Short Modern Life Poems

Sirens wail
another day in paradise
rush hour...

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Double cheeseburger—
Super-size fries— diet Coke. 
Is there a question?...

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Anti-passion normalization
Soul-braking pressurization
Heartless determination
Bruteforced mortivation...

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heat wave causes deaths
sad comment on modern life
most among homeless
no cool air-conditioning
underneath concrete overpasses

written July 27, 2021...

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Lie down and rest my friend,
take off thy weary head, pull
on the hand brake of society,
and give the world a chance,
a glorious chance to understand you!

© Harry J Horsman  1991...

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Okay onward and upward, tis great to be alive
With all the amenities this modern life provides
But one thing I miss
Is a warm tender kiss
Am wetting myself, dreaming of naughties inside...

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Okay onward and upward, tis great to be alive
With all the amenities this modern life provides
But one thing I miss
Is a warm tender kiss
Am wetting my jockeys, dreaming naughties inside...

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Charon 2001
by Michael R. Burch

I, too, have stood—paralyzed at the helm
watching onrushing, inevitable disaster.
I too have felt sweat (or ecstatic tears) plaster
damp hair to my eyes, as a slug’s dense film
becomes mucous-insulate. Always, thereafter
living in darkness, bright things overwhelm.

Originally published by The Neovictorian/Cochlea...

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primetime morning
it is still nighttime to us
got nothing to do
might as well sleep a whole lot longer
our breathing is the easiest it has been in months
so many hours given to the pockets of someone else
these here hours belong to us
we most definitely make the best of it
these primetime mornings are golden like our growth in the center of this modern life...

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I loathe the sound of modern life
man made machine, electric knife
chainsaw rip through old oak bough
it seems so inhumane, somehow

give me peace, tranquillity
the robins chirp, the creek of tree
buzz of bee, or croak of toad
maybe I am getting old

not for me the the whirr of drill
tranquillity and air of still
is all I ask this gorgeous day
take your ruinous things away...

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Returning to the empty void
Thoughts arising taking hold
Bitter twisted anguish leaping out
Silence deafening, need to shout

Escape the reality of modern life
Social meetings causing strife
Be who I want, with no come back
Empty shell, missing what I lack

Reaching out for others embrace
To feel a part of the human race
Twisted personality becoming a joke
To end this cycle before I choke
...

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Modern life is stressful they say
Nothings right or wrong, everything gray
So before you start your day
Get on your knees before God and pray

And as you drive to your daily task
Keep talking to God and wisdom ask
And keep talking to Him from dawn to dusk
Tell Him everything dont be brasque

Rejoice evermore the bible says
Pray pray without ceasing always
give thanks in everything all your days
To God be glory honor and praise
Amen...

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Amid the concrete towers of modern life
some ancient preference in us calls
for sunshine dappled bowers.
There is respite in leafiness,
in tangled vines, obstreperous creepers,
in row, upon nonchalant row,
of fragrant roses.

A butterfly invites our eye
to ramble from monotonies of
daily drudge. 
We hearken back to some
lost paradise -  a game, intent
on restoration of  our addled brains 
We find again,
delight in wandering


Thursday, June 27, 2013...

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