power ballad

[(Wordy)]

power ballad


who is ever still,
here in the live feed?

(could go every way)

peering at decisions,
drinks list

she pierces the yolk-bubble,
dribbles yellow

everyone loves to be ignored,
nonchalant or chalant,
swooping on ignorance

days when you don’t want your name
associated

the future’s correct,
be so sure

fiction wins

'augmented reality'
a letdown
(teleprompter ≠ teleporter)

night opens to speed
farms out fragments
raided by addicts

placebo’s pure morning
a tweaker anthem,
meth’s power ballad

crystal methamphetamine,
a naked eraser



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From my book How to be Hungry.

Listen to me reading this poem on SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/wordy/power-ballad

 

[panic in paradise]

(Wordy)
placebo’s pure morning
a tweaker anthem,
meth’s power ballad

yeah placebo is a powerful thing, and its too bad how we have learned(so far) to utilize it.
poetry, now that is some powerful placebo - and most burning yurning 'addictive type personalities' etc have it.