Thursday, April 29, 2010

For My Love


She came to me when I needed her most
and made an ocean out of desert
She stood by me day and night
growing green throughout bare branches

She stayed with me when my other friends
Swill and Brew left me intolerable
She mended and bandaged my wild youth
when fight and anger kept me hostile

She led the way, light in hand
out of my gray minded moor
She stayed by my bed with assuring eyes
when my body had said "no more"

She continues to lead with care and warmth
giving safe passage through any hardship
She's my love, and neither trial nor time
can break our bond or bliss

For my love




Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Delinquent


How long is left
how much more
can I endure?

Lost in this rain filled city night,
I wander past
the lights of the bars
with the signs and the whores.

No longer can I stomach
the hypocrites and idiots
the clowns all drawn out
into the night for fun.

I search for a forever death
only finding this violent nemesis.
Dawn?

Where did that wide eyed boy die?
There could never be enough blood shed
to regain that long gone day
of childish abandon.

Forget me, mom, for the pain
I've inflicted.
Your son has been fully devoured
by this demonic walking carcass.

Oh daddy, your love was so
conveniently absent
nurturing such a small monster,
growing self loathing
like a strangling second tongue.

Count my curses
for they are the only source
I have to measure self worth.
Cowardice is the determination,
minus the will.

A marked soul,
and lack of restraint
leads to disgraceful deeds.

With a spiteful laugh
I spit at the world
through the eyes of this
drunken street punk.

There were actions leading
up to this moment.
Only actions can end it!

A handful of hair lifts my narrowed gaze
I grin up at my victim.
I've done everything
to deserve this wrath.
An uncharacteristic nobility
could finally release me
from my sentence of depraved deviancy.

Another battering of knuckles
smashes through raindrops
to find my lips.
Open mouthed bloody kisses
greet this next round of abuse.

A white shining light slices
through every open realm of reality.
I recline back onto my curby pillow
wishing for sleep,
fighting back the rage
just long enough to incite it.

I decidedly roll over onto
my four dog legs to breath.
A foolish boot is caught against my ribs
I rise,
with it,
into the air
and start my maniacal stomping.

The rain ensures
my mother and father's blood flows
along with this stranger's
into the sewers of this polluted city.

Nothing can ever be as it was,
the realization of salvation,
undeserving of my attention.

I gather my wits,
and stroll to the opposite
side of the street
to resume my interrupted search.

By: Pancho Madness

A long drive to
Old homes in the Avenues
Chain link fence surrounds a small yard
Step up on the porch to see the brass knocker
L a u r e n c e  K a r l  L a r s e n
Old photographs
Two leather loungers, his was on the left
He sat in that
Curio cabinet
Bottom drawer filled with high heel shoes, just our size
She let us wear them
Kitchen table, drinking black coffee
Did you know if you don’t eat the crust your eyelashes won’t be curly?
Lace curtains in a tiny room
Checked shirts
Black horn rimmed glasses
A camper
He loved to fish and hunt
Always hugs, I sat on his knee
This is how I see it in my mind's eye
This is what I remember
This is all I have left of a grandfather I loved,
but was too young to truly know
Oh, and one more thing
He loved me

I wish you could have known him
He would have loved you too

Meetup

I've got a couple I'm working on hopefully I'll get em in before the months out, but I wanted to propose a meetup. We can get together and read some original new stuff to each other, and also maybe discuss Karma Girl's proposal of publishing something. Let me know if anyone's game!

Monday, April 26, 2010

The New World Order


Disease infests as rivers run dry
soon they'll all be bleeding
coal and oil blacken the sky
but yet they keep on breeding

Nature deflowered in urban sprawl
They're strip malls will burn first
A slew of hate, the global drawl
nothing can quench their thirst

Animals slaughtered to gain a buck
They'll get what they deserve
Survival destined to chance and luck
Sure god will protect and serve!

Enough with consequences
Time for action!

Boot and drum rock the streets
as screams flood the ear
endless night peaks in beats
the new world order is here

Today's salut, a flame in a bottle
red flags soon choke out the sun
human decay smashes the throttle
reduced by the smoking gun

Population control, the Leader's word
every child is left behind
Wall Street and Main, grotesquely absurd
Equality sates mankind!

Future saved or humanity lost
Is this fiction or fate?



On the Way Back

Road Trip

Halfway between here and Chicago where the
tree branches blend seamlessly
with night
and I can’t tell if my
eyes are open or closed.
A gas station is open.
The fluorescent lights slice black
sky with ragged edges, blocking
the stars and illuminating what should have
been left in shadows.

It’s harsh but I’m hungry.

Sickly light washes over aisles
of expired chips and useless trinkets; only one
bottle of Coke left.
I’m at the counter and she smiles.
Just yellow teeth and red
lipstick, mouth parts slyly. “Do you feel lucky?”
Outside all I can see is
the flicker of someone’s cigarette and the curling
smoke that climbs
above these lights

Thursday, April 15, 2010

1 in tha mornin


Light that bends
Quakes within
Further falling
Destinies calling
Sytematic breakdown
Meaning we make now
Polished fake clown
Never again
Compromising friend
Suffer within
Self indulgent sin
Fortress held tight
Mighty man's might
Foiled refuge
Your own shit to get through
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Happiness doesn't last forever

What happens next?
The fake smile’s exposed
What happens next?
Now the world knows your mind is taking painful blows
What happens next?
When the one thing that could heal any wound is dormant
What happens next?
The only medicine for your illness has lost its potency
What happens next?
Your train hasn’t been wrecked but obliterated
I’ll tell you what happens next
You get fucked over, that’s what happens next

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

apple blue skies
shade
lilac coated leaves
as they cradle
eggs
speckled with love
flutterby wings
whisper
as they beat the air
Spring is here
Spring is here
and the earth
draws
a
collective
b r e a t h

Saturday, April 10, 2010


Still waiting for my next poem to arrive.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

An April Photograph

Light and dark share the ambiance
crisp and cool raise the bumps
clean and fresh create fragrances
open and blossom color the spectrum

Brick and bar keep their guard
siren and somber sound in waves
labor and toil slump the postures
weed and decay fissure structure

Spring in St. Louis
revolution in reaction






Wednesday, April 7, 2010

We Real Cool

 

So, today I didn't have a poem in me, but I am certain there will be one tomorrow.  In lieu of my own poem, I thought I would post a poem I really enjoy.  The poem is by Gwendolyn Brooks.  It is just all that.

WE REAL COOL
THE POOL PLAYERS.
SEVEN AT THE GOLDEN SHOVEL.

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon.

Here is a recording of Brooks introducing the poem and then her read of it (click play once the page opens).
The Pool Players.  Seven at the Golden Shovel.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Death They Didn't Deserve

Come and join the camp
Don’t stumble over money, everything is free
Free of individuality
Free haircuts
Free striped pajamas
Free gold stars
A number defines who you are
Suffer through wind, ice, and snow
If you die no one will know
Horror unable to be depicted
Veins dripping their thick liquid
Silent drops of crimson wet the mud below
It won’t be long
Soon they’ll all be gone
Thanks to the devil with the moustache

Monday, April 5, 2010

The number before me

The number before me
Monday
I rub my eyes, then again
Fuck!
My day is ruined
Self esteem crashing around me, suffocated by the number
Nothing feels right or fits right
The number is stuck in my own minds purgatory
Try to forget
All things off limits
Everything looks much more enticing than before
Tea
Tea
More tea
Head is spinning remembering what has brought this number into my life

Tuesday :)
It must have been the damn bloody marys

Sunday, April 4, 2010

working

Jimmy does the shipping.
Darla does the digging.
Robbie does the loading.
Tricia does the checking.
All these "ings" are keeping us apart.

grandfather


War
Pacific
Loss
son without father
wife without husband
grandchildren without grandfather
what was lost cannot be found

If there is a god
and god created everything
who is the enemy?
Words about Jimmy and Darla:
Kindness
Sunshine
Pretty blue
Crafty
Sincere
Open arms


This was initially supposed to be about chocolate. But I guess it could be about a parent or whatever, if you're inclined to sappy interpretations...

When I was young you gave comfort
with gentle sweet sincerity
I would go to you in the night and
fall asleep beside you
finally convinced all was alright
I long for you in the worst of times
You're always there for the best of times
Long before my first broken heart
You taught me the meaning of love
Even when I am grown and have a family of my own
Part of me will still be that little girl back then
When you and I were the only ones who existed in the world




Never Becomes Easy



We’re falling down being torn apart
Can’t find the missing pieces to my broken heart
This thing called love it’s all a farce
Can’t mend the shards of this shattered heart
In a day my world fell down
All I could do was watch as it crashed around
This fragile mess that we’ve broken so many countless times before
Lays in fragments on the empty floor
I see your face, you seem surprised
Behind your eyes it’s all just lies
My mind is whirling a weeping I can’t keep in
Uncomfortable in my own skin
A tragic passion, let’s face the truth hand in hand
I can’t be with you through the end
Honey, it was a ticking time bomb anyway

Saturday, April 3, 2010


What if
I step off the path
to walk on the grass
like I did
when I was young?

Would the dew still cling to my shoes?
Would the grass smell as sweet?
Would it feel as good?
soft substrate
cradling my feet
tomorrow
I will try

Friday, April 2, 2010

Song Of Our Reign

We march through forests of flame and frost
We reap the souls of the found and lost
We drain the strength of bone and brush
We leave behind only soot and mush

Over barren wastes and toxic plains
We flood the fields with acid rains
Brandishing iron and ice cold steel
We crack the whip on satan's heel

For we are the dead who rise in the night
Swigging beer and venom for the fight
We're Tricia and Robbie, you've heard our call
Ahead of chaos, misfortune, and destruction for all!

Ha!





day sun warm
we laugh
between breaths
sweet ass grass
I love this man

Went to the Pi for Pizza
Senator Obama went to the Pi for Pizza
Eating Pizza can make you President

by Jimmy Spinelli

Sleeping In













SLEEPING IN


The edges of your hair glow with sunlight
The smell of vanilla fills the short space between us
Dust dances through sunbeams shining across the room
I reach over you pulling your soft body close
My face pressed between your neck and shoulder
A whisper
I love you
I love you
I love you
Your eyes sparkle with the light of the morning
We two solitary things
Twisting turning loving
Making magical melodic movements
Testing the extent to which we can become one
We breathe each others breath
In time
In sync
In rhthym
We could hide forever here
Under the covers
Behind closed doors
Only a hint of the day through the curtains
We don't need the world
We have each other
Now
Right
Now

By: Pancho Madness