dr_con Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Wisdom Prayer I seek advice on the Way from drunks junkies & stoners those who have injected ozone just to see or who have had cotten fever because rat piss was the only available liquid those who have learned CPR at 3:33 am just in case the next fix breaks the humanity or those who know real regret keep your apologists of misery those who bury paranoia and fear beneath layers of easy calories layered in red white and blue If living in moderation make it a hard won lesson Show me your scars! Not with pride or humilation but as a fact of life dirty and glorious and organic a blade of green grass growing out of history’s slag A celebration of endurance singing off key among perfectly tuned orchestrations of eternal desires sliding easily into place airtight meant to keep out Death but simply polishing his scythe until we can see only our reflections And nothing more. Amen Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I like this very much: there 's a strange inevitability that challenges the reader.. to dare start seeing things. It brought to mind the adage “ to err is human” etc: But one could spin off at a tangent in a number of places. As they say.. “good poetry makes you think”. B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 Thanks Ben! When I sent this out to a list, I made the proviso: To be read with your best Bill Burroughs voice;-) Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 The speaker is done walking on egg shells and has joined the ranks of those too old or simply fed up with the ramblings of pompous pedagogues who minister bs and employ weak evasive maneuvers when confronted with logic. He utters his own prayer. Forthright, honest. Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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