiguous traces of lawful fake
muse bots
spread-
ing
gas unrest using automated pest practices
that
put real intel-
ligence to sleep behind the Wheel of Miss
Fortune's even
grey-
er and darker than usual
Legion of Heavy Petting Metal Maniacs.
I learned you first in fragments—
not trust, not fear, but both at once,
a trembling compass spinning
toward the very hands
that taught you how to flinch.
Your heart kept two ledgers—
the one who comforts
and the one who harms—
yet both wore the same face,
spoke the same lullaby.
So love became a fire exit
sealed shut in every dream.
You ran toward safety,
but the path bent back
into the burning room.
I watch you now—
how you brace for impact
even in a gentle voice,
how you search my eyes
for storms I do not carry.
Child of scrambled signals,
you were not born in chaos—
it was given to you
like a map with no north.
But hear this softly:
your nervous system
is not your destiny.
There is a door
no one showed you.
Take my hand—
we will walk slowly.
The past can be rewired;
even shattered patterns
learn new rhythms.
And someday
when someone reaches for you
with honest, steady palms,
your body will not mistake
their warmth for danger.
You will not run.
You will not freeze.
You will simply stay—
and call it home.
Misunderstood misrepresented misery
Spent my youth being told all the ways I am wrong
One day expected to get it all
Disconnected disassociated disgusted
A head attached to a body with warm holes for his pleasure
Smile moan shut up and open wide
These are my twenties
Lost longing lonely
These are my thirties
Rewired rejected resilient
This is late-thirties
Isolation desolation masturbation
Filling my own voids
Patching up my soul
Embracing myself
Sad scared sage
Separate
Settle no more
Seek
Self fulfillment
Safety
Security
Stars lighting up the nights sky
Start over
Somewhere new
Hopeful
Holding space
Heilung & Hecate
Aging braincells get rewired
And one way I surely know it
Is that I am always tired
And my face and body show it.
Even after hours of sleeping,
If I sit to read a book,
Sometimes drowsiness comes creeping
And it grabs me with a hook.
Or, if slightly after eating,
I relax and watch TV,
I’ll doze off before completing
“Law and Order: SUV.”*
Seems within that tangled webbing
Of our brains, the gears are clicking;
Thus our energy, now ebbing,
Lets us know the clock is ticking.
*It’s really “Law and Order SVU,” but
SUV is how my husband & I refer to it.
Sit by the fire.
Drink with your friends.
Forget about the fact that you're a liar.
Maybe someday they'll know.
You can't help but admire
The faces who sit beside you.
You get teary thinking about when they expire.
But they can't see that.
They can't see your brain becoming rewired
Used to Fear the night
Hardest time of my fight
When you feel so much
Sometimes you loose touch
Little things get bigger
Silly things that trigger
Your thoughts you fight
Nothing seems right
Getting up so tired
Maybe just need rewired
Darkness even in the light
On you fight
This is not right
Fighting them demons wears you out inside
Hard to hide
Couldn't take No more
Picking myself off the floor
Decided why fight
Each night
I embraced my pain , my crazy , held it close
Was what I chose
Accepted
Not rejected
Gave up the fight
That's right
Accepted held it close
Then let it go
Didn't know
Without this fight
Each night
Freed me
From the used to be
You just have to understand
Here's a hand
Don't fight
See the light
So much energy you save
Won't lead you to an early grave
Embrace your pain then let it go
The difference will start to show
Just by going with the flow
With absolute willingness, my thoughts have been rewired
By turning into each other, I found everything in you that I've required
The voice you possess so incredibly unique in this earthly choir
I'm more than just curious about all the other feelings you will inspire
Never again will you be alone, floating on this blue orb in a black sea like an island
Like a crow seeing something glimmering, your happiness, my only command
Wasn't lost, but I certainly found myself in your blue eyes
Supine, staring at white moons, replicating cool and cloudless February Skies
I took a look and then sank in my teeth
to taste the blood that was lying beneath;
Consumed by the fever of a vampire
instinct is impossible to rewire;
Instantly I felt the hunger quiet,
no longer did I feel taken by it;
Dripping from my lips the taste of copper
serene carnage had replaced the stupor;
Feeling the clearing of a dark dense fog
no need for any kind of dialog;
Despite his battle with mortality?
The Blood Mafia did not hold the key;
No matter with what I had to contend,
to this fate Jordan would not be condemned.
I was desired
I was acquired
I got hired
Felt inspired
Was admired,
What transpired?
They conspired
Not required?
Not desired
I inquired,
Got fired!
Got rehired
I got tired,
I retired
Visa expired,
I expired
Now rewired.
written April 8, 2022
the world runs forward
in leaps and bounds
leaving a generation in its dust
for better or for worse
the brain rewired for
the race to progress
my father's vision
of a static future
abandoned in potato fields
time not slowing down for anyone
caught in loops spinning at the speed of light
i've lost connection with my father's ways
the years gone by
i reminisce of
one forgotten generation past
the lure
the beauty
the fantasy
of its simplicity
AP: Honorable Mention 2020
Reborn --
Restored
Refreshed
Renewed
Rejuvenated
Revived
Reawakened
Rekindled
Regenerated
Remade
Revitalized
Reshaped
Reconstructed
Redesigned
Refashioned
Re-upped
Redeveloped
Reclaimed
Rehabilitated
Redone
Rewired
Refined
Reinvigorated --
Re-created!
Rewired and poetic,
words light up the night
Casting darkness back to hell
—demon out of sight
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2017)
The first sunny day in a very long time
My heart is lighter, the world is sublime
Daisy and Danny are lying asleep nearby
Their snoring sweet, a canine lullaby
An MRI and blood test scheduled once more
Every few months and this is number four
A DNA repair gene on chromosone 10Q26 the strand
This is a gift from the brain, rare and grande
It works with the new chemical TMZ
Works with chem/radiation, should work for me
Husband and wife a little less afraid
The angel of death is now delayed
Still means I will get tired
Immune system weakens, the brain is rewired
Speech therapy, pain, combine with PT
In the end we all have a date with eternity
I have no limits, I have no end
God brought me life, brought me angel friends
His daily words stir the passions within
I may have lost once, but, not ever again
I have new dreams, and new desires
I have control, my mind is rewired
I walk in sunshine, even in clouds
As God shows me more, I do all I'm allowed
I'm a spark, a flame, I'm passion infused
I'm out to win, God won't let me lose
I'm walking away, as a ghost with no past
I'm in a new world now, God's dye is cast
Remember, my angels, God's always here
Feel all his light, he'll ease all your fears
And when you strike out, you'll be someone new
And nobody will ever take your dreams from you
(c) Giggles the Poet
March 28, 2018
2:51 p.m.
If you're not seeking love beware of Cupid's arrow
It's magic is far more powerful than a pharaoh
He'll sneak up on you when you least expect it
You won't even notice or feel that arrowhead hit
Feelings will come over you that you can't explain
You might even think someone rewired your brain
Struck by love?yeah right, not me
Second-guessing yourself, could it really be?
Before you know it there's a skip to your walk
There's a new Aura around you, you glow when you talk
You smile through things that typically produce a frown
You're in such high spirits seems nothing can bring you down
You feel so light like you're walking on air
For the first time in forever anxieties been lifted, you don't seem to have a worry or care
You're floating so gracefully on cloud nine
You feel whimsically silly and oh so divine
You can't help but hum, dance and sing
Instead of dreading the day you anticipate what it will bring
Don't run or hide from love or miss out and be stupid
Embrace the arrow for sometimes love is all we have and let your outlook be changed by our friend Cupid
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