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Brian37
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Wed Aug 11, 2010 3:48 pm |
 
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The Illusion, By Brian37
From the onset
From the first breath
The sickle chases us
To a variety of death
We fight in futility
This final reality
With vacuous labels
Of class and status
Since atoms decay
To our dismay
The futile efforts
We display
Our masks have names
In race and religion
Of power and wealth
And national origin
And in our history
None have escaped
The finite reality
All will face
The illusion enticing
The peacock strut
With fanciful feathers
Attracting others
Plumes of falsehood
Empty promises
And hollow threats
Divide humanity
Trapped we are
By this illusion
Painfully obvious
Is our imagination
A way out
Will never be
No mater what lie
We believe
From the fame
To the farmer
To the Pope
To the president
All who are ,all who were
And all who will ever be
Will be swallowed by time
And obscurity
The cosmos
Is cold
Uncaring
And not cognitive
Please spare me
From your accusation
Of negativity
Born from credulity
Nay be I fatalistic
Or pessimistic
Merely from facing
Reality
Are there wonders
And happiness
To be found
Here and now?
A resounding yes
I too shout
YES, YES YES
I have no choice
A kitten's purr
A loved one's hug
I value too
Without myth making
The illusion must die
For the mind to survive
The sickle the victor
And will always win
It reaps our bodies
And our stories
Laughing at petty attempts
To outlast it's dark robe
Facing the finite
Is solitude
Incantations
Are pale placebos
We dress
Dress and redress
Our flavors
Hoping the ice cream wont melt
It does
It will
It is
Our finality |
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iPondR
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Joined: Aug 19, 2009
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Location: Aussie Prawn Facility; District 10
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Thu Aug 12, 2010 1:24 am |
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I'd love to hear Patrick Stewart read this aloud... with all his Shakespearean gravitas... alas I can only do a puny facsimile... [except in my mind where I in fact reign supreme...] one of your best yet B.37
Although we could also ask Jim Parsons, who does Sheldon on BBT  |
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Brian37
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Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:19 pm |
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I'd love to hear Patrick Stewart read this aloud... with all his Shakespearean gravitas... alas I can only do a puny facsimile... [except in my mind where I in fact reign supreme...] one of your best yet B.37
Although we could also ask Jim Parsons, who does Sheldon on BBT |
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MockingGods
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Location: Planet Earth
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Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:52 pm |
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How long have you been working at poetry Brian? |
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Brian37
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Tue Aug 31, 2010 11:08 pm |
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| How long have you been working at poetry Brian? |
I don't "work" at it as it is just a venting process, a form of therapy. I have my critics and admit that I am no Plath or Poe or even close. I just do it to put a message out and if people like it they like it, if they don't they dont.
But I have been writing since the early 90s and have had hits and misses all along. I have had enough people say to me "I like it"(again, not all, but some) to know that merely writing it will get me to one that strikes a nerve.
I get lucky sometimes, but I am ok with that. It is merely my therapy and if someone likes it cool, if they don't well, that is to be expected too. |
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MockingGods
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Wed Sep 01, 2010 8:14 pm |
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I'll admit to not being much of a poetry fan in general, but some of what you write really strikes a poetic nerve. Keep it up, it's cool  |
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Brian37
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Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:07 pm |
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| I'll admit to not being much of a poetry fan in general, but some of what you write really strikes a poetic nerve. Keep it up, it's cool |
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