TWO APPOINTMENTS IN THREE DAYS

10 01 14

I'm together

but in perforations

　

Ill -attired acclamations

sullied first impressions

on the fidgeting brink

of philosophical exchanges

shelving practicalities

in favour of endorsing

back seat drives on

the howdahs of mellifluously

paced search engines

　

Memories securely fastened

in the machinations of

fiberoptic legs on a traipse

around the chapters of

inclined accumulations of

historic amnesia

　

I'm together

but my edges have been tempered

to a callous crisp

in the aftermath of

solitary licks of membership

in academic propositions

sapped by nervous circumstances

and devolved to prepositions

imbued in pride and forgotten

in the jittered tenures of

cerebral sustenance

　

Tell me what you know

said a writer who abhorred quotations

I am learning how to quote

accusations slung in mental arrows

at a future's crackled mistrial

　

Criminal corroborations

end a validating era

with the strict insertion

of societal negation

　

A point and click

and a corrupt revival

of togetherness sutures

all the memories of sharp indulgences

with the blunted bridges of

disabled compromises

Author's Note

captcha: comicry

Reviews

[writing mojo]

WOW WOW WOW>>i remember why i stopped reading your stuff, it's because i couldn't say anything intelligent enough to praise such artistry, end up in stream of conscious poetry..not ego born but inspired by the writers that unlock blocks...you my friend are amazing and the only reason i stay away is that you intimidate me to speechlessness...excellent piece i can tell you suffer to get it to say what you really mean..

[kublakhan27]

Wow, what can I say, you've made my day with your kind words mojo...it means the world to have a writer of your caliber offer such high praise...I know I'm guilty of having not read much of your work as of late, but I assure it hasn't been because I'm not a fan...I also find your work stimulating on so many levels, intellectual and beyond, and it usually takes me a good while to be able to absorb it all and offer any kind of deep insights, and I have many 'good whiles' as of late...I promise I have not finished reviewing you though...so glad you enjoyed this one, and a million thanks for the confidence boost, something I do require regularly.

[Bright Ocean Star]

Kublak, it is nearly impossible to attempt to watch a movie and read your poetry at the same time. Your vocabulary and word usage demands full and immediate attention at all times....and even then sometimes, I'm not at all sure what the flying fingers you are poetically waxing about. Here is my best guess: You had three important academic appointments, prospective job offers in two days...a short amount of time for anyone. You felt negated, minimalized, marginalized, cubby holed, and perforated into less than an optimum potentiating human being? They asked penetrating, personal questions to guage who you are, and then clicked some information into a computer screen, reducing your application to a point and click. You are stretched too thin and it wiped you out...is that close? Great venting, my friend. Always enjoyable to read your work. You are intellectually stimulating, to say the least...:)

[Rita L. Sev]

Your words are so precise and demand so much thought, Steve. That opening line - together, but in perforations - brilliant. Holding strong, but so easily torn...

[kublakhan27]

So glad you enjoyed it Rita...your reviews always bring a smile to my face, and I need a few of those these days :)

[B.J]

Your writing is amazing. It held me captive all the way through. I guess that is what poetry is supposed to do. Just plain loved it.

[kublakhan27]

Thanks so much for the kind words B.J, so glad you enjoy my writing.

[B.J]

you're welcome

[emmajoy]

Forgive me but i read that first stanza, it rushed me line to line and then, unforgivably, I laughed. There's somehow a whimsical touch of 'must get it out before it fades or drowns me'.

As to rest of the rest, there isn't any rest. Your mind flies into this and that spot in space, thoughts nudged, considered in a once. There are morals and questions, answers and ignorances.. it's like a battle between extreme imagination and abject (rascally) intelligence with a smile corner of the lips!

Memorable: '.. I'm together . but my edges have been tempered . to a callous crisp . in the aftermath of . solitary licks of membership . in .. '

[kublakhan27]

Haha No need to apologize...I do try to inject some measure of quirkiness into these things for fear of coming off as totally self-indulgent...this type of inner battle is a common theme with me, and I try to represent both sides equally when I can...so glad that this one spoke to you...thank you emma :)

[emmajoy]

My pleasure, truly - especially having read it again after reading your response to my review! Quirky is good, some would call my thinking a little weird sometimes.. could be worse!

[kublakhan27]

Haha A little weirdness is a necessity in this world Emma...it should be mandatory :)

[redzone]

sometimes your poetry leaves me speechless Steve... I mean, "I'm together
but in perforations", how do you respond to these opening lines??? Throw in Guns and Roses (I can visualize Axl on stage swaying right to left). Then this poem also sways in such manner, between "perforations" and blunted bridges of what is and what could have been's... holes in our lives that create who we are and it often isn't very pretty...

Anyway, I always find new ways of looking at things after reading your poetry Steve.. cool and thanks
~~redzone

[kublakhan27]

As usual, you've nailed it my friend...I've been in one of those reflective stretches lately, contemplating the woulda-coulda-shouldas, and trying to figure out exactly how much of it was of my own doing and how much was beyond my control...I really shouldn't bother cuz any potential answers have long been buried by past circumstances, but I think, therefore I write...so glad you enjoyed the poem and song Curt...as always, your support is inspiring and valuable beyond words.

[redzone]

you know too Steve, looking at those woulda, coulda, shoulda things in our lives, if we really look deeply enough and understand them enough can fill in the holes and in doing such, allow us to be a different person, a better person.... so I am not sure that that looking is a bad thing, as long as you don't get trapped there, in the past... your pooems, reflective as they are remind us all to be alive and to live !!!

[realmwriter]

I just wrote a prose piece about something like this I think, well the last stanza anyway. Bravo my friend. You strike with a precision that is little seen here. Your grandiose words flow from a fountain of knowledge that others can seldom grasp. You use the English language like an epee. Pointing exactly where you wan to go and touching the very heart of what you wish to convey. Your proclamations are precise and your observations obviate. What a fantastically brilliant write.

[kublakhan27]

Your kind words are truly humbling and inspiring my friend...it means the world to know I can speak to someone on such a deep level with anything I write...so glad you enjoyed this one, I can't thank you enough.

[realmwriter]

You are most welcome. It was a pleasure.

[Einstein Noodle]

must be read several times at different times .. so much included in your poem .. but my brother .. you left out the sex ;)

many layers ... your opening lines are brilliant says i .. just brilliant .. wish i had thought of them ;)

E.

[kublakhan27]

Haha Guess I was too cynical for sexual innuendo that day my friend ;P Yes, there are many layers and moods hidden in this one, some more subtly than others...don't worry, every single day, I read at least one thing and usually more that I wish I thought of, and your work often applies...so glad you enjoyed this one E :)

[Briana O'Connor]

Such depth in the complexity. This piece speaks volumes and flies and many directions. There is so much to be conceived here. Well penned.

[kublakhan27]

So glad you enjoyed it Briana, thank you.

[Matching Socks]

It's like murder mystery full of suspense, except no one dies, only our motivation, good intentions, inspiration, the spark of life within.

[kublakhan27]

I hear you...I'm a mystery to myself, and I'm pretty sure that some parts of me have died over the years...still I try to keep the spark alight by writing...