KUBLA/FRIEDA COLLAB: WHITE NOISE REHAB

joy echoes within pain's mentality
sinking to the depths of hostility
chasms of voided punctuation 
coming down the virtual abysmal pike 
looking glass questions broken molds 
whoever made you who you are
now a fragmented sustenance
skyward in atmospheric holds  
paid the piper tenfold
coming round hard again  
gorged on fear's master plot 
engulfed in self defense hereafter
altered the phoenix Lazarus's plight of fancy  
raised the bar of hourglass lessons
in dusty rewritten history's score 
spoken amen upon kingdom's door 
knocked at opportunity's disavowing contempt  
spurned  rejection's commencing cold shoulder 
sanctioned on a new horizon's embrace 
ascended an amber moon's rising sun
upon retribution of salvation's pardon 
sang hallelujah in lofty acceptance's key
a banshee's sermon lulled to slumber
on its theoretic pillow of white noise
snores of rapt anxiety infecting peace of mind
with shallow heaves of doomsday rasp
the keenest clan cremated their prescription
pills and withdrew into time capsule rehabilitation
the paid piper left to pad his vices unattended
stole away with the morrow's box of odds
leaving nothing but a stack of purity's
defunct receipts
a redundancy of dizzy hourglasses
retching on the flawed economics 
of last resorts under guise of final offers
history became negotiable when languages erupted
the doorknob exploded giving birth to
rhetorical landmines
apathy's implicit damning of philanthropy
grew dimensions and entombed the breath
of blue infinity debunking it to death

Out of the ash
I rise with my red hair
And I eat men like air.

Sylvia Plath 23-29 October 1962 

Author's Note

Reviews

[Shirlena]

I absolutely love this except I would love to know who wrote what. I think I can tell by each of your writing styles now but I'd like to be sure. It looks like you each might be using descriptions to sketch each other and the way one see's the other but whatenever it is (misspelled on purpose), it is alright with me :).

[Frieda P]

So jazz'd Shirlena, and I know Steve will be too, he's a big fan of yours also, the great Kublakhan doesn't like to divulge that secret, sometimes I even forget which lines are mine ;) I bet you wouldn't be able to guess though....

[Shirlena]

Probably not but thanks for sharing the secret though ;).

[Frieda P]

Don't breathe a word of this to Benji ;)

[Shirlena]

Oh I won't :) but now he'll probably read this page you know.

[kublakhan27]

Haha Thanks so much Shirlena...yes there are methods to our madness, but our ability to sound like one person seems to have become our trademark judging by what many have said ;) So glad you enjoyed it :)

[Shirlena]

Well I guess you do because I've read it a couple of times and I can make the line of demarcation :). Pleasures mine Kubla but the strange thing is when you write apart you don't sound similar...very interesting.

[kublakhan27]

So true my friend, I don't know how we do it, but we do share the same kind sense of wry humour (or cynicism?) to some extent, maybe that's how it starts...whatever it is, it's always been there :)

[Michael Stevens]

Very cool Frieda, an excellent collaboration; cannot tell which part was written by whom; nicely done!

[kublakhan27]

Thanks so much Michael :)

[Michael Stevens]

You bet; I really think this is excellent!

[Frieda P]

We've done our job then, thanks muchly Michael!

[Michael Stevens]

You sure did; thanks again!

[Lyn Anderson]

Well, Jacob said all that can be said about this piece in his beautifully poetic way. You two are quite the interesting pair when you come together, it is like the duel in the Princess Bride -- perfectly matched you are!

[kublakhan27]

Haha I never thought of that before but it's a pretty cool parallel...the collabs provide us with a much-needed diversion from real life, and we have a blast doing them...thank you K :)

[Frieda P]

Ahh what a sweet review, thanks KL!

[Zahra]

Wow truly amazing collaboration. An enchanting piece. Loved it. Great work

[Frieda P]

Thanks so much Zahra, glad you enjoyed.

[Vidya Bacchus]

You two befuddle me in the most wonderful way.I need so much more coffee before my brain even makes a dent in this one.

[Frieda P]

Ha ha, took quite a few coffees to write this one, thanks muchly Vidya, have one on me this ayem. ;)

[Vidya Bacchus]

Will do chica.Don't have to tell me twice to drink ma brew ;)

[Frieda P]

Chin chin ;)

[Vidya Bacchus]

lol...........:)

[Frieda P]

I added a little something somethin' to that brew ;)

[Vidya Bacchus]

I hope that it is not anything that will get me naked dancing on tables lady ;)

[Frieda P]

Ha but of course! ;)

[Vidya Bacchus]

Lol .....you are very bad chica .Very well I will clear a table :)

[kublakhan27]

Haha Thanks so much Vidya...I was going to ask for some of that coffee but I'm not keen on naked dancing...I can help with clearing a table though ;P

[Vidya Bacchus]

Ha you are welcome KK.You can help me clear a table anytime lol

[Bright Ocean Star]

I love the rhythm and flow to this piece...and your choice of words was pure genius. You have a gift for choosing the same type of words with the same type of mental texture....you can almost feel your poem in a sensory tactile way. Quite a ride. Thanks for sharing this piece. So many, many great lines. I can't just pick one or two. Brilliant write, my friend! Be well.

[Frieda P]

Thanks so much for your kind words Anne, thrilled you enjoyed our collaboration!

[kublakhan27]

I am sufficiently humbled by your kind words, and glad that you enjoyed reading it as much as we did writing it :)

[Bright Ocean Star]

you are welcome. :)

[Brittany Zedalis]

This is an awesome collaboration. What a rush. Great job!

[Frieda P]

Thanks muchly Brittany, so jazz'd you enjoyed our collaboration!

[Cory Barrett]

I feel as if I've run with Pheidippides from Marathon to know his vallient effort, and spent will. Tiered and breathless from a noble cause. You work and word are relentless and inspiring. Thank you

[Frieda P]

Wow, it doesn't get much better than that sentiment, thanks so much Streamline.

[kublakhan27]

Many thanks from me as well Streamline :)

[Scott Metro]

A complex rendering....
You guys work good together..
Well done.

Scotty

[Frieda P]

Thanks so much Scotty...

[Scott Metro]

My pleasure sugar..!!
S.....

[jacob erin-cilberto]

again, two writing what sounds like one...the coordination not only of words, but spirit comes across as your writing flows with paradox, oozing sarcasm...love and how real life can taint it...
this is quite good guys...you go together like "peas and carrots" as Forrest would say. 'the dimensions of blue infinity, debunked"

this is a rhetorical landmine...but gladly stepped on it..and it blew my mind's imagination to pieces.

[Frieda P]

Your review blew my skirt up jacob, means a lot coming from you, Steve will be thrilled as well, thanks so much.

[kublakhan27]

Thanks so much Jacob, I am indeed thrilled by the kind words...we always have fun doing the collabs, I think that's why our voices click so well.

[Rachelle]

when divine love is complicated by human dogma, paradigms and conventions…. beyond practices and preachings, there is One whom we should all seek out and return to in meek humility.

[Frieda P]

Thanks so much Rachelle.

[kublakhan27]

Thank you Rachelle :)