Dan's Journey or adventuring into the sweaty crevice below the underbelly of society

Dan's Journey or adventuring into the sweaty crevice below the underbelly of society

A Poem by William Michael Reeves
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A fellow caregiver would describe his commute to a client with mental health and abuse issues living in the inner city as traveling through the underbelly of society. I visualized a place deeper than.

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The warrior walked...
Walked an uncertain path
...in transit...
Every encounter a stone stepped tenuously clinging
To the abdominal cliff
That led to the sweaty crevice below the underbelly of society.

The warrior talked...
Talked of psychological math
...in transition...
Every word divided by subtracting common sense
From the multiple decisions
Adding to the verbal menace below the underbelly of society.

The warrior balked...
Balked at the pharmacological need
...in transmission...
Every crime perpetrated by intoxication
In his client's cycle of descent
Pitched into the precipice below the underbelly of society.

The warrior cocked...
Cocked and loaded his intellectual weapon
...with ammunition...
Every volley felling a reflected enemy
In an ethereal mirror
Parallel images that surface below the underbelly of society.

The warrior mocked...
Mocked the multitudes that rose to replace
...in transmunition...
Every thought in the progression of recovery
Removing obstacles
Laughing madly into the face below the underbelly of society.

The warrior walked...
Walked with his prodigy to a place
...in transit...
Every step a seed of hope growing
To a tangible way
Out of the sweaty crevice below the underbelly of society.

© 2021 William Michael Reeves


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Are you familiar with Invalid Letter Department by At the Drive In? That’s how I read this one. I believe it goes well split into two tones. I like the very visual feel to the under belly of society.

Posted 2 Years Ago


Wow awesome poem in fab great rhyme scheme. The warrior rising above hurdles and seems to support the underdogs. Kudos!
Plz do read and comment my newest poem too titled, “Dandy , randy Tom cat’

Posted 3 Years Ago


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William Michael Reeves

2 Years Ago

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Added on November 20, 2021
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William Michael Reeves
William Michael Reeves

Seattle, WA



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I live in Seattle. I have been a nurses aide most of my life and my experiences as a caregiver for people with disabilities has inspired much of my poetry. I love the puzzle of poetry. Expression with.. more..

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