A FOUL SIMPLE DALLIANCE

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JOURNAL # 41

whether thou art tunnel weary
or in a battle swoon
balance is the broad stroke
for tempests' trivial
matters warrant
what matters claim to prune
horticulturist to the convivial
skills conveyed in vivid disproportion
spake misdirected mortification
the primary culprits lay
in the brutal media
and their careless disconnection
to the reality of what is truly shown
to be beautiful
shallow buyers seek shallow pages
to read and compare themselves to
they layer their lives with shallow coverings
all too predictably buying into such same
shallow realities of the utterly dysfunctional
those who possess inner grounding
and true depth
have no use for the surface scratches of society's
supposed hierarchy 
gathered from the more obvious fake trappings
the grounded and the stable
side step such circus fair
and refuse to be drawn into the maelstrom of
complete nothingness that is the multimedia
trampoline for the empty minded....
(Jan.18,2015 203am)

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Got to thinking about people who obsess over what movie stars and people who are famous for no reason are doing and how they live their lives and want to keep up with those sort of  people. It's like they have no real life of their own so they have to feed off famous people's doings. That is what sells magazines and tabloids I guess. This poem sprang from those type of thoughts.

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deepinyourdreams's picture

What always grabs me is how

What always grabs me is how famous people look today when you have one perspective after only seeing them on reruns for years...it's like...HOLY CRAP...lol

P.S. Long time no...you know


"Deepinyourdreams"

palewingedpoetess's picture

Yes, agree or...............

one of two things happens you think they are dead and low and behold you see them turn up on some news interview and you are shocked or you think they are alive and you google them and they died years ago. Is strange when that happens. Makes you feel like a completes and utter fool when either happens. Yes it has been a long time. You meandered off from us here on PP I have always been around and a foot you on the other hand..............? Sincerely, M.

P.S. Good to see you back and writing!