Car console salvage

A page of poetry I found while sorting

Crock pot of memories

put em all in --
turn on the heat
simmer until
it's all homogenous
a brew
that renders
edible the
tough and stringy
remnants of you.

there are times you count them

counting the days
till there is life
and light
and hearth
and home
again.

counting the days
till I'm free
to shine 
as bright
as I used to

be.

there is nothing new
on the earth

only a recycling
of everything
that's already
been.

Inside me a running theme
holidays and anniversaries gone.
things artificial kept green

and the scene
you made to
steal mine
for you,
always
for you.

         

             poetic justice          

I heard you were writing poems again.
Poems about my wonderful a*s.
and that's as close as you'll
ever be again.
poetry.

Author's Note

I must have been in a mood when I wrote these.
captcha SPONGER -- if you knew my ex you would
understand just how funny that is.

Reviews

[NoelHC]

SPONGER, sometimes I think WC captcha is omnisicent! As my youngest grandson says "Dat funeee!"
The poem "there are times you count them" is my favorite of this collection.

[Lyn Anderson]

My favourite is the last. Only because it gave me a little sense of glee. I know, petty, but we can't all be big, all the time.

[NoelHC]

Ha ha, I would rank that my number 2 choice, but I was in a magnanimous frame of mind.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

vengeance in irony is mine, said the poet.

wicked.

[Lyn Anderson]

Why thank you sir. I am on a mission to get people to read Leslie Philbert's page, if you haven't stopped by lately, but you likely have.:)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, i have...he is one of my favorites on this site....i do my best to keep up with his work.

[Lyn Anderson]

I figured as much. Highly under read and and under rated.

[Einstein Noodle]

reads like a fine cleansing ... steamed and eucalyptused to the soul .. one can not stay in the steam forever tho ... alas .. but seems i am always just a bit lighter than before .. i love this form you use .. it is dramatic and tho each is connected and integral to the whole .. each stands alone as well .. have to love the crock pot .. even i can cook in one .. however when the antagonist is the stew it becomes a crock of s... (i am thinning my use of vulgarities .. s... allows me the benefit of emphasis while i excuse myself actually saying it .. anyway ;) "Car Console Salvage" has it all for me .. blessings on you KL
thoroughly enjoyed reading .. and the verse of nothing new under the sun gives me pause to ponder .. it is certainly true but each of us will always view our chain of moments as quite unique eh!?
E.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks for your ever thoughtful and insightful reviews. This piece has been lonely since its emergence. C'est la vie. I stick to my no RR policy and come what may to me, people who really care.:)

[Einstein Noodle]

oh KL .. i would not want to miss out .. so i subscribe to you as well ;)