BLOCK

08 11 09

Can I sit and write a simple tune
or will I sit and summon spiders

Will a wayward ear latch on to paper thoughts
or is a muse just a glorified insider
like an undercover officer
pretending to befriend
maybe even smart enough
to damn the doings and defend
the doer trapped beneath
the wet blanket of a habit
feeling for a crease
to isolate with prick and stab it

Should I settle for the role
of shepherd of this ivory prairie
self-indulgent dozen-dimer
sworn protector of sublime geography
No, the dew-flossed webs of my attire
hang too wet for thief-persual
Fastened to these sticky strings of evolution
I am like a library orphan
abducted by the clutches of backdates
from the neon lobbies of renewal

Reviews

[Frieda P]

How did I miss this one, I think that's when I had closed my account for a short while? As per your usual brilliance, the imagery here is off the charts bat shyte crazy good. A 'wet blanket of habit'...lots of wet gooey sticky stuff going on in a poem about writer's block, can't imagine what you were thinking when you pen'd this genius write, just saying yout geography was sublime. ;-) Love it.

[kublakhan27]

I never mention this as much as I should (cuz you tell me a lot) but you always make me smile with your reviews love...your support always makes me feel a little better than I did before I see your reviews :) It must have been from that time...I would surely have pointed this out to you otherwise ;P It's a personal favourite which is saying something considering how short my list of personal favourites is haha Thank you again Frieda :)

[Frieda P]

I'm so glad I came across it then, wouldn't want one of your favorites pouting in the corner love ;-) And pfft and pssh...you know what I mean. ;-P xo

[kublakhan27]

Haha Somehow the pouting image fits ;P But I have been openly fond of my last few so maybe I'm cracking ;) xo

[Frieda P]

Woo score! Hahaha ;-)

[kublakhan27]

I think I could get a hang of this poetry thing hahaha ;)

[Frieda P]

Hahaha you're a nutter Benji ;-)

[kublakhan27]

Hahaha Unlike the extremely straight-laced Mrs.R ;) x

[afra]

i guess every writer can relate to this poem .....well done

[kublakhan27]

That's my hope with this one...thank you Afra.

[afra]

welcome

[Ufi Auttorri ~ UfoAutho..]

OMG! That is soooo good. It drips and oozes and crawls along the dark corners of sarcasm's basement; as though daring anything to besmirch it's sullen, smirking demeanor. On multiple levels the innuendo seasons this dish with an aroma of disdain and dares anyone or anything to think less of its rusty, serrated blade of reality. A marvelous work, Khan! ["I smite thee, for vengeance's sake!"]

[kublakhan27]

Thank you so much, that means a lot to me :D

[That_Girl]

"... like an undercover officer..." great metaphor! Very nice!

[kublakhan27]

Glad you like it :)