Bad Dreams

By Phalanx

If you look real close and then pull back, full frame for a panoramic view,
You'll see it's all warped.
I'm told in the politest of ways that I'm crazy, that I don't understand
The full scope of this misdirected world.

I don't need twenty, twenty to know I'm stepping in shit.
I take comfort in the time that it takes for concepts to cave in
Because, I get to watch.

I get to witness all of every persons wishes and aspirations vanish.
The world will stop at a flailing screech and I get to watch.
It's the most beautiful snuff film that will be recorded in jagged fragments
By media.

Some folks dance in rain, I prefer fire.

I've never felt more at home than when everything is falling apart.
It's like going on a field trip where I get to count bullets instead of cars
Nose to ass on the interstate.

I look forward to it because a system built to sustain humanity
Cannot function when people have forgotten
What makes them so.
We're being hearded into an empty future where we are no longer a factor and
Therefore, disposable.

Worker bees die without reckognition.
If you don't want your ass to land on the moon, 
Pull your head from the sand.

It's all a construct, a distraction.

Wake up.

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Copyright 2016 Phalanx
Published on Wednesday, April 20, 2016.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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Comments on "Bad Dreams"

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  • A former member wrote: "Some folks dance in rain, I prefer fire." It seems like both dancers will soon get their fill. Perhaps the best work you've ever shared with us. I'd bookmark it if I had room.

  • Phalanx On Friday, August 13, 2021, Phalanx (677)By person wrote:

    You better believe it.

  • RoseTheBrokenHearted On Wednesday, April 20, 2016, RoseTheBrokenHearted (129)By person wrote:

    I have been left absolutely speechless, and for that, I must give it a rate of 10. Nicely done Phalanx


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