It’s going to look like it's beautiful.
But it will also be terribly crass.
And depending on whether you believe
those qualities mutually exclusive
it may be something you ignore--
long and discursive
disappointing and filthy
cruel, narcissism
disguised as prophecy
a hypocrisy, misguided (typical guy)
the dull kind of grand failure
the circus with no soul.
And perverse on top!
(Oh, so like shock-value shit?)
BUT MAYBE THAT'S THE POINT?!?
Now judge jury executioner
I essentially ask you to engage
and gauge if I am speaking truth
or platitude:
chicken soup for the steroid overdose
postwhatever-therapy-for-the-gunmen-about-us
truth in search of its verification
a fancy object you resent and do not dust.
Because I cannot tell
because it's hard to take
this mix of smoke and filth
and awesome weight, america
and still emerge with mind intact
unswayed by open record of debatable fact
promise broken/history rererealized
redacted artifact
(let alone believing in a Zoroaster)
turning out to be a sometruth
a lost azimuth
not for all my flaws baby, not for all my flaws
operational, humane
(or inhumane, not to be confused with subhuman, somehow) loving, rational, etc.
For ignorance must ddie
wutwuzisaying?
or become a peaceful coma.
Of course, peace and love are the answer.
Why are they so hard to attain?
Because Time is short
and our focus skies
like shooting cars
crashing on the fly?
The answer is a discovery
you have already made
and need to rediscover.
Perhaps you will think
This book is not full of falsehoods!
It is a poor but accurate assessment
of the jet in freefall
from the troposphere
that despite attempts, desperately
and the risks, some, as readers
must eliminate to surpass
finds itself like a wasp
hanging near the ceiling
of the warm summer bungalow
joining your evening newscast
with the sound of buzzing death
and destined for the tape:
Don't go snowboarding with a torn MCL.
Avoid Tonga real estate.
Perpetuating questions...perpetuate
(Has anything been gained by life?)
so will you, unright to lie
use this book to help defend
the open meaning
of the possible importance
of being a free and still-logical
human being did-their-best
before a panel of unblinking angels
if you did something
to ease the glacier into the sea
despite the messages of your apparent
insanity?
Or if by misfortune
you stumble on these words
gun-in-hand and think
That stupidass poet makes no sense
must I convince you, fool, Read more!
Perhaps you can find something--
a question asked among antiquities
gathered by rainlight herein, this book
this nearly endless exposition, yes
has some good points
but I am my own damn person
you cry and see the skeleton
at the end of the hallway.
I thought your questions too.
I lived in your life.
Here is what you saw.
2018-2020