further away
dystopia lovers riding
the edge of a knife
hope slowly fading
as the horizon falls
further away
you hear an old
david bowie song
come from a passing
car
we could be heroes,
but we're not
the tears start to fall
like snowflakes
you remember when
forever was possible
when love had a taste
that gave you life
yeah, neither do i
one long episode
of what could have
been
no lucky chances
on this side of town
for over thirty years
i see a sparkle in your
eyes
i haven't seen in any
human
for over thirty years
such the ever-present
angel
determined to squeeze
the marrow out of life
and here i am,
dishevelled and lost
stuck on the mountain
wondering where
kerouac is
eventually, they stop
calling you a genius
the words bum and
waste and fool come
too quickly
the sparkle becomes
a dull light
batteries rusted
another case
of why bother
tripping the night away
the neon drips from my
soul
after yet another life
spent
tripping the night away
she longingly reaches
for
your hand three thousand
miles away
you think of it as the
finger
of a god you don't
believe
in
tear down the fourth wall
and marvel at the little
fucker behind the curtain
we certainly aren't in
kansas
or fucking oz anymore
some play checkers
while the evil ones
play chess
i never got past
connect four
without ever having to
wait in line
the rare days
where the poems
flow like water
like riding your
favourite roller coaster
without ever having
to wait in line
cherish these days
you damn well
know the flipside
where it is like
squeezing water
from a rock to
even get a few
lines out
where the answer
is always no
and the dreaded
questions of self
confidence beat
you down to
where there is
nothing left
J.J. Campbell (1976 - ?)
was raised by wolves yet managed to graduate high school with honors. He's been
widely published over the years, most recently at Cajun Mutt Press, The Rye
Whiskey Review, Synchronized Chaos, The Beatnik Cowboy and Misfit Magazine. You
can find him most days on his mildly entertaining blog, evil delights. (https://evildelights.blogspot.com)
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