strike zone

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strike zone

implacable and merciless
your condemnation falls
upon my unprotected head
a tangible weight
I seem to carry it the extra mile
like conscripted Roman citizens
stuck carrying your baggage
drafted, coerced
press-ganged into service
endlessly gratifying
your vapid hunger for
domineered, engineered validation
tight, the grasp of a benevolent dictator
on my personal liberties
you love me, you say
as though I've not yet understood
recognized your love is a tool
a weapon of mass manipulation
so, what's new? maybe...
that I have no more strike zone
so fire away
make it a kill shot
you can bury me here
under the weight
of your damaged luggage
my head stone
how apropos

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ginga commented on strike zone

06-24-2009

This is like voltage running through. WOW! The similes are outstanding. The rancor in this poem is impeccable. Keep on posting. Ginga

slohan4u commented on strike zone

06-10-2009

i really like this one. makes me think. thoughts and words fit and flow well(rest of my 100 characters.......................................)

connsk8 commented on strike zone

05-29-2009

I had to read this twice to appreciate the full effect of it, I can only say, your pen name should be Tender "passion" instead of Tender "poison" because although the subject matter may not be pleasant, there is such passion in your writing...I would love to see what you can do with something pleasant!!!

connsk8

05/29/2009

P.S. A sweet, "ten" der from me!!

StandingBear commented on strike zone

05-29-2009

Relationships can begin so pleasant and end the opposite. It is those that weather the storms whom will in the end be loved and appreciated. Great write. 10

castlemist commented on strike zone

05-29-2009

Wow, that's powerful. I love the feel of this poem. To be able to encapsulate such feeling with a economy of words takes talent. Good Job. Jerry

Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.

Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) U.S. poet.

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