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Beyond

I.

You drew some blood.  A gruesome flood poured out
From both my nostrils.  Brief sangria spout
Preceded quite a heavy mucus load.
Your levy cued a levee to explode.
Vibration blurred my outline, could have sawed
The hardest armor, skived the hide of god.
A driving plot began to stir each cell
And guide my body's turn to purge, rebel.
When you were gone, I opened up the fridge,
Frustration grew, which I could not abridge.
A plastic pitcher pulled this prompt response:
Unfastened zipper; drip to drop, ensconce.
My penis cried its swift urea tears,
Then genius tried a shift from old arrears.
(Throughout the years, diluting instant tea
Accrued amusement via lengthy spree.)
You stole from me, the tax was never lax
And grabbed up all the chances to relax.
My nonage had no knowledge of relief,
Through bondage bore your nonsense-born belief.
Enlisting fist or spit or random skelp
As method best professing zest to help
Resisted any logic.  You should die,
Desist from your existence.  I'll deny
Compassion just like you refused to own
That which you did.  I know no clueless drone.
Those no-nos were ignoble motions meant,
Noetic defect honed by your intent.
A sample list would have examples missed,
Like ample kicks and trampled kid dismissed.
Your hiking boot, it left a dermal print,
Memento pressed by fleshed, infernal mint.
Potatoes, peas--remainder dotting plate--
Conflicted with the prior stuff I ate.
My stomach wrenched, withholding hold.  I felt
Upheaval.  Sludge was there to ram, bepelt,
And pummel my mucosa.  Lining wailed,
Then warring organ balked.  A launch prevailed.
Disgorging warm disorder on the floor
Presented me a second helping or
A fecund belt begetting many welts.
(I told myself regretting any belts
Was old behavior.)  Tile met my knee.
You screamed at me to eat.  You had to see
Your step-son use a fork for slurping puke.
For this, I carry more than mere rebuke.
(My mouth could feel the shock of cooling pool,
As though the tines were dragged in Jotunn drool.)
When details rip amnesia, gurgle through,
I wonder how much wergild I could do.

II.

I'm feeling artistic, a bit dyslogistic.
Dislodging your ribs till you're not monolithic
Has entered my musing; a core should be broken,
Its torso torn out like a roast with the bone in.
But body as fodder for Dada won't render
The reason you wanted esprit to surrender.
A seminal threat to the genital region
In general speeds up confession-cohesion.
I'd tie you with rope to a chair in the basement--
My underground lair of revenge and debasement.
The distance created by blading a cestus
Could clip my suspicion of touching your testis.
Your oblong anomalies probably transmit
A sudden cachexia free of an ambit.
Some gloves could allow a barrage till I'm giddy
From answers you give me on why you were shitty.
The stabbing would likely inspire some lying,
But payoff would come from the mortified crying.
So after performing my rough laceration
I'd laugh that you're leaking from subclass' serration,
Then spit imprecation from rictus inflicting
The ultimate imagery done for afflicting.

Sincerely, activity I was describing
Is fabulous, merely chimera's inscribing.
Maturity hardened a floe of emotion
That fatally froze my despicable notion.
Predictable slogan of "fighting for closure"
Was crafting my sanity's grand discomposure.
If you died a tyrant or deified father
Of misery, specter would certainly bother
Forever.  No vengeance can cleanse the infection
Rejecting perspective's corrective reflection.
Admittedly, history ownership fled me,
I let you beset me with frenzy, which bled me.
I clawed at my eyelids when surely retaining
A grip on my life is what should have been reigning.
Reclaiming the prior events that were ceded
Can start with the chopping of legend I seeded.

Omnipotent villain is killed by a backhand!
Though proud of my knuckles, I'm waiting to grandstand.
The giant I swatted fell down as expected,
And here is the triumph--he stands, resurrected.
Cantankerous caitiff replaces cadaver,
He's witless and wandering, wanting to blather.
He talks of the Step-code, commitment to violence,
I grab both his shoulders to manage compliance.
"The moments you took will be in my possession,
No longer the spoils of cruelty obsession.
I'm turning your being to memory-jetsam;
Regarding comeuppance, I won't help you get some.
A freebie was owed me, so that's why I hit you.
Our bond is depleted...I fucking forgive you."



17 comments:

  1. I love the chutzpah, or is it the balls, of this. So many lovely turns of phrase: "noetic defect honed by your intent", "my underground lair of revenge and debasement", "seminal threat to the genital region" "fighting for closure". It reads like a long-suppressed heroic couplet of Alexander Pope, but with a decidedly modern irony leavening the wit.

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  2. Yes, I see you embracing some grossness here. That's definitely not a bad thing! :)

    Happy holidays to you.

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  3. You've got an epic poem going here. I could go for a drink from that sangria spout.

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    1. Well, if you enjoy actual blood...

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  4. whoa, it made me feel.physically sick which means it's agreat poem. well done

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  5. A whirl of powerful emotions articulated with the swirling vivid language - yes as another commenter remarked an epic poem here. Kudos to you :)

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  6. I was hoping you were reading his eulogy in front of crowds of unsuspecting mourners - but you are a better person than I am. Also, I almost did not finish this, but I am glad I did for the last line.

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  7. This was a hard read, as it must have been a difficult write. Like Libby, the payoff for me was the forgiveness at the end - no small feat.

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  8. I love the rhythmic feel of this Jack--Feels like rap--think about recording this maybe? I would love to hear it spoken

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  9. Wow... this is quite awesome... I'm speechless. How do you do it? It is very raw and alive. I loved the ending...

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  10. Jack as I read this I hear the poetic flow of a musical master with a way of rhythm and rhyme, good job

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  11. This powerful piece left me gasping for air, Jack, as I envisioned and vicariously experienced the horrors meted out on this child. I yearned for a turn of events, the entrance of a savior warm and loving. I suppose your ending, the ability to forgive, is a much better culmination to the abuse and misuse. As I have grown to expect, your diction is precise and evocative. You use words, both rare and commonplace, to create a most specific message and meaning. No small feat. Bravo!

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  12. Whew, this is a lot to digest! Quite a poem.

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  13. Perfect response to the challenge, albeit a bit long , you nailed it!

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    1. If you're referring to a prompt or writing challenge, I don't participate in those.

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  14. agreed - this has the makings of an epic - you have become a master of this style.

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  15. Holy crap! I love the way you relish words, (especially the grittier, edgier, nastier ones), and combine them to make these visual images and fantastic sounding lines/phrases. Your wordplay is stellar!

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