The Galaxy Launches Her Miracle Past This Ever-Pressing Borderline.

A poem in the style of the 60's beats.

 

Now and then,

my importance stifles the happiness that every manic man desires for his perfect little mannequins, as he closes up shop and leaves them in his closet,

and steals away the contentedness of an old fellow after a long day of feeding the fishes with leftovers from kitchen dishes now forgotten, along with his medicine and his glasses and his wife,

or consoles crude businessmen, tall as their city towers, sedating them

with dreams of dollar signs and clothing brands and pretty women fresh from shiny new assembly lines,

and terrifies the hearts of men who write with pens of lies and ostracize the true artists of our time,

or makes the angels fall from heaven like kamikaze flies watching the ground grow closer with their compound eyes wide with horror,

and bestows the lovechild of acceptance and toleration upon nations that equate police retaliation with holding handguns to young men’s bleeding heads,

or causes the heavenly hipster prophets to weep like lost lovers at the profits of the modern poet,

and finally, taking the government’s virginity with communist probes, restricts our jazz to a caged cat in a frilled skirt being forced to dance the Karlton at the annual American Cyberclub.

But no worries, all is swell, never better, great day, nice weather, cute shoes, curled hair, stop asking me questions or I’ll bite your lips off.

My dear fellow, I must say, good day bad day happy day go away.

 

Author's Note

Reviews would be greatly appreciated :)
If anyone has any experience with beat poetry, I'd love to know whether I executed this poem correctly.

Reviews

[Charles Anthony Almanza]

I could relate to this when I was younger and I can still even now relate; dark, cynical, with just a faint glimmer of hope and a nuanced view of the world around you. Your writing is reminiscent of Lorde, actually, which is rather nice because she's wonderful at catching the same vibes that you write.

[Ethan]

Thanks as always Charles

[jacob erin-cilberto]

quite good, the Beats were and still are my favorites...i grew up (poetically) on them, was weaned on them..

this kind of a cross between Merwin, Ferlinghetti, and Dickey....

and is in itself an article of our times now...i like your voice.
j.

[Ethan]

To be honest, I was trying to imitate some of Howl :P

[jacob erin-cilberto]

and i almost said i saw some Ginsberg in the poem also....definitely see that...bottom line is that i liked the poem...

[Ethan]

Thank you very much

[Sam]

Wow!! I definitely enjoyed this, especially the meaning behind it. As for the rhythm it could be less choppy, and slightly more fluent, but over all it was really good!

[Ethan]

Thank you :))))

[Barbara Walker]

Okay, I get it. This is a joke, right? Did you want to see how long it would take for someone to call you out on the joke? It's either that or you are a child prodigy with a mind beyond your years and the greatest way of communicating your thoughts, which make this woman of a certain age envious. I am giving you a standing ovation for this piece, Evan. The highest praise I can give, is that I am putting this in my favorites.

[Ethan]

Haha wow thank you, your words mean a lot :)

[Nora]

The last line is my favorite, lovely one 💖💖

[Saloni]

This is amazing. The choice of words was really good.

[Ethan]

Thank you :P

[Saloni]

Welcome. :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

A fairly unique piece Ethan. Filled like a smorgasbord with such a variety of word play and images as to fully content the appetite of a yeti.

[Ethan]

Haha you have to use that simile in a poem

[Sofia]

Woah! It was absolutely wonderful. I really really love this. "My dear fellow, I must say, good day bad day happy day go away." Even this is my fav part. Keep writing.

[Ethan]

Thanks :PPP

[Sofia]

Pleasure :)

[Davidgeo]

You're an angry mother f****r aren't you? It's kinda latent, but your rage is very palpable. I don't have any suggestions. You're a good writer, keep doing what you're doing.

[Ethan]

Thank you :)

[Mr.Writer]

This is so unique! I really enjoyed this Ethan!
There's a bunch in this poem that sums up different emotions and people!
Well done, keep it up!

[Ethan]

Thanks man :)

[Mr.Writer]

No problem bro :)

[wordman]

well for the most part the 60`s went up in smoke,but this is a great description

[Ethan]

Haha very true. I like to think some nice poems came out of it though

[wordman]

some damn good music,and some damn good smoke