In our maniacal world madness cosplay nativity.
When sanctuary is cynical take cyanide outside in
a synchronized social suicide.
Life at your disposal realize life is disposable.
Lacking eye warble, below-zero countertop marble.
Stumble over the five o'clock Hobble.
Humble, Crumpled up macro-cookie crumble.
Spade shovel buried down transient mumble.
Blood musk parfume; false whale entrails.
Innards inward into inferior interior design.
Set fire to the nativity scene, in our maniacal world
It'll still continue in laughing, surround sound loud.
It'll still narcissistically orbit around me.
Outstanding flavour; some forever ever-lasting long.
Ever-after ended up ending fantastic. God dammit.
Gob-smacker, toe tapper, boot-smacker.
Folded laundry lay on the nighttime pavement.
It'll still go.
In the Age of Spin.
It just happen.
No way, It just happen?
It just happen.
It go like it just happen.
It go how it just happen.
What happen?
It just happen.
I shirk
house work
my spouse
cleans house
I try
she sighs
get out
she shouts
I smirk
no work
I leave
well pleased
all day
I play
Doing work white collar job but dirt underneath,
Fragrance with scent on shirt but smell under me,
Flourished outside but rotten inside,
Complete man I'm outside but incomplete
Through heart.
Complex complicated compliance charm I lock,
But understandable through one key,
Folded in four sides, but no side edge seen to unveil.
Cover with damp of lies and no gas is penetrating in it.
I got white collar smile but smirk underneath.
Smirk
sweet, humorous
unsettling, fun-loving, revealing
Punk-rockers, Saints, Sharks, Jesters
enticing, manipulating, masking
salty, vexatious
Smile
bleak night comes to pass
crescent moon smirks a good morn' ~
augury of hope
Date written: 01/21/2023
i shout hello to
squirrels playing in the sun
they all squawk at me
i fall on nettles and yowl
my cat looks on with a smirk
I am supposed to always be kind, nice, sweet.
But sometimes my werewolf gorilla she-wolf comes out.
I have to tamp her down, and pretend she is not ready to
Bite off a child’s leg or better yet devour his head.
Today in the lunchroom was one of those times
When a particularly irritating child threw something
past six tables into the trash and smirked.
I turned and saw the smirk and knew.
It was the smirk I recognized instantly.
The smirk from my youth.
If you feel a need to smirk,
You can't go past a Merc,
One that is fully electric,
Or at least a hybrid, so you won't feel a jerk,
When cheap petrol is all talk.
Engineered with you in mind,
For peace of mind,
They leave others behind.
With standard features you won't believe,
At prices you can quote with some relief,
As you drive one safely round another bend,
You may wish the ride will never end.
Get a Mercedes Benz,
And you will have lots of friends,
When you show them the space you have for long legs,
And other odds and ends.
If you want to up your IQ,
Test drive an EQA,
Something rather nifty,
That you can charge in a jiffy.
I am looking for a chaste Love
It may happens in a smack
in a kiss, but never, never
in a smirk
bleeding blushes ooze
damping dessicated drool
punctured passion puke
nauseating nocturnal nude
felon feelings fostered
gaunt gazes murdered
fiery smirk smote
undaunted gift grown
on fervent flow
salient soil pulsed
leering lanky lust
foaming feelings gulped
on vying Valentine
gaunt gazes dine.
'20:02:14:14:52
There is no better enemy than ones’ loving family and friends
For it is they who know all the ifs' and where your troubles begin
No need to look outward but to only look within
The company of those that surprisingly come to mind
They who come around you either often or all the time
They say they’ll support and stand by You _ thick or thin
Truth is they’re only present _ to glorify your end
How else will they assure you’ll see their smirky sideways grin.
You’re prepared for your foes to come from where __ who really knows?
You know only heaven can tell what evils can compel
The force of ill-fate for you to partake
From their greed, jealousy, and hate
They’re astounded by your struggles, your turmoil, and your woes.
All the pleasure earned and reaped by no better foes
Strange isn’t it that when you crawl out from under your bed
No voices of cheers but sneers and jeers heard in its’ stead
Ridicule and mockery, should haves and could haves ...
If I’d known better; I surely would have _
Not confide in most of those around me.
For the last thing, I need _ is a better enemy.
!!!W10-09-20
Light rest its head within my arms
and with dimmed gasp
elapsed
And in the dark
all that is left is feeling
and beauty
lives
in the dark
That smirk
an upturned challenge
or warning
climb – it says
ascend
rung upon rung
to the top
to wonder
of other ladders
other smirks
reflect
on that subtle hint
of warning.
©4/23/2019
The Smile at the Foot of a Ladder Poetry Contest
Craig Cornish sponsor
Think I've finally figured out people and all their quirks
Not to say I'm immune from how this strange world works
Actually, I'm a prime example
Of common sense, made a shamble
Why can't we go through each day with a dirty big smirk
Hey Poetrysoupers,
No poem this time
Just a quick shout out
To say I'm sorry
If I may have missed some of your
Wonderful poetry
Had my hands full with work lately
I'll catch up soon
For now, Sending my love
Giving you all
One of my smiles
Take a few
Please, share them
Stay healthy
Your friend
Charlie
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