Indiscriminately acquired influences

I tend to see things on an epic scale
Such stories as mine are not often heard
Critics may refer to the length of my tales 
And their credibility!

"I crossed America barefoot and broke"
"I was a transvestite hooker with silicon tits"
"I said farewell to Lennon on the day that he died"
"I welcomed Christ into the new world"

How can I tell you this poison without apology?
An apology should explode out of the lies that I tell!

The truth would be less complicated
But I find it harder to tell

"I mutter words that people don't remember"
"I fester hatred, ignorance and fear"
"I was a boy who clutched onto my mothers leg and peeked out at the world"
"I put my soul on ice as things fell apart"

So I began to acquire my influences
Indiscriminately acquired influences
I opened my ears to new possibilities

And tried to become someone interesting

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I like the many thoughts create by this entertaining poetry. You put a lot of open questions for the reader to think about. Some of the answers will be answered with life experience and death. I did like the ending to the outstanding poem.
Coyote

[eglantine]

agreed in full

[Lily Mae]

I loved it as a whole but that one line.. "I welcomed Christ into the new world"... that is pretty cool...xo

[RaspberryBullets]

Your poetry cracks me up. Well done!

[Pratik]

This is intriguing! So many ideas in this piece.. we love to glamorize our lives isn't it? By pretending and day dreaming and embellishing our ordinary stories we render it with a larger-than-life image! " opened my ears to new possibilities/And tried to become someone interesting" - the line presents itself as a perfect concluding remark... Stupendous write :)

[jo]

that was really really good i liked it i ve been n felt that more then to many times

[Deandra Dawn]

I absolutely love this....really does make you sit back and think. Very well done.

[Leslie Philibert]

This is excellent. like the quotes.

[Speak in Silence]

This is very creative, good luck :)

[Cathy Wattam]

I really like this Mark. Cracking line "The truth would be less complicated, But I find it harder to tell"! Such truth here. Really good work, thank you.

[Lulubel]

Is it bad that I found this poem amusing?

This poem seems to be descriptive of so many people in the world today and it brings to mind one word - charlatans.