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Who Let The ________(s) Out?

The closet door opens
surprise, surprise
bones skate out
dried up, rusted
aged,
Secrets scatter
sources give scoops
saturating mentalities
thoughts reverberate
disputing everything
rules are ripped
sans time.
Pill popping, bed hopping
non-stopping
The Big Bang
leaves thoughts in strain
Massive plots
Come February
universal TV
now as I watch the world
the whole world is
watching me.
Empty pockets
as the 'Stock exchanges hands'
like musical chairs
where you land is
where you stand.
Our 'protection'
gone like the wind,
there's anybody's guess
when we'll see our
guns again.
Undercover dealings
making front page news
while the usual
hubbies caught with strippers
now goes for entertainment too.
Then there's pornography-worldwide
is so getting out of hand
taking over nations
man by man.
Where's the Seers
that can see a brighter day
put them in the movies
that's who I'd pay to see.
Too much dribbling
with the super stock
I'm washing my hands
but, the soap is tainted
so, maybe not.
Prime time sucks
dancers bandaged
limping, tripping
game show hosts
flipping, tipping
commercials lying
soon to be frying
Governmental wasting
tainted water
now bottled
for your consumption.
Million dollar weddings
lasting for a day
what was the 'point'
anyway?
Sweepstakes fever
ballot box lever
giving us more of the same?
Who's in control
who's in denial?
and, who's caring?
I'll take my chances
on the soon to be populated planet...
so what if I can't breathe
or, if I have to stay tetthered
to some stationary setting?
At least I won't get bombarded
by the 'best' of the half-hearted.
at last, is there nothing good
left in the world's neighborhood?
What's a sister to do
when her every option is blue?
Who does she sue?

Author notes

Here's the quote:

"I am pretty sure that i would like to be your friend...unless of course you are an asshole, then I'm pretty sure I don't.. The myth that in order to be successful, one must follow the path paved by society has become so programmed into our minds that making alternative life decisions seems ridiculous and unfathomable. The standards have been set: we are to graduate high school, go to college, get married, breed, and if you're lucky end up working behind a desk punching insignificant numbers into a computer (It sounds nice, but, on paper so does communism). I do believe that knowledge is power and that education is the key but, I don't call memorizing formulas for problems that you and I both know will never arise any type of powerful knowledge, and i certainly don't feel being force fed lies by men is an education. Whether you like to admit it or not, we are pawns, in a sense the mindless gears of an evil machine that will rob you blind, rape you dry, and in the end leave you so miserable that death will seem like a blessing. Since I was young I had a hard time believing everything I was told and an even harder time understanding how everyone else could. People eat the shit off their plates without even taking time to chew. You buy a sweatshop made American flag to hang from your window and a plastic cross to mount above your bed to feel secure but, outside your perfect cubicle of "normality", delirious politicians are exploiting the weak, crooked cops are killing the innocent civilians and pernicious corporate leaders are turning the world into a prefabricated market place with little children pulling the reigns. You can hide behind a television and make everything seem alright but, I hope you understand that whoever becomes the next "American Idol" won't seem all that important in the end. This world is fucked up and as the history of human nature shows, it will be fucked up until we meet our demise. This doesn't necessarily mean that we have to accept this as our fate. Live your own life and don't settle for the norm just because it's easy. Hey "without money is true happiness unattainable?" Figure it out for yourself. Hell. You're the one with the degree. I'm just a high school dropout, so what the hell would i know anyway?"

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  • broken-colours
    December 4, 2008
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    97%

  • broken-colours
    November 20, 2008

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    "Million dollar weddings / lasting for a day / what was the 'point' / anyway? / Sweepstakes fever / ballot box lever / giving us more of the same? / Who's in control / who's in denial? / and, who's caring?"

    Who let the skeletons out? Or can you just fill in the blank with whatever the world finds worthy of value today? Anyway, this was bold and a statement about our world as we know it. Great job, I really liked this.

    Thanks for entering!


  • xxRainbowDawnxx
    November 8, 2008

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    Such randomness, but I like where you took this. I like the eerieness at the start of the piece and the blatant irony towards the end.


  • retribusive
    November 7, 2008

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    Thanks for the entry.

    I'm not sure if I'm just overtired or not, but your poem seems to jump around from topic to topic very rapidly. The spacing might have something to do with it.

    Favourite lines:
    "At least I won't get bombarded
    by the 'best' of the half-hearted."

    Nice job!

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