Upon Advice from She of Woven Fabric, Dave Takes a Poetry Dump.

[Drakey]

A Purgatory Lunchbreak

Are there lunchbreaks in the limbo
where the sinners work their debts
while the saints that supervise them
play with their private jets?

Do the many stained-glass windows
of heaven's cathedral halls
get all dusty in the winter
when the cold seeps from the walls?

Does entropy still tear at
the folks we love the most
even after they've been given
to the world's most gracious host?

If I ask God for his pity
will he bid me elsewhere go,
boot me right out of his church
and leave my ass upon the snow?

In the end I guess the problem
is that no one really knows
if immortals feel pain
outside their dying throes.

So are there lunchbreaks in the limbo
where the sinners work their debts
while the saints that supervise them
play with their private jets?

Is the asing of this question
some kind of great immortal sin
that the sinner, once commited,
cannot rescind again?

Are there potholes in the streets
that are paved with purest gold
that grow larger with the seasons,
summer's heat and winter's cold?

Do the giant beauteous mansions
that line all heaven's streets
need some kind of regular upkeep
and a gardener for the weeds?

In the end I guess the problem
is that no one's dead for long
and they haven't passed the Lobby
through which stream heaven's throng.

And are there lunchbreaks in the limbo
where the sinners work their debts
while the saints that supervise them
play with their private jets?



Make Damn Well Sure

Be damn well sure you never stop,
be damn well sure you live.
Be damn well sure the world stops
for every inch you give

Make damn well sure your every move
reflects your very heart.
Make bloody sure that you can prove
you're worth more than a work of art.




Keep Your Head

I've been alive far too long.
Life, like a lie, still goes on.
And give a hand to the dead
It gets hard
once you're lard
to keep your head.


More to come. Possibly a few repeats.

[Orangey]

You should have posted this in 'Art', if only because there are a handful of people who don't come into the chatroom.

[Pixel Pincher]

I would have to agree with Orangey.

[Drakey]

I could ask Chris to move it to the general board. It seems legitimate enough of a topic...

[Pixel Pincher]

That might work.

[DomanickX]

What about the poetry topic?

[Orangey]

It is dead, and redundant in the presence of a general Art thread.

[Drakey]

Yeah, but this I'm more likely to update. Eh. I'll leave it up to Chris to decide what to do with it. Leave it here, move it, or merge it into "art".

[Orangey]

Whatever. As long as you keep us posted.

[Drakey]

Can do.

[Silfedac]

The first one has a lot of references to winter, coldness, snow, etc. I'm guessing you don't like cold weather?

The second one reminded me of a song called "Make Damn Sure".

The third one had major sexual undertones.

All get the Silf Stamp of Approval.

[Torg]

All get the Silf Stamp of Approval.

It also gets the Grot Stamp of Approval. Mine's better, because it's made of bacon.

[Orangey]

Quick! My mouth needs a Grot Stamp of Approval!

[Torg]

*Approved*

[Orangey]

*Delicious'd*

[Silfedac]

My breakfast could use several Grot Stamps of Approval. It has been seriously lacking.

[Torg]

I disapprove of such a breakfast. Bacon should be served every morning.

[Silfedac]

Which is whyI require either a stamp of approval or an episode of Bacongons.

[Torg]

You won't be getting a stamp of approval.

I disapprove of such a breakfast.

[Drakey]

The third one had major sexual undertones.

Or, you know, you're just a perv.

I wrote that poem out of silliness. Not every time I use the word "head" is a reference to penile anatomy.

[Orangey]

To be honest, I didn't see any sexual connotations. What the hell? You and I aren't being the pervy ones?

[Drakey]

I don't know. I'm getting mellower about it lately, too. Might have something to do with being awesome.

[Orangey]

Does that imply that perviness and awesomeness are mutually exclusive?

[Drakey]

Ummm... Five.

[Orangey]

"I'm so tired of people trying to quantify everything. Not everything needs a number attached to it! Seriously, how lame is that?

About eight."

[Drakey]

I rate that post at 8.1 out of 10. You lost some points for failing to mention Biff's epic battle with Chuck Norris's shoes.

[Orangey]

Chris needs to make a Biff graphic novel; that could be one of the story arcs.

[Drakey]

a Biff graphic novel would be endlessly surreal.
I like it.

[SpriteMeister]

It could be "The Bifftastic Adventures of Biff and Friends"

[Drakey]

It could be "The Bifftastic Adventures of Biff and Friends"

Correction. The Fantastic Adventures of Toastersnake and Friends

Remember, Toastersnake is Biff's Chuck Norris.

all stories are about Toastersnake. Including the ones about Chuck Norris.