Raptly

there is meaning in saying less

and aptly

there will be no quarter for ignorance

in my tyranny of statistics

i talk in pictures

but who is camera?

beyond my peripheral vision

i hear there is meaning

and raptly

is how you will have them

with high precision simplicity

still, barely vigorous

you come like a tamed animal

a beast without violence

          still viciously

serenading with a verbal symphony 

designed for instilling want

a "natural" game of cat and mouse

          siren style

so it is in this, 

we find ourselves all in for the desire

of human abstract

   flesh interaction

come inside

i'm still talking in pictures

touching the instinct

tasting with mind

how delightful

and enticing is a trickster

and so it goes

and maybe there is no meaning in saying more

than is really very necessary,

and after all...

billy joel didn't start the fire 

he just sang about the fuggin thing

this meant nothing

i meant nothing

by it

(what business is it of yours?)

friend-o

Author's Note

Reviews

[Nessly]

Do you reference the death of a person, friendship, or some other type of relationship in this piece?.. You reference "Slaughterhouse-Five" quite often, but not too often. Although I may be totally off with your reference here, I'm not sure... Anyway, I found it to be a beautiful and disturbing read.

[Davidgeo]

Nah, it really is a poem about nothing.

[Nessly]

I'm not sure I believe you... Haha. I liked it regardless.

[Davidgeo]

Nothing is still something that can be liked.

[KTizzle]

I freakin love this! The structure of the poem is sublime. I love how the emotion of desire works its way up. Before the eighth stanza about instilling a game of cat and mouse, one could take those lines to be a lot of emotions, but as I read further I am taken into a distinct human emotion. For some reason masturbation came to mind while also reading this.

I love the subtlety of some of the lines like, "come inside" after the eighth stanza. My favorite lines were, "I'm still talking with pictures...tasting with mind." I also loved the humor in the following lines.

I am a huge fan of writing that describes abstract things and how abstract is the very nature of desire.

Awesome write.

Thanks for posting! Have a great day!

[Davidgeo]

Thanks for reading and leaving an insightful review.

[TerryDarcy-Ryan akaSh..]

Brilliant. Your true self emulates through these words. That attitude can be seen for miles. I love how elegantly you give the world the finger.
Well done.

Sheer Terror

[Not Active]

I enjoyed your writing style. Nicely done.

[Bhumika Rao]

quite raw and deep! this poem was really impressive

[Michael X]

the nature of desire. I think this is a good read, it has clever aims that hit the mark, bullseye!

[Davidgeo]

Thanks Mikey X. I was literally fighting animas when I wrote this.

[Michael X]

lol. That is a funny image!