Mendacious Verisimilitude

edgy
.s....p....a....c....e....d

a dog barks downstairs
.....cra
.........shi
.............ng

back to reality
...sanity

a grainy film exploits
us all. It’s finished.

DOOMED

Consonants and Vowels

The brain turns to mush
Like congealed alphabet soup
She reached for an R or G
But only grasped a dot for an I, and a cross for a T

Muddling through the orange sea
While dying inside, yearning for green
Unpopular at best, but it doesn't seem to matter
For in the end, it's up to some other man

A soft and tender yet grating voice
Erupts from between two thinly parted lips
As if they were holding back a torrential storm
That's taken cover in the cheek

Words threaten to jump out
At the first opportunity
But careful tactics
Bestow the speaker with prestige

A falsehood, perhaps
Or a neater picture of reality
It's really all the same
You are what you eat

Exiting Monotony

I open my mouth
You turn your back

Heeding good advice,
Not even an option

Gale force winds
Topple me over

It seems an eternity,
Until suddenly it ends

You need me now,
But I'm far, far away

Dusting myself off,
And running for the door

الحضارة في وفاة

Everyday is beautiful. Every moment is sacred. Every person I interact with should then be a positive influence on me, and I should leave a mark on them. I know a lot about myself and the way I view the world. I know that I understand people to a degree that most people cannot fathom. This, I cannot fathom. Are we not all human beings? Do we not all share some likeness? When you talk to people, they are aware that family and relationships and love are more important than things like money or possessions, but then they completely act in disregard to the things they deem important. People around me are so caught up in materialism it sickens me sometimes. It makes me sad for humanity. When will people stop being so overwhelmingly narcissistic? I am trying to be more outspoken about the things I see and understand, and shed some light for others on the inconsistencies within our society and culture. Most people ignore me, and of those that pay attention, half don't understand what the hell I am talking about or don't care enough to go  and find things out for themselves, to further explore and understand anything. We all just want to live in the moment, but how we should be in that moment is seen in vastly different ways. Most of which seem to hurt or harm another human being. We are all out for number one. But are we not all One? Shouldn't we be more concerned with the well-being of everyone around us? It seems obvious to me that this would warrant many more benefits for all of us than the current system. It's time for people to start looking at the "big picture" and quit focusing on the meaningless mundane aspects of our lives. Wake up people! 

Anodyne Invasion

A flicker of light fills the gap between us. A flash, a spark, a glow. But then it's gone, again, only to be substantiated into a different form. Flecks of green mix with silvery puffs of air. Wind rushes in, cascading down the steep cliff of pink, flesh-colored walls. It empties into a deep cavernous pit covered in tiny bodies. Martians that take over, laying claim to everything visible and transporting it to their home. Quickly, a steady stream of data is beamed up and away, to the center. The pinnacle, the head. The message is transcribed, decrypted, and disseminated to the masses, one at a time. Everything glows when the process is complete; there is a slight buzz all over. The process is internal and complicated. An air of transparency lets outsiders think they have it all figured out.

Meriting Empathy

She throws pennies

To watch the children fight for them

He throws nothing

Earn it, he says

Sing for me, dance for me

Dirty, starving, and tired

Bleeding from the scrap over tiny copper coins

They sing and dance for the privileged

Filthy, brown skin to remind them they're disgusting

Being judged by the white righteousness of those across the river

Trying to swim across to cleanse themselves in the water

They exit the river, still brown and are sent back to the other side

Felt Me Up

I'm standing on the brink

I want to jump off

I can fly

High out of this atmosphere

Over to Jupiter, Neptune,

Hey! Where's Pluto?

It's all just a game

I'm just some lonely pool ball

Set in motion

Off to some random pocket

Just one possibility of my universe

But what if? Just what if?

It doesn't really matter

It was THAT that set me in motion

Fucking cue balls