every composition
has a destiny,
and when i deny
nature’s
pull
it strains in head’s
cinched belt,
a little understanding?
i could use a
friend..
let it out, just a
notch or
two..
so oxygen may
flow again.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – Image: © Wavebreakmedia Ltd/Thinkstock
a teardrop magnified
in light well,
pain stopped soon as the
dagger action twisted
blade broken,
no blood, all
smoke in
glass,
gains lost in a blink at
the point of
wager,
i’m rummy sailor bored
at port, scanning
tavern for..
a call to
war.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image – http://www.artclassessgv.com/male-figures.html
gif at – https://giphy.com/explore/beer-smash
i’m parked at a back
turned table
where confidence is
tacky while..
self-loathing’s
noble,
dinner guests
unfit,
mainstream cable spewing
life’s sawdust,
so out dances a
broom and
host..
sweeps mess under
back turned
table,
to be done with it..
but steps
in it.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – https://www.popsci.com/story/technology/restaurant-noise-levels-solutions/
image at – https://www.canvasartrocks.com/products/banksy-maid-sweeping-under-the-carpet-wall-mural-wallpaper
i wish and i wish
til my wish
stone
won’t wish, i churn
through hush
screams
til brain’s melting
ice dream..
in a dish, in a cone,
he licks blood
from bone..
whiter than north
pole teeth,
as waves suck toes
into beach.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
artwork at pinotspalette no longer avail at – https://www.pinotspalette.com/error/notfound
tearing the small print
out of lifestyle
magazines,
squeezing teabag
stains my
hand,
crumpled page from
book i won’t
miss,
pull head from
hourglass
sands,
patch ripped off
my service
jacket,
a bloody scam
it was
i confess..
carving living stars
from sky’s
quilt
with a laughable
lack of
guilt..
left my life
a gutted mess,
gutless scam
it is
i confess..
stuck the stolen
shards of
light
to my sweaty head
then crashed
to sleep,
time’s clippings strewn
across the
floor,
of showroom
suite.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
*collage from a stormy time.
if i could wrap my lips
around love’s
song,
i’d suck it
blue..
and roll my focus onto
runway waiting
for passing
plane
to..
grab first wing i see
and steer me
back to
you.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
plane at – http://www.flydaytonafirst.com/about-dab/historical-information.stml
image at – https://www.amazon.com/Painting-Musical-Landscape-Pictures-Decoration/dp/B07KH4RKHP
pale ivory of
fate’s spiral
staircase
creaking nowhere..
’twas a nice but
icy moon’s
glare.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
all years wash into one,
good guys too
have
empty eyes and
bad boy
cuddles puppy in
a blood bath
bruised,
lord, grab me by
the scruff
of
my dad
suit..
take pot shots
all you
like,
good boys, bad guys-
why can’t
we
shake hands
while locking eyes?
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
gif at – https://giphy.com/gifs/high-five-handshake-bam-3ksOMJBzcbpqKWAqif
washed under beach
front porch,
glass shatter clutched
in my bloody
palms,
hellfire whispers
sweet things
while
plumes dry and black
plummet south,
bomb diffusers
scan the
lawn..
explosives lit
in mouth.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
image at – https://www.masterfile.com/search/en/picture+run+down+old+porch
gif at – https://giphy.com/explore/clock-bomb
what’s this dreamland of
which you sing
with wings
matted flat
to back?
such flapping
for little
flight
too much chirping
out of tune for
lonely bird,
won’t..
you trill along
with me?
even if strange to
my words..
i hear heart lumped
in vocal
box,
muffled under
cooling
rage,
i’d rather float upon a
melody than
drown
in
talk through
bars of a
cage.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygo
artwork at- https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/514677063636508762/
gif at – https://www.blendspace.com/lessons/QuttVi4-jY6aaQ/i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings-maya-angelou
