and again
Glug. You heard me.. Glug.
*kick*
I hate on the frustrating walls of these tombs
I hate on breakfast, murky, sludge in the grud-light
I hate the sound of voices, shrill, nails popping toasters
I hate the amber glow of dog hair
slipping down another thick throat.
I hate, I hate chain link fences
the effort to understand that slips
into the dread pit
of the heart place.
I hate patterns
I hate chaos
I hate simplicity
I hate complications
I love my foot banging the black side
of the file cabinet, ringing me up
reminder that pain is life,
life is random
choices fleeting and illusory
so make it a good run, a good run-
with your throb foot pounding
the black tar
of another fucking day.
“sludge in the grud-light”… how many times have I said that? Well, none, actually, but I WISH I had…
It’s amazing how a concept (hate) has become an embodied object in our language…
This is great (if indeed hate can be qualified in a positive way), so many delicious similes and quirky descriptions that we’ve all experienced yet never quite captured. I could read this every day…
I HATE when people tell me that I shouldn’t hate things. I do, I can, I will and I like it that way.
I feel like kicking something now.
kick! by all means, kick away! I may join you.
oh, I have so many things that I do *hate* and want to *kick* right now. Thanks for expressing things in a way that I cannot, but which match my mood exactly.
“You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven.” — Jimi Hendix
This is fierce (oh, that word has been appropriated and means something else now, I mean it as it was intended ;) ), it really gets in your face, which is as it should be, great.
Poetry as catharsis? I hope you’re feeling better having gotten it out.
Bob- Me too. I loved it at first, but now the nail popping toasters line is driving me batty.
Thanks for the kind comment :)
bibliomom- I’m so glad you’re back! But I’m going to be glad from way over here till the kicking mood subsides. ;)
barbara- We’ll have a kicking party! Or maybe we could just start a soccer game.
Christina- I’ve been readin’ you, you’re pretty good at expressing yourself, I’d say. But you can join our soccer game.
jo- ‘Fierce’, it’s suddenly everywhere! Thank you.
Paul- I feel fine, ty. My foot’s a little sore, though.