The product of a somewhat self-indulgent look at the words “beautiful” and “beauty,” this poem became an exploration of the different meanings derived from compound words and their roots. While it is certainly complementary to call someone beautiful, declaring them to be full of beauty, it seemed far more powerful to refer to someone asContinue reading “The Wonder(ful)”
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A Heretic’s Prayer
Drawing heavily on my dysfunctional relationship with organized religion, the following series of poems represent decades of repressed personal feelings as well as the collective laments of countless critics before me. I endeavor to call out hypocrisy, shed light on logical fallacies and provoke a visceral response from those that have stopped questioning and challengingContinue reading “A Heretic’s Prayer”
Chasing Zero
In our never-ending quest for growth, we often overlook the relative peace found by achieving a state of equilibrium. We claw and scratch our way up until we reach such lofty heights that the only place to go is down. We inevitably crash deep in a well of heartache, left to wonder how we willContinue reading “Chasing Zero”
Syntropy
When observing the natural world, we must confront the physical limitations of entropy, where cause always precedes effect, where we can’t unscramble an egg, and where a broken teacup will not become magically unbroken. This perceptual limitation does not exist in our minds, where we are free to imagine the arrow of time flying inContinue reading “Syntropy”
The Stain Remains
So it appears in the endThat the swamp was much deeperPerhaps lies came easierSince words are so much cheaper He stepped right into the messWith zero intent to cleanDumping vials of vileness‘Til the smell grew too obscene The fetid, foul funk backed upBubbling in from parts unknownSeeping into every poreRotting us down to the boneContinue reading “The Stain Remains”
Across the Aisle
Right here and now at this place in time We come to a scene quite surreal Searching for somewhere to pin this crime With no care for how others may feel Sprung from bowels of misconception Awash in the pettifog of war Rung bells of intended deception At such levels never heard before And thereContinue reading “Across the Aisle”
Bye Bye Tweety Turd
Your wings have now been clipped Your mouth now tightly closed It’s time to fade to black Your fraud’s now been exposed Your bully pulpit’s done Deplatformed front to back Your last incitement crashed As your scene fades to black Failed and fallen clown king A legacy disgraced Followers abandoned Leadership now replaced You playedContinue reading “Bye Bye Tweety Turd”
Burn the Candle at Each End
2020 was a shitty year On this, I think we can each agree Sadly this is where consensus ends Due largely to our dichotomy Skewed sharply by a vast division The red, the blue and sometimes the green Manifest tribal polarity Filling all the spaces in between Bleakly entrenched in our opinions Willing to loseContinue reading “Burn the Candle at Each End”
The Legend of Glowman
There once was a hero Or so the stories go That stood watch every night In freshly gathered snow Deep in my memories I can picture the place With the crab apple tree Cloaked in winter’s embrace Out there on the front yard ‘Neath blue incandescence Stood the mighty Glowman In bright luminescence I quiteContinue reading “The Legend of Glowman”
Agents of Entropy
From the order at the origin To utter chaos within a blink The ruthless march of time has begun Before there were even minds to think From the singularity burst A quantum of the infinite Hurtling helplessly through spacetime Ambiguously different Along the arrow of time, it flies Unidirectional by design Defying elegant symmetry SacrificingContinue reading “Agents of Entropy”
Mannino Acid 