Submissions by JohnVincent (JVD)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I usually just write whatever's on my mind. Could be anything. Brain-to-hand-to-page.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
13th May 2016 6:04pm
13th May 2016 6:04pm
lame-o
sitting on the green
writing poetry
addressed to you
you are the sky when it's blue
but no, no more cheesy one-liners
we're only 24 but we're old timers
when it comes to these games
i no longer feel any shame
i know you think i'm lame
by the look you gave me when i came
writing poetry
addressed to you
you are the sky when it's blue
but no, no more cheesy one-liners
we're only 24 but we're old timers
when it comes to these games
i no longer feel any shame
i know you think i'm lame
by the look you gave me when i came
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
11th May 2016 3:40pm
11th May 2016 3:40pm
consolation
things look
all twisted and blue-dark
I shook
the trees, I am the circle of sharks
you took
all that you wanted
not what
your whole soul needed
but, but
your conscience is heeded
all twisted and blue-dark
I shook
the trees, I am the circle of sharks
you took
all that you wanted
not what
your whole soul needed
but, but
your conscience is heeded
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
10th May 2016 3:44pm
10th May 2016 3:44pm
Staple Gun
Write me a nice letter
Tell me it'll get better
And staple it to my forehead
Before I sink into my bed
All play and no work
You'd think it couldn't hurt
All work and no play
Kills you slowly, day by day
The Yin and the Yang
The gun goes "bang, bang"
Through and through and through
You'll find the lies buried in the truth
Tell me it'll get better
And staple it to my forehead
Before I sink into my bed
All play and no work
You'd think it couldn't hurt
All work and no play
Kills you slowly, day by day
The Yin and the Yang
The gun goes "bang, bang"
Through and through and through
You'll find the lies buried in the truth
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
7th May 2016 3:54pm
7th May 2016 3:54pm
come watch the chemtrails with me (I think you're beautiful)
Come watch the chemtrails with me
On the edge of that ancient cliff
One plane's excretion is another man's elimination
And you think that's beautiful
And I think you're beautiful
On the edge of that ancient cliff
One plane's excretion is another man's elimination
And you think that's beautiful
And I think you're beautiful
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
6th May 2016 3:14pm
6th May 2016 3:14pm
Gonna
gonna show you a world anew
gonna get you to help you
gonna lie to you to show you the truth
gonna make it so you can look back and say "I grew,"
gonna punch it up and mix in a kick
gonna hold you down when you're sick
gonna let you make up your mind and take your pick
gonna sit back and watch as it all clicks
gonna get you to help you
gonna lie to you to show you the truth
gonna make it so you can look back and say "I grew,"
gonna punch it up and mix in a kick
gonna hold you down when you're sick
gonna let you make up your mind and take your pick
gonna sit back and watch as it all clicks
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
3rd May 2016 2:49am
3rd May 2016 2:49am
Dripping Drunk Southern Psychdream
you don't know if its up or down or up
head in the clouds like its where its supposed to fuckin' be
used to drink every day, got so fucked up
stumblin' down the hall with the lights off, couldn't see a fuckin' thing
strap me down, wrap me in that sweet straightjacket
if i scream, if i screech remind me to shut my fuckin' mouth
thought i could walk, i could talk like 'em but i could never hack it
so i grew these broken wings and made my way fuckin' south
head in the clouds like its where its supposed to fuckin' be
used to drink every day, got so fucked up
stumblin' down the hall with the lights off, couldn't see a fuckin' thing
strap me down, wrap me in that sweet straightjacket
if i scream, if i screech remind me to shut my fuckin' mouth
thought i could walk, i could talk like 'em but i could never hack it
so i grew these broken wings and made my way fuckin' south
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LOVE POEM
Published
3rd May 2016 2:25am
3rd May 2016 2:25am
her importance, her impermanence
she doesn't know a thing about a thing but she doesn't pretend to
she dances dumb, can't really sing, but i don't care cause between is glue
she lacks a heart, a brain, a conscience, but it don't matter when we're together
she has no interest in the world around her, but then again nothing lasts forever
she dances dumb, can't really sing, but i don't care cause between is glue
she lacks a heart, a brain, a conscience, but it don't matter when we're together
she has no interest in the world around her, but then again nothing lasts forever
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st May 2016 2:33pm
1st May 2016 2:33pm
Snowden
Freedom
Taken from you before you see
Truth
Doesn't matter when they disagree
Honesty
They only want you to play the game
Justice
Only served when you're lame
Yesterday I had a conversation with my superior
I told him I believed in the right to privacy
He said "no," and now here I am and there you are
I am left with a lack of rightful clemency
But then again, I'm not owed a thing
In a world where we're all blindly judged
There's a difference between a shout and singing
All I'm hearing now is this deafening ringing
Taken from you before you see
Truth
Doesn't matter when they disagree
Honesty
They only want you to play the game
Justice
Only served when you're lame
Yesterday I had a conversation with my superior
I told him I believed in the right to privacy
He said "no," and now here I am and there you are
I am left with a lack of rightful clemency
But then again, I'm not owed a thing
In a world where we're all blindly judged
There's a difference between a shout and singing
All I'm hearing now is this deafening ringing
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
30th Apr 2016 12:57pm
30th Apr 2016 12:57pm
a thought is thunk
a thought is thunk
while you
passively
go about
your work.
the thought dies
without a cry,
and so
mourning it
does not seem
necessary.
later on though,
when business
dies down,
it is revived.
like jesus christ
it comes back
to life.
resuscitated.
renewed.
you reign
it in.
you hold on
tight
this time.
grasping desperately
to the frail frame
and open your mouth.
but
nothing comes out
while you
passively
go about
your work.
the thought dies
without a cry,
and so
mourning it
does not seem
necessary.
later on though,
when business
dies down,
it is revived.
like jesus christ
it comes back
to life.
resuscitated.
renewed.
you reign
it in.
you hold on
tight
this time.
grasping desperately
to the frail frame
and open your mouth.
but
nothing comes out
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
29th Apr 2016 12:10pm
29th Apr 2016 12:10pm
It's 6 AM, Do You Know Where You Are?
Wake up
It's 6 AM
You don't have to be awake
Yet
But your body doesn't care
Blasted into consciousness
From a most peaceful rest
Shaking your head all over the place
The mirror laughs in your sorry face
Eyelids low and a smile long gone
You need to shave but your hands shake
So you plug in your coffee IV with intent to eviscerate
The coffee machine with all its drip-drip dripping
Your foot with all its tap-tap tapping
The clock fixed above you creates a crystal image
Making it clear that you better fix your visage
You know you...
It's 6 AM
You don't have to be awake
Yet
But your body doesn't care
Blasted into consciousness
From a most peaceful rest
Shaking your head all over the place
The mirror laughs in your sorry face
Eyelids low and a smile long gone
You need to shave but your hands shake
So you plug in your coffee IV with intent to eviscerate
The coffee machine with all its drip-drip dripping
Your foot with all its tap-tap tapping
The clock fixed above you creates a crystal image
Making it clear that you better fix your visage
You know you...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
28th Apr 2016 1:23pm
28th Apr 2016 1:23pm
.45 Caliber Mouth
The words fire out of your mouth
Crooked teeth surround a black tongue
Before we've even begun, everything has gone south
You're naïve and too old to justify it with being young
Verbal bombasts, speech like the desert sun
Scorching my Earth and killing all my fun
Put my bliss permanently to death
A shit-eating grin vice-gripping your face
To you what is worse is always what is best
My disillusionment descending in a mist-like haze
Getting harder to breathe in this rapidly shrinking space
The Universe expands but insistently neglects this sad...
Crooked teeth surround a black tongue
Before we've even begun, everything has gone south
You're naïve and too old to justify it with being young
Verbal bombasts, speech like the desert sun
Scorching my Earth and killing all my fun
Put my bliss permanently to death
A shit-eating grin vice-gripping your face
To you what is worse is always what is best
My disillusionment descending in a mist-like haze
Getting harder to breathe in this rapidly shrinking space
The Universe expands but insistently neglects this sad...
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MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
27th Apr 2016 1:32pm
27th Apr 2016 1:32pm
The Specter of Satisfaction
The ghost of fulfillment
The specter of satisfaction
The gist of universal lament
The soft-spoken takers of action
Gonna take over the world of old
Gonna press it till the old world unfolds
The shaking knees of the wronged
The darting eyes of those with a motive
The shit has piled up for too long
The deadweight of the sinful impulsive
Gonna free all wrongly accused
Gonna show you all the winners that lose
So just open your mind and your eyes
So you can make a conscious decision
So don't hover 'round it like flies
So...
The specter of satisfaction
The gist of universal lament
The soft-spoken takers of action
Gonna take over the world of old
Gonna press it till the old world unfolds
The shaking knees of the wronged
The darting eyes of those with a motive
The shit has piled up for too long
The deadweight of the sinful impulsive
Gonna free all wrongly accused
Gonna show you all the winners that lose
So just open your mind and your eyes
So you can make a conscious decision
So don't hover 'round it like flies
So...
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