After the Stroke of the Midnight Hour

Drunk in a people yet to reach puberty at 60.

There was a time when I was me,

When voices galore tried to make me see,

Things they thought were rationally perfect,

Thinking their minds to be impossible to disect.

 

A surge of satisfction made me feel,

Knowing me was no big deal,

However, the pleasure of aristocratic company

Eluded me amongst human origami.

 

The sea of happiness appears with a kinking

Of my company's hand onto my drunken fling

Making it worthwhile as long as it lasts,

With a pleasure made immortal as soon as it blasts.

 

Now having passed the temptations of shoulder blades,

Awaiting comfort till the pubic swamp jades,

Sleep now, we say to each other with suitable ardency,

Expecting a sound sleep before waking to a world of idiocy,

  

 

 

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I get the feel that you are talking about those partying people who never have responsibilities. I especially like this verse: "A surge of satisfction made me feel, Knowing me was no big deal, However, the pleasure of aristocratic company Eluded me amongst human origami."
You have a great talent for fun and elusiveness--reading between the lines. Very nicely written!

[Floating on the feather..]

Hey, hey, hey....look who is here.
Great to see you.

The retrospection and the realization has been merged brilliantly.The metaphors make it such a profound piece.

A surge of satisfaction made me feel,
Knowing me was no big deal,
However, the pleasure of aristocratic company
Eluded me amongst human origami.

These are the best lines.

[Candle in the wind]

So the poet emerges finally!!!"There was a time when I was me" I can feel that on my pulse.Where do we lose ourselves?There are so many who want to make us"see".
"Sleep now, we say to each other with suitable ardency,
Expecting a sound sleep before waking to a world of idiocy,"
Is that where we find solace after we become comfortably numb?

"Of my company's hand onto my drunken fling" ...this line eludes me.

I would love to know what prompted this creation

Its brilliant by the way.