Pocatello pink sands - original poem

 

Pocatello pink sands

The Pocatello pink sands

are stenching up my room

engraining my heart

with socket wrenches

and eyes affixed on shoes

shake the pink sand

all around the floor

release the fear

and finally be fearful no more

a boyhood's worth of fear

doesn't simply disappear

it lingers on street corners

and rattles around aimlessly

in the crucial hours 

of a night's long hauled sleep

so wash your skin

with Poctaello pink sands

and let the micron-sized abrasions

leave you pure and primed

for surgery on the rough parts

only smoothness left over

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16561313-Pocatello-pink-sands-by-Colvet

Name That Author #2

Hint:  Philosopher

Post your answers/connections to this person below. Cheers!

armageddon - original poem

 

armageddon

Let's lock ourselves

in the cargo bay

does everyone have

their independent

life support systems?

crystal castles

tumbling through blue

and green gas rings

one happened to hit

our primary thrusters

mayday mayday

I repeat

it's going down

our only hope

is an emergency landing

relying solely

on our back ups

electromagnetic debris shields up

we'll smash right through

the lunar icicles

and descend into strange lands

we're off their grids now

like cyborgs or something

ask God if he doesn't mind

taking care of our buddies

until we can one day

play hopscotch with them again

in the playgrounds of space

shimmery and nefariously pure

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16563198-armageddon-by-Colvet

scrying lathe - original poem

 

scrying lathe

stare into the scrying lathe

left in ages settled beneath dust

you disappear in a dusty willow

a browed burst of darkness

aging all our fleshy grooves

turning into smirking werewolves

and men with melting faces

frowning faces with blacked out eyes

beards stretching their hairs to the ground

dripping their gunk on the dark sidewalk

and spiral marble staircase incline

a maniacal grin and dangling eyes

ripping back and forth like pendulums

of a dirty boxing glove

in the back of a catatonically depressed clown

all flesh blanching to white

with eyeballs rolling like quarters in a pinball machine

the darkness clacks on the mirror

forming tiny micro fissures

until everything turns to blackness

and demons rip the world in the half

with their blood dripped

fluorescent yellow clam claws

staring into the core of the earth

with glowing eyes on fire

sleeping in a tent with the devil

doing handsigns

in the woods at night

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16551017-scrying-lathe-by-Colvet

three o' clock [surprise] - original poem

 

three o'clock [surprise]

you were innocent

reassuring oneself

but a simple stab

with a shiny pocket knife

denotes your fate

marks your murderous name

not in self-defense

the universe has cameras

pretty much everywhere

these days

it wasn't self defense

the victim had no weapon

and you stole his wallet

but he was broke

only had two bucks

for a bottle of booze

you're a murderer, Charlie

who spits in green-thumbing

priest faces

you are he

who comes to the door

to spread the word of God

with no cognition

of his lively lessons

you have no choice in the matter

you already gave that up

already tied the rope

already punched your timecard

and turned the other cheek to abuse

you cursed God's name in vain

you drank the devil's urine

you lived the left-hand path

so now you suffer in death

be mindful

his power is absolute black

those who forsake

and mock the name of God

the white light of goodness

for the black footsteps of evil

are called sinners

and sinners go to hell

the dark one is waiting

and he doesn't like to pause

tick tock

tick tock

clock strikes

three o' clock

he's got you now

surprise!

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16501037-three-oclock-suprise-by-Colvet

derisive decision - original poem

 

derisive decision

a derisive decision

written in messy cursive

crumpled in paper bits

hidden in the folds

of a scarlet scarf

hung widdifully

on the decrepit

thinning branches

of his birthday tree

seeded on the day

of his spawning

now dying in flames

an inflammable camisole

on his lifeless body

floating away into particles

his body may be melted

but his frozen tears

will always stay crossed

and his name

will always be censored

by those in control

those who type the paragraphs

of our school-led texts

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16562864-derisive-decision-by-Colvet

coffee drinker - original poem

 

coffee drinker

coffee drinker

underachiever

staying in bed

long past noon

on the weekends

head out to the lighthouse

to meet Millie

she needs help

with preserving

the coastal

great lake views

the rats and bugs

throw the best parties

after sundown

with cherry apple

moonshine

look out

for the green beam

lightning machine

buoying up and down

flash your flashlight twice

then circle it three times longer

as wide as you can 

we'll send you a yellow raft

come along ashore

and watch the Atari show

projected over

the low hanging

strong smelling

Michigan trees

in the paltry sky

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16483103-coffee-drinker--by-Colvet