Submissions by mingomingus (SamTheSlam)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
"But on second thought, I didn't have anything to say. Besides, I have to admit that whatever interest you can get people to take in you doesn't last very long." - Albert Camus' "The Stranger"
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
Yesterday 00:35am
Yesterday 00:35am
I Could've Been A Linguist
Listening to a French tutorial
While sitting on la toilette
At la Madeleine
Pandering to some ponce at the urinal
Who claims he doesn't understand Spanish
Which is funny
Because he didn't really seem like
A pimp or a fairy
That's what I get
For trying to siphon culture
Out of a chain restaurant
9-16-2024
While sitting on la toilette
At la Madeleine
Pandering to some ponce at the urinal
Who claims he doesn't understand Spanish
Which is funny
Because he didn't really seem like
A pimp or a fairy
That's what I get
For trying to siphon culture
Out of a chain restaurant
9-16-2024
#culture
69 reads
1 Comment
DRUGS POEM
Published
14th Sep 2024 1:35am
14th Sep 2024 1:35am
Subtle Suicide
I'm getting really good at destroying myself
But there is always room for improvement
Swore off drugs and alcohol
So I have to get creative now
Guess you can call this the long game
Spending a fortune on Lucky Strikes
Hoping to never run out
Of luck, that is...
As if there were anything lucky about cigarettes
Use to smoke 38 Specials
Liked the cruel irony
Of puffing little cigars
Imagining the gun in my mouth
And the band in my ears
But they were too hard to come by
In case I ever left town
Plus they...
But there is always room for improvement
Swore off drugs and alcohol
So I have to get creative now
Guess you can call this the long game
Spending a fortune on Lucky Strikes
Hoping to never run out
Of luck, that is...
As if there were anything lucky about cigarettes
Use to smoke 38 Specials
Liked the cruel irony
Of puffing little cigars
Imagining the gun in my mouth
And the band in my ears
But they were too hard to come by
In case I ever left town
Plus they...
#tobacco
41 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Aug 2024 9:46pm
19th Aug 2024 9:46pm
You're Going To Shel, Silverstein!
Extra! Extra!
Read All About It
"There's a crack in the Moon"
Full story this afternoon
Catch it again on the evening news
Left & Right
They both say 'Doom'
Nobody knows what it means
My guess?
Some smarty pants forgot to clean his lenses
8-19-2024
Read All About It
"There's a crack in the Moon"
Full story this afternoon
Catch it again on the evening news
Left & Right
They both say 'Doom'
Nobody knows what it means
My guess?
Some smarty pants forgot to clean his lenses
8-19-2024
#funny
198 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
14th Aug 2024 11:44pm
14th Aug 2024 11:44pm
Tired As Hell, But I Can Take It
My get up & go
Got up and went
And it's not coming back
Like an absentee father
Who went out for smokes
Leaving a single mother
To raise my inner child
My Outer Adult hurts like hell
A soul-pain that permeates my entire being
Man, I wish I wasn't so Goddamn tired
No amount of Energy Drinks can start my engine
Left idling as Time grinds the gears
And again I'm going nowhere
Forward momentum
Raging retrograde
Rocking back & forth
In the fetal position
As the World comes crashing in around you ...
Got up and went
And it's not coming back
Like an absentee father
Who went out for smokes
Leaving a single mother
To raise my inner child
My Outer Adult hurts like hell
A soul-pain that permeates my entire being
Man, I wish I wasn't so Goddamn tired
No amount of Energy Drinks can start my engine
Left idling as Time grinds the gears
And again I'm going nowhere
Forward momentum
Raging retrograde
Rocking back & forth
In the fetal position
As the World comes crashing in around you ...
#determination
183 reads
1 Comment
EROTIC POEM
Published
1st Aug 2024 00:38am
1st Aug 2024 00:38am
Ungrateful
#gratitude
#lust
113 reads
0 Comments
DRUGS POEM
Published
25th Jul 2024 5:03am
25th Jul 2024 5:03am
Drug Resistant Depression
What ever doesn’t kill you
wasn’t strong enough”
Claiming thoughts not my own
Up the dose, Doc!
These pills aren’t working
Side effects may include
Transplanted transmissions lost in translation
Put the “Harm” in Pharmacy
You call it Wellness
I call it a piss poor fix
for a vessel not certain
it's even broken
The only thing for certain
is I’ll be hurtin’
if I don’t find a solution, stat!
Trial and error
Every patient a lab rat
Look at me playing the victim
Like I’ve been done wrong
Truth is I want...
wasn’t strong enough”
Claiming thoughts not my own
Up the dose, Doc!
These pills aren’t working
Side effects may include
Transplanted transmissions lost in translation
Put the “Harm” in Pharmacy
You call it Wellness
I call it a piss poor fix
for a vessel not certain
it's even broken
The only thing for certain
is I’ll be hurtin’
if I don’t find a solution, stat!
Trial and error
Every patient a lab rat
Look at me playing the victim
Like I’ve been done wrong
Truth is I want...
#depression
119 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Jul 2024 4:54am
25th Jul 2024 4:54am
Je ne sais quoi
The distance between what you meant
and what they read is vast –
How to bridge the gap
I’ll never know
But do you want to know
Isn’t that one of the powers of poetry
Being directly indirect
Ambiguous in a big way
Leaving plenty of room from interpretation
Hiding the message in plain sight
Saying thigs like je ne sais quoi
when you really mean Ich weiβ es nicht
I don’t know
how to say anything without coming across
a royal douchebag
7/24/2024
and what they read is vast –
How to bridge the gap
I’ll never know
But do you want to know
Isn’t that one of the powers of poetry
Being directly indirect
Ambiguous in a big way
Leaving plenty of room from interpretation
Hiding the message in plain sight
Saying thigs like je ne sais quoi
when you really mean Ich weiβ es nicht
I don’t know
how to say anything without coming across
a royal douchebag
7/24/2024
#WritingPoetry
70 reads
2 Comments
SONG LYRICS
Published
23rd Jul 2024 1:00am
23rd Jul 2024 1:00am
Your Well Won't Run Dry
#Christian
#God
#love
71 reads
0 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
19th Jul 2024 2:43am
19th Jul 2024 2:43am
Unrequited
I know nothing of Love, only longing
To another, not belonging
Alone and afraid, I refuse to go out
Opting for optic fantasies on my phone
Found one that looks just like her
Moves in the ways I want
But I know she doesn't want me
Real or imaginary, oh well
Guess I'll get over you
By getting one over on you
Pretend I've moved on
And wait for that truth to catch up
7-18-2024
To another, not belonging
Alone and afraid, I refuse to go out
Opting for optic fantasies on my phone
Found one that looks just like her
Moves in the ways I want
But I know she doesn't want me
Real or imaginary, oh well
Guess I'll get over you
By getting one over on you
Pretend I've moved on
And wait for that truth to catch up
7-18-2024
#loneliness
84 reads
0 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
13th Jul 2024 4:23am
13th Jul 2024 4:23am
I Ain't Got Time To Read!
Take a cleaver to the clever
Chop him down and watch him bleed
Stitch him together with broken dreams
Make him into a Monster
Light him up and put him out
Piss on his ashes
Tell him to cool down
Stop acting so desperate
Kick him to the curb
Move on to the next one
7-12-2024
Chop him down and watch him bleed
Stitch him together with broken dreams
Make him into a Monster
Light him up and put him out
Piss on his ashes
Tell him to cool down
Stop acting so desperate
Kick him to the curb
Move on to the next one
7-12-2024
#LifeAsAWriter
354 reads
0 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
25th Jun 2024 11:27pm
25th Jun 2024 11:27pm
Got Got
If I cease to be,
The World lives on.
But if the World dies,
There I go with it.
This is a fight for your life
Let’s Get Ready To Crumble!
In this corner > Crippling Depression
Weighing in at
The heart of the matter
His entrance theme:
“How To Disappear Completely”
The opponent < Active Addiction
Plays “Mind Games” at full blast
Trying to get under your skin
Through a passive aggressive PA system
If one more person
Tells me to ‘Go with the flow’
I’m going to damn up the whole works
You...
The World lives on.
But if the World dies,
There I go with it.
This is a fight for your life
Let’s Get Ready To Crumble!
In this corner > Crippling Depression
Weighing in at
The heart of the matter
His entrance theme:
“How To Disappear Completely”
The opponent < Active Addiction
Plays “Mind Games” at full blast
Trying to get under your skin
Through a passive aggressive PA system
If one more person
Tells me to ‘Go with the flow’
I’m going to damn up the whole works
You...
#depression
#magic
100 reads
2 Comments
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