Double Hydrogenated, Single Oxygenated Lament

The super-saturated
sponge cake outside
my side door is alive
with the old chestnut,
Don't Judge a Book
By Its Cover.

And the newer chestnut,
You Can't Always Get What You Want.

As the members of
Generation Z pen
sonnets and couplets
and precise free verse
of a wrist-cutting and
blood-letting nature,
this member of
Generation Y imagines
a razor blade attached
to a toothbrush handle
slicing the super-saturated
sponge cake outside my
side door along the
longest seam.

And the water
pours out,
bleeds out
like blood,
like a co-mingling
of blood and water
after the spear
was impaled in
the Savior's side.

Except my hands
aren't clasped in
church door inaction,
they have become
the anti-seamstresses
of sponge cake salvation.

Because the
sump pumps of
today can only
do so much.

And now,
this member of
Generation Y
challenges you
to try and find
a member of
Generation Z
who can pen
a double hydrogenated,
single oxygenated
lament like this.

Reviews

[Joiedevivre]

love your 'cake' and all its chestnuts.

[JimmyFlux]

I could read this without knowing the author and immediately know it's yours. That tells just how distinct your work is. Don't take this the wrong way, and I know you won't, but this reeks of geek, and it's great. Geek poetry 'ftw'. Said & done.

[Brad]

ken, love your work for a few reasons...you are the intellectuals funny man, tongue in cheek for the brainiacs yet, there is heart to each of your writes

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

Not only powerful but oh so true, I will lift up one name in that generation who can, he is an old soul.....check out Derek Keck. Wonderful penning!

[....]

Generation Y imagines
a razor blade attached
to a toothbrush handle

These words here give such a deep imagery and powerful pondering thoughts to life. Wonderful deep write....xo

[Judy Ponceby]

Hmmmmmm........one to make me think. Well written and your phrase "double hydrogenated, single oxygenated" is spectacular :) Enjoyed this write.

[Chris]

Ken, do you REALLY think you can get them off their phones long enough to actually (SHIVER) write (SHIVER AGAIN) something? I mean with a (OMFG for real) pen ( THAT IS how its spelled - right? RIGHT??).

What Generation comes after Z? Will pencils exist - since they don't teach writing and prolly not even printing... just keyboarding - but hell, there IS always spellchek but we both KNOW it never worked anyway.

I'd go on but... I'm near my upload limit.

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. haha! ... this is brilliant ... albeit in a brutal sort of way ... excellent title ... excellent rendition ... and an excellent challenge right at the end ... "anti seamstresses of sponge cake salvation" ... is unforgettable ... yet, i'd say this lament is poignant ... i dunno which specific element of social degeneration you're referring to ... but i know that it is true ...