Double Negative Lovely
Ain’t nobody,
Who never really cared this much for me,
I whisper a scream,
But you’re still not listening,
High temperature,
A gale force of words from my lungs,
We’ve sure got
All the instructions yet can’t get nothing done,
Righted wrongs,
Are a facade feigning forgiveness,
Giving up on necessary need
What is this?
I’m a handful so grab hold because imma a pistol,
Be sure if you squeeze and
trigger me you don’t miss though,
Verbally,
I ain’t brave in speech or speaking courage,
Mentally,
I’m a vegetable and youre the type to forage,
Physically,
Unbroken but this thing I call a spine is porridge,
Say you’re sick and tired that I’m sick and tired,
Nothing here compounds the fact you weren’t hired,
To deliver all of us some great motivational speech,
Am I not the one standing close enough to see,
Extended hands and love, still you move outta reach?
Nah ya didn’t,
Remembrance of us laughing again and again,
Hands held hearing R.E.M.
“You Are The Everything” and
We chortle about,
And you’re drifting off to sleep with your teeth in your mouth,
As I often do,
Because I wonder do you love me as much,
IF THEY’RE OUT?
IF THEY’RE OUT?
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I love the back and forth and wordplay
would love to hear this in your voice
I’ll be at The Kenwick Table July first
I’ll be in Mount Vernon Ky on July ninth
Soulbrations July fourteenth at The Melroy
I need to be at Poeiza the fourth Tuesday of July
This is fascinating, so many pieces to wonder about. Thanks for sharing it. Wow. Especially like thinking about “Nothing here compounds the fact you weren’t hired,
To deliver all of us some great motivational speech,
Am I not the one standing close enough to see,
Extended hands and love, still you move outta reach?” and
“And you’re drifting off to sleep with your teeth in your mouth,
As I often do,
Because I wonder do you love me as much,
IF THEY’RE OUT?” and
“Verbally,
I ain’t brave in speech or speaking courage,
Mentally,
I’m a vegetable and youre the type to forage,
Physically,
Unbroken but this thing I call a spine is porridge,”
Really something.
It always amazes me that what I’ve written captures others and I hope it always does.
I don’t ever want that feeling of wonder to fade.
Elle highlighted everything I was rereading and enjoyed quite a bit. And this piece is weighted with emotion and with unfiltered descriptions throughout. It says a lot about aging with a partner and the hurtles that come with it (at least my take). Thank you for sharing, sir.
Thank you for always being encouraging!
https://youtube.com/shorts/z5O6LHzFZVM?is=WRaBhGujssZHMbID
My first attempt from the rooftop.