Erasing words
one by one
swallowed up by white
nothing
is my mind
my heart is slate
good for roofing
they say
remember when we could surrender
to the innocence of
hide and seek
time is an interruption from
the eternal game we play
we mask
we endeavor to accumulate the hardened shell
-exoskeleton-
of bullshit molded just for
you and me
but I'd rather curl up
along side of the lion
vowing to eat no flesh
the lion and the lamb
decide to rent an apartment in Denver
and work minimum wage jobs
despite their degrees--
what shall we learn from
William Blake-
William Shakespeare-
Will you Will you not?
To be or not to be
that is not the question when
Freud says you're mentally insane to
ponder this question and Melville decants the premise
I'm out of my mind but
in it all the same.
Saturday, January 8, 2011
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"but I'd rather curl up
ReplyDeletealong side of the lion
vowing to eat no flesh"
I love this. God has clearly blessed you with a talent for writing :o)