Tag: free verse

STAR**** **OOP**S: A Surreal Space Poetry Project – Page 25

Thanks to Teg for the image!

First time
on my own
I had suspicions.
Different ideas on
Life, History, Philosophy

Nobody passes.

Never question
[This], and bluntly,
Violence settles it.
Everybody knows it.
Violence settles
Destinies.
This wasn't what I originally envisioned. But I couldn't bring my original vision to light... Tried going from the bottom up, and with a little help from Leonard Cohen, this piece came together.
This wasn’t what I originally envisioned. But I couldn’t bring my original vision to light… Tried going from the bottom up, and with a little help from Leonard Cohen, this piece came together.

STAR**** **OOP**S: A Surreal Space Poetry Project – Page 24

Thanks to Teg for the image!

Come home.
Catch your
Breath.
Quick

Peaceful,
Happy,
Good.

No!

Functionless,
Obsolete,
Inferior.

Is that what
You want?

Misguided,
Afraid.

Have confidence!
Homesick. Wanting the comforts of home. Overcoming those feelings. Arguing with the self
Homesick. Wanting the comforts of home. Overcoming those feelings. Arguing with the self

STAR**** **OOP**S: A Surreal Space Poetry Project – Page 23

Thanks to Teg for the image!

That night,

I’ve never
Mentioned it.
Such things are not for…
We watched
The end.
The last, grim fool(s)…
(gentle sobbing)
Go!
A terrible memory, a terrible secret?
A terrible memory, a terrible secret?

STAR**** **OOP**S: A Surreal Space Poetry Project – Page 22

Thanks to Teg for the image

Together,
Together,
Together [we]
Push theory,
Supply instruction,
Anything WE did
Was fun.
It didn’t matter.

Contrariwise

Me [and] he [were] not
Natural, right,
Obvious.

Odd look[s]
Stop.
Free choice.
Volunteer.
Found out,
Out of your mind.
A predictable stage.

Grow up,
Too valuable.

Sick.

the words on the page and the military are both charged with homoerotic undercurrents. Obvious to everyone, admitted by no one. I can't imagine the difficulty, until most recent times, of living such a life
the words on the page and the military are both charged with homoerotic undercurrents. Obvious to everyone, admitted by no one. I can’t imagine the difficulty, until most recent times, of living such a life
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