Backyard Beast

. parts of us

there was never any human in you,
all you ever were, at any time,
was this f*****g creature
. . . not even an animal,

just this thing, like us;

born from the inside.

feeding constantly, 

almost perpetually,

always impulsively 

untrustworthily;

  is our beasty.

  (inside of us)

very so hungry

 the insides,

of us.

(f.u.)

Author's Note

Reviews

[Relic]

Whenever I stumble on the news I see creatures. I see them when I go out. I'm sure we all have one inside us depending on our environment growing up. We either let it loose or we don't, depending on our individual circumstances.

haha, I never thought of those afternoon delight crooners as creatures but if you hate their song enough....

[Davidgeo]

We all have carnal desires and base instincts that are now expressed in a world that would seem irrational to the animal we were when we developed them.

I don't "hate" that song enough. I love that song enough.

[Relic]

I'll take air supply instead.

[Davidgeo]

That's good music. Soft rock.

I figured you to be more of a Jefferson Airplane kinda guy.

How do you feel about Dave Grohl?

[Relic]

I opened for Jefferson starship. Grace wasn't there.

Yeah, he's a good all-around musician. Nothing special on the drums but good and gets the job done.

[Davidgeo]

Do yo think he would still be considered respectable without the Nirvana thing?

[Relic]

No one would even know who he was. Kurt was the impetus for a whole grunge movement. Grohl capitalized off his success. I was real impressed when I heard learn to fly though.

[Davidgeo]

There's a lot of talent that lives undiscovered. For every superstar there's several dozen with the same skill set but wrong circumstance.

You coulda' been Dave Grohl if the wind was blowing right one night.

[Relic]

Oh yeah, absolutely about the undiscovered ones. You can find a lot of them on youtube nowadays. read moreOh yeah, absolutely about the undiscovered ones. You can find a lot of them on youtube nowadays.

Yeah, it's always possible, but the music business has changed so much from when I first started because of the internet and the free music sites. Bands NEED to tour now. With the radio they were able to sit at home longer and collect their royalty checks.

[Davidgeo]

The mechanisms of exposure have fundamentally changed. It turned out that the file sharing crisis of the late nineties and early 2000's was only the beginning. I don't think anyone under 25 knows what Napster was.

[Relic]

I don't think they do either. Nor how much it changed music altogether.

[Relic]

I should clarify that...how it changed (and killed) radio altogether

[Davidgeo]

Progress marches on. No one decides how.

[Mario Vitale]

Very powerful imagery in your style your embarked on good things in this piece.
Nicely portrayed in its powerful message. Made you think of nature the mere simplistic message of the craft.
Further, in tuned harmony made you bask in it's message here I liked it very much you know.

[Davidgeo]

Simplistic and Harmony are words I had in mind when I wrote this. Carnal and basic as well.

I'm glad you liked it.

[Alessander]

Sounds like someone I know.

"was this f*****g creature
. . . not even an animal"

Def captures the utter contempt.

Animals just act on instincts. When Humans are base and barbaric, selfish and cruel, it's much worse.

feeding constantly,
almost perpetually,
always impulsively
untrustworthily;

Just a vortex consuming. The last line seems to include that this capacity is in all of us, the reptilian dark drive, or thanatos.

Liked it.

Btw, who's the girl in the pic? Must be a porn star, or you're a very lucky man lol

[Davidgeo]

You're an animal.

[Alessander]

Are all animals beasts?
Guess it depends on the connotations, or the literal/figurative.

[Davidgeo]

We're all animals with beasts inside.

Everyone of us.