Waving Whilst Drowning [In Your Valium Tears]

by Paul Tristram / February 26th, 2023

Ah, Woodnesse and Wrath
… coupled in [Eternal]
Strangulation of Thought
… your ‘Open Cup’
brought in the ‘Shade’
… and, as you [Blindly]
Sealed the Deal…
with a Life-Changing
[Soul-Contract]….‘Kiss’
… those who ‘Watch’
moved Closer to the Kill.
The Bible is no
‘Get Out Of Jail Free’
card… the Blasphemous
pay ‘Sincerity’ in Advance
… there is no Protection
from a ‘Lesson’
that’s needed to be Learnt.
You shan’t Escape
the ‘Tail-Whip’…
of the Experience
you’re card-dealing others
… those leper-cursed
[Schizophrenically] with
both Trepidation of Nerve
and [Unwarranted] Pride
… get served a Karma
they are not Built to Handle.

• ‘Woodnesse’ is an Old English word for Madness.

Paul Tristram is a widely published Welsh writer who deals in the Lowlife, Outsider, and Outlaw genres.  He wrote his first poem as a teenager following his release from the (Infamous) Borstal ‘HMP Portland’, and he has been creating Literary Terrorism ever since.  His novel ‘Crazy Like Emotion’ is available to purchase right here . Also his collection of shorter fiction Kicking Back Drunk ‘Round The Candletree Graves' is available to purchase at https://bookgoodies.com/a/B0DFMTSR4F Both books are published by Close To The Bone Publishing. Read other articles by Paul, or visit Paul's website.

This article was posted on Sunday, February 26th, 2023 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.