Angst Society Poems

I picture a life.
A life of love
A life of Ease
A life of sincerity
A life that I cannot lead.
I see a future.
A future of loss
A future...

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Where do I start?
Could I brief about its abundant gold?
Or the amazing traditions so old
Of storytelling and poetry so strong and bold

Can I talk a...

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Son, don't stand there with that cold stare and judge me
When I twist the cap and pour a glass and tilt my head gently

Just know...

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i feel dirty 

dirty 
like dishes
in the sink

dirty 
like forgotten clothes
in the hamper

dirty 
like the earth
between your toes

dirty 
like my fingernails
after a day’s work

dirty 
like...

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You can bleed me blind,
execute my eyes, 
victimize my vision, 
immolate my imagery, 
nullify my name, 
suppress me into silence, 
slaughter my soul, 
execute my...

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No Taxation without Representation has risen yet again:
No taxation without Socialism.
Without Socialism, there’s no Representation.
When there’s no Representation, there’s no Taxation.
No Taxation without Socialism nor...

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From the ashes of the never before, 
Lacking symbol, nor take to guide,
A Phoenix rises from storied lore,
In a portent of thrashing hide. 

Trumpets are...

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Density of orchestral tones,
Uilleann pipes,
Stride along tense and undulant waves,
Ripping the past into view.

Heat lightening licks my peripheral,
With each droplet of sweat from my forehead,
As...

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I posed no questions 
before my erroneous conception
I never asked to be or not to be
Serenading deserted streets with dirges 
exploring absence in back alleys
reciting...

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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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Too Much

“Make something of yourself,” they say
“You need to make yourself known,” they say
“Doing well isn’t good enough,” they say
“Run for every leadership position you...

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I stood….transfixed, reading the boldly painted warning

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The alarm went off at 3 am 
I brushed my teeth 
Hugged my dog
Went to shower 
Hugged my dog 
We finally made it 
My dog...

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So what I kept some stuff
A few small keepsakes, merely fluff
They make such noise, so much dumb fuss
Their indignation careening like a bus.

Now they think...

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The veil of youth obscures the truth
from minds susceptible to lies.
For they've never been exposed to
reality's underbelly. 

A duck-blind for opportunists,
the veil of youth; obscures...

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