Pt.IBeen milling away at the second part of this on and off for quite some time with various working versions and plans for a third part in spite of not being entirely certain on where to take it.
At a fancy restaurant
People eat
Shitting heartache under the table
I’d rather wait in the hay
Watching the goats grow,
The Devil go by and
The soft sentimental ponies die
I’d rather
The moon drink up all the shine.
Pt.II
In cul-de-sacs
Pretend depressives cheat their demons
Jawing down their days like pills
Their souls becoming crumbly and white
All my joy is in the rain
Beyond the masses of murmurs,
Chit-chat, and broken tea-cups;
It's beyond nature’s chemistry;
A Cherub’s arrow cutting time
All my joy is in the hills marching away,
Rejoining my solitude in the pouring rain and
The happy loss no longer a sigh.
This is the latest version.
1 comment:
Well this one, both parts, are definitely a stab at how a lot people have come to live their days. I think about that too. This poem says to me: think about the natural world around you & get in touch with more things other than the fancy dinners that money can buy you.
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