At forty-nine, I start my real life – the one I was born to live. Copyright owned by Jay Cool, July 2019 Please read and comment on other posts by Jay Cool: 1: Lack-Lustre 55: Finiarted Time to Say Goodbye The Undertaking: Book Review Outstanding
Category Archives: Savvy Poems
Introspection
A response to feedback offered by my one and only follower, Ricardo Scribblero, who politely questioned whether the generally introspective theme running through all of my written out(in)put, might be too much for some. Let me introduce myself to you, ready for your inspection, ready to be gazed at by you – through yourContinue reading “Introspection”
Edges
The edges of me have holes in. Gaps in the fortifications, making it easier for you – to ping your view of me, into the spaces, thinking to make your mark, but I’ve played your table games before, in other places, with other players, and your view of me, pings back, at you –Continue reading “Edges”
Hypocaust
In the middle, I stand, pushing down my insides, is to be whooshed over and over; whooshed by the waves, emanating up from the soles of one’s feet; tidal waves, quick and sudden; humongous waves that cross over one’s bowels, stomach and heart, crushing them together into a bouncing ball, up and churning it Continue reading “Hypocaust”
Why do good people do bad things to good people?
Is it bad to be obedient, or is that just a good person doing what they are told? Why do good people do bad things to other good people? Can a person be good if they have done a bad thing to another person, knowing that the thing they have done is bad?Continue reading “Why do good people do bad things to good people?”
Apperception
To sleep, or not to sleep? That is the problem. But to sleep, for the obedient wrongdoer, in the aftermath of a wrongdoing done, is not much of a muchness of a problem. A wrongdoing done to another, a deception, is not much of a problem to be borne, if one was ordered byContinue reading “Apperception”
Outstanding
I stand out – a head above the rest, tall and gangly, alien accent, orange crown, and more-than-a-little odd. I stand above, and I stand out – florescent, illuminating, and alert. I’m an amber sunset, full of the promise of a better tomorrow. I alarm you. A flashing-red siren cuts through your conscience.Continue reading “Outstanding”
Obsolete: A Stand-Up Poem
Used up, finished with, and obsolete. Why, then, am I such an obstruction? Copyright owned by Jay Cool, June 2019
Volition: A Savvy Poem
Being volatile, my spark evolves into a raging bonfire – flames, red-hot and amber, against bubbles of calming green.
Vestibule: A Savvy Poem
Making my entrance, I felt proud. I was in a trance, to be fair – a daydream! A dream in which I felt appreciated, a dream in which the face that looked like mine had a purpose. When the enchantment ended, I was loud. to be fair, then I was disturbed and –Continue reading “Vestibule: A Savvy Poem”
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