Cat got your tongue? Hey what’s the matter?
Why ain’t you sayin’ what’s there inside?
If I were somebody who didn’t know better,
I’d say you been simplified
Simplified, simplified
There’s forces all around you, son
And they’re tryin’ to stem the tide
Simplified – you been simplified
White versus black, Right versus Left
You must choose one – take only one side
If your own grey matter is a trifle bereft,
I’ll bet you been simplified
Simplified, simplified
There’s forces all around you son
That’re tryin’ to stem the tide
Simplified – you been simplified
Now you been lyin’ down with Nazis and Sheiks
‘cause it sweeps up your guilt and massages your pride
In Bizarro-Land, the reasoned man is the freak
‘cause he won’t be simplified
Simplified, simplified
There’s forces all around you, son
And they’re tryin’ to stem the tide
Simplified – you been simplified
So I don’t turn on the news or go to church no more –
I won’t take that paranoid ride
There’s more to holy wars than virgins and whores –
Don’t let your story be simplified
Don’t let your story be simplified
Don’t let your story be simplified
Categories:
simplified, angst, confusion, integrity, parody,
Form: Lyric
Common finish full of flashes,
Reorganized thought meaningful pictures;
Sounds coarse but soothing,
The epilogue is only for you to think.
Ah, how good will it be,
Finishing line that I will see;
At the end of my last beat,
Alas, let me have a seat,
Into my own, unflashy ending.
Edited: 25/06/2020
Categories:
simplified, appreciation, confidence, death, emo,
Form: Free verse
This question has been asked
The answer is very simple
To be you have to be there
Not to be you are not there
If you were there then you would be
If you were not there then you’re not to be
If you choose to be there then it is your choice
If you choose not to be there that is also your choice
Choosing and picking is the key to be or not to
If you make the wrong choice then you will never be
So choice wisely with your be’s so you will know
The difference between
To be or Not to be
Categories:
simplified, wisdom, words,
Form: Free verse
Poems So Simplified
Maybe it was me who had lied
My poems did seem so simplified
Read by fathers who were founding
Who found them to be astounding
Were put in permanent place and petrified.
Jim Horn
Categories:
simplified, allegory, analogy,
Form: Limerick
It began with a replicator
probably in the sea
an insignificant little cray-tor
much tinier than a bee
Didn't have mouth or teeth
or a fancy Latin name
not even a will to out-compete
others exactly the same
But nought is really perfect
mistakes can easily arrive
so, sadly the odd defect
meant some did not survive
Yet some had good errors
and these did well and thrived
passed their wee advantage
to their offspring born alive
And so it went on and then
aeons drifted past
on and on without end
until we came here at last
And while we contemplated
man's place in this celestial scheme
We discovered it ain't that complicated
We're just variations on a theme
So when you look towards the sky
scratch your had or scrunch yer nose
Imagine that if you were to die
all you'd do is decompose
Categories:
simplified, science,
Form: I do not know?