"How Am I?..."

Friday was “World Poetry Open Mic” - 8 PM MTN (10 PM EST) - a live podcast out of

Denver, Colorado (on most Fridays) - http://www.worldpoetryopenmic.net/ .  Poets from

all over the world call 720-240-9766 when prompted by the hosts to present a poem or two 

(sometimes three) live.  It is a good show well worth the listening … you ought to stop by.

 

This past Friday I was asked:

 

"How Am I?..."

 

Ohhh - let's see

…hyjinks, lowjinks, jackjinks -

do we have game?  Anybody?

Any bodies?

 

Life HAS been "interesting"…

all kinds of goooood things.

All kinds of NOT so gooood …things.

 

Gratuitously, over the top…

uh huh

just the way we NEED to be -

filling a Friday's silence

with

bright noise.

 

Next, We need a Zombie apoc

to fill the mind with

a reset

while we pause

to dance in the waves

- as Jose follows Irma follows

Katie follows earthquake

...follows Harvey -

waves rolling, rolling by...

rolling, rolling, rolling on-the-river*.

 

 

Talkin' newclear fireflies

Glow-in-the-dark da'licentiousness

or

swim in the rain

swim in the pain

or

watch endless unreasoning hate

 

- the end of DACA -

the end of DACA …IN 6MONTHS

so Congress that does NOTHING

gets the chance to do NOTHING …again.

Counting …counting…

 

Gratuitous, over-the-top

 

endless unreasoning hate…

 

Live within the world

that it seems we didn't really know

as we end in ways

we didn't expect…

gratuitously over-the-top

 

sigh

 

You know -

Pennywise, the-Dude-that-walks,

Darth Vader...

 

are made up nightmares

just like near ALL the

fears we ...WE...empower.

 

Yeah - it's gratuitous, over-the-top

now ...always Friday night now...

filling the silence

with

bright noise.

 

Gotta love it.

 

WPOM 9/8/2017

#3

Chris

 

* "Proud Mary" of CCR fame and the grit of Tina Turner leaked from behind my eyes.

Author's Note

Feel free...

Reviews

[Amy Zdunowski-Roeder]

Love this poem! You have a powerful use of words. Thanks for sharing

[Chris]

We each have our own ...words... and way. Thanks Amy

[ROXANE DORSEY]

nice chris thanks for your poetry.

[Chris]

I DO hope you try the link to WPOM and maybe even join us there... would really LIKE hearing your voice and take on things...

[ROXANE DORSEY]

how can i get there? can i get an invite.

[Chris]

The link IS at the beginning paragraph of this poem...click - visit - read/listen at your own pace. Bookmark and come back at your desire!

[J. J. Nightingale]

I loved CCR and Tina Turner.....lol
Aftermaths aside...
...HOW ARE YOU CHRIS ???????

:)............

P.M. and I'll never sleep again...............
Night Mirrors ..don't you know...

[Chris]

Hi Jazz... Me? Another year older and less deeper in debt... chuckling here

[J. J. Nightingale]

Ha Ha... DITO..... Must admit not understanding a little bit of this write.... but glad you are still on WPOM .... ..:)...............

[Chris]

You need to LISTEN to THAT show on their archive then... this write reflected the show and banter as it occurred.

[J. J. Nightingale]

Oh, I see..ok... .......I'll try......:).................

[olla]

well done.... it is so easy to let ourselves be seduced.. like a wide eyed innocent mesmerized by the carnie's bark.. so that we don't have to deal with the real night terrors.. or even acknowledge them..

[Chris]

Hi Olla - I appreciate your pause and thoughts!