Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Neither Proud Nor Not Proud ~ Wednesday, March 5, 2025

All ideas object to what is not real
like immaterial thoughts, wisps of clouds
little to hold or grasp, to touch or feel

immediately, the fork comes to hand
deliberately, without a thought to think
engage with intuition, consider
artifice to create the world of forms
suspect designs never follow function

obscenity without right intention
bolster subversive art not for art's sake
jeans and cowboy boots, shirtless men who kiss
eject the punk aesthetic to accept
crass casualty, above the skyline
tickets to radiant theology

touch the stars with a glance, anarchy reigns
over the lies of ideology

wicked to imagine a candle flame
honesty with mistakes, acts of regret
aspects of disappointment serve to meet
terror, torture, and trauma at the door

ideology bolsters the archway
supplants reason for faith in persona

nothing but disguises, masks fool the crowd
obey the leader or fail to succeed
transform the world with small acts and favors

relish the illusion, the delusion
evanescent and ephemeral scenes
all remains still, nothing ever changes
lonely as clouds, the appearance is death

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