(For National Poetry Month I am writing a stream-of-conscious poem per day. Each poem is a spontaneous poem single edit — could get messy! Here is Poem #17...)
membership
has privilege
embedded
bestowed
by right
by birth
tribe and clan
i have neither
nor history
or songs to sing
in soaring pride
here
away from
any touch
here
on the edge
in silence
i brood
contemplate
survive
shunned
shamed
and blamed
disavowed
disowned
do not think
that i
have lessons
to be learned
from you
do not think
that your
small gifts
of stringed
benefice
are desired
i have seen you
studied your rules
of belonging
and engagement
your civilized
codified covenant
offering nothing
no leisure to be
unbranded
unbound
free range
i would not
trade my soul
choose your
mindless herd
over the
lonely autonomy
of my thoughts
membership has
a price
i cannot pay.
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Toxic Brain Dump:National Poetry Month 2015
PoetryEvery April is National Poetry Month - so here is a poem-a-day to celebrate the month. Each poem is a spontaneous stream-of-conscious writing exercise with a 45-minute time limit. Sit back and relax this will get messy! To help spark my creativit...
