I am.
I believe I am.
I want to believe I am.
I think I want to believe I am.
I think—
Hence, I am.
Do hens think as well?
To hens on a fence!
Two hens,
And they dance
Flamenco.
Their tails are in flames.
The hens are peacocks.
They dance, and they drink
Rum on the rocks.
I am, but I think
I'm not very sane.
Do you think the same?
I thought that I sought
A purpose, a god
In life and in death.
I sought sunny days.
I thought that I was,
But I knew the truth:
There is no real cause
For all this to be.
Please, fill in the blanks,
I feel inside out,
And drift to Swiss banks,
And keep laughing out loud.
Please do laugh with me,
Hysterical, tense,
At width and at length.
The longitude, latitude, solitude days,
Abundant and scarce,
Are here for us,
Are here to stay.
I've got words to say,
Some stories to tell,
But my tongue is swollen,
But I am insane.
I've got a spare tooth,
It protrudes from my palate.
I soothe my own truth,
I guess I'm a mutant.
And it's way too late
To... aye, it's alright!
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Day 4 of Quitting
If this is how sobriety feels, maybe it’s better to go through life a little buzzed… this, along with other hits like, I want to kill myself, I wish I was dead, and I’m going to throw myself off a bridge have been the only thoughts on rotation these past few days. I promise myself that if, in a month, I still feel like this (‘this’ meaning despondent, full of rage, and simultaneously numb) I can go back to smoking. Until mid-February though? Nicotine is off the table.
By sleepy drafts5 days ago in Longevity
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Andrei, I love this! My ADHD brain totally followed the whole way, not even missing a beat!! I appreciate your humour and sense of fun!! 😊
This was all over the place and I loved it because this is how I feel at times! I enjoyed this so much!
All over the shop and chaotically brilliant!
It's the pea-hens that you want go for if you're roasting or braising them. Peacocks are tough and stringy but the hen is the queen of roasting fowl! I guess that more than anything is irrefutable proof of existence. Top-notch poem again, great work!
Andrei, this almost requires illustration in a Dr. Seuss-esque format! I absolutely loved the free range stream of thought.
Thank you for letting us boars your unique train of thought 😁