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normal men learned how to write post ww2
So you wanna be a hard working, honest man
or just be known as one
at least have your mother think so
before she kicks a bucket full of lists with no check marks
it's a wicked world where greedy, evil men prosper
and are considered successful and good at life
regardless of the below horizon lengths they will go to,
to at least seem that way
lying professionally
pretend friending
once i saw a boat on dry land
it needed some work
but i know a thing or two about barnacles
by now
I wanna scream these next things i have to say at you
but that's just rude and doesn't make much literary sense.
Norman Mailor said once when referring to Tolstoy
"compassion is valueless without severity, otherwise it is defenseless against sentimentality".
1,2,3,4,5,6 Killers
and barely one meant anything by it.
You i mean we drink for sweethearts, glory days back when, the ocean, how long you can stare at a wall.
Man dies in a one bedroom apartment alone with his pit bull
and the dog starves to death all by his lonesome crying.
18th century wagon train gets stranded in a storm headed for that cali gold rush and eat their own horses in whisper,
without a salty drop of water touching ground.
once i saw a boat on dry land
it needed some work
but i know a thing or two about barnacles
by now
"compassion is valueless without severity, otherwise it is defenseless against sentimentality'
by the way
I still wanna be screaming
for a blood diamond, power ball, lawsuit, record deal, publishing contract advance
but that would make me just like you and I don't even need those things to get there.
No matter how much we lie,cheat,steal,betray,curse skies and stars above us, pay homage to a mickey mouse upstairs like it's the general's cheapest rate cuz we have to move around to make it or the cosmic po po might get us ridin dirty when cardiovascular systems cease.
It's not the real distant affection we live and die and do all these cheapish things for.
It's contact. Cellular exponential. Protons and electrons that make sense without a physics for dummies book.
Two individuals wearing slippers and touching a doorknob at the same time so to share one good hurt,
feels better than it does bad
Barnacles,bayonets,beer goggles,10 cent draft night at Port Royal and the first kiss tastes like hand sanitizer.
Maybe you listen when I talk
or maybe you just didn't have any gum.
"compassion is valueless without severity, otherwise it is defenseless against sentimentality'
or just be known as one
at least have your mother think so
before she kicks a bucket full of lists with no check marks
it's a wicked world where greedy, evil men prosper
and are considered successful and good at life
regardless of the below horizon lengths they will go to,
to at least seem that way
lying professionally
pretend friending
once i saw a boat on dry land
it needed some work
but i know a thing or two about barnacles
by now
I wanna scream these next things i have to say at you
but that's just rude and doesn't make much literary sense.
Norman Mailor said once when referring to Tolstoy
"compassion is valueless without severity, otherwise it is defenseless against sentimentality".
1,2,3,4,5,6 Killers
and barely one meant anything by it.
You i mean we drink for sweethearts, glory days back when, the ocean, how long you can stare at a wall.
Man dies in a one bedroom apartment alone with his pit bull
and the dog starves to death all by his lonesome crying.
18th century wagon train gets stranded in a storm headed for that cali gold rush and eat their own horses in whisper,
without a salty drop of water touching ground.
once i saw a boat on dry land
it needed some work
but i know a thing or two about barnacles
by now
"compassion is valueless without severity, otherwise it is defenseless against sentimentality'
by the way
I still wanna be screaming
for a blood diamond, power ball, lawsuit, record deal, publishing contract advance
but that would make me just like you and I don't even need those things to get there.
No matter how much we lie,cheat,steal,betray,curse skies and stars above us, pay homage to a mickey mouse upstairs like it's the general's cheapest rate cuz we have to move around to make it or the cosmic po po might get us ridin dirty when cardiovascular systems cease.
It's not the real distant affection we live and die and do all these cheapish things for.
It's contact. Cellular exponential. Protons and electrons that make sense without a physics for dummies book.
Two individuals wearing slippers and touching a doorknob at the same time so to share one good hurt,
feels better than it does bad
Barnacles,bayonets,beer goggles,10 cent draft night at Port Royal and the first kiss tastes like hand sanitizer.
Maybe you listen when I talk
or maybe you just didn't have any gum.
"compassion is valueless without severity, otherwise it is defenseless against sentimentality'
Published 14th Dec 2015
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14th Dec 2015 4:40am
you pinpoint a lot of the wickedness in our society,
& sentimentality is low on the list.
writers defend or attack other writers,
but we are too invested in art
to scrape away the barnacles...
& sentimentality is low on the list.
writers defend or attack other writers,
but we are too invested in art
to scrape away the barnacles...
Anonymous
14th Dec 2015 6:14am
Norman Mailer was a wise man, he also said
"the desire for success lubricates secret prostitutes in the soul"
This piece shows your own wisdom and I think you have amazing insight.
That has to be half the battle, at least that's what those little "the more you know" adverts used to tell us.
you sum it up perfectly though, it is contact.
a thought provoking and relatable write.
I thoroughly enjoyed the read, JR and glad to see you around.
"the desire for success lubricates secret prostitutes in the soul"
This piece shows your own wisdom and I think you have amazing insight.
That has to be half the battle, at least that's what those little "the more you know" adverts used to tell us.
you sum it up perfectly though, it is contact.
a thought provoking and relatable write.
I thoroughly enjoyed the read, JR and glad to see you around.
2nd Mar 2016 10:05am
Love your write man, first class for me, first person narrative is my poison of choice myself... Hits heavy, por que you have a lot of truths buried in here, though, Thank God for being able to write freely, or would not have been able to read this, dig this man...
