. Poetry from The Great In-Between: Are you sinful?

Saturday, March 5, 2022

Are you sinful?

(A lone voice whispers)




All this talk of the End of Days 

Regarding World War Three and The Red Bear






Does it really matter in the end






For isn’t all this 

Just living one of Heaven's glorious plays






And aren't we all just born Sinful anyway


So we could learn as we found our way 






For in the beginning when your soul's Libido awoke 



And started a strange discussion 

With your hormones playing on percussion 




Did you walk like a curious Charles Darwin



Looking for The Meanings of Sin that your new urges found and loved


Now they wore its golden wedding ring




To dark unknown places and bars

Bedrooms and cars



Where you like Angels without harps 


Could gather in secretive groups to sing and drink before committing sin




Did you look through life's tall green grasses



Past as the watching eager eyes Strolled bravely through the masses



Looking to be seduced by new mistresses or masters

Of seduction




By their ever-changing winds of perception or subtle soul-changing rhymes 




Did you then ride your pale horse after committing a small sinful crime 




In the eyes of your version of God




Through lost timeless biographies of newfound emotions


Back home 



Like a promiscuous newly released thief 




Always seeking an open door to carnal release




Did you drink from the Matrix’s time machine




As the Cosmic serpent


Always invisible

Slithered around you and tried to seduce your mind



With romantic tales and stunning images


To climax to and to then be reborn by candlelight 



Refreshed 





A divine invocation 

A climax 

You wilfully welcomed




Into all your united nations






But do you now dwell in new lands of Gilgamesh






As you wallow in the damp sorrows and raw memories of ill-gotten sins 




Linked to the mind and flesh 






Like a modern lost Nikola Tesla

Lost in the folds of an unspoken Guilty unseen history






Overwhelmed  

Subdued with your life like a 

Yayoi Kusama's painting


In a dotted mess






But do you still quietly grieve for that old need for total impropriety and personal gratification 




Or even greed








Do you still pray daily for those old invisible fingerprints of a  God






To try to save your soul by interceding and showing you a new green door





For isn't everyone a tiny bit sinful though 






Forever trying to be good

But can anyone ever truly succeed 








For its sweet reach is insidious but so damm inviting 



For it constantly breeds

Multiplying








From sexualized television

Music books and films






And even dark delicious lascivious poetry 






Creating and stimulating such unwanted additive thoughts






Is there any hope for us all




Will we all stand in the long shadows and quiet bedrooms or hallways


Alone

With lovers

Family or friends


Minutes before the world burns and all its great cities fall


 


On one of these upcoming days

When those nukes politicians talk about


Descend



And as we watch our own red stage curtain close as our version of one of God's glorious plays ends



Will you hear these lasting thoughts as I will 


If I'm honest



For in that dire moment

What's the point of lying and being dishonest 



I loved

Liked 

Hated 

Berated and created my own Fate


Within all I could give


And I'm so proud I lived

Alongside sin for in the end



It taught me what I needed to know


To try to survive to win


(C)


Copyright John Duffy



(A lone voice whispers)


All this talk of the End of Days 


Regarding Russia 



Does it really matter in the end



For isn’t all this just one of Heaven's glorious plays



Aren’t we all just Sinful anyway



For in the beginning when your Libido awoke 



And started a strange discussion 



Did you walk like a curious Charles Darwin



Looking for The Meanings of Sin



To dark unknown places 


Where Angels without harps 


Gathered in secretive groups to sing



Did you look through ancient manuscripts


Books magazines and made treatises 


To seek to be seduced by mistresses and masters


Of seductions



By their ever-changing winds of perception or subtle soul-changing rhymes 



Did you then ride your pale horse after committing a small sinful crime


In the eyes of God



Through lost timeless biographies of emotions



Like a promiscuous newly released thief 



Seeking carnal release



Did you drink a whiskey and coke or another tipple 


From the Matrix’s time machine



As the Cosmic serpent tried to seduce your mind



With tales and images


To climax to and to then be reborn


Refreshed 



A divine invocation 

You wilfully welcomed


Into all your united nations



Do you now dwell in new lands of Gilgamesh



As you wallow in sorrows of ill-gotten sins 


Linked to the mind and flesh 



Like a new lost Nikola Tesla



Lost in the folds of guilty history



Overwhelmed 



With the need for total impropriety and personal gratification 


Or greed




As you still pray daily for the invisible fingerprints of God



To try to save your soul by interceding



Isn't everyone a tiny bit sinful though 



Forever trying to be good



But can never truly succeed 




For its reach is insidious but so damm inviting 


For it constantly breeds

Multiplying




From sexualized television


Music books and films



And even dark delicious lascivious poetry 



Creating and stimulating such unwanted additive thoughts



Is there any hope for us all


As we all stand in the long shadows and quiet bedrooms or hallways


Before the world burns and all its great cities fall

 

On one of these upcoming days



Copyright John Duffy


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