the poetry knook :: the poetry of stephen m. james :: indianapolis, indiana » surreal https://www.tpkpoetry.com the poetry of stephen m. james Fri, 28 Mar 2014 01:04:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.3 Like a Rumpke truck https://www.tpkpoetry.com/poetry/like-a-rumpke-truck/ https://www.tpkpoetry.com/poetry/like-a-rumpke-truck/#comments Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 Sometimes, a Rumpke truck hauling around crap all day.
I need a place to unload
what can I say?
I’m sorry to soil the pearly white curtains,
but I’ve got to let go

Still surreal,
like getting caught–
that moment
when you couldn’t consider lying.
The denial eats
away at the stomach lining
growling
for any nutrients,
and a tender gardener.

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But no aliens show their ships:
They are our species, of our sickly kind.
The Persistence Of [our] Memory is
Surreal, as I fell asleep wishing it all away by Manhattan morn,
Wanting to see twin sentinels guarding over the city again,
Not rubble under its cityscape.
We search for culprits and casualties
In the fog of destruction.
Waiting for the credits to run
So we can run out and kill the director, the scriptwright, the producer . . .
For we will “make no distinction.”
–

We are orphans crumbling of Babel:
Towers tumbling, imploding, upon themselves
Anger resonates as planes plummet,
Yearning for arms to hold us up
From attack from inside our country,
And from inside ourselves.

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