Tragic Satirization

self deprecationunappreciationsevere miscommunicationmisread observationsrapid fluxationfalse constellationsfallacious extrapolationconvoluted socializationinadvertent misrepresentationsdiachronic recreationssloppy installationsignorant amplificationsde and re segregationchronic procrastinationambiguous divinationfallic gyrationpremature ejaculationspontaneous inspirationfowl degradationstatic dissipationstandard immunizationdiscreet implicationforced penetrationfamilial relationsadistic manipulationconstant participationobligatory observationredundant recitationmanifestation of living frustrationfeverous inebriationdangerous connotationscalloused determinationdestructive inclinationmutual masturbationfocused perspirationcontrastive enunciationrapturous sublimination

A sound paradox (at wit’s end)

I’ll make you hotAs I turn coldI’ll open you upAnd then I’ll foldI’ll tie you downAs I fly freeI won’t leaveBut let me beI’ll give you allBut relinquish nothingI won’t speakBut I’ll tell you somethingI’ll tell the truthBut don’t believe meJust let me be aloneAnd never leave meI can’t support youBut I’ll be your crutchBecause […]

Another Song for You

A patch of green grassamidst a field of sunflowersa bright sun shining overheadis the only way to count the hours our basket is openour blanket is spreada cool breeze dancesthrough the hairs on our head we feed each other grapesbananas pineapples and pearsnothing belongs to one of useverything is shared tortilla chips and pitawhich we […]

A song to make You feel better

When I think on tomorrow,I think of us togetherI think of picnics amidst wild sunflowersIn warm sunny weather Enjoying the taste, the smellthe feeling of lifewith your voice in my earsand only your eyes in my sight and when clouds bar our lightand cover us with showerswe’ll leave our spotamidst the trees and flowers then […]

When words come slowly practice your handwriting

ink on the pageis an actor on stagebut words aren’t always truelike a guitar slightly out of tunemetaphors and analogiespainting with imagerycan we createor only imitatereduplicate?is choice an illusionbecause everything is determinedor am I just lost in confusion man instills meaning and valuebut what does value mean?are we all aloneor are we a team?what have […]

how to use:

as common as carbon is a poetic stream of consciousness.
there are 3 categories of “poems”:

(i) heteroglossic synesthesia (complete poems)
(ii) hobonyms (words with no homes)
(iii) mind jerky (thoughts to chew on)

after reading a poem you have 3 options to “turn the page”

“RANDOM” – takes you to a random poetic expression
#hastags – take you to another random poem with the same theme or motif
#category – takes you to a random poem in the same category

“no one can step in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and they are not the same person” – possibly Heraclitus

just as no one can step in the same river twice, no one can have the same experience of “as common as carbon” twice