Sunday, November 1, 2009

DARK PEARLS BY HAFJAK DIVIZ

MAN OH MAN
FEEL SO GUILTY
WHENEVER I POST THESE POEMS
BUT THE ONLY THING I DREAD MORE THAN POSTING THEM
IS NOT POSTING THEM


INTRO


EVER FEEL
LIKE THE WORLD WAS OUT TO GET YOU
FOR BEING AN AWFUL PERSON

EVER FEEL
LIKE AN ASSEMBLY OF DEFENSIVE MECHANISMS
SO DENSE AND DEEP
THAT WHAT WAS BEING DEFENDED
HAS BEEN SUFFOCATED AND BURIED BENEATH THEM

WHAT ARE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF YOUR BIRTH
HOW WAS YOUR SCHOOLING EXPERIENCE
HOW DO YOU BEHAVE IN SOCIAL SITUATIONS
DO YOU BECOME ONE OF THE CROWD
OR DO YOU STAY JUST ONE

THIS POEM IS FOR ME
FOR THOSE WHOVE MADE MISTAKES
FALLEN FLAT ON THEIR FACES
NOW SCAN THE PAVEMENT FOR TREACHEROUS CRACKS
AND FORGET TO LOOK UP AT THE SKY SUNSHINE AND SMILES



DARK PEARLS



SHE WAS TURNING 40
HE WOULD GET HER JEWELRY
LEAST HE COULD DO

HE WANTED TO GIVE HER THE WORLD
SPRINKLE A 1000 DIAMONDS ON HER BACK AND HAIR

NOT EVERY DREAM COMES TRUE

THE SALES LADY SHOWED HIM THE PEARLS
THEY WERE DARK GREY
GORGEOUS
HER SALES WRIST COVERED IN TINY SPHERES
EACH CONTAINING A ROILING STORM

THE PRICE WAS NICE
THE JEWEL PERFECT
BY CUFFING HER WITH BANDS OF PEARLS
HE WAS SORT OF GIVING HER A GIFT
BUT MOSTLY MARKING HER AS HIS
AND HE WAS NOT A DIAMOND OF A GUY

HE WAS DEFINITELY NOT A DIAMOND OF A MAN

HE WAS A DIRTY LITTLE SPECK
SOMEHOW HE GOT IN
SLIPPED IN UNSEEN
IMBEDDED HIMSELF

EACH MOMENT OF EVERY YEAR
THE HOST ORGANISM
DEFENDING ITSELF FROM THIS FILTH
THIS CANCER
COATED HIM WITH DEFENSIVE OOZE
LAYER AFTER LAYER OF IT
UNTIL THE SPECK HAD GROWN
DENSE DARK SMOOTH

A TINY PELLET OF LIQUID IRON ARMOR

THE PRODUCT OF A 1000 ATTACKS
THE COLLECTED RESIDUE OF A 1000 STORMS

YUP

HE WAS NOT A SHINING DIAMOND OF A MAN
THE DARK PEARLS WERE PERFECT

THEY LOOKED GOOD ON HER
SHE LIKED THEM
SHE REALLY DID
HE WAS SURPRISED HOW MUCH SHE LIKED THEM
AND THAT SHE WORE THEM EVERY DAY

HE TROTTED OFF TO THE JEWELER
TO GET HER THE MATCHING EARRINGS

DAAAAATS RIGHT
DARK PEARLS BY HAFJAK DIVIZ

OHHH
A THOUSAND ATTACKS
A THOUSAND STORMS

YEAH
I KNOW
I GET CARRIED AWAY

PLEASE READ DISCO BALL
AFTER READING THIS ONE
THEY ARE THE SAME POEM
WRITTEN THROUGH DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

FOR MOM
A PEARL HERSELF
BUT A BRIGHT SHINING ONE

JAK
OVER AND
OFF

COPYRIGHT 2009 HAFJAK DIVIZ
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED




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