![]() narration of a dysfunctional familyA Poem by Alpris![]() I just thought I would share what I produce when I am woken rudely for silly reasons; please excuse the foreign italicized phrases. The translation is: 'a son of a b***h, thank you.'![]() this
is the... third time I've snapped /
was it the third, second or fourth? I've lost count... it's 448am and I am loopier than a train trying to follow a bendy racetrack / tossed and turned for five hours; one itch became a whole body twitch to iced stay, wondering where the spider is and how I can kill it / wondering if it was even a spider after all, or a moth or a cockroach or a persistent clan of ants... / what would she think? she watches me anyway, begs me to spew curtained rage but I can't / because I'm the one in power with calmed intensity, licensed fuel behind firepowered words / my father; he is an arsehole - a putang ina mo, salamat / he kicked my baby / so I told him if I ever caught him again I would lodge my foot so far up his anal passage he would forget who he was and what year it is...horsepower to the arse / he told Mum; and Mum laughed because she knows its true; she would not care about a lost shoe partner / that is one piece of evidence I would gladly leave behind after a kind deed / he's slamming the microwave / teasing plastic / rummaging through unneeded bottles of pills in the medicine cabinet / and laughing like a manatee in great pain / and my eyes are as rigid and aware as a magpie guarding her nest / I rang Mum before / we laughed, I smoked, she half-worked and we tantalized each other with the idea of a great cup of coffee to start the already-born day / Putang ina mo's vindictive behaviour echoes through the house like magnet shame / shame on his part because he knows I have the power, and he is in the wrong / he got mad, because Mum told him not to kick the cats / and now he's trying to pay me back... / I fancy a walk / the air is as crisp as freshly squeezed lemonade / many people wake up at this hour because its a good time to walk or work out / I do fancy a walk... / I've become infatuated with the angle of light across asphalt and dozing lawns / it's quite cool, too / I wouldn't mind being painted in the scent of morning breath / I really have gone loopy... / loopier than Jack Nicholson on The Shining / loopier than a drunk and lost flock of seagulls using their beaks as compasses / and with no direction in question to follow. © 2012 AlprisFeatured Review
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1 Review Added on October 23, 2012 Last Updated on October 23, 2012 Author![]() AlprisAuckland, New ZealandAboutHere is a reference to my artistry - a painting of myself and Myra Hindley: At the point of acquaintance , I generally go by Alpris; a name given to me by someone I don't know, let alone the in.. more..Writing
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