Submissions by Carpe_Noctem
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Inlak'esh in these dark times be the light my friend its all a game we play after all,
Negative Interest
Buy now pay later
when the only curriency
is your life coin
the banks got billions of those
fools that sold out
for the promise
Of what
a dream and comfortable living
cant pay
don't worry
the youth will cover the debt
the bankrolls endless
Like the promise
of job security
for an automated factory line
too bad if you think and bleed
got no use for you anymore
Obsolete like Wang
the human condition
came and went
with a bang
when the only curriency
is your life coin
the banks got billions of those
fools that sold out
for the promise
Of what
a dream and comfortable living
cant pay
don't worry
the youth will cover the debt
the bankrolls endless
Like the promise
of job security
for an automated factory line
too bad if you think and bleed
got no use for you anymore
Obsolete like Wang
the human condition
came and went
with a bang
442 reads
1 Comment
Meandering Thoughts Of The Taoist Kind
I beg your pardon
I never promised you a Zen garden
Namaste my friend
we all get there in the end
The road is long
and many lose their way
preferring the road less travelled
to the middle path
The view from the mountaintop
is breathtaking
once the struggle is done
but I beg your pardon
I never promised you a Zen garden
I never promised you a Zen garden
Namaste my friend
we all get there in the end
The road is long
and many lose their way
preferring the road less travelled
to the middle path
The view from the mountaintop
is breathtaking
once the struggle is done
but I beg your pardon
I never promised you a Zen garden
412 reads
4 Comments
No Time For The Blues
With all these
x box fours and ps ones
connecting 3-D images
like binary code lines
paving the way to digitized
brain waves
floating about the cloud
What ever happened to appreciating
simple things
like a hand crafted toy
or that antique oak furniture set
How is it
that in this age of abbreviated
over simplified
political correctness
that life has become
far too over complicated
distracted by what's in fashion
with no time for the blues
x box fours and ps ones
connecting 3-D images
like binary code lines
paving the way to digitized
brain waves
floating about the cloud
What ever happened to appreciating
simple things
like a hand crafted toy
or that antique oak furniture set
How is it
that in this age of abbreviated
over simplified
political correctness
that life has become
far too over complicated
distracted by what's in fashion
with no time for the blues
375 reads
3 Comments
I Might Know Why
I feel sad and scared and don't know why
I'll be the last guy chosen for the footy team
maybe it's because
I can't kick all that good
who wants someone that can't play anyway
I feel sad and scared and don't know why
I find mouldy sandwiches in my bag
perhaps they thought I looked hungry
being that my recess and lunch always went missing
nothing like the smell of
of soggy old cheese and tomato
I feel sad and scared and I don't know why
my legs buckle with fear
as I walk the halls alone
any minute now the chase...
I'll be the last guy chosen for the footy team
maybe it's because
I can't kick all that good
who wants someone that can't play anyway
I feel sad and scared and don't know why
I find mouldy sandwiches in my bag
perhaps they thought I looked hungry
being that my recess and lunch always went missing
nothing like the smell of
of soggy old cheese and tomato
I feel sad and scared and I don't know why
my legs buckle with fear
as I walk the halls alone
any minute now the chase...
400 reads
3 Comments
All The Tiny Petals
I look around and see things
that should be mundane
I see our first mop and broom
that dinner table we got the week I arrived
Sitting next to you
I can't help but think
how much we have done
and all that we have accomplished
Its moments like that
you appreciate
the small things
The story of US
that should be mundane
I see our first mop and broom
that dinner table we got the week I arrived
Sitting next to you
I can't help but think
how much we have done
and all that we have accomplished
Its moments like that
you appreciate
the small things
The story of US
376 reads
5 Comments
The Wallflowers Are f**king Strange
I was granted an audience with the devil
turns out it was just my reflection in the rain
Why are people so strange
When you are a wall flower
you can't help but observe
the ugly faces behind iron curtains
pulling society by its strings
psychologically manipulating nielsen polls
so today the blacks hate the jews
but next week
it will be christians and muslims
hand in hand on a gay bashing rampage
Why indeed is the role of the stranger the roll of the out cast
Ostracised for their wicked ways
of spreading lies
via...
turns out it was just my reflection in the rain
Why are people so strange
When you are a wall flower
you can't help but observe
the ugly faces behind iron curtains
pulling society by its strings
psychologically manipulating nielsen polls
so today the blacks hate the jews
but next week
it will be christians and muslims
hand in hand on a gay bashing rampage
Why indeed is the role of the stranger the roll of the out cast
Ostracised for their wicked ways
of spreading lies
via...
394 reads
1 Comment
Cameron's Got To Go
That unapologetic
sanctimonious cunt
sitting all smug
in his little boys club
with the taste
of black dick
all over those British lips
sanctimonious cunt
sitting all smug
in his little boys club
with the taste
of black dick
all over those British lips
380 reads
3 Comments
The Wanderlust You Find
Of lonely
wandering souls
there are certain things
that one knows
down
down
concealed
in the deepest depths
are core truths
that
not all who wander
should be considered lost
when who but the feet
walk those rocky paths
So alone
not even the birds song
could silence
the thud
thudding
of the heart drumming
that beat
marching onwards
Home
wherever the heart may roam
be it love
of ever changing sunsets
or in the arms
of the one ...
wandering souls
there are certain things
that one knows
down
down
concealed
in the deepest depths
are core truths
that
not all who wander
should be considered lost
when who but the feet
walk those rocky paths
So alone
not even the birds song
could silence
the thud
thudding
of the heart drumming
that beat
marching onwards
Home
wherever the heart may roam
be it love
of ever changing sunsets
or in the arms
of the one ...
402 reads
4 Comments
The Greatest Gift
I'm just a fool
and sometimes an ass
I'm only human after all
but since meeting you
my life has undergone amazing change
and I know I'm your man
forever and beyond
November Fifth
is etched like beauty on my mind
I'll light fireworks every year
to celebrate the time
I stepped off that plane
stared adoringly into your deep
alluring eyes
and held you in an embrace that
seemed endless
boundless
as we swayed together inhaling the
intoxicating scent
in pheromone bliss
Now, I don't know whats happened to time...
and sometimes an ass
I'm only human after all
but since meeting you
my life has undergone amazing change
and I know I'm your man
forever and beyond
November Fifth
is etched like beauty on my mind
I'll light fireworks every year
to celebrate the time
I stepped off that plane
stared adoringly into your deep
alluring eyes
and held you in an embrace that
seemed endless
boundless
as we swayed together inhaling the
intoxicating scent
in pheromone bliss
Now, I don't know whats happened to time...
577 reads
3 Comments
In Nomine Patri
The smell of fried chicken
wafted through the air
nothing short of sadness
save a lonely tear
a reminder
of grans home cooking
She passed away
five years ago today
on a Sunday morning
A hit an run
dead on the sidewalk
coming home from church
the priest
surprisingly absent
was out with the lord
getting stoned
Last seen
behind the wheel of a red corvette
fleeing the scene
in the name of the father
wafted through the air
nothing short of sadness
save a lonely tear
a reminder
of grans home cooking
She passed away
five years ago today
on a Sunday morning
A hit an run
dead on the sidewalk
coming home from church
the priest
surprisingly absent
was out with the lord
getting stoned
Last seen
behind the wheel of a red corvette
fleeing the scene
in the name of the father
414 reads
4 Comments
Gourmet Chicken Soup For The Soul
Two portions of chook
be rather fowl having chicken soup
with out the hen
Two onions
finely sliced, so the eyes get a good watering
six cloves of garlic, to keep vampires at bay
one avocado, for all those good fats and cholesterol
A sprinkling of the moons secret ingredients
half a cup of basmati rice
a sprig or two of chopped coriander
Throw in a stock cube or few
all boils down to personal taste
of course
Simmer till the meat falls of the bone
let stand for a minute or two
Bon appetite
I'm telling...
be rather fowl having chicken soup
with out the hen
Two onions
finely sliced, so the eyes get a good watering
six cloves of garlic, to keep vampires at bay
one avocado, for all those good fats and cholesterol
A sprinkling of the moons secret ingredients
half a cup of basmati rice
a sprig or two of chopped coriander
Throw in a stock cube or few
all boils down to personal taste
of course
Simmer till the meat falls of the bone
let stand for a minute or two
Bon appetite
I'm telling...
348 reads
4 Comments
Who Are You To Declare War!
In any case
what's a few trillion more
spent on a worthy cause
democracy at the end of a gun
peace in the rubble of a tomahawk missile
carving out kingdoms of black gold
a legacy for future generations
to ponder why
all the hatred and bloodshed
over Islam
halal lamb or a
kosher beef brisket
in any case
what's a few billion starving
when global security is top of the cards
just like Greece, Egypt, and Rome
greater empires have fallen
the chapter of the white-house is closing
brick by bloody brick
what's a few trillion more
spent on a worthy cause
democracy at the end of a gun
peace in the rubble of a tomahawk missile
carving out kingdoms of black gold
a legacy for future generations
to ponder why
all the hatred and bloodshed
over Islam
halal lamb or a
kosher beef brisket
in any case
what's a few billion starving
when global security is top of the cards
just like Greece, Egypt, and Rome
greater empires have fallen
the chapter of the white-house is closing
brick by bloody brick
392 reads
4 Comments
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