Fear

Post by **Doreen Peri** » June 15th, 2008, 1:43 am

You can listen to this here
>> FEAR

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Fear does not hear the wail or cry
of saints or deathrow inmates, nor
does it have ears to victims raped
nor wait for interrogation from a rationale.

Fear is a mock, a plague, a lunatic
in rage, pumping bloodbaths into
ghostholds, sensuous, sterile, silent,
yet virile its stance.

Fear is a languid host, a panther
most concerned with baring fangs
to cause a dance on the surface of
a vacant stare, eyes dilated, fixed.

Fear attempts prankster tricks,
sticks his poison on your lips
tongue to tongue, forked, his work
to paralyze. And when he verifies

His prey, the way a night can verify
a day, he plays with comedy and
white-sheet drawn complexions,
the inspection of his purpose, futile.

I have cornered Fear.
He is held captive in a scalding bath
while I lie nude on tile, sweat cold
between my breasts.

Post by **Doreen Peri** » June 15th, 2008, 2:09 am

communists terrorists drug cartels mass destruction weapons chemical warfare disease old age gays transexuals pedophiles mass media hypnotism kids with guns global warming side-effects government control control of media nuclear warfare chemical imbalance aloneness oneness unity separation segregation demonstrations elected officials mobs carbombs airplane checkpoints crumbled buildings war peace sameness differences too much medication not enough rationalization columbine rapists lies illusion staged productions media warfare drugs terrorism crime wars on drugs crime terrorist attacks strapped bombs to backs cars blown up whats that outside whats the flashing red light on the windshield is it a carbomb mommy no its only a car alarm alarm alarm alarm ring ring ring color coded mass media messages squarepants lack of music guard stops borders lack of borders world wide web correlation master bation elation corraborative efforts disassociated pain gain loss calculations geriatrics plastics boom boom boom hide in a room squat by a wall to hell with it all mathematics means more than bombshelters helter skelter manson cons death life age youth flames boils narcotics girls boys landfills aliens full moons half moons crescents resentments liberals conservatives nine eleven nine one one four one one information dissemination corralaries coranaries arteries clogged avenues wrong right night day night flights hijacked crackhouses blackouts facts figures bancruptcy out of control out of control caught in a paralized body out of control trolls unrealistic goals wholes half-holes doles out in welfare lines dimes nickels bags ounces weight of tons shoulders bent calcium lacking crazed men on rollerblades unartistic fades to next vitamin deficiencies lost boys journey blue notes blue balls bat statistics carousels move fast rollercoasters fibs liars in high places traces of anthrax traces inside envelopes notes in minor insigificance unresolved solved puzzles revealed information what if what if what if what if what if what if what if what if destitution illusion paralysis assumption mind manipulation regeneration of circuits unconnected forget-me-nots strung on a flower-braid laid down flat inside a book cultivated irrational wishes missives servitude artery corrosion terrorist communist rapist sadamists missed targets hiding below a desk nuclear reactors generators generations tests rests between measures teared personal eyes reactions phobias judgementalness wit puns nuns sums subtractions divisions revisionist history wills unwritten quills uninked angles slanted stammers assumptions leery demands damn near death experiences unplugged hurry hurry endtimes rhymes prophesy figurative speech wheel me to the next room please i am tired of being tired of being tired of being tired of being .............

Post by **Dave The Dov** » June 15th, 2008, 7:22 am

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Post by **Doreen Peri** » June 15th, 2008, 10:24 am

i was afraid you'd say that

thanks for reading dave

Post by **westcoast** » June 15th, 2008, 10:38 am

killer poemage doreen. the final stanza chilling. nice work!

~westie

Post by **Doreen Peri** » June 15th, 2008, 11:37 am

thank you, westie

i was afraid nobody would like it

heh

Post by **SadLuckDame** » October 5th, 2009, 5:24 pm

Holy crap, Doreen. Time for a slice of lemon from the kiwi jar. I adored it.

Post by **Doreen Peri** » October 5th, 2009, 6:21 pm

cool! Thank you, SLD!

Did you listen to it? There's a link to a recording of it at the top. Just curious.

I love recording these but often don't know if people listen.

Have a kiwi slice for me. I love kiwi. No wait! You said lemon slice. Hmm... you keep lemon slices in a jar? What's a kiwi jar? haha.. i'm so confused.

I haven't forgot about our duet... just finished working and now i have to make dinner for my daughter. Will be back to duet with you in a bit.

Post by **SadLuckDame** » October 12th, 2009, 5:00 pm

I did listen to it Doreen. It is powerful in your voice, very thrilling.
I just meant about the 'bite' from a sweet treat. Shocking and loved it.

Post by **jackofnightmares** » October 12th, 2009, 6:37 pm

Listened to it six times so far
I dig your speaking voice.
I read it but hearing it was way more impressive.

tired of being tired
sure sometimes
but not tired of being

the second post the wordage Wow

black helicopters from the UN,
one world government
n*gger presidents
Jew conspiracies
but mostly me
spiders and snakes
running a stop sign and whammo
swallowing a tooth that is loose and ready to fall out and choking
my fears so mundane.

Post by **Doreen Peri** » October 22nd, 2009, 11:41 pm

SadLuckDame wrote:I did listen to it Doreen. It is powerful in your voice, very thrilling.
I just meant about the 'bite' from a sweet treat. Shocking and loved it.

Thanks, Dame... you're a dear!

Post by **Doreen Peri** » October 22nd, 2009, 11:44 pm

jackofnightmares wrote:Listened to it six times so far
I dig your speaking voice.
I read it but hearing it was way more impressive.

Wow! 6 times! Honored, I am! Sorry it took me so long to reply. I was lost in the archives.

the second post the wordage Wow

I don't know what came over me. It was a long time ago. Thanks, Jack... just writing out of the stupidity of fear, I suppose.

black helicopters from the UN,
one world government
n*gger presidents
Jew conspiracies
but mostly me
spiders and snakes
running a stop sign and whammo
swallowing a tooth that is loose and ready to fall out and choking
my fears so mundane.

Poetry. You're a poet, no doubt.

Post by **the mingo** » October 23rd, 2009, 1:29 pm

R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Here, let me say that again. R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

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