stgreenie<p>Divinity can be found<br>in a spider<br>patiently<br>spinning it's silky web</p><p>Hell can be found<br>in a fly's<br>desperate <br>death struggle<br>to escape<br>this same pious cathedral</p><p>Perspective<br>is in the eyes<br>of the beholder</p><p>Truth custom fit<br>to the perceptions<br>we wear</p><p>Even when<br>they hurt</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inkmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkmine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
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stgreenie<p>I do so adore offensive things..</p><p>Unbridled debauchery..</p><p>Social anarchy<br>pissing down on the foundation<br>of what passes for normal conformity..</p><p>I can't ever be shocked enough..</p><p>Over stimulation<br>to my sense of propriety<br>is the opiate I crave..</p><p>Maybe cause I'm so damn bland..</p><p>My spirit of adventure<br>forever locked away in a gray prison<br>of self conscious paralysis..</p><p>An overly civilized citizen<br>always doing the right thing<br>as I've been programmed to do<br>by centuries of oppressive morality..</p><p>I do so envy the freaks and geeks<br>with all their flashy excesses<br>that go way beyond the boundaries<br>uptight peeps like me see only in dreams..</p><p>Unleashing our deepest liberating fantasies..</p><p>I do so adore offensive things..</p><p>Even if only as a voyeur spectator..</p><p>Which regrettably is all I'll ever be</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inkmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkmine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a></p>
Extra Special Bitter<p>skunk cabbage<br>an odious comparison<br>to my first marriage<br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/inkMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkMine</span></a></p>
stgreenie<p>Sure these headwinds are stiff<br>and our tasks straining<br>against maximum resistance<br>but based on past experience<br>we know this is a temporary impediment..</p><p>The persistent forces<br>we are struggling against<br>which currently stand intransigent <br>are destined to shift<br>in a direction that eventually benefits<br>patient grinders like us</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inkmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkmine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a></p>
stgreenie<p>I am <br>now and forever<br>situated in the wrong place<br>at the wrong time<br>though I've come to accept<br>my perpetual spatial displacement<br>in this indifferent Universe...</p><p>Being this far out of it<br>does allow outsider me<br>the clean perspective to finally see<br>the complete landscape<br>in it's glorious entirety </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inkmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkmine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
stgreenie<p>On a canvas of silken twilight<br>the moon and stars dance<br>waltzing across the horizon<br>oblivious to the world below</p><p>Their eternal romance<br>glorifies the impending night<br>with sparkle dust</p><p>Can we do the same<br>and illuminate the darkness<br>with our own celestial glow?</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inkmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkmine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
stgreenie<p>Let us descend en masse</p><p>Enter that dark place again</p><p>The insanity bin</p><p>Home of our collective madness</p><p>Surely it is inevitable<br>that we are destined<br>to once again<br>climb out of this shit</p><p>Liberate our asses<br>from yet another scary escapade</p><p>Adventures stranger than fiction</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inkmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkmine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
stgreenie<p>I use to counsel people</p><p>cause I'm gifted that way</p><p>Breaking down</p><p>and solving</p><p>problems my specialty</p><p>With my pint size</p><p>sound bite</p><p>slices of philosophy </p><p>Anyway...</p><p>I would say</p><p>in my know it all way</p><p>You ALWAYS have options</p><p>Which leads to choices</p><p>and control of your destiny</p><p>Mastery of your fate</p><p>It all sounds so great</p><p>And now .....</p><p>A word from reality</p><p>A hard blast of clarity</p><p>Shit happens</p><p>We don't control the flow</p><p> <br>"So how do we react?", you ask</p><p>How the Hell should I know!</p><p>I'm not even the director</p><p>of my own horror show</p><p>Nothing more than a bit player</p><p>ad libbing my way through</p><p>this maze of uncertainty</p><p>Yet another</p><p>sleight of hand</p><p>bullshit artist</p><p>perpetually trying</p><p>to bluff my way through</p><p>these losing cards </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inkmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkmine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
stgreenie<p>All around us<br>exists a bustling Universe<br>invisible to the naked eye</p><p>Atoms and microbes<br>dancing right under our noses</p><p>Imagine how freaked we'd be<br>if we could ever see<br>these mini populations?</p><p>Too much visual stimulation<br>for our own good<br>would paralyze<br>the germaphobes<br>we would soon become</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inkmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkmine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
Extra Special Bitter<p>torrential rain <br>no moon viewing <br>tonight<br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/inkMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkMine</span></a></p>
stgreenie<p>Gazing though<br>the cracked prism<br>of intolerance<br>yields a distorted vision<br>which blurs the distinction<br>between fact and fiction.. </p><p>Once the truth gets refracted<br>it mutates into modern propaganda<br>for mass transmission<br>to those desperate for an alternate reality..</p><p>These disciples of the corrupted light<br>thrive in the shadows of minimal sight<br>free from the contradictions<br>that rational thought injects</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inkmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkmine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
stgreenie<p>On the fringes of plausibility<br>the usual suspects congregate</p><p>Spinning tales of intrigue<br>peppered with bitter conspiracy</p><p>Those who desperately wanna believe<br>are always the easiest dupes to deceive</p><p>Such useful idiots are they<br>to spread the poison gospel<br>that pollutes social media today</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inkmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkmine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
Extra Special Bitter<p>biological truth<br>and other fables<br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/inkMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkMine</span></a></p>
stgreenie<p>Random atoms Colliding<br> aimlessly </p><p> Aimlessly colliding <br> randomly <br>Life ends<br> when it begins<br> Extinction ingrained<br> in our stars <br> where once again <br>we shall be</p><p> random atoms <br> colliding aimlessly</p><p> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inkmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkmine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
Extra Special Bitter<p>trade war<br>no longer <br>an allegory <br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/inkMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkMine</span></a></p>
stgreenie<p>I've known truth intimately <br>from a varied variety<br>of levels and angles...</p><p>I have molded reality<br>into the lithe commodity<br>required to accommodate<br>my always pliable needs...</p><p>Some less creatively enlightened<br>act all indignant and frightened<br>that I have opted to live in denial...</p><p>I choose to mute them<br>and their persistent brand<br>of factual contradictions <br>that run contrary<br>to my reassuring <br>self serving narrative</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inkmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkmine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
stgreenie<p>The once immaculate debutante<br>clad in her soiled white gown<br>loves to hang around<br>with disheveled metal bands<br>on the disjointed side of town<br>with all the other<br>disaffected groupies<br>and assorted hanger ons</p><p>Her concerned <br>family and friends<br>abduct the former suburban princess<br>to perform a radical musical intervention</p><p>They tie her rebellious ass to a chair<br>and subject her heavily pierced ears<br>to a heavy rotation<br>of Taylor Swift <br>and Katy Perry</p><p>After sweet saturation is complete<br>a steady stream infusion<br>of bubble gum pop<br>is pumped via IV<br>into her heavily tattooed arm<br>to close out the cultural correction session</p><p>Our reformed princess seems to have<br>learned her indoctrination lesson</p><p>Returns to the mainstream<br>to one day assume <br>a pre programmed life<br>of doting child bearing wife<br>and servile homemaker</p><p>Baking cookies<br>while humming<br>Bruno Mars tunes<br>while group chat bitching<br>to her frustrated friends<br>about their out of control kids</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inkmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkmine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
Extra Special Bitter<p>the week on Wall Street<br>a bouquet of flowers<br>in the dumpster<br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/inkMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkMine</span></a></p>
Extra Special Bitter<p>first date <br>pretending I know anything <br>about flowers <br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/inkMine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkMine</span></a></p>
stgreenie<p>This poem<br>was misappropriated<br>from an impulse of thought<br>that had zero business<br>ever being transcribed<br>and posted</p><p>Now that the shit<br>is out of the toilet<br>I am powerless to control it</p><p>Wish this damn delete button<br>that failed to get initiated <br>wasn't so damn defective</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/inkmine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkmine</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
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