A Stolen Ego.

A Stolen Ego.

A Poem by Ben Lingemann

I'm known for navel-gazing my way to elation,
and am living in a country caught within
the grips of frenzied matriculation.

My insidiously
malapert generation,
my incessantly
malcontent gene-nation.

This is a Garden of Eden,
Where is our guard of Eden?
carefully removing
all of the un-heathens.

Plucking the clouded excess from an already crowded bed of hegemony, as a gardener would and so should.

It is a mirage, a far off oasis of Arcadia and
I say this all unconcernedly, a basis for this absurdity.

I have stolen my ego from god,
I will carry this yoke readily,
and I shall take up my axe doling out mechanically.

© 2011 Ben Lingemann


Author's Note

Ben Lingemann
This was written by Ben Lingemann.
Please do not plagiarize, All Rights Reserved.

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Ben Lingemann
Ben Lingemann

Junction City, CA



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Small-town. Taken. Scrabble amateur. My poetry is started by my heart but then is beaten and abused by my brain, I generally think it shows. I write for myself, I always have and will continue regard.. more..

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