who’s in charge up there?

who’s in charge up there?

 

signs are everywhere,

and I read them with infant eyes,

and above me, the sky gives birth

to a new star:

giggle = sparkle

tantrum = apocalypse,

and the public ear’s gone deaf;

a doomed universe of greedy hands

and hungry mouths

withdraws their agape

and arctic wind hangs from their dried, brown

 branches

like old hatred and new ice.

 

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disembodied whispers seep newspaper walls,

spasmodic lights squirm behind retinas,

buckshot wisdoms fly from double barreled

mouths that swarm in the stale air,

mysteries splayed out & blood crusted lips  &

grounded miracles & the scent of life

burning to ash & cryptic symbols in cereal bowls &

risen demons in my head & fallen angels on my shoulder

& me caked in wasted time.

 

dimensions are just walls

closing in

closing in

closing in on me.

 

and the cynical laughter that goes up

as a stony prayer

to let Them know

They’ve picked the wrong guy

to be a prophet.

Reviews

[roarke]

All I know is Elvis left the building and there are no adults left in the room.....

I think upon a period of self-reflection, prophets pick themselves; and then it depends on what the definition of prophet is.

closing in.... I wonder if Magellon and Columbus and Lief Ericson had Google Earth and Youtube if they'd ever sail a boat. Would Hillary every have climbed Everest, would Stanely have ever found Livingston or just posted his GPS coordinates....

They say a rose, by any other name is still a rose... I guess we can now shove that one in the circular file.... digital or otherwise.

If there were any Maelstrom's worth braving, I'd have to choose your tantrums.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Did you channel Bill Hicks today or what?

[J.M]

Surreally beautiful - a cacophony of images woven together in a web as wonderful and complex as it is bizarre.

[OT]

I'm pretty wordless today but popping by to give you an A haha (stick it on your fridge if you like ha) the first two stanzas are brilliantly surreal - and the last brings it back to earth with an ironic thump - good stuff!