Blessed Be We Inepts

People anxiety
getting the best of me
as I put on ignore
the suffocating real life party
and the fake conversations all around…

The hum of a small talk symphony
like finger nails scraping a chalkboard
have always been pure torture
to my socially awkward species…

Escaping to the shadows…

Seeking relief in isolation…

I take refuge in technology
with my head buried
in a hand held oasis…

Suckling on the bosom
of my flat screen
cyber sanctuary…

Once again
using this social media front
to be fully anti social…

Island of Misfit Selfies

99 abandoned selfies
that did not make
the posting cut…

Orphan victims
of flaws self perceived…

I’d rather see
these image outtakes…

Much prefer to view
the real you…

Flaws and all…

Instead of that one perfectly staged pic
plastered on your social media wall

Indecent Exposure

This entrenched position
I got myself locked into
without thinking things through
(which I too often tend to do)
is beginning to disintegrate…

My hard line intransigence
now blowing back in my face
as the relentless forces of truth
lay waste to played out arguments…

How to exit this pit gracefully
with even a shred of dignity
is going to be a challenge for humbled me
in this social media communications age
where every rant pronouncement
is recorded permanently…

Guess it’s best to take the hit
and acknowledge that I am full of shit

Bratty Zealots

Show me the creature
of absolute certainty
with rock hard steadfastness
buoyed by unwavering conviction
and swaggering confidence
mixed with a sense of arrogance
that doubt can never penetrate
and you will have found in your midst
a stubborn close minded zealot…

Show me the creature
from the Know It All tribe
who belittles and condescends
those who dare share contrary opinions
that challenge their core structure
and shake the very foundation
that supports past entitlement
and you will have found in your midst
your typical rigid ideologue…

Do not engage these foolish creatures in debate…

Best to let them pound their chests and bloviate…

Sure they can be incredibly annoying little girls and boys
but in the end they are just irritating background noise
who will fade into obscurity and bitter irrelevance
once the adults send them off to bed

Ode To The Outcasts

The mass text spoon fed
to satiate conventional wisdom
will never reach full saturation
so long as there exists free thinkers
who chafe against conventional interpretation…

They will of course be ostracized
and pushed off to the side
for their lack of thought conformity…

As painful as their isolation may be
they can take solace in this certainty…

All progress throughout human history
was driven and advanced by such outcasts
who dared to venture outside the main stream

Inter Gender Demolitions

Aging former beauty queen…

Perpetually battling gravity
and the catty whispers
of alleged friends…

Perhaps out of jealousy
or the residue of past envy…

Many of whom themselves have stealthily
had bodily parts enhanced surgically…

Perhaps they should focus their efforts
on uplifting each others spirits…

This quality of humility
and communal empathy
is a timeless reflection
of true and lasting beauty