Doctor, Doctor
social commentary, stream of consciousness
Mud diving, the greatest of endeavours, the insight one finds, when deep in the muck, is indispensable.
knee-deep, fancy-free-form dip beyond, in the abyss of it all,
the fake out, bug out,
you dirty little stop out
just get out get out
)as way of notes of my proem(
and now
)sounds the tones of my home(
for my next trick
)through the steno of my tome(
by the grace of
)stand at the onset of my roam(
intellectualism
)fine wire, the seton of my comb(
and
)set a marking stone of my Rome(
good stock, old chap
I shall mount
an attack on the
good intentions
of the less fortunate
coveted attack
call to employment
or deployment
disabled?
not a problem
not ours anyway
three cheers to the naysayers, backstabbers, name callers
Doctor, Doctor I feel trapped in the liminal space between where I am and where I want to be.
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Author's Notes: While I work on some challenge (both official and unofficial) entries, here is a semi-Stream of Consciousness-social-commentary poem.
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Paul Stewart
Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.
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Comments (12)
Can't decide which bit of this I like best!
Ooooo! This stirs some things with me and I love it!! More food for thought as always... of course after my "smart" ass googled the work liminal... 😅 Loved this Paul!!! Thanks for the cause for contemplation!
This has such a strong performance feel to it! You are the king of stream of consciousness poems, Paul!
That's such a good description of where we reside, that liminal space.
Amazing
So interesting
Oooo, I learned two new words today, proem and seton! This poem was just brilliant!
Crikey! That’s a mind bender, Paul! There is certainly a lot of mud and mire one can dive in these days!
Mud diving imagery - yes a lot to learn down there lol. Those last lines are powerful too.. like we have all uttered them at sometime..perhaps silently to ourselves. Fascinating work Paul!!
Paul, is it bad that I immediately sang, "Doctor, doctor, give me the news. I've got a bad case of loving youuuuuu?"
Phenomenal word choice throughout this, wow!
Once again for a stream of consciousness poem this was quite creative with every other line.