messages embedded in ornery places
hidden behind stockades of braces
smuggled into enemy territory
theirs, no errands of vainglory
hard-bitten pros, war-wise, discreet
MIA ~ memories of peacetime sweet
our lifearchitecture is helical,
she remains unbalanced,
missing the central angle.
the staggering spiral,
descend from altitude and plummet.
it's a spring that rolls like a ball,
plops on the main equilateral
in the exact center of the core of this city
that only causes the unhappy in us and the evil.
(they were promises they made
those responsible but not.
promised that each street a direction,
that every corner a life.
they saw us saved
in tunnels under the avenues.
they told us safe
in dungeons, stockades and walls.
they forgot we are a lot of faith and meager brains
forgot that we only know how to get worse).
Let's pretend, that life is one big joke?
We will end up in stockades,like pigs in a poke.
Laughter is enormously great therapy.
Yet some prefer jokes to reality.
Guffaws won't help you if your nation goes Commie!
So what's the deal...to make everything hey,
nanny, nanny?
Some shrink or smirk with sweat filled brows,
Unwilling to read any poetry except those
about marigolds taking bows?
That's fine,we need poets like that here!
But being afraid of reality is nothing to cheer!
Realists get labeled, or not read here??
Plain, silly, nonsensical, and immature outright
.fear.
As nutty as the cancel culture, banning Snow White!
Heavens, he kissed her in her sleep is no rape
plot nor plight.
Telling young children they have no sex?
Wrong! You were born with an X or Y
chromosome, by heck!
Write as you choose but don't ignore others.
Who have the courage to speak, while others
like fantasy covers.
Respect points of view, other than yours if you
can.
No matter our point of view, love one another,
respect the poetic family of man!
5/10/2021
Too many kabobs
to skewer
plus bone-dry ribs.
Me? I’ll stay
with pink lemonade
and watch
the turbid sky
and watch
the stars reload
And so study
serious stockades a
stick up their collective
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