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Poem Details
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| Title: | Gardener |
| Author: | Jim |
| Date Submitted: | 9/14/2009 |
| Email: | jimellner@hotmail.com |
| Poem: |
The EconoMonitor says the fire''s raging But my manic high falters around the clock Extreme darkness within the eternal polar depression Unfortunately it''s all about me Struggling on the battlefield of existence Just trying to find my way through the wilderness World seems surrealistic My only cure an electrostatic force to the diaphragm I''m tired of me, let me out I''ve been crawling here sixty five years One of a few leftover troglodytes With a door and electricity, computer hook up Good source of supply for vegan food Living in the Southern Arizona Desert The eremitic life of discovery Just a decade to stop the clock consciously My ambitions are primitive Long before the A Bomb Even prior to Christianity Way back in Torah creation Give me a Garden of Eden With my perfect Eve and a pomegranate Never found an artful cross to nail diappointments I want revelation from the rocks and blinding sun Safety of being left the fuck alone For this I pray... |