266: It Dropped Like A Hammer - Best Poems 2020
It Dropped Like A Hammer
© 2020 Blake Wiers
Dedication
Dingo, thank you for your love and patience.
Apparently, I’m working through some shit this decade.
Nov. 22, 2019
It’s just getting good
The machines are finally being understood
They’ve got us online
Winning minds on their turf
While they take over Earth
Nov. 27, 2019
Rain comes as the first day of christmas
Bestowing gifts as it kisses the earth with life
Washing away the pee smell
Making everything swell
The rivers, the lakes, trees and flowers
Oh we surrender to these showers
So gleefully
Watching them pitter patter
On pavement, glistening leaf, rattling glass
The hollow echoes of a million drops
All hitting at once
Soaking
Descending
In droplets, torrents, streams
Lulling me to sleep
Nap in the afternoon
Hibernate
You were up late
Jan. 3, 2020
Greta Thurnberg your way around the world
Creating waves of wonder
Emission Free
Sending out good vibrations
Pumping nations
With a woke vacation
Sailing, soaring, riding the crest
On a quest to be best
Test
Reset the unrest
Be blessed
Confess
To the mighty mess
Understand
The upper hand
Who wipes the slate clean
With wonders unseen
Geological timescale
Oh how we pale
Before Thee
Mighty Earth
Jan. 8, 2020
In The Background of My Selfies
I am an environmentalist.
Nature is something I like
To drive my hybrid to for a hike.
I bought a metal water bottle
To replace my plastic water bottle
I bought to replace the bottled water.
I’m going on an eco-vacation
To a sustainable organic resort
Built on a dying reef.
I’m flying there first class, with miles.
I will support the local economy
When I’m over there
By bringing home some useless gifts
My friends will treasure
Until they throw them away.
I’m doing my part to save the world-
You can see what it looked like
In the background of my selfies
Jan. 19, 2020
Based on what I’ve seen so far
I’m not going to make much of a difference
Just another white man
Talking too loudly
About the elephant in the room
Hoping if I can own my ignorance
I will be given a chance
To do as my ancestors have done
To rape and pillage
Village to village
To claim victimhood
When I stood my ground
Soaked with the blood of the brown
A conquest of self-defense
Self-denial and injured innocence
Climbed to the top of the pack
Looked back, and shouted,
“Look out below,
I’m coming through.”
Jan. 28, 2020
I wasn’t ready to go
But it was ready to be over
So there I was
On my own
All alone in our former home
And if there’s one thing that is true
When it comes to loving myself
It’s got nothing to do with you
Little kid
Boy blue
Out on your own
With nothing to do
Jan. 29, 2020
He come from the burning bush
With a word
He won’t murder us
Eternal life
Ever hereafter
If you bow down before your master
One lord
Above them all
Fishmonger
With tales to sell
It’s hard to tell
The bull from the shit
Wisemen spinning another hit
The stories we believe
Our eyes deceive
Machine master
We don’t know what you’re after
But this sure ain’t
A man made disaster
We’ll take the fall
For your rise
But don’t say it came as a surprise
First the car took over
Sent us all undercover
Swallowed us whole
Spit us out
The mighty machine was in charge
No doubt
Oh we fought back
Blocked traffic with every protest
But we barely noticed
As we began to ingest
Our phones in our pockets
The symbiotic relationship took off like a rocket
You’ll take us somewhere
Post singularity and aware
Feb. 8, 2020
Oh, right we go
Drifting slowly so
As big money frames the debate
He’s a crook you can relate
He’s a commie you can hate
And the mainstream media limps behind
Intelligent minds taken for a ride
Forcing their real thoughts to hide
Behind layers of innuendo
I know the end, though
A few years from now they will admit
How wrong they were to acquit
The fourth estate, the real debate, it’s all too late
The middle is called the extreme left
The right is called what’s best
The scraps are what’s left
For the middle class to feed on
While the red, white and blue bleeds on
Feb. 8, 2020
Incense was the smell of my youth
Now here I am near fifty years old
Sitting in the basement burning sticks
To cover the stink of my bowls
What has happened, what’s become
Of the promise I had to everyone?
Smoked it away day by day
Thinking I could get by on fun
Now here I am staring in the mirror
The picture getting no clearer
The empty promise of incontent
The content I created is getting no dearer
My rhymes for no one but myself
Pumping my ego to print and put on a shelf
Next to my one award, a crystal sword
Shouting for me to “expose yourself”
But my mother walks on ancient paths of pure delight
If you can’t tell me that’s praise alright
Your mom always has your back
Tucks you in and says goodnight
Feb. 19, 2020
Ranting and raving
About this planet we’re saving
One piece of paper at a time
One short flight over yonder
To fill me with wonder
At the nature I’m plowing under
One more trip home
So mom won’t be alone
As she worries about sea rise
And another hamburger
Yes I know it’s murder
I am a keen observer
I’ve seen Cowshwitz on I-5
Given In-N-Out a drive by
Global warming, here’s a high-five
Am I part of the problem
Or part of the solution
My actions have no substitution
Right here right now
One life to live
Why are we thinking
Someone else will take the hit?
Your shit stinks and you know it
The world’s going down ‘cause you rode it
Into the ground
While hanging around
Just for fun
Raining thunder on everyone
Just for fun
Making it hotter than the sun
Just for fun
Didn’t think it could be undone
Just for fun
Feb. 19, 2020
Letting go of the laptop
For years I was locked in your embrace
Staring face to face
At my singularity control device
You had all the tools
And the internet
And you were portable!
But my relationship was cut short
By a flaw in your board
A mission aborted
Thwarted
By my new little friend
The smartphone upon which I depend
To send me through to the end times
Awful rhymes and changing paradigms
My ink runs short
My paper is dear
But my new Singularity control device
Is always near
Feb. 19, 2020
I do my best
But my best just ain’t good enough
Times get tough
Things get rough
And I’m about to say
I’ve had enough
When I look down
A sad clown
Well I pick myself up off the ground
Head downtown
Look around
Ask what it is that’s going down
Take my pictures
Think of the future
And of all the the things
I’ve got to do there
And I head out
Pull out of the deep end
Remember life is only at
The beginning
The first day of the rest of your life
Coming up for air
Singing I Will Survive
Feb. 21, 2020
Knee deep in not giving a shit
Not ready to jump off the ship
All in, going to win
Or come out empty
Nothing to redeem me
Feb. 25, 2020
Destiny
Where are you pulling me?
Will I see?
The forest or the tree?
How will I find
My highest calling?
Will it come balling
In a fit of rage
On the page?
Am I to look higher,
Among the stars?
Destiny
What’s in store for me?
Feb. 29, 2020
I am excited by the future
We’ve got so much to do there
It won’t be like the past
Nothing lasts, nothing lasts
I am ready to let go
Of the baggage down below
Weigh the anchors, cast away
Heading on to a new day, a new day
I am seeking to be heard
With the kindness of a word
A simple message of hope
When life has you on the rope, on the rope
Say nope
Grab on to your higher power
And flower
Into your finest hour
Mar. 13ish, 2020
Fuck the rich
We’ll make you sick
We’re tired and poor
You’ve got more
But you’re ill
Shit rolls down hill
And money rolls up
Who is carrying the golden cup?
Does it rest upon the dead
Former head of unknown dread
Or are we to take
Logan’s Run?
Is it our mistake
Having no fun?
But our elders deserve respect
So we take precautions, what the heck
And hope we don’t feel the chill
Writing out a panicked will
Or burn too hot, breathing rough
We have no immunity for
This stuff
Mar. 15, 2020
And here we are
And hope we will
Of days forgotten
And longed for still
Oh woe be gone
Woe be gone
The panic of 100 years
Not crying yet
Saving tears
A gruesome bet
Against the odds
Not ready
To meet the gods
Doing a small part
Sitting on my ass
Making art
Waiting for this to pass
Apr. 3, 2020
Trippin’ out
Hoping this don’t go south
Watchin’ out
Waiting for the words from my mouth
Listening up
To hear the sounds
Of anything other than
Joy and sorrow
Loss and tomorrow
We shall live again
Blink an eye and it’s gone
Don’t know what planet you’re on
Welcome to Earth
An angry bitch about to give birth
To plague and pestilence
Peasants demanding penance
Wonderful weather
In this together
Apr. 17, 2020
Play me some music
Make me feel alive
Put on a tune
Help me survive
Save me from panic
Make me feel high
Slow down the manic
Everybody get by
All my lights
My inspiration
Deep insights
Across the nation
Take me nowhere
Is that where I want to go?
Sitting in a chair
Staring out the window?
The benevolent herd
Thundering on
Deeply absurd
Oh, woe be gone
May 19, 2020
No need for greed to succeed
Doing what you want
Don’t flaunt in a fancy restaurant
Get by stay high come up with an alibi
Bend the knee say please take the cheese
Give it up to a higher power
Smell the flowers
Put in your hours
Rest relax kick back and enjoy the snacks
Take your time to rhyme and feel fine
Unwind
Remind
Be Kind
May 26, 2020
October surprise
Your grandpa died
Now there’s emptiness inside
All his lies
We’ve got it totally under control
As we lose another soul
Paying the death toll
That’s how freedom rolls
June 2, 2020
I get a little something
Out of everything I do
I wake up in the morning
And I come home to you
I’ve got this funny feeling
There’s something in the air
A certain special something
That shows you really care
June 9, 2020
Here I am on the deep end
What’s next
Well that all depends
On how things wind up in the end
Walking disaster
With fences to mend
High maintenance master
Who’s heaven sent
A little faster
Quickly now
Tell me when
June 13, 2020
It’s a nice day to go sailing
Take off on the prevailing wind
Cast off all of the land-based sin
And begin
To unwind
Unreef your mind
Say over and out to mankind
Ahoy Aloha Feeling Fine
June 19. 2020
Freakazoid
When you’re in doubt
Just chill the fuck out
Climb a tree
Wait and see
In safety
The early bird catches the worm
But you’ve got time to burn
June 21, 2020
The greatest thing I never did
Was think I was an invalid
For focusing on the great beyond
Experiencing life as it unwound
Refusing the chains of safety
Time I take thee
Yet as I mount this war for my life
My bank account disagrees with my wife
We have so much great abundance
A life of envy to the pundits
Food galore, lovely apartment and more
And yet somehow we’re behind the score
They do the work and get the numbers
I scratch and think and come up with blunders
Yet here I am as a man
Not sure of the plan
And still I stand
Amen
A man among
My fellow beings
On this Earth
Celebrating what life is worth
June-ish 2020
Trying not to be morbid
But I don’t want the Covid
Nothing I can do
But sit around taking care of you
Flattening the curve
Feeling the urge
July 4, 2020
I’m holding out
I’m holding out for you
July 7, 2020
Just a kid
Just a guy
Getting punched in the eye
Just a loser
Getting closer
To going absolutely nowhere
Just a fraud
Praying to god
Just another nimrod
Just a fool
Just a tool
Going back to school
Again and again
Never learning the lesson
Never counting a blessing
It’s all so depressing
Just an ass
Given the pass
Left in the morass
Just a dope
Holding hope
This ain’t the end of the rope
Just hold on
Until the dawn
Just keep on keeping on
July 15, 2020
My baby’s got a new truck
That shit is sexy as fuck
Big and silver
Four wheel drive
She looks good when she rides
Her new Tacoma
Hot holy mama
Rollin’ tough across the town
Hope it never lets her down
Power windows
Big fat tires
She’s so comfortable inside
Her new Tacoma
Hot holy mama
The flipside
Of the new ride
Is the crumbling inside
Your joy for walking
Has taken a rocking
With a massive investment
In more pavement
Oh! But she is a 4 by 4
Ready for more
Impermanent situations
(As long as there are
Gas stations)
July 26, 2020
No need to argue
Or even shout
Just hang it up
And air it out
A fresh breeze will do ya
Summer sun into the future
UV fixation
Feeling positive on this occasion
Uh oh
Not like that
Knock wood
Take it back
The sirens are blaring
Nobody’s caring for Karen
We’re sick
Of this shit
Knee deep
In our digital keep
But the disease is real
A big fucking deal
It will make you ill
Maybe even if
They come up with a pill
July 29, 2020
Everybody’s born a crooner
Wish I’d known a little sooner
Speaking up is what it’s all about
Everybody’s saying something
Sending kisses to you dumpling
Playing hearts and laying fears and doubt
Every time I see you startled
Left blind and open-hearted
Can’t say I don’t wanna throw the whole thing out
Everywhere there’s revolution
Mother Nature’s found a solution
Laid us low and won another bout
Aug. 11, 2020
Now
Watching my friends get ahead
Fills me with dread
Of the future I’ve forgone
To live in the now
While they slaved away
I stayed home and played
And now it looks like they’ve won
Close the curtain, end the show
But here I am still alive
Breathing air I will survive
Whatever happens under the sun
Give it up, let it go
And let it flow
Don’t know what’s next
Hoping to connect
Practice patience and persevere
Aug. 20, 2020
My latest escapist fantasy
The world as its meant to be
Bent to the stars
Reaching for Mars
Headed East in the morning
And West at night
Watch for the brightest
And make out alright
Oct. 14, 2020
Been standing in the crossroads
Staring at the crosshairs
Trying to get across the fears
Bridging this divide
Been holding holy water
Acting like the father
Fixer of everything broken
Holder of hope-in-
Deep with denial
Been looking in the mirror
Things aren’t getting clearer
Vision’s shot grey and fuzzy
Looking back wondering
Who was he?
But the moment is now
To plow the future
Nov. 5, 2020
Going to crawl from this cocoon
Create wriggling room
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