05-30-2021, 09:32 PM
Hey Tim- Below is an edit I did, and of course, only kept (and rearranged) the parts I liked. I also put it in 1st person, to, uh, make it more personal:
Everybody's monkey
is on my back,
raining idiot claws
as it shrieks to its gods,
and twists my skeleton
like handlebars, knocks my brains
against eyes of flint.
I pray to a liar’s moon,
but it makes another leap...
and so this Circus goes on-
on a flat earth beneath a tent of stars,
no trapeze, no clowns, no elephants-
just a hunch backed Ringmaster
with a curious ape-like gait.
(Obviously, I liked your piece enough that I co-opted it, ie stole it. I guess I should apologize but I won't, since I won't save it as my own. That said, I can relate to that Ringmaster).
Everybody's monkey
is on my back,
raining idiot claws
as it shrieks to its gods,
and twists my skeleton
like handlebars, knocks my brains
against eyes of flint.
I pray to a liar’s moon,
but it makes another leap...
and so this Circus goes on-
on a flat earth beneath a tent of stars,
no trapeze, no clowns, no elephants-
just a hunch backed Ringmaster
with a curious ape-like gait.
(Obviously, I liked your piece enough that I co-opted it, ie stole it. I guess I should apologize but I won't, since I won't save it as my own. That said, I can relate to that Ringmaster).