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archaic mandolin
my dreams are serving time on Rikers Island
the scope of my fantasies, maligned & banned
old whiskey at night & stoned every day
the graveyard of poets – a heartbreak away
corruptible angels, who wept as they fell
ballerinas I’ve kissed at a dancehall in hell
the sacred below me, the wicked above
tyrant of heaven – a lord of unlove
the specters of sluts I’ve abused & despise
linger in the mud of a rancid paradise
stranger than fiction with dangerous eyes
naked Delilahs who cut me with lies
the moon is barren, scar-faced & cold
despair is a lover who never gets old
insomniac sleep walker, twilight zoner
downbeat pariah – the loneliest loner
Published 19th Oct 2013
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19th Oct 2013 9:25pm
19th Oct 2013 9:27pm
That's so wonderful, John!
Your words are like waves
on which the readers float ...
Smoothe but precise
and a message to praise.
Your words are like waves
on which the readers float ...
Smoothe but precise
and a message to praise.
19th Oct 2013 9:31pm
19th Oct 2013 10:12pm
What, a new style? I really like the visuals and the extremes. This jumps out. I love it.
20th Oct 2013 00:33am
Words from a freshly sharpened dagger, reveal and ripple like reflections upon a pool of blood. Insanely beautiful, John.
20th Oct 2013 5:23am
Man, when you go dark, you go dark. Jagged & eloquent. Sinful somnambulations & regretful ruminations...despair is an ageless lover, for sure. Thanks for the reflective poetries, John.
20th Oct 2013 7:29am
rancid paradise ... I know that place ...
Great mix of emotions juxtaposed against vivd images
LSP
Great mix of emotions juxtaposed against vivd images
LSP
Anonymous
22nd Oct 2013 2:34am
This made me want to weep. So exquisite in it's loniless...
22nd Oct 2013 4:53am
"the loneliest loner" simple and hard hitting. I am always drawn to a set rhyme scheme, and this is excellent John. Every stanza is powerful.
The line "linger in the mud of a rancid paradise" is the only one that changes in melody, if you will, but the message is not lost because of it. Beautiful write. You always catch such a vibe with me man. Thanks
The line "linger in the mud of a rancid paradise" is the only one that changes in melody, if you will, but the message is not lost because of it. Beautiful write. You always catch such a vibe with me man. Thanks
24th Jul 2016 5:00am
