i sit pushing away poetry
i, full of peanuts
guava and grapefruit
full of
toastmasters ambition
for self-driven tuition
towards
compelling communication
and influencing the situation
in a business suit
poetry constitutes
my procrastination
an inconvenient
habituation
a distracting contract
i enact
interfering with microbiology positioning
and zoology pracs
tonight hesitation
to sensibly engage direction
instead led to reflection
on the beat poet generation
namely Allan Ginsberg
inspired by Walt Whitman
still failing to see
what these
bisexual bums
from the fifties
have to do with me
with freedom of expression
and my obsession
to put impression
into rhyme
crafting lines
my pen's just run out
it's a sign
it's past bed time.
ha! not before sufficient imagery
weaves itself into tapestry
will this poem let me sleep
creativity's deep
and next week's a new start
eight o'clock sharp
to make self-discipline
and time management my art.
let me share with you the vision of a train
a thought train we're all riding
law-abiding
locomoted like free verse
no tracks to traverse
trajectary determined through mutual deciding
though realistically
citizens' decisions
under constant revision
from self-elected division
travelling at the front of the train
controlling the onboard entertainment game
whereby
ticket holders compete
for limited first class seats
with the benifit of leg room
and something to eat
the rules say
the longer you play
the greater your luck
that your cattle truck
will break norms
and transform
into a first-class coach
the approach
includes giving your food
to the dude
collecting for upfront
to understand direct questions to the monkey
with the degree
in the economy
anyone persistently
resisting
welcome to confront
trigger-happy chimpanzee security
communicating in grunts
this negotiating methodology
proven in its effect
on select
third-class ticket holders getting hungry
and to put it crudely
hoarding food
considered selfish and rude
similar to recent
misguided revolution
which failed to see the rules
as the solution
as a result
distractions like
where are we going
and
who's driving
now seen to add to what is termed as confusion.
true realists play harder
and wait
in anticipation of the great
cattle truck transformation
provided we don't reach our destination first.
let me share with you the vision of a train
a thought train we're all riding
nataral law-abiding
locomoted like free verse
no tracks to traverse
trajectory determined through mutal agreement.
