realistically surreal.: realistically surreal. Everything seems to be filtered and made sense of in our thoughts, what we know, what we don't, and the things that we are on the fence about. I like the title as it suggests; remember driving an old van once and its gears slipped between 2nd and 3rd, it was a sweaty task to get it to navigate the busy streets doing deliveries. Nowadays, automatics are the choice transmission.
story of my life. How strange: story of my life. How strange that what we grew up knowing is no longer or changing. Such instability is not good for people and nation.
"..the while the world: "..the while the world exphyxiates. Conflagrates."
What great lines, in terms of feel (with that powerful momentary pause adding emphasis), language, and the expressing of a confounding destruction. A burn despite a lack of oxygen.
All sealed with the world issuing it's "ultimate complaint". Another fine threading of yours, right on through the needle.
The second verses' ancient: The second verses' ancient rivers of sorrow really cut at the soul. There's a feeling of tragic acceptance there, coincidencing with a near timeless history. Very powerful.
All around strong feeling throughout this one, and one I imagine that more than a few of us can relate to, but that verse is on it's own level in terms of how well it's written and how much it hits the heart.
Sounds like one oughta just: Sounds like one oughta just stick around and haunt people when it's time to head over to the other side. I better start making a list of hauntees. :)
Sorry: Supply chain disruption: transporters all work at Amazon now. Just dead and stuck. Note: if you hitch hike, expect inflation in Hell and Paradise.
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~A~
gas is almost 5$ in Mich, 7$ plus in California.
Not New: With time the true nature of things are unveiled. There is a female surgeon who wants to publish pictures of bodies shot with automatic guns. We keep it dark and do evil daily. Pix of napalm girl changed war in Nam, Floydvid sparked world to march and police did not act to save 20 kids and 2 adults. They should all be fired for cowardess.
~A~
I was about to: jump on that bandwagon. No purple beans! Down with purple m&m's too. Then I remembered, I'm diabetic. Yeah, fu'ed. There are no purple m&ms anyway. Subtle.. :D
~A~
The anguish of the speaker's: The anguish of the speaker's emotions radiates with intense power off the lines of this poem. If this is an actual account of your experience, my heart goes out to you. I am, however, glad to see another poem from you. This poem is so intense that it hurts to read it; and that is true on a second or subsequent reading; which makes it a very successful and excellent poem.
So let me say, here: great poem!