Angst Watch Poems

I sat in the gallery until it closed
Not looking at anything
Just not going home from work
I feel like looking for a sign saying 'free hugs'...

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Do you hate when something you leave goes away?
That you never finished making out what you had to say?
Jumping from tab to tab, because your...

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The sidewalk is littered with pavement crack weeds.
The road’s full of hot tar mirages.
It leads past the neighborhood’s untended needs,
Trash cans and one-car garages.

The curbstones...

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a procession

shadowed ravens watch 
depressive day turns
the winds bring Frost 

Skelton branches clutch 

Ghosts dance after the fall 
The procession crawls 
To the point of...

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You sell yourself for money
Hour lunch two coffee breaks 
To punch a card at 5pm
For a cheap watch and a cake
You live on autopilot 
A...

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The morning sun’s oppressive; a nasty b*tch in heat on Rizal Avenue,
Where vendors hawk their cigarettes, baloot, and dog meat barbecue.
The jeepneys buzz the intersection...

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beady eyes...darting
here and there... angst-reflectors
       unpaid prairie guard...

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You micro manage our performance
Like germs under a microscope
Always watching probing controlling
We are never free but nor are you
All of us are observed from afar...

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They gave me a small watch on Xmas Day
But with a watch a little child can’t play
I envied both my sisters with  new dolls
As...

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I watch them as they wander
lost.... alone.... without a purpose
so restless....  irritable....   discontented
their muse has taken flight.

I listen to the howling winds
how...

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Watch the Words You Use Online

By Elton Camp

Be careful of words filled with hate
Bomb, death, president, assassinate

For keywords, Sam does search
Allah, mosque, guns and church

This...

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Fires burning bright
Screams shatter the night
Could not put up enough fight
So your loved ones died
Hidden from your sight
Flames flicker
With memories oh so bitter
I see your...

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BREAKFAST NOT AT TIFFANY’S

I remember eating breakfast in the corner luncheonette
Two eggs over easy with a side of toast
Danny ordered a cheese and egg white...

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Watch For Ice On Bridge


The sun never shines quite as bright as it did that night
Soak in that garish glow
Everyone knew where we are, til...

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Better Watch It Fellow

By Elton Camp

Arnold, in his house, thinks he’s a king
Respect for his wife doesn’t mean a thing

In his eyes, nothing that she...

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