Submissions by monkeyman
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
The Box
It’s a paradox
you know
like, catch 22
damned if you don’t
damned if you do
It’s a riddle
a Gordian knot
a Mexican standoff
blindfolded
with only one shot
The game is rigged
a fix on a fix
Can’t play by the rules
when they wrote
the book on tricks
It is quite a puzzle
to proper ponder
to muse
Where all roads
are blocked
every which way
you choose ...
you know
like, catch 22
damned if you don’t
damned if you do
It’s a riddle
a Gordian knot
a Mexican standoff
blindfolded
with only one shot
The game is rigged
a fix on a fix
Can’t play by the rules
when they wrote
the book on tricks
It is quite a puzzle
to proper ponder
to muse
Where all roads
are blocked
every which way
you choose ...
#TruthOfLife
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Pondering Stubbornly
Soliloquy
this word
tapping at my scull
I know this word
yet for the life of me
cannot recall its meaning
Is it some literary technique?
Or the description of some sort of abstract irony?
I could look it up of course
But where’s the fun in that?
Maybe if I think about something else
the answer will pop into my head
what should I do to distract myself hmmm?
ACT 1: Danny writes a play
this word
tapping at my scull
I know this word
yet for the life of me
cannot recall its meaning
Is it some literary technique?
Or the description of some sort of abstract irony?
I could look it up of course
But where’s the fun in that?
Maybe if I think about something else
the answer will pop into my head
what should I do to distract myself hmmm?
ACT 1: Danny writes a play
#satirical
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Isolation: Day 14
Today
I do nothing
apparently I am a hero for it
funny old world
A man in the Philippines punched a doctor in the face
this made the evening news in Britain
along with the relentless flow of images
depicting the bare and deserted streets of western civilisation
and the bodies
mustn’t forget the bodies
the mounting piles of nameless dead
adding to the ever present
daily count
I walk the dog
he has never been walked so much in his life
I go home
drink 8 cans
and gently fall ...
I do nothing
apparently I am a hero for it
funny old world
A man in the Philippines punched a doctor in the face
this made the evening news in Britain
along with the relentless flow of images
depicting the bare and deserted streets of western civilisation
and the bodies
mustn’t forget the bodies
the mounting piles of nameless dead
adding to the ever present
daily count
I walk the dog
he has never been walked so much in his life
I go home
drink 8 cans
and gently fall ...
#LifeChangingMoment
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War On The Truth
It’s been shackled
and chained
tackled
and blamed
Put to the knife
with a lie
Stole
or removed
falsely disproved
left in the corner
to die
So righteous
they stand
propaganda
in hand
in a land
where profit
holds firmer
than proof
Politicians
and spy’s
as lies
build more lies
continue their war
on the truth
It’s been spat at
abused
pissed on
and used
accused of being ugly
cold and uncouth
The facts
on...
and chained
tackled
and blamed
Put to the knife
with a lie
Stole
or removed
falsely disproved
left in the corner
to die
So righteous
they stand
propaganda
in hand
in a land
where profit
holds firmer
than proof
Politicians
and spy’s
as lies
build more lies
continue their war
on the truth
It’s been spat at
abused
pissed on
and used
accused of being ugly
cold and uncouth
The facts
on...
#war
#TruthOfLife
#deception
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Eternal Is An Instant
I sit
and absorb this moment
I drink it in
fill my lungs
with every breath
Sadly such instants
come but
far too rarely
where I am
completely and utterly
at peace
where time
like stars
in sunlight
fades away
and nothing else exists
except the beautiful now
Until
the fool I am
I rationalise
that this moment
cannot last forever
And then...
and absorb this moment
I drink it in
fill my lungs
with every breath
Sadly such instants
come but
far too rarely
where I am
completely and utterly
at peace
where time
like stars
in sunlight
fades away
and nothing else exists
except the beautiful now
Until
the fool I am
I rationalise
that this moment
cannot last forever
And then...
#beauty
#peace
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800 reads
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The perfect life
wake up tired
go to bed awake
Living to work
to buy
an artists impression
of a life
and not a very good one
at that
The half dead
stories of success
peel back
a rotten smile
and vomit
photographs
of last nights
dinner
Projecting perfection
from a wine glass
Screaming “we’re happy”
“I love my life”
“god has truly blessed us”
as they fuck the neighbours
and...
go to bed awake
Living to work
to buy
an artists impression
of a life
and not a very good one
at that
The half dead
stories of success
peel back
a rotten smile
and vomit
photographs
of last nights
dinner
Projecting perfection
from a wine glass
Screaming “we’re happy”
“I love my life”
“god has truly blessed us”
as they fuck the neighbours
and...
#consumerism
#denial
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The Enemy
Justice is the enemy
Freedom is the enemy
Chances, choices
Fearless voices
these are the enemy
these are the enemy
Truth is the enemy
change is the enemy
Independent thought
the ones who can’t be bought
those are the enemy
those are the enemy
I am the enemy
I am the enemy
So I ask YOU
will you be the enemy too
We are the enemy
We are the enemy
Equality, accountability
Restlessly waiting
for a new reality
Be the enemy
Be the enemy ...
Freedom is the enemy
Chances, choices
Fearless voices
these are the enemy
these are the enemy
Truth is the enemy
change is the enemy
Independent thought
the ones who can’t be bought
those are the enemy
those are the enemy
I am the enemy
I am the enemy
So I ask YOU
will you be the enemy too
We are the enemy
We are the enemy
Equality, accountability
Restlessly waiting
for a new reality
Be the enemy
Be the enemy ...
#oppression
#freedom
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Fishing For Turds
Pondering reasons upon parable hill
Impromptu retention of a capitalist thrill
No excuses to fool you, swearing blind to the moon
as they digitally deluded you, with hyper cybernetic Asian bird flue
screaming “the end will come soon “
The hypnotic psychotic enslave and control
break you, rebuild you to be robotic in soul
Come tell me the future
Come tell me my fate
Oh gypsy lady with fingers of gold
and young eyes on a face growing old
with a look that knows it only to late
Chants of redemption...
Impromptu retention of a capitalist thrill
No excuses to fool you, swearing blind to the moon
as they digitally deluded you, with hyper cybernetic Asian bird flue
screaming “the end will come soon “
The hypnotic psychotic enslave and control
break you, rebuild you to be robotic in soul
Come tell me the future
Come tell me my fate
Oh gypsy lady with fingers of gold
and young eyes on a face growing old
with a look that knows it only to late
Chants of redemption...
#lies
#politics
#TruthOfLife
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Beneath the wing of a dragon
I am a dragon hunter
This is not strictly true
I am on a quest
to slay a dragon
yes, but this will be my first
My people and I
have lived in fear
of this cruel and dangerous beast
We scurry around at night
while it sleeps
and hide away by day
as it feasts on anything
stupid enough to roam
the daylight hours
I creep up while the dragon sleeps
impossible in its youth
by now old
it’s senses less
than...
This is not strictly true
I am on a quest
to slay a dragon
yes, but this will be my first
My people and I
have lived in fear
of this cruel and dangerous beast
We scurry around at night
while it sleeps
and hide away by day
as it feasts on anything
stupid enough to roam
the daylight hours
I creep up while the dragon sleeps
impossible in its youth
by now old
it’s senses less
than...
#dragons
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Incandescent
A hidden fire
burns deep inside
an immense heat
that at present
is contained
insulted
by vast
and icy walls
the surface does pertain
A dim glow
at first
a sign of change
easy to ignore
or to deny
Those frozen walls
now resonate
and amplify
Brightness
warmth and sound
every eye and ear
are found
in magnitude
no frozen wasteland
can defy
burns deep inside
an immense heat
that at present
is contained
insulted
by vast
and icy walls
the surface does pertain
A dim glow
at first
a sign of change
easy to ignore
or to deny
Those frozen walls
now resonate
and amplify
Brightness
warmth and sound
every eye and ear
are found
in magnitude
no frozen wasteland
can defy
#universe
#God
#faith
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The Red Pill
Wakey wakey
rise and shine
darker world
but truth and freedom
are what you’ll find
rise and shine
darker world
but truth and freedom
are what you’ll find
#PopCulture
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