World on Fire

Plane overhead like a bad idea

Like a slap 

Cowering towards you in a fearsome slow-mow

Walking slump seeded into a taut-blue mind of brothel

Dead legged 

Hair drunk 

Flowers In the valley of a stye

Gangs gravitating in a silent hallway

Child size revolution

Indian winter 

I want to crawl inside of your pains

Over my shivering knees 

Drive street-drunk

Tell the cop, "I love him" 

Look up into my rearview mirror and see the future

Fist pounding from the trunk

Death broken alive in the unspoken 

Bulletin turn of wheels

Crowning in our rubber-stoned petrify

Crested in the rationale of flames

An un-spun century freed in

Anti Anthropocentric

Reviews

[KWP]

certainly some sharp lines
fast ever changing imagery
like a movie reel flicking sporadically from scene to scene
Indian winter .... interesting .....
See the future ... we that live in Australia live in your future already :)
Thought provoking yet stunted lines
which way to ponder ...
hmmmm which way ?

[Perdition]

Imagine for a moment that you are on the Australian train...Scenes of America's future passing you by and for a second (just a second) you come out of your hypnotic REM's and from the skips and flashes from the train's window you see New York and someone is dying near the fields of Central Park. They are slumped and alone in the painful last hopes of a massive heart attack. They need help and yet you are helpless to do anything but yet you know that you live in our future. Well this is how I came into this one. Not my usual style but I needed to break a window even if just meant nothing in the end. I say go with your intuition, you people of the Southern Cross are a delight. Spent some time near Fiji on an island built for 30 getting getting to know your philosophies. I think I can handle your decision : ) Or just flip a bloody coin already ..lol. Thanks!!

[KWP]

:-) what a delight you are ..... I am a big believer that life is ever flowing so once we leave this form well we shall continue on elsewhere ... So alive or dead in the future looking back .... All is well, evolution will continue to unfold ..... And we shall bubble along rising and falling through time .... REM ....http://youtu.be/Z0GFRcFm-aY moment to moment .... And I feel fine xxx take care sunshine x

[KWP]

:-) what a delight you are ..... I am a big believer that life is ever flowing so once we leave this form well we shall continue on elsewhere ... So alive or dead in the future looking back .... All is well, evolution will continue to unfold ..... And we shall bubble along rising and falling through time .... REM .... http://youtu.be/Z0GFRcFm-aY moment to moment .... And I feel fine xxx take care sunshine x

[Perdition]

Great so it starts with an earthquake does it...Lenny Bruce on the bathroom floor out of his chrysalis hours ahead in Australia before America even knew...Damn you heroin!! That song use to try me nuts..I loved it! Being Superman and all that is....You too starlight~And thanks again for your honesty.

[KWP]

love REM so thank you x x :)

[LouisianaBird]

This was an interesting read and I very much loved the line, "I want to crawl inside of your pains". Reminds me of the cobain lyrics I want to eat your cancer. Shows that you really want to relieve or even understand another person. Great write.

[Perdition]

"Heart Shaped Box"...a rough but great passionate song. Aborted life and aborted love. You do read in great insight. Kinda smells like Katherine Hanna. Thanks for taking me back and for the compliment of compassion. Can't wait to read your words. Bet they are life altering. Smiles~

[LouisianaBird]

Oh, don't get your heart set on that! Hahah. My words are far from life altering!

[Perdition]

Too late : P

[LouisianaBird]

Read at your own risk =P

[Perdition]

LOL....As always. You too btw and Thanks for the support. I will review soon. I'm seriously liking what I've read so far and I am still alive...Or am I ?? Oh-Oh!

[A. Amos]

I will agree with Frieda P review, good job bro

[Perdition]

Well...it is brilliant. 2 Leonard Cohens it is. Thanks Bro...at least it's snowing today so I am allowed.

[Perdition]

Thanks as always~

[A. Amos]

You're most welcome

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

The world is a crazy ride and life is in the driver's seat… you captured it real well in this fine piece.

[Perdition]

Thanks! I tried to read your poetry but it shot me out of your page and demanded I download some strange one eyed media....NOW "that" is some quality poetry..lol..jk.
I'll keep on trying but I agree with you about the front seat philosophy... although I did do some serious living in the back when I was younger As far as it being "crazy" well agree there as well...Camus was right,"Life IS absurd"~ Thanks again.

[Frieda P]

This reminds of Leonard Cohen for some reason, darkly hue'd and brilliant, I could hear him singing this one in my head. Outstanding read.

[Perdition]

Wow..The wrecked crooner ...I love it. I haven't listened to him in years and yet I still hear him in my sleep. That early morning beer dream sound and Velvet Underground-ish Lou Reed groan. Great...it's a sunny day and I have taken an oath to only listen to him when it's raining or when I am walking in a "Wanna be that next James Dean" trench coat under a foggy humming street lamp...Well...just going to have to make an exception...gotta be raining somewhere.. Right? Got a cigarette? Thanks!

[Frieda P]

Oh that's too funny, ha...it's always Cohen time in my book, he's one of my favorite poets, light em up. My pleasure!

[sharonlee]

Many humans ... most perhaps, tend to regard themselves as the central element of the universe.
Thought provoking write here.

[Perdition]

That, they will! I've got these mid-day "moments" shared in owl and limb that love to remind me of such things. Thanks poetess~

[Tara]

Oh Dear Lord, if we could see the future in our rear view mirrors may I never enter a vehicle again. This one sounds a bit Morrisonesque or Mojoish to me. I dont know if it was the "Indian Winter" or just the whole damn piece but I can almost hear Rays keyboards pounding out a cool backdrop to your words.

[Perdition]

....and Papa Boocow (Chuck) laughing with a beer and black eye in the passenger seat. Screaming Bach and LA prophecies ! I love it when you give me "words". "Would you die for me"??...lol. Thanks ...now go WRITE!!!

[Alisa Js]

Hello across land and sea,

I think the answer to your piece would be found in the following questions:

"Are humans the most significant entity of the universe or spirit beings? Are we one and the same or, are we spirit beings inhabiting a human body?"

Something that came to me as I was reading through your gut wrenching piece.

For what it's worth.

;-)

alisa

[Perdition]

Worth the world young lady and all that lays within. Hey, in the rationale, did we even ask for it? Up to you to decide...or is it? l Talked it over with the trees and they believed that we are merely newcomers to this twirl. I say we are neither the higher or less...a virus at times and a sultan at others. Of course you have to except the we are even here : ). Thanks~