Free Food For Thought On Foot

Free Food For Thought On Foot

A Poem by Matthew Bass

"Look at your feet when you walk"   
not up, cuss words unspoken   
"personal space a*****e", broken   
cement, jackhammer, hemorrhaging money   
smog, green smog, the spector of   
defeatist chattering mindlessly   
endless status symbols.   
  
To win, not lose   
to not be successful,   
unhappy, not enough time   
take a breath, not enough   
time, time is money   
Wide awake wet dreams   
with the dream w***e   
on the billboard alone   
licking her lips   
alone alone alone   
by ourselves in a crowd   
  
tripping over garbage   
and piss on the sidewalks   
beware, defecating on the street   
is a €500 fine   
and a state funded   
neutering, spent,   
exhausted, all the wealth   
in a glass bonfire   
half-full of oil.   
  
An ice breaker, a joke   
a funny anecdote to pass   
the intervals between   
the cherry and the filter   
and a dry martini ritual   
one after the other   
in a little black dress   
or fine Italian suit   
to end the day in the dark,   
a minute a flash, a bend   
in space time matter, a   
self-fulfilling hangover.

© 2012 Matthew Bass


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Added on February 5, 2012
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Matthew Bass
Matthew Bass

St. Louis, MO



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It´s funny how we think we are all on the cusp of something, and just have not been recognized yet. I am no different. I don´t really care all that much, but at the same time I do care. .. more..

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