I don’t understand…: I don't understand either of you two.
Do you know what I was trying to do here?
I took the names 'Donald Trump' and 'Ron Desantis' and from the 22 letters that make up their names, came up with what I did. I explained it already. Besides Trump and DeSantis, is there anyone else you would support? Choose someone who's not a stupid moron. Joe Biden's not a stupid moron, but you won't choose him. In the meantime...
STEPHEN, FREE-SPIRITED_WOLF = HE'S PRESIDENT. O F! E W, RIT? EL! P? F!
Excellent! Seems to me like: Excellent! Seems to me like the last few of your poems that I have read have followed this format---three triplets, or three squared, for a total of nine lines in each poem. Is this a significant detail for you, and may I ask what that significance means?
Your high-voltage, rap-style: Your high-voltage, rap-style expression is certainly a relatable journey for me. I felt like you were writing about an old friend, my best friend for a while, until it became my worst enemy, and I finally felt, as you did, that "I deserve to be the me that I recognize". Well said!
With your resolve, insight and intelligence, I'm sure you'll find the road to freedom.
Enjoyed your very moving, artistic and honest creation.
Your much welcome interaction: Your much welcome interaction and comment brings me to the memory of reading play scripts wherein the narrator's and the playwright's notes are equally "on the page" as the literary text itself. That is such a beuatiful meld of voices, a fluid nebula of stream of consciousness even.
I like how this poem tells us: I like how this poem tells us how it should be read (some of Wallace Stevens' finest do that as well): it is to be received as a lilting melody that flows further than the far-away glow of the faintest star, and so delicate that not even the finest mist can kiss it. This is superb verbal artistry at its highest level.
The paradox of blame and: The paradox of blame and responsibility across generations.
As the song Living Years goes: "Every generation / blame the one before / And all of their frustrations / come beating down your door."
I do not believe that this cycle exists in all societies. And most certainly, if it does, in some realms it's very subtle and often goes unnoticed, unsaid. I think that the cycle, and even more so the perceptions of it, are largely a product of excess and spoils of empire. Those living closer to the ground have far less time, and reason, to see themselves as a bi-product of a previous generation.
We all endure the Façade of a: We all endure the Façade of a manipulator/Narcissist, pretending to be Prince Charming, just so they can tear you down and break you apart, while pretending that they are the victims and you're the bad guy. But what great joy it is when you finally see through the Façade and you see who they really are and you leave torn. So much more peaceful.
If you are still with him, : If you are still with him, you should leave. I know that's easier said than done. In time you would be happier without him. Might hurt at first, but you'll heal and in that healing, you'll find peace and happiness. You deserve to be happy. You deserve to be treated right. You deserve respect. You deserve to be treated with love. You deserve companionship.
Particularly Patricia stops: Particularly Patricia stops by to blow up my inherent mad cyclone, settled me with reasonable pleas for a desperado whose dear needs are freedom sprees...