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Published by sonicsoup, 2020-03-28 15:44:08

Devious Metaphors 3-27-20

Devious Metaphors 3-27-20

Keywords: poetry,Johnny Sonique

Crown

Take the long way home

let your heart roam
go the way of your flow

The fire burns down
but still wears a crown
given a chance to grow

Drinking the Whine 201 Crown

Fire

The artist is out of her element

If no one cares about Meaning
If no one asks the Big Questions
If no one is sensitive to Is-ness
If no one appreciates the Joy of Creation

She must rise with passion
to be her own fire
And give meaning to the world

Devious Metaphors 202 Fire

Embers

Ah the fiery breath of art.

Though it burns low
It burns hottest when repressed
Breathe deep the gathering Hope

Drinking the Whine 203 Hope

Inner World

Spending our time
before it’s given
Passion in our world

Daydream life
work-weary souls
Fetal position curled

Devious Metaphors 204 Inner World

Religionrant

The unknown is scary

so we do marry
superstition with reality
Many ways to be
many ways to see
are what I want for me

A manger on far
or a five pointed star
is a worthy focal point
Many a philosophy
when bending the knee
our hearts they do anoint

But people in fear
won’t get near
anything with the sign of the beast
Yet give them turkey
they all get jerky
and have a huge pagan feast

Drinking the Whine 205 Religionrant

Every time we pledge
to be on the edge
and really try something unique
Fanatics come
and overrun
the logic with the oblique

Organized religion
is like a pigeon
that doesn’t know how to fly
It tries to see
the way to be
but it can’t tell truth from lie

On many levels
we all are devils
disputing the God Machine
And I too resist
and have to insist
we respect earth’s growing green

Ecology is not
timely taught
as being closer to God
If we’re here to respect
and not neglect
isn’t that just a bit odd?

Devious Metaphors 206 Religionrant

We’re in a wait
for Heaven’s Gate
and the proper use of our talents
But being here now
lets celebrate how
we all strive for balance

Drinking the Whine 207 Religionrant

Status Quo

The Status Quo is like a tyrant

playing the creator surreal
Rock the boat, he’s at your throat
weaving his web of steel

He’ll use social pressure like an Escher
something we can’t quite reach
Logic has no place and never a face
just out of reason’s reach

He’ll use social pressure like an Escher
putting on a very false face
The magic of distraction and the reaction
killing the creative pace

He’ll use social pressure like an Escher
impossibly twisting and turning
His iron command will eventually strand
all on the road to learning

He’ll use social pressure like an Escher
causing many to drown
Stealing your years, playing on fears
a dead end road to go down

Devious Metaphors 208 Status Quo

He’ll use social pressure like an Escher
a thing of mirrors and smoke
Never bold but still chasing gold
chains for the average folk

He’ll use social pressure like an Escher
always quickening the pace
A never ending run under the gun
everyone loses the race

He’ll use social pressure like an Escher
fading in and out
No evolution and no solution
sowing seeds of doubt

He’ll use social pressure like an Escher
going round and round
His deadly decrees will certainly freeze
anyone seeking their ground

He’ll use social pressure like an Escher
a real doom and gloomer
Like Escher’s art we’ll outsmart
the wacky stairs with humor

Drinking the Whine 209 Status Quo

He’ll use social pressure like an Escher
but once you really see
In the design you can define
so much clarity

Use social pressure like an Escher
a voice above the herd
Tour touch is needed and once seeded
humanity is stirred

Devious Metaphors 210 Status Quo

Work To Do

Can I borrow?

Just for tomorrow
your reality and time
My own smooth clone
is out alone
drinking daiquiris and lime

So much to do
I sit here and stew
I haven’t got the time
I need a slave
who will behave
wouldn’t that be sublime

I won’t do the chores
how it bores
I leave them up to him
What’s he for
please wash the floor
he looks at me so grim

Drinking the Whine 211 Work To Do

He doesn’t care
when I swear
I’ll reclaim my DNA
He’s very haughty
and sometimes naughty
although I have to say

He is e a mirror
And it’s become clearer
that I be the one to change
What better way
to see my own clay
than in this dual exchange

Devious Metaphors 212 Work To Do

Zombie

Poems spew forth

defending my sanity
Use it or lose it
cries my zombie brain

Drinking the Whine 213 Zombie

S TcatteredThe rest of the lot houghts

Devious Metaphors 214 Scattered Thoughts

Bean Wine

Coffee - the nectar of the Gods

the libation of the Muse.
Happiness grows
energy flows
chasing away the blues

Scattered Thoughts 215 Bean Wine

Beast

An assignment finally came along

in writing class with with upscale gear
Asked to write a work of wonder
my sweating art I tried to steer

I wrote a poem and put to floppy
thought it would be alright
Little did I know the Mac was strange
and I’d have a losing fight

There is no slot I cried aloud
no place to put the disk
The longer I sat the more I thought
would it be worth the risk?

To drill a hole and customize
this funny piece of gear
If anyone noticed what I’d done
I’d be paying for a year!

So I opted for the safe way out
and wrote another tome
I got the better of this beast
and had a better poem

Devious Metaphors 216 Beast

Chariot

A chariot of white

parting the cars
Flew through the
shiny wet streets

The soul inside
in need of help
Heart stumbling
Clinging to its beats

Scattered Thoughts 217 Chariot

CQ

We have a theory

for everything
including your high CQ*
How do you cope
under the microscope
when everything’s askew?

There are rough edges
and scary ledges
to the lives we lead
We try to measure
and greatly treasure
the numbers we believe

But numbers are numbers
and people are people
and maybe the twain won’t meet
We must be more
than our credit score
or is there no retreat?

*Creativity Quotient

Devious Metaphors 218 CQ

Dualism

If you really don’t care

you can declare
duality is the king

There is no gray
we’re divided I say
it’s such a
black and white thing

No in-between
nothing unseen
it’s all in front of us

If you want respect
you can’t object
to the front or the
back of the bus

We never learn
and still we burn
crossed wood
on our neighbor’s lawn

No thinking involved
nothing is solved
tradition dominates trust

Scattered Thoughts 219 Dualism

Duality

The liquid glass of the timeless sea

comes rolling in to smile at me
Deep blue swells and azure green
much of her remains unseen

Foam crawls, crashes on the beach
just beyond my gentle reach
Dark and light she calls to me
sun diamond sparkles on the sea

The flame of love burns bright and hot
fiery embers we have wrought
Come my lover and be with me
we will end duality

The horizon is a life unknown
into which we all are thrown
Are we separate or one being?
is it just a way of seeing?

Sylvan thoughts bring synergy
creating a life of energy
Spawning a new and thrilling ride
like the push-pull of life’s tide

Devious Metaphors 220 Duality

The flame of love burns bright and hot
fiery embers we have wrought
Come my lover and be with me
we will end duality

Growing things reach out to light
like a swiftly circling kite
Catching wisdom in its wake
never leaving life to fate

Sea and sand can be as one
you and I will have our run
Blue sky clouds speak to me
like the rolling endless sea

The flame of love burns bright and hot
fiery embers we have wrought
Come my lover and be with me
we will end duality

Come my lover and with me run
we are separate and yet one

Scattered Thoughts 221 Duality

Email

I feel your 1’s and 0’s

tickling my busy brain
But I prefer the sound
of gently falling rain

Immersed in so much data
my mind is quick to revolt
Pursue me with what matters
and not a digital jolt

Devious Metaphors 222 Email

Everwar

Seeds of doubt sowing

evil out-flowing
Good all-knowing
battle on-going

Devils from below
angels do glow
Reap what you sow
now you know

Scattered Thoughts 223 Everwar

Expired

His license expired

and now he’s mired
in that dead old registry
Long waiting list
he raised his fist
wasn’t he once, more free?

Filled to the brim
of RMV whim
it sure is a birthday pain
His card’s been nixed
his future is mixed
how to get home in the rain

To drive is a right
they say with a might
and now it doesn’t exist
He’ll fight the damn system
and maybe he’ll dis them
they’ll probably just get pissed

Devious Metaphors 224 Expired

An ID card would
lower their guard
just like a Trojan horse
He’ll the game
sanity regain
everything back on course

Revenge was sweet
his photo complete
he really sent his darts
That icy stare
that deadly glare
sent chills thru their quaking hearts

Scattered Thoughts 225 Expired

Fall

Eyes overloaded

brain exploded
what do I see on the ground?
Brilliance bursting
soul-colors thirsting
a thousand treasures found

Devious Metaphors 226 Fall

Lessons

Into Your mind insight has flown

when your life is not your own
You realize there could be more
Waiting for that celestial door
Too late, your mind is blown

Scattered Thoughts 227 Lessons

Listen 1

I raise my cup of wisdom

to our steadfast gurus
who through the ages
guide us to our greatness
and destiny

Like the eternal sea
this ebb and flow of ideas
gently encircles,
offering up the
treasures within us

There is discovery
in these whispering pages
a power wanting to be revealed
Simple truths hidden by
our careless being

I look into infinite worlds
and see us
going forward in the night
to be the stars
in all our tomorrows

Devious Metaphors 228 Listen 1

As a flame rising
from the embers
our lives can rhyme
with the elemental purity
of the universe

Own the enlightening book
we have only to listen

Scattered Thoughts 229 Listen 1

Listen 2

Yo, listen, I gotta say

dis here book ya hafta play
ain’t gonna do ya no dirt

It’s da real thing
ain’t like bling
ya know it ain’t gonna hurt

So how’s yo life ?
givin’ ya strife ?
nothin’ like it otta be?

Get no respec ?
ya gonna defec ?
it just makes ya wanna pee !

Da shit in this book
give it a look
scan it to the letta

Devious Metaphors 230 Listen 2

I know ya bleed
but can ya read?
don’tcha wanna be betta?

Dis shit’s out dere
juz like the air
now it’s all one place

So quitcher whinin’
startcher dinin’
the truth is in yo face

don’t be a loosa
a low life booza
homies gotta have grit

My man’s done da work
don be a jerk
jus go on en buy it!

Scattered Thoughts 231 Listen 2

LOVE

I tried to wipe my shadow off

I tried to cool the sun
I tried to steal your heart away
but you were on the run

I tried to slow the time of things
and change the flow of wind
But when it came to changing you
I had no thoughts to send

I greased my tongue and took a breath
hoping to impress
But how to catch your flirting mind
I could not even guess

I grabbed your soul and smothered it
with my wild desire
But you ducked and flew away
like embers in a fire

I thought of love and wondered how
such a thing of mist
Born of subtle thought and ache
could possibly exist

Devious Metaphors 232 Love

It has no width or breadth or depth
no weight or time in space
And yet moves people to wondrous heights
or takes from them all grace

I really should let you come to me
like the tide does for the sea
Trusting the patience of my love
like a slowly blooming tree

Love darts and dances in our lives
and ever mystifies
Waits in the hidden cracks of life
a passionate surprise

I pluck a star from the night
I borrow from the moon
I wait for you with open arms
for I am not immune

Scattered Thoughts 233 Love

Currency

The economy tanks

But I give thanks
My currency a smile
With an attitude
of gratitude
Life’s radio I dial

Devious Metaphors 234 My Currency

Reading

A book cover is the present

the pages a time machine
A bookmark is your moment
ideas are evergreen

If books could talk I think they’d say
we’re the supreme creation!
Knowledge is gained, you’re entertained
our limit - imagination

Scattered Thoughts 235 Reading

Rotation

Dammit Janet

let’s blame the planet
for rotating with such abandon

Day into night?
seems about right
for a wolf like Michael Landon

Devious Metaphors 236 Rotation

Safe Harbor

When life’s voyage gets the best of me

and I’m battered by the raging sea
I don’t lose hope; I’m safe from harm
for I have a harbor in your arms

You grant the space that I explore
but if I drift too far from shore
‘Til I am lost and all alone
I know your love will guide me home

You rock my world you sooth my soul
you steer my ship when I’ve lost control

There are rocks in the stormy seas
currents to bring me to my knees
I call up your vision clear and bright
going forward into the night

If I wish to dive beneath the waves
and join the dark and ancient graves
I feel the pull that brings me up
as I drink from your loving cup

Scattered Thoughts 237 Safe Harbor

You rock my world you sooth my soul
you steer my ship when I’ve lost control

I navigate fate’s many gales
my ship of dreams with billowed sails
A silhouette against midnight sky
your love’s the star I steer her by

It matters not how far I stray
I feel your love when I’m away
When my voyage ends I know I’ll see
your harbor lights awaiting me

When my voyage ends I know I’ll see
your harbor lights awaiting me

Devious Metaphors 238 Safe Harbor

Time

Like a rushing freight train

Time passes by
Pain slows the flow
pleasure makes it go
Hold on or let it fly?

Scattered Thoughts 239 Time

Time-Coin

I have a shiny time-coin

it takes me everywhere
I travel past or future
it really doesn’t care

I spend it rather freely
going from here to there
I travel darkened paths
that others wouldn’t dare

It is the coin of aging
hard work to truly earn
Experience and my destiny
make sure that I return

Devious Metaphors 240 Time-coin

Scattered Thoughts 241 Johnny Sonique

LimerettesThe silly ones

Devious Metaphors 242 Limerettes

Bats

There once was a bat named Dean

who thought everything, he had seen
He flew in a house
was kissed by a mouse
knew that’s his best Halloween

Limerettes 243 Bats

Birthday

Work on birthdays is a sin

he said with a wide vicious grin
Please be quiet
or I’ll riot
And never ever work again

Devious Metaphors 244 Birthday

Borrowing

A limerick writer superb

who couldn’t think of a blurb
Stole one from another
without any cover
And now he lives on the curb

Limerettes 245 Borrowing

Brakes

I must use my time to write my rhyme

from ridiculous to sublime
Holding myself back
puts me out of whack
And seems like a hell of a crime

Devious Metaphors 246 Brakes

Brush Stroke

Painting the universe in your mind

you really want to play
Release the tension
into another dimension
You’re only a brush stroke away

Limerettes 247 Brush Stroke

Day-Job 1

There once was an artist from Mass

said day-job, I think I’ll pass
The time travels slowly
I feel very lowly
And there’s nothing here that will last

Devious Metaphors 248 Day Job 1

Day-Job 2

There once was an artist of worth

not meant for day-job from birth
Said this is all wrong
the days are too long
Of Meaning there’s a definite dearth

Limerettes 249 Day Job 2

Dexterity

There once was paper, and pencil too

they loved the artist through and through
He goes into a trance
and makes us dance
look what we’re able to do !

Devious Metaphors 250 Dexterity


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