Poem

Here’s a poem.  Doesn’t have a title.

america don’t want

strange rough

citizens who are

not heroes

of quiet obedience

nor bold leaders

of commerce,

nor within the

golden human realm

of fame and fortune

winners we

have picked

in serious

societal

beauty pageants

of morality

and virtue

and high esteem

the drinker and

the smoker

are suspect

and excess

is eyed dubiously

the wild glee seekers

are no longer

indulged in

such dark

times

drifters and prowlers

appear superfluous

among digital phenomena

and naked exposures

and citizens

so hip

their thoughts

slice like ginsu knives

outsider status

now reserved for

enemies of the state

alone,

and our own

mad Rimbauds of

deranged senses

ignored, eclipsed,

as they wield

their shaking

pens.

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  1. … he was French.

    • Alma on January 17, 2008 at 03:09

    Wonderful Kitty.  I love it.  I really, really do.  ðŸ™‚

  2. terrific, love it, kitty!

  3. just logged on

    Blew me away.

    I’m saving it and using it. Thanks art meets life. your fabulous.

  4. Very good!  Thank you for that!

  5. great job

    …titles are overrated  ðŸ˜‰

    • Robyn on January 17, 2008 at 05:15

    Damn my eyes.

    My first reading thought that ended with

    as they wield

    their shaking

    penis.

    The poem is terrific…and it will gain a title in time.

    Robyn

  6. last night and I read this twice. It wasn’t til this morning that I absorbed it all. And its wonderful. I just LOVE it. And I’d love it if you could work “ginsu knives” into the title. LOL

    • odillon on January 17, 2008 at 17:34

    and citizens

    so hip

    their thoughts

    slice like ginsu knives

  7. that reams of prose cannot.

    So beautiful and true, npk.

    I love it.

    • kj on January 17, 2008 at 18:14

    put this to tape, in your voice, and post here.

    absolutely loved this on paper, must hear it with your voice!

    yes!  no ands ifs or maybes!  do it now!  

    • kj on January 17, 2008 at 18:35

    of a title, if you want, you can use the first word of the poem.  so the title would end up being “america.”  just a thought.  ðŸ™‚

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