Marmalade asphalt dreams in retrograde...‏

built on dreams of marmalade asphalt

    reflections of life's endless stock options

intentions wither in brick-a-brac dwellings

    burnt bridges falling down on unicorn horns

uncle sam flipped the script in the cul-de-sac

   bust a rhyme on suburbia's white picket castles

stoked in stupefied highs of liberty's promises

  meeting the minimum quota's requirements

         five figures lost its notarization's appraisal 

 star buck zombies dying, falling for

             the bitter taste of de jour's grind

    meditating on a higher power's absurdity

skyscrapers blowing judgmental hot air 

    whoring for spotlight's front page headlines

morning paper's spread over junkyard's lawns

  home sweet home collapsed in foreclosure's clauses

earth spun out of control in malnutrition's churning

    green faded on horizon's grass roots

      sinking in facades of reality's retrograde  

Author's Note

captcha ~wekidu

Reviews

[kublakhan27]

I think I've been out-Dali-ed by Mrs.R haha...I don't really do politics, but the undercurrents of alienation, and the despondency of having big dreams and settling for less (all reinforced in the song)...well, this poem is just what the doctor ordered for me...even the most generic of life's stock options feel inaccessible to me...I think my stock market crashed recently...sometimes, actually most of the time, I feel like those skyscrapers, waiting with bells on to w***e myself for those front page headlines...wow, this is one powerful piece...I was gonna say that this is you at your best, but when have you not been at your best? Every single piece opens my mind, then blows it away...and I'm still trying to get my bearings back from your most recent dose of mind-blowing :) xo

[Frieda P]

NEVER happen Benji! Ha....I don't usually do politics or religion either but sometimes the adgeda gets overwhelming! You know I'm gonna frame this review dontcha? Mwah! xo

[kublakhan27]

Haha I only speak from the inspiration you give me Mrs.R, mwah :) xo

[♔ CrownedDevil &#..]

Beautiful poetry Frieda. Love reading it. :)

[TL Boehm]

uncle sam flipped the script in the cul-de-sac
YES MA'AM. This is good. Incredibly good. and with just the right measure of venom.

[Einstein Noodle]

oh my Freida .. me thinks you have been watching too much news .. so many ills in our little world isn't there ... and well enough evil for the day ... i love your comment down below "...I don't need a megaphone, I'm Italian. :)" it gave me the boost i need to carry the weight .. love and peace
E.

[Troy Henson]

A thought provoking piece Frieda. Enjoyed the read.

Regards
Troy

[Rita L. Sev]

We certainly have fallen hard on those unicorn horns, but the people are being fooled into thinking that it' all part of the magic... A thoughtful piece, truth wrapped in wit, Frieda.

[Frieda P]

Sorry to mess with your unicorns Rita, it just needed to be said. :)

[MsJewel]

...and the American dream fades...
love the lines
uncle sam flipped the script in the cul-de-sac
bust a rhyme on suburbia's white picket castles

One question: Is there anything you can't write about? You are amazing.
:) Julie

[Frieda P]

Thanks for your generous, kind words Julie, you've truly humbled me my sweet friend. :)

[Sophy Freebirds]

I guess this is a satiristic poem based on the unfulfilled expectations of the people of America,that is the case ibn every country. your coining of phrases so expertly leaves me dumbstruck.. well i would really like to know about the muse behind this piece Freida. ;) care to inform??

~Sophy

[Frieda P]

You got it Sophy, hmmm...I think my muse was fed up and saying 'We are not aMUSED' when this one was written. :)

[Sophy Freebirds]

Yea right!! High time to raise your voice.. :) keep going

[Sophy Freebirds]

Yea right!! High time to raise your voice.. :) keep going

[anne]

Though I don't know much about this incident ........yet I can feel each line.........its so connecting......I know how pain such incidents bring......its very well depicted...........

[Frieda P]

Thanks so much anne.

[Glen Yumang Manese]

all you need is a megaphone and say this out loud...
liked the collective series of thoughts in the read...
you hit home and back again...
with this message...

[Frieda P]

I don't need a megaphone, I'm Italian. :) Thanks so much Glen...

[Glen Yumang Manese]

You're welcome...

[Avinash]

I am really bedazzled by your poem cum political commentary as I always am for any genre you touch. :)

[Frieda P]

Oi...'bedazzled', I like that. Thanks Avinash. :)