Apart from the worn stone-step
where drunks still topple
all has changed.
Now a neon glow backlights a plasticized fascia.
In the in the parking lot two blonds face-off.
one has extra-large ear bangles,
and she rattles like a Zulu warrior,
fingers stabbing through cuss-words.
Youths shout
over the clomping-thump
of their car radios.
I used to come here often
I explain to my incredulous wife.
“Good times”, I say unconvincingly.
She won't go in, but I have to pee.
Inside there’s a blaze of corporate ersatz.
In the cramped `gents’,
a die-hard seediness persist.
There’s an old-time essence
of Borax and Vanish..
A condom dispenser (a peeling relic),
links me to a few beery memories.
Categories:
unconvincingly, poetry,
Form: Free verse
She lies peacefully in our bed
dead to the world, unaware of
my scrutiny. Her quiescence
in that funereal repose
sends an ice-cold shiver of dread
throughout my entire body.
My mind begins to wander
through a surrealistic maze
that challenges all reality.
She’s asleep! I said to myself
unconvincingly; then hurried
to her bedside and pled out loud:
Please! Let these lips I kiss be warm.
Categories:
unconvincingly, fear,
Form: Verse
Incessantly the drums beat in my head,
Smouldering reminders of memories long shed,
Unconvincingly I enact a farce of contentment,
Forever fearsome of dredging futile moments,
Repressed void snakes into wanton chapters,
Vicious cycles of torment and torture enters,
Slander and subordination rule yonder,
Creating havoc,shame and plunder,
Virile strengths crave empowering,
Troubled minds ache for aiding,
Smear campaigns disgrace innocence,
Hurtful lies bred pure malevolence,
Encumbered by atrocities I retire defeated,
Disdained by faith I withdraw beated!
!!!Beated is my poetic license - not an existing word at all
Categories:
unconvincingly, war,
Form: Sonnet