Lost in a Compliment

You'd auto tune all kindness

Like a god damn f*****g fascist

Pretend things for the good

"For you", it is good

So it shall be

You couldn't believe otherwise

I know what you smell like

I know how it's done

What's been done

Demands of the "same" accross the board

Your methods

Politely genociding all dissent

Black balling what you cannot kill

With your kindness

You've taken

With your kindness

Forcing upon them - everyone of them

Displacing the other

For an abstract sense

For the good of (y)our feelings

Now

Zoom and enhance

The fakest parts of yourself

To further this emotional fraud

How much rage do you feel?

When the world is not kind?

When it's not more like you?

And your people.....

All your fake parts

The preponderance

Of the lot of you

    F*****g fascists

Yet you will never know it

It will never be kind to point out your own flaws

To you

And so

You do continue....

You sit in the dark pretending what's light

Oblivious, kind

Worthless and trapped

Anything but enhanced

Lost in the great expectations

Of an automatic and generic 

Cultural complimenting crusade

Reviews

[Nessly]

Your poems always flow so well. I kind of feel this is how we are on this site for the most part. It's kind of a given that one must find the right and kind words to say. Your use of the word, "kind," drives that home for me. However, I guess this could be applied to people in this world we live in. People who go on believing the world is all-good at heart when it's honestly not. Anyway, great write.

[Davidgeo]

It can be all that stuff. My flow is wicked awesome, that's fer true.

[Joshua Haines]

A vary interesting read. As always love the words.

[Cobblestone Traveler]

This gives an interesting perspective. Makes me question my own positive review. The alliteration at the end got a "woo" from me.

[Davidgeo]

It's just high horse fancy talk... I don't think it means much more than zero.

[Pseudonym Mindless]

Wow. I really loved this poem, actually every single part of it. There's not really anything to criticize, nor anything in particular to point out as particularly meaningful or beautiful. It's just outright amazing.

[Davidgeo]

If you have nothing to criticize than you have nothing to compliment. If our best wishes have counterparts... you must be a liar.

[Davidgeo]

I'm just f*****g with ya with... thanks for the review.

[Davidgeo]

(omit the second "with" please)

[GalaxyGhost]

Quite strong and outright honest. It seems to asks whether it is better to live in a dream of compliments or harsh honesty? That's my take away from this.

[William Liston]

This is my favorite poem by you. It flowed very well, conveyed a meaningful theme, and the wordplay was brilliant. I especially liked the line "For the good of (y)our feelings;" it was very clever. As for the rest of the poem, I liked how "raw" it was; it really added sincerity to this piece, like it came straight from your heart, unedited, but still having a sort of finesse as evident by your good choice in line-breaks and punctuation. To top it all off, the title was very unique. Good job.

-William Liston

[Davidgeo]

Thank you Billiam. It was only slightly edited. That is to say, I alone tried really hard to edit it properly but still, can't really edit for s**t myself. So there you have it. Glad you liked it.

[William Liston]

I figured it was edited a little bit, but it still sounded so natural it was like it was unedited.

[Davidgeo]

Which would be more impressive?

[William Liston]

Hmmmm, neither, I think they are both equally as impresive. If you can write a good poem without edits, that's a talent. If you are good at revising, that's a talent too.

[Davidgeo]

Indeed. I may come to value your insight.

[Davidgeo]

I'll let you know before I come...

[William Liston]

Alright then.

[iamshadowine]

"Lost in the great expectations
Of an automatic and generic
Cultural complimenting crusade"

excellent lines, i must say!! bravo!
keep writing :D

[Davidgeo]

Thanks friend-o.

I will most likely keep writing.