Hate Connection

Just because I hate A
does not mean necessarily
that I love B…

I am quite capable of despising
both sides of this decrepit coin..

The enemy of my enemy
can never be my friend
cause I like to compartmentalize
my hatred and avoid
conflict complications

Book Club

Blessed be to we
sinners and would be saints
struggling daily
to somehow make the best
of our less than ideal situations..

Far more questions
than answers abound
in this disjointed maze
where the way out
is rarely found..

Those of us seeking
divine revelation
find inspiration
from contemplation
found in ancient compilations
of dusty scrolls
scribed long ago…

Are we semi pious pilgrims
praying up the wrong tree?

God only knows

Mr Hybrid

I am a mutt..

A hybrid mix
of sincerity and bullshit..

An acquired taste
of bitter sweetness..

See me as I truly am..

A son of a bitch dog man..

Just another member
of the freak show troupe

Limping our way through
this jagged uneven course
of rocky human relationships..

Saddled with the myriad
of maddening contradictions
none of us are destined
to ever understand

Hate the Haters

In the end
it all goes down like this..

Since it was
back in the beginning
when cavemen conceived
this tribal bullshit..

Fast forward to today..

The lines are drawn in concrete
as the wall divides
us and them..

Repubs against Dems..

Black versus white..

Gays and straights..

Those not like us
we ain’t never gonna trust..

These differences we fear
easily manipulated into hate..

Go study our sorry history..

The virus of prejudice
coursing through our veins..

Tales of violent ignorance
spinning on a bloody loop
century after century..

Hatred compounded..

So how to defeat
such an undefeated ancient adversary?

Best to start with the basics
and enlist respect
as the first step
toward human reclamation

Joy Tripping

I GOT IT!!!

The elusive path to happiness
is by way of acceptance of the fact
that it’s NOT our final location
tucked away in a mystical destination
forever just beyond the horizon..

Elation is found
in your current situation
within the here and now
wherever that may be..

It’s all in the trip bitches..

The means not only justify the ends..

Our self crafted route defines them..

Wither John Wayne

My prospective love came to me
seeking a cup of pity
and maybe
a little human understanding..

I gave her the needed harshness
that the situation called for
being the hard ass guy
I fancied myself to be..

The whole tough love rap
that I chose to dispense
was not well received
for she was seeking support
and not another
suck it up condescending lecture
or a cliched soliloquy full of crap
from a hypocrite like me..

Needless to say
my former love
never came my way again..

Of course she eventually
found a more receptive
shoulder on which to cry..

Now I am the sad one
all alone
with my fake macho front
desperately seeking compassion
in a world
where my brand of insensitive man
has gone out of fashion

Close the Reactor

These daze
everybody bitches
about this and that..

Collecting thumbs up affirmation
from negative birds of a feather
perched high above the fray
with lots to say
but nothing constructive
to fix the situation..

Do not be content
to just social media rant..

Get off your lazy texting asses..

Spring into action..

Do what you gotta do
to improve the core source
of your current angst..

I’ll be behind you of course
firmly stationed here
on my Twitter perch
chirping away
with all the other
know it all life spectators

Monkey Stroke

Truth is what it is
and sometimes potentially true..

I will never be
as beloved as you..

Of course your popularity
is based entirely
on telling peeps
exactly what they wanna hear..

The art of ego inflation
pumped up by fact manipulation..

Everyone loves validation
even when it’s shamelessly phony..

They lap up the accolades
and love the stroking messenger..

So I’ll never be
as popular as you..

Cause I can’t pimp bullshit
with the same degree
of sychophant efficiency
as devoted flunkies do

Ugliness Emptiness

So what if I am a little sensitive

about my unsightly appearance?

Multiple sources have informed me

I look better with the mask on..

Guess I should take offense

when the barb hits so close to home

but the mirror has this annoying way

of confirming disturbing reality..

Each and every perceived deformity

reflected in the horrified eyes

of our judgemental society

has come to define me..

They recoil at the very mention

of my accursed name

and the stigma attached

to we of the freakish element..

So they define and dismiss us

solely by the outward package

they see with typical surface superficiality..

Monsters to be avoided religiously..

I contend

these beasts of mass condemnation

are the ones projecting ugly

with their cruel social hypocrisy..

Truth be told..

I am the one shunning them

Cult of Carlin

Anyone who knows me
knows if I were to ever sign up
to belong to a mindless cult
it would be to the Cult of Carlin..

If I were to ever pray
to a marble deity
I would kneel by George..

Seeking snippets of wisdom
from the greatly missed critic
of our flawed humanity..

Of course he would call bullshit
on this misguided worship
which would make me love
my genius God even more