Poems: Ordinary Dungeon

 

Ordinary Dungeon

 

angry in the hideout,

wrestling protocols,

and suffering for my failure,

why defuse this faith,

contrary to vision though it is?

 

to debunk fear

and rationalize escape,

these hooks of heretical logic

drag my heart punctured deeper,

 

till truth asserts its terrible price

and excuses whipsaw from this broken mouth,

faster than the prattle

of inexcusable commercials.

 

we all toadeat the curse.

god exists, hallelujah,  

god stings, barks, and segregates,

god outfoxes us with ecclesiastic sanctions.

 

i try, try, try

 

to improvise a lack of manners,

but the leap for deviance always feels so fake,

and i fall back,

 

into this ordinary dungeon,

knowing i can tantrum only so far,

within my authorized smile.

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6/24/24...

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