Cloudy Poem by Derek Fitzpatrick

Can't see everything that you breed,
Only believe,
In the color that you bleed,
What you inhale,
& nothing you breathe.
Vomiting cliche's in a sidewalk waste bin,
Teeth full of concrete,
Unique new age face-lift.
Smile harder baby,
Cmon.. at least fake it.
Light your last candle in the dark,
Mental collapse,
the match won't spark
Can a tree really bark?
X is a myth not a mark
Walking 'round pushing
Shopping carts,
Full of body parts
Switchblade carved
This is modern art.
Think I'm back at the start,
Or the puzzles falling apart.

Scientists create rocketships,
While Primitive beasts,
handmake moccasins,
I'm chillin in a basement
Plotting the Zombie Apocalypse.
Brainwash me,
Rebirth & eulogy
Question my sanity,
As I bleach my mentality
Humming my soul's symphony
Slowly guzzlin' alcohol
and antifreeze.

Hunting with ghosts,
Muttering unsung notes
Jumping from different trees
Into the crooked breeze
Flying demonic then heavenly
Beside the fallen regiment.
Angel's with no symmetry
This is what I've seen,
Reality or dream,
True harmony harmin' me
Still I beg of thee,
Please askew my thoughts & acts
With geometry,
& decomposed artifacts.
Decay as you debate mirror-glass,
I won't be there to argue back.

Beam me back down
Suit, tie & blended frown
One ear below sea level
Other to solid ground
Are you listening?
It's our symphony..
Brand new identity,
Cloned by exotic countries
Where the natives fire-breathe.
Shipping off with a molotov,
Into a gasoline waterfall
What are you talking about?
Not my problem at all,
Government bought it out.

OnTo The
Next Slaughterhouse,
Cat's gotta catch a mouse
Lie straight-faced,
Without a doubt
Lose me in the crowd
I fit perfect now,
You'll truly despise
My newest disguise
It's your reflection
Teeth grind, stomach growls.
Is that a crime?
Die one more time
& Maybe I'll be aroused

Broke my smile,
Only a sly grin,
Plainly hiding
Beyond a bright-lens
Fancy nametag,
With a hyphen,
Between Thunder
and lightning.
Nothing's changed,
Yet its frayed,
& undone
Let the venom spill
Breaking beautiful
We all must become
The unorthodox usual,
Unconforming mannequins
Dressed accordingly for
Our own faux Funerals.

Party of my life,
Marks the myth
Of a new day
A new disaster,
On opaque display
Eye-sight fading grey
Carnivore's evading prey
Robed in black fur,
Love & Death flirt.
Be a Martyr?
Or the losing factor?
Strangle the Puppet Master
With his marionette
Freedom reigns,
As mutiny brew's untamed
Smile? ..
My complexion's unsaved.
Now I'm just a naked freak,
With a recycled memory
Searching for my own
Cloned persmonality,
Laughing hysterically,
Oh,
The BitterSweet Irony.
Once again,
A smooth violin
Started society's riot binge
Hieroglyph, & a higher glimpse
Burnt white picket fence,
The flames are just drenched.

Wait in line,
For useless advice,
& medicine,
Clinching jaws
In unison
Feed on today's
Tragic news again
Open your banks,
All have bled, amen.
Sittin' at a Damn Dead End,
Carrying,
A trashbag full of memories
Choose enemies wisely,
Who's fightin me?
Born blind,
With a Cardboard Sign,
Painted in Alien Designs,
Peer closely & find
'Where was our mind? '

Alligator overbite & a
Crocodile battle stripe
Lizard's in mid-flight
Thinking wrong, left & right
As the tail lights,
Leaving my sight
Just me & the night
Once again..
Hearing that bittersweet violin
Reincarnation of chaos
Question where the cycle ends
I'll stay content & condemned
Me & the sun are smiling.
Find me bending a river
Or biting a shark,
Don't shiver,
My eyes hold all the scars
Yet no remorse
There's lines in the stars,
Words broken to shards.
Approach me.. prepared.
To show your glass-blown heart,
For I only speak to those,
Who glow in the known dark.