FUTURE MADMAN

Past, present, and future walk into a bar...it was tense.

Your morning visit
with news and coffee
Past and Present
Three of you
here and now
but always
distractions
shadows at the door
It's Future--eternal party crasher
“Wait, I’ll be with you in a second.”
“Not a chance,” snickers Future
running down the street
like a Halloween prankster
laughing like mad.

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

very clever word play....the future i believe will have us in a straight jacket...

distractions and shadows...present and past fighting over our spirit...will leave our emotions bouncing off walls in a rubber room.

i want to TP my over sensitivity...because it will drive me mad.

i so relate to this piece.

[rutherford]

Thanks Jacob. Thought of this morning as I was trying to enjoy the sunday paper and feeling distracted about Future.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i relate to almost everything you write..it's like looking into a poetic mirror.

[rutherford]

What a wonderful complement.

[Wórdsmíth]

Quiet interesting to read. Sometimes, the first ray of the day takes the spirits to the past with some old memories of life to re-play the words in the head.. in a hope to make the rest of the time bright but, everyone`s failed at it till they don`t make it happened with pleasure and faith. Nice imagery!

[Latifa]

I like the fact that this poem has been written in a simple language but owns a three dimensional effect on the reader very clever and brilliantly written.

[Blue]

I love this. So much to learn and to ponder upon.

[Michael G. Smith]

He's the friend I never meet and when I think I have I find he's someone else. I do enjoy your poems each are like finding hidden gems. It's been awhile. I am glad I had the opportunity to partake of this.

[Rita L. Sev]

Love this - It's Future--eternal party crasher... Yes, he hovers nearby, but is maddeningly out of reach. :)

[Glen Yumang Manese]

Interestingly put in the lines...
but I come to expect that in your writes...
this came out just as fast...
as it leaves us with the dilemma of thought...
yet seems Future...
steals the show in the aspect of things...

Author&friend

Glen Yumang Manese

[rutherford]

Future always seems a distraction. Working to stay in the moment

[Glen Yumang Manese]

We will all get there...what's the hurry right...

[Frieda P]

Very clever concept, we're always preoccupied with the past and future at the present moment in time, ha
'not a chance....'

[rutherford]

Thanks Frieda

[Pryde Foltz]

Can I just say you are one of my favourite poets, on here. From your subject matter to the clever, yet light touch you use developing your concept. I read this and I felt my brain expand, in a good way.

That's hundred from me.

[rutherford]

Pryde--you know how to make a person's day and I consider that the highest praise coming from you and your wealth of poetic talent. Thanks.

Sorry have not been very active as a reviewer last few months. Distracted with other things for the moment.

[Pryde Foltz]

Your welcome. No problem … life is what it is, I understand. Happy to see you when I see you.