Britney Spears is on the radio
i think she did it again
but then who am i to judge
i don’t know where she’s been
i approach the record player
with trepidation
as the creeping tendrils
of the LSD tab
(yeah i know i shouldn’t but a bloke needs a hobby)
i took well over fifty five minutes ago
the beer and pizza dinner
may retard transfer a smidge
but you get that on the big jobs
(i have no idea - i'm approaching the balls ok!)
seeps through my various systems
it find pipes
that weren't even plumbed
like a movie antidote
all bright and fizzy and green
in varying states, degrees
and intensities
if i let my mind be at the peace
on the level it is meant to be
if i relax enough and not power my thoughts
i can see things beyond
the realm of merely seeing;
i can see through my skin
and the skins of
my endless selves
from now until extinction
from now until the end
straight through
like faded translucent parchment
i can wander away
i can see stars born and die
like an organic fireworks show
Pink Floyd:
Animals
it lets me know
it lets me stay in check with
parts of the me from the past
yeah that guy
i let him stick around
purely as a learn-ed advisor
so much is going on ever so slowly
i approach headlong
an anxiety others avoid
like the plague
there is a calm in my chaos
my boat it rocks yes
but
i am so fucking alive in this mess
i seem to revel in the negative
(by whose standard?)
but it’s no way to make a living
the dogs have howled
the sheep have run
the pigs have flown
Vivaldi - The Four Seasons
no Fall in sight
dulcet and subtle tones
my evening approaches
mid point on a clock somewhere
my is is like one of them
got no shiz
why would i be thinking
of Julia Stiles;
now?
Billy Joel – Glass Houses
what the fuck?
i’m gonna enjoy this weekend
for a change
all these fake feelings
bubbling from my skin
and running from my eyes
all these chaffed peelings
rumbling from within
it’s just me, my mind and myself
and not one of us
should be left alone
not without a biro
not without a pen
not without a piece of paper
and a sense of where and when
came into this world kicking and screaming
came into this world umbilically strangled
and this real thing
this feel thing
this deal thing
has always been
as close
as fragile
as the heart beat
after the next
close and anxious
a breath away
a breast away
a test today
a game to play
i can feel my intestines
revolt against this wedge
i have inserted into this version
of this reality
into this world
the only one i know
it is now this very world
to which i now
have exposed myself
baring myself from atoms to flesh
and here i am
going forward
looking out my back door
all to willingly
it didn’t take much
to convince myself
i think i am happy
i have found my gods
and this peace
is the one i have made
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Brenton F
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Comments (8)
I really liked the different intensities that this poem had! Fantastic work!
This felt like a night you never want to end, with downtown speakeasies and self-acceptance. Uninhibited and intimate. And the verse about seeing through the skin of your different selves - you have such a great, true, voice. Beautiful.
What was that about Abby Somebody or Other? I thought she was left in that crosswalk.... painted beneath the lines as a troop of Beatles marched over her grave. Seems Normal enough. ... This is so twisted, yet so relatable.
FRIDAY NIGHT I CRASHED YOUR PARTY... SATURDAY I SAID I'M SORRY... BRITTNEY CAME AND GOT TRASHED OUT AGAIN .... Gotta love those glass houses. Lol. Fantastic job once again Brenton.
There is so much in here...I felt I was on a ride. Great job, my friend, what an adventure your mind is
This is bloody marvellous fun. So strange is your mind, but it makes a lot of sense, oddly. Well done, Brenton on the grins this gave me and chin stroking. Lots of great references too. but...50 LCD tabs? lol
Haha 😂 This is Great and they need to leave Brittany Alone Lol 😆…📝👌
Omg… im sorry but the title alone made me so happy… lol, nice one brenton!! :)