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Cruel Words

No Words

By Joe KingPublished 5 years ago 1 min read
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A man writes words into

a notebook in his room, pages

and then crumbles them up and

burns them away

The smoke lingers on into night

Ghost clowns stare and smell these

words, which will enter into

the minds of the insane

Cool dyslexic humor

Drain me

Read my mind

with your dour sarcasm

Jeweled temple of madness

Cruel words derive

from your mangled brain

Visitors to this clown college

we are just travelers on this

crazy train

The Politics of poetry is real

Can't you feel the parody

cutting thru

Turning laughs into fright

Mixing horror w/ delight.

You wanted to look inside

Do you like what you see?

The cold cutting breeze of

American Insanity

Hold on tight and

keep your hands inside

Nothing's going to stop us now

as we enter into this old Dark Ride

a hole in my head

where my thoughts ooze

Words—rain

for your brain to choose

take what you want

swallow it whole

confound them

These evil thoughts

dark clouds

abound

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About the Creator

Joe King

"Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything, it just ticks off the possibilities." - Jim Morrison

These poems are from my book An American Parody, which is a tribute to the writings and poetry of Jim Morrison.

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