Short Foreclose Poems

A Problem
     By Dane Smith-Johnsen

Worry
Tormenting minds
Over having low cash flow.
Threatening to foreclose on home loans.
Homeless.


Form:  Cinquain.
©  November 2009...

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algorithms 
which art in zuckerberg
hollowed be the tamed 
hide the kingdom come 
oligarchs will us dumb 
in our place as it is in cyberspace
deny us this data our waylaid brain
and foreclose all our expectations
as we confirm our programmers'
and lead us not into liberation 
but deliver us for extraction
for yours is the sole right 
and the power 
totalitarian
forever
amen...

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My soul persists, not very strong 
Perhaps it is, I could be wrong 
Is the quality good, who knows 
Fair enough then, see how it goes 

I don’t own my soul, it’s not mine 
If you want it, then join the line 
Without offers, I shall foreclose
Fair enough then, see how it goes 

Damned if I don’t, damned if I do
Maybe take a rain check, in lieu 
Tell me god, was it me you chose 
Fair enough then, see how it goes...

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There is a pathway called Lonely Road
That every mortal in solemnity walks.
Its ruts are deep from life’s grated load,
And tales of woe echo there as if a pox.

You have walked it in hours of despair
And so have I, world-wearied in extreme.
As we walk we litter it with every care,
Our pain and hurt sickening the scene.

We have faults that foreclose expression
To some who want to think we’re saintly. 
Thus the Lonely Road affords confession
To ourselves and He who loves us greatly....

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