Ritual
It has been pretty busy this week at work, and the muse also decides to go AWOL. So i dusted off an old poem from my yellowed pages. It reflects my mood this week. Foul.
You wake up feeling it's a totally lousy morning, your head throbs like hell, your breath smells like the city dump and you know there's a mountain of trash waiting for you on your office desk..
image by dsnake1
Ritual
the mind
grudgingly
coaxed
laden joints
to the loo
i
cleared
a phlegm choked
throat
while
a hangover
HEAVY
as yesteryears
g o o s e m a r c h e d
across the brain
too much liquor&cigarettes
i leaned on basin
absently brushing
and as frayed bristles
grated
on tartar coated teeth
& bleeding gums
the radio DJ cheerily sang
Good morning singapore.
AWSHADDUP !!
jan 1991
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the image is a scan of an ink drawing on art paper, then digitally enhanced.
You wake up feeling it's a totally lousy morning, your head throbs like hell, your breath smells like the city dump and you know there's a mountain of trash waiting for you on your office desk..
image by dsnake1
Ritual
the mind
grudgingly
coaxed
laden joints
to the loo
i
cleared
a phlegm choked
throat
while
a hangover
HEAVY
as yesteryears
g o o s e m a r c h e d
across the brain
too much liquor&cigarettes
i leaned on basin
absently brushing
and as frayed bristles
grated
on tartar coated teeth
& bleeding gums
the radio DJ cheerily sang
Good morning singapore.
AWSHADDUP !!
jan 1991
********
the image is a scan of an ink drawing on art paper, then digitally enhanced.
posted by dsnake1 at 4:34 PM
12 Comments:
nicely done
(and i can remember the feelings all too well)
love the pic too
cheers
Sounds like a Monday.
floots,
thank you!
liz,
"Sounds like a Monday" :D
Gosh, how I wish I could write like that...
mrdes
Ya, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays too unless of course I start the day stumbling on a poem like yours...
hi mrdes,
thanks for stopping by! :)
hi plus,
haha, thank you, but the imagery is not exactly pretty. :D
I have to confess having a memory or some multiple of too many, like that!! Great poem!!
sounds like my daily morning ritual too... hahahaha cool!
hey pat, your comments bring a smile to my face :)
now excuse me while i go look for a beer.
hi kittyn, you in a grouchy mood too? :D
OMG, how many old poems do you have? What are you waiting for? Quick find a publisher. :)
I'm glad I dont have lousy mornings since my days start after 12pm...heheh!
1 day more to go to Friday dear...hang on!
hey bro, i have loads of them, some unprintable, some gems (i think), most are works in progress. shall i post more old poems here since the muse is still missing? :)
hey medusa, no such luck for me. i'll be working on Sat. and Sunday. Then it's monday again...:(
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