overheard in baghdad
windedsailor
Posts: 98
dude, yeah, i know.
they don't take it seriously.
not like you or i do.
we're dying over here.
talk all you want about desert heat,
and the isolation, the desolation,
and all that shit, like even maybe
a little purple flower springing through
the cracks of the parched and dying soil.
i'll tell you what,
what's going to sway this election
isn't any of that.
it isn't even the money.
what is it bro?
he says, stoned.
the smoke rolled out of his mouth,
and over his shoulder,
i realized we had a breeze.
he hands it back to me.
talk all you want about blood,
and deaths and soldiers dying,
for no good reason...
i KNOW there isn't a fucking reason.
there never was a reason.
you mean WMD's, bro?
and we both laughed at that one.
No, man. I'm talking about Life.
Being. Existence. You know,
the whole
to be or not to be shit.
i hear ya, man. it's cool.
He didn't hear me.
i wasn't even sure what i was getting at.
they don't take it seriously.
not like you or i do.
we're dying over here.
talk all you want about desert heat,
and the isolation, the desolation,
and all that shit, like even maybe
a little purple flower springing through
the cracks of the parched and dying soil.
i'll tell you what,
what's going to sway this election
isn't any of that.
it isn't even the money.
what is it bro?
he says, stoned.
the smoke rolled out of his mouth,
and over his shoulder,
i realized we had a breeze.
he hands it back to me.
talk all you want about blood,
and deaths and soldiers dying,
for no good reason...
i KNOW there isn't a fucking reason.
there never was a reason.
you mean WMD's, bro?
and we both laughed at that one.
No, man. I'm talking about Life.
Being. Existence. You know,
the whole
to be or not to be shit.
i hear ya, man. it's cool.
He didn't hear me.
i wasn't even sure what i was getting at.
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got that!
much thanks.
i'm working on a second one, to bring this war home to you.
and i agree... if anything, poetry is a submersion
just my incredibly ignorant opinion, but again, i'm not a student of the word, nor do i necessarily care to split hairs
your poems are above submersion, if that makes any sense.
i guess i may be a little overexuberent with the bump; i just can't ignore what's going on in the world...and i suppose none us of really do...besides... the next one is gonna be...good.
i haven't watched TV in a year...lol, can someone tell me why the flags are at half-mast today? i know it's totally shameful, but i've been a tad busy...
i look forward to the next read
i noticed that, too. the post office flag. don't know.
38+6 shows at the age of 27 and counting...but still no Undone
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What the fuck for?
The guy was a total puppet!
PUKE!
<mumbles to self.... 30 fuggin days, what the hell?>