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Graffiti Prophet
By bpathos
From my window in the faces
As my bus drove other places
The
graffiti prophet spoke
A gentle sermon in his joke
It’s
not the questions, if you cry
It’s all the notions that are why
The passions of the moment pass
And so what’s left is so what
lasts
Life flowed past the tinted window
Down a list
of city noises groaned
Emptiness was my reflection there
And
so to it my questions were
Speak some truth my public fool
Stand and make or break a rule
Share my head some ones and zeros
Show my heart romance and heroes
The river’s not too fast
or so it seems
To stop the really mighty dreams
You don’t think
the rivers wide
Till you need the other side
History
shows in life’s attrition
Reality’s not just strong suspicion
So Plato’s light did come and fall
And throw the shadows on my
wall
Rust and rot on gossamer wings
Dwarfs and Elves
with magic rings
A smell of life a taste of time
Nine cents missing
from my dime
Women bite and whiskey stings
All the bitters
sweet can bring
500 channels in the sky
Showing us the vein’s
run dry
Saw it through the chain link
Tween the crack
and boards
Heard it on the radio
Tween the minor chords
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© 2007 bpathos
Published on Sunday, September 23, 2007.
Filed under: "Reflective" and
"Lyrics"
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On Saturday, January 26, 2019, dwells
(4284)
wrote:
Liked how this was emphasized by an uneven metrical pattern BP. At first a bit disoriented but then realized it was done to highlight or accentuate the text and not lull the reader with a singsong tome of forced rhymes. Cheers and well done for these perceptive thoughts my friend and cheers! - Dan
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On Wednesday, October 22, 2014, drasticdaydreams
(63) wrote:
It brings a feeling of something well hidden, yet just about showing... as if you almost have all the pieces to the puzzle of life. Oh the verses are delicious. I'm terribly curious, what meaning did you intend to put across here ?
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On Wednesday, October 22, 2014, drasticdaydreams
(63) wrote:
And are you not able to bookmark pieces as a trial member ? Because this is the most intriguing piece I've come across so far.
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On Sunday, September 23, 2007, urbanhumility
(1175) wrote:
absoutly brilliant, abstract, articulate, fluid.....intelligent.......poetry incarnate!
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