the straight dope

[saw]

I'm less clever
these days, the knobs
are dialed to truth
the machines are humming
in max rhythm....
the spelunkers
have entered the cavern
I can see their carbide lamps
coming down the pathway
and bullshit
will blow the fucking mine
but not the mind
to smithereens
methane and dishonesty
never mix well
and the wellspring is nervous
and volatile my friend
stop embellishing the lies
tread carefully, just tell me
the god damned truth
cause that coy shit
don't play well here
in the city
save the fish stories
for the fellas up by the lake
give me the straight dope
such a weird expression isn't it ?
I guess the crooked dope means
you missed the vein
sure I'm angry
and this is my angry poem
I'll write about butterflies tomorrow
but not today
today I'm angry
'cause I thought we were friends
oh. I guess we still are
but.......you're pissin' me off
find that truth you knew
once upon a time....or
maybe it's just something
I wanted to believe
from the jump....
maybe your truth was never there

[judih]

keep going.
Angry poem likes this groove

[mtmynd]

a day has passed
are you still pissed?

I don't like reading you
when your like this...

it's unbecoming...
not you at all

Truth should never
look like this....

[saw]

well ...two vastly different opinions...and that's ok

I feel it's unrealistic to expect that no one should ever become angry....anger can be a very useful emotion....it can awaken the awareness necessary to protect our souls....I don't believe in bottling things up which is the genesis of a great deal of illness in this world.....Betrayal of your trust is unacceptable....and this poem was cathartic for me.....and that's it.....I am able to move on because I faced it straight up.....I understand that what I write will not appeal to everyone .....and as I said at the onset that's ok.....sometimes that can be the beginning of a good conversation... .....overall I am a very positive person that tends to see the good in people.....but erecting boundaries is the basis of much of the therapy being practiced today....and it's ok in my mind when that boundary is crossed that one speak up.....lying is unacceptable.....it makes me angry enough to write a poem that condemns it....

[stilltrucking]

thank you for a groovy poem a fine line between ...

the 160 friends of constantine (a facebook tragedy)
Post by constantine » April 7th, 2011, 4:37 pm

my friends are leaving - one by one
i hope they're ok
the lousy bums
they weren't "real" friends anyway
like you guys are
stick with me, my 160 friends
hang tough!
we will prevail in the end
i hate rejection - and
when i figure out who dumped me
then we shall see what we shall see
and it won't be good
and another thing
just between you and me
i didn't like your funky ass anyway
i made you a friend out of pity
yeah, that's right - pity!
that's what i get for being mr. nice guy
well those days are over
OVER!!!
and out, you traitorous bastard!
perhaps, i am over-reacting
i've been known to do so - ever since i was a child
many were the times when i would become emotionally distraught
over some imagined slight or some such trifle
but, i swear to you, this is a different matter altogether
at least then i knew who was responsible -
i knew the face of my persecutor
but this - this is quite a different bag of fish
a kettle of a different colour and persuasion
i'm keeping a list from now on
and i'll check it next time someone drops me
then you shall wish you had remained my friend
then you will be sorry
i say good day
good day

[mtmynd]

well ...two vastly different opinions...and that's ok

I feel it's unrealistic to expect that no one should ever become angry....anger can be a very useful emotion....it can awaken the awareness necessary to protect our souls....I don't believe in bottling things up which is the genesis of a great deal of illness in this world.....Betrayal of your trust is unacceptable....and this poem was cathartic for me.....and that's it.....I am able to move on because I faced it straight up.....I understand that what I write will not appeal to everyone .....and as I said at the onset that's ok.....sometimes that can be the beginning of a good conversation... .....overall I am a very positive person that tends to see the good in people.....but erecting boundaries is the basis of much of the therapy being practiced today....and it's ok in my mind when that boundary is crossed that one speak up.....lying is unacceptable.....it makes me angry enough to write a poem that condemns it....

Ahhhh... how do you feel now that those words have been released... no need to answer, your readers know that answer.

How many times have I wanted to spit my words of (........) ? Release is so needed to calm our true Self.

[saw]

always good to get into dino's frame of mind at any given time....oh man, he had a way with words and emotions, and always that bite of humor lurking in the shadows......it saddens me to know he and terri are gone.....both guests in my home at one time....brilliant and tormented wouldn't be a stretch