i keep having this same dream.

IDGAF

if we just argued

and

I threw a cup at you.

Come lay down.  {if nothing is left of me}

supplicate my humble

entreaty. Let's

pretend to pray together, as if

gathering again jonquil

nature

on it's ear.

Let us allege that even

faux love

is unhurried support;

screw each others  brains out since  we're allowed to in

the optic chiasma of this earth.

Just keeping it real this morning..

Reviews

[Robert Trakofler]

Hard to argue with you Dana on all counts if i was him I'd just listen and be grateful that cup didn't damage my chiasma...LOL! You kept it real dear one & you kept it true and Faux love isn't good enough for you but maybe that all you wanted in that dream:)

[h d e rushin]

thanks brother....I've been burying folks here in Detroit. I must admit though that your still the phonetic king of the café. Great to hear your voice again....dana

[Beccy]

If life were a Mills and Boon bodice ripper; this poem would never have been written.

We throw cups as we throw the dice of life; often unthinking and mostly blindsided; but faux love is better, is it not, than no love at all.

Love that penultimate stanza, 'optic chiasma,' so clever.

Beccy. x

[h d e rushin]

thank you my love for those kind words...I swore I wouldn't be the old me this year....Just trying out some new things I guess....dana

[kentuck14]

Dana,
This is to me a confrontation-- not so much with the other person, but with the speaker's own inner feelings. She seems conflicted . . . willing to compromise for the sake of what 'feels' like love. Jonquil . . . a flower in the narcissus family . . . possibly relating to a self-centered attitude that's caused the argument in the first place. It sounds like the speaker is willing to get around it by hiding in the belief that the flesh will bear witness against it. Another splendid poem, Girl.
Tom

[h d e rushin]

that's right Tom. Which poses the question? does a poem ever need a protagonist? (protagonist meaning a supporter of a cause?) The poet is almost always subordinate to the narrative...Thanks for reminding me of that..And thanks for your kind words my friend....dana

[kentuck14]

Dana,
Good question. I think (at least I think I do!) No . . . a poem doesn't always need a protagonist, not in the way you define it. Poetry doesn't always need to be making a statement of belief or values . . . or anything like it. I believe that poems that present a "witness" to a situation or conflict, or simply a life story is more effective in reaching the reader than one where the poet argues for a viewpoint. This does not mean that the poet doesn't reveal his/her humanity in the process of witnessing . . . poetry is not journalism! But room should be left for the reader to assess the subject of the poem in their own way. I usually enjoy this kind of poem more than when the poet tries to ram his/her judgments down my throat! I would think that I have probably done this myself . . . being the lesser of a poet for it. Should or could a poet have a point of view? Sure, I'm, as they say, only human! However, as one who dabbles in art, I walk a fine line.
Hope this makes sense!! Nice chatting.
Tom

[Coyote Poetry]

The words, hard and dirty wishes. The words were real and alive. I did like my dear friend. Thank you for sharing the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[h d e rushin]

thank you dearest for your kind words my friend...dana