Ephemera

One of my most favorite BEATs t date...for my Pamela

 

Ephemera

Miss or mister
Pardon my prying
Have you ever
Wandered about wondering
Into tricky transitions
Or pillaging a ponderer?
Smoked a snoozing sycophant
For a subtle smooth move

Under a majestic tall vision
In a swarthy yellow jacket
I thought to myself,
“They say you shouldn’t feed wild game but...
If I were a cow would I live in a barn
And fill my hay days with maybes
quiffing Hey Now, Hey Now...”

The pleasure is Now in this open continuum
Jab you for jiving me
With a well tailored wishing stinger
Keep count of the counts
I am well over tit for tat to
Paper punch the quasi-
Living daylights into you,
Raze and lift you
Off this page Cool and dry
Your same old soaked sucker self
With level headed authority
Hold your accountability
Responsible for all blame

Are you down
For being too
Three four
Five-Sided Square
Solid platonic friend
Let’s share some Harmony of the Spheres
Some common sense
And mutual experience
Not these b*****d Man brain
Made con traps

You have eyes and a name
Look closer, does your face get in the way
Can you not see me in your reflection
Will we live or die Today
This very instant

Is there Dignity in our Divinity
Or are we dead inside
And just a 100th Monkey
Collectively racked
In a godless pool
with Heisenberg’s uncertainty...
There NOW
I’ve string kicked you
In the quantum clouds!

foreshadow

Reviews

[jen]

first of all, just in a literal, "portait of words, hung in a gallery" way, my eyes an brain really enjoyed it.. in my member of the gallery way, i silently added a "holy" before the cow in this passage:
"If I were a cow would I live in a barn
And fill my hay days with maybes
quiffing Hey Now, Hey Now..." "

not for any particular reason, except that I really loved the words and how they flowed

from a vantage of one who wants to extract the purpose and meaning of your words, Wow! i can't truthfully say i am that capable on a first run to say what it is that i get from it, except that i enjoy the kind of questions this has raised in me.. and I will come back to have another read..

thanks so much for the invite to read, I really enjoyed this and will be reading more

[Freedom]

wow, very nice. That constant alliteration is very deliberate and interesting to say aloud. How fun this piece is! Great work.

[The Autumn Faerie]

I liked it so much I read it twice.
I think I'm in love with your word choice and the way everything flows together in such tranquility.
Really, truly, madly, completely good stuff!

[Gandré]

ha ha ha this was delicious. My kind of boy. Adored it. THe way you played with my mind... and my tongue liked it too, when reading it loud.

[Emily B]

It's always a joy to read the words of someone who loves them as much as you do.

[Siddartha Beth Pierce]

Way to go - you tell 'em! Well penned my friend as always. You really should read these things aloud to a crowd. I know I have said that before but I can envision you shouting your meanderings out to the masses.
Light,
Siddartha

[Brett Campaigne]

its always pleasant to follow your rhythm and language down the page; an image and concept safari.

[Mick Parsons]

This poem rings nicely in my ear; it's thoughtful, and requires the attention of the reader. It's also honest. It does also require some prior knowledge by the reader/audience. Anybody not familiar with Heisenberg might be lost. But, if this poem is a dedication to a specific person, that might be ok. Even so, it runs the risk of being "too" occasional.

On the other hand, I like poetry that demands something from the reader. Maybe it's as much the reader's responsibility to look up unfamiliar terms as much as it's the writer's responsibility to adhere to some kind of honesty.

[darkgurl]

Very well written, "There NOW
I've string kicked you
In the quantum clouds! " I like your closing lines, this is wonderful, cute too....Kim