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JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

0 posted 2011-07-18 07:17 AM

Those that the Gods destroy
They first make mad.

The words
Greek origin maybe
Matters not
What really matters
Are the
Twisted faces on bedroom walls
Or
Margaret gives good head
In the bus station's bathroom stall
Things matter
Life's memories (real ones / made-up ones)
String together like a charm bracelet
Although life isn't always charming
Some memories aren’t worth
The demons we have to dredge up
To remember
Come
Taste my sour grapes
As our voices ricochet into the darkness
Of
Silent hisses
I search empty drawers
Looking for yesterdays notes
I root around some more
Then stop
Hearing a voice, a voice so wintry chilling
A dominating voice
Facing me down in the darkness of forevermore
I swallow the gloom in my throat
Go back to the empty drawers
Trying to redirect my misplaced pride
Not having much luck
I hear the swell of slimy laughter
Feel the
Flutter of feral fear
Like a belligerent butterfly flapping around in my stomach
This, then is what I get
When my Muse is 80-proof
I wheel around to confront the laughing fool
And stare at myself in the mirror
C'est la vie

~ Eggs and bacon, honeymoon style / What's honeymoon style? / Straight up and hard. ~

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2011-07-18 09:09 AM

Love your introspective pieces and this is
going to be a favorite. Thanks for letting us watch how your wheels turn. Way cool!
Lori

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2011-07-18 09:37 AM

Good morning, Lori, and thank you for your kind words.

~ Eggs and bacon, honeymoon style / What's honeymoon style? / Straight up and hard. ~

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

3 posted 2011-07-18 12:01 PM

"Some memories aren’t worth
The demons we have to dredge up
To remember"

That right there is why I had stopped writing for a while. And perhaps I should be content with my lack of memory, but unfortunately, my refusal to acknowledge those demons didn't make them go away--I'm still fairly reactive in my behavior.

You always make me think, sweet Jer.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us all.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

4 posted 2011-07-18 12:23 PM

I hear you, Karen. I'm managed to learn to keep my demons idling in no man's wasteland, but it took me many decades for this miracle of mine to happen. Hang in there. You'll conquer them.

Thank you very much for your comments, my friend.

~ Eggs and bacon, honeymoon style / What's honeymoon style? / Straight up and hard. ~

Word Weaver
Member

since 2011-03-06

Posts 437
California, USA

5 posted 2011-07-18 01:44 PM

This gave me the chills Jerry. Sometimes the memories we have to dredge up in order to write intensify the original pain. But sometimes we pen through gardens of delight. Whatever, we write. And you do it so very well.

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

6 posted 2011-07-18 02:32 PM

I appreciate you complimentary and kind words, Marcia, thank you very much.

Yes, whatever the cost, it seems that we WILL write.

~ Eggs and bacon, honeymoon style / What's honeymoon style? / Straight up and hard. ~

Angel4aKing
Senior Member

since 2006-09-27

Posts 1372
USA

7 posted 2011-07-31 08:02 PM

Good poem I ecspecially was drawn in by this part;

"Facing me down in the darkness of forevermore
I swallow the gloom in my throat
Go back to the empty drawers
Trying to redirect my misplaced pride"

"This, then is what I get
When my Muse is 80-proof
I wheel around to confront the laughing fool
And stare at myself in the mirror
C'est la vie"

~~~kingsangel~~~

Amberzlynnc
Member

since 2010-08-24

Posts 229
New Jersey

8 posted 2011-08-01 01:30 AM

Great poem. Thanks for the interesting read!

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

9 posted 2011-08-01 11:20 AM

Thank you, Angel4aKing, I really appreciate the time you spent on my poem and your comments.

You are more than welcome, Amberzlynnc, and thank you for the read and nice-nice.

~ Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get. ~

ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

10 posted 2011-08-02 07:13 PM

Succession on thoughts of one's self.
Well done Jerry!
Ms. e

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

11 posted 2011-08-02 07:57 PM

Ah, so it's Ms. e now, eh? Love it. Thank you for your nice comments.

~ Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get. ~

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