social hypothermia

social hypothermia

 

*
sick rabble of sound,
like when laughter
breaks into a cough-

ing spell multiplied

by a seasick ocean

liner.

**

I have spun the ragged

verbal threads
into a sonic quilt;
a cheap reproduction
of  a finely tuned cacophonic

Afghan to wrap around my
derelict demeanor.
In the design, the chatter
of dull teeth is still evident;
woven into the mood-swing
like a possessive demon
snaked around my brittle
grey spine. If she speaks to me

again, I won’t last the night.

 

***

the crowd turns rancid,

and the room spins like

a malfunctioning centrifuge.

I tell a bearded stranger

that I love her, and crumple

to a stack of witty lies.

warm silence lasts

for only a dark tic.

then, the garbled drone

rolls over my corpse like

an arctic blast. I’ll

never learn to live

this cold.  

Reviews

[Kerry O'Connor]

This kind of social intercourse is anathema to me that not even strong drink can make bearable. I'll never learn to live that superficial.

Great capture of the whole scene.

I have spun the ragged
verbal threads
into a sonic quilt;
a cheap reproduction
of a finely tuned cacophonic
Afghan to wrap around my
derelict demeanor...

[JimmyFlux]

Fascinating in its derangement.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Weird, I guess I never experienced this kind of insanity to truly understand it. Either way, this piece rocks.

[John Jackson (El Juero)]

Writing my Biography, eh? Sometimes the truth
is edgy...this one is razor sharp.

(I don't live that way anymore, thank goodness)

[ScaryTrees]

damnation man
having a good day?

lol

this one is rife with vivid imagery (as usual)
almost a hallucinogenic nightmare circus

a couple spots really blew my mind:

"If she speaks to me
again, I won’t last the night."

to end that stanza ... whoa

and of course the bearded stranger bit...

your stuff should have a warning label

"caution may cause feelings of insanity,and/or lapses in reason. do not read while intoxicated"

and i mean that in a good way

[Tkess]

Like a sick nightmare through a freak show circus. F*cking loved it!

[NoWayer]

I think I could knock back a few with this narrator. Seems like he would know where all the seedy joints are. Gripping imagery, sir.