{"id":1946,"date":"2018-10-01T09:31:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T13:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/?p=1946"},"modified":"2018-10-01T09:31:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T13:31:16","slug":"a-collection-of-empty-lighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/01\/a-collection-of-empty-lighters\/","title":{"rendered":"a collection of empty lighters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>tapped out and corkscrewed<br \/>\ninto an uneven end<br \/>\nas the piano descends<br \/>\ninto a black and white melody<br \/>\ninnovation is held in the shadow of repetition<br \/>\nfive more terrible poems to go<\/p>\n<p>egos impose<br \/>\nas excuses expose<br \/>\nfabricated tempos<br \/>\nforever unfinished<br \/>\nand god damn it<br \/>\ntoday there is just something<br \/>\ni must compose<br \/>\nbefore my hands and eyes<br \/>\ncompletely decompose<\/p>\n<p>love like a long distance call waiting to connect<br \/>\nabdication of habits that make us human<br \/>\ni\u2019m stroking the soft underbelly of the soul<br \/>\nblacklisted yet broadcasting abstract harmonies<\/p>\n<p>tired and spent like a friday afternoon paycheck<br \/>\none more dance within the matrix<br \/>\nit\u2019s a risky wager<br \/>\nwith the promise of soft madness<br \/>\nas we drift from one<br \/>\nundefined purpose to the next<br \/>\nunrefined day jobs lead to<br \/>\nambiguous nights littered with<br \/>\nuncensored women, hastily rolled cigarettes,<br \/>\nand cheap liquor<br \/>\nsudden anxiety in the morning<br \/>\nthis playlist is killing me slowly<\/p>\n<p>trolling on empty floors<br \/>\nand listening to the cold cries<br \/>\nof a curious kitten<\/p>\n<p>we\u2019re steeped in<br \/>\nrecovery with no remorse<br \/>\nas eyes erratically avoid entanglement<br \/>\ndriving down flailing and failing roads unsung<br \/>\nburnt up, spitting ash from a withered tongue<br \/>\nwe continue to search for an automatic fix<br \/>\nas hieroglyphics and metaphysics randomly mix<\/p>\n<p>finely tuned and over dramatic<br \/>\nengaged in the mad ballet of skullduggery<br \/>\nwe are autonomous bodies<br \/>\nwith heads that explode<br \/>\nin the morning masterpiece<br \/>\nas the table is set once again<br \/>\nfor another poorly timed release<\/p>\n<p>i wield the double-edged sword of technology<br \/>\nin hopes of slicing tyranny into halves of freedom<br \/>\nthe world is still on fire<br \/>\nyet the cat still sits in my lap<br \/>\ngenders and traditions are no longer absolute<br \/>\nwe live within definitions continuously sent down<br \/>\nthe memory hole\u2019s oppressive chute<br \/>\nmain street is empty, and<br \/>\nall people are not created equal<br \/>\nthe war on drugs still persists<br \/>\nas ordinary citizens are arbitrarily<br \/>\ntransformed into terrorists<br \/>\npolitics still divide us<br \/>\nyet music, and art still hold the light<br \/>\nto guide and unite us<\/p>\n<p>summer still fades into winter<br \/>\nand every morning i still wake up at three am<br \/>\nthe word still remains elusive as<br \/>\nholy rhythms are hacked from deadwood<br \/>\nperhaps tomorrow<br \/>\nthe gods will grant me<br \/>\na greater revelation<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/296-a-collection-of-empty-lighters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1954\" src=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/296-a-collection-of-empty-lighters-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"296-a-collection-of-empty-lighters\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/296-a-collection-of-empty-lighters-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/296-a-collection-of-empty-lighters-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/poeticexorcisms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/296-a-collection-of-empty-lighters.jpg 1024w, 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