Conformity Poems
Appraisal
by Ben Quinn
O, joy! Easy prey.
Little Opal, little Opal
Untainted by grime and filth
A pure salt-glass pearl, plucked
Fresh from earthy womb, a
Cesarean, cerulean crystal.
Let us polish you, embolden you
Cut you down to size
What size?
Why, the size of the finger
......
Manderley
by Ben Quinn
Dreams of an ethereal estate, a caged aviary.
Ravens flutter among the rhododendrons
Blood red and weeping.
She ruled with iron-willed certainty.
A certainty that seems so alien to me.
The rhododendrons liquify outside my window.
They melt and coalesce, pooling
The Ravens lap hungrily at the brine.
......
Little Boy
by Ken Ripley
Get off the fence, little boy!
Don’t you know you can’t do that?
Do as the rest of us do;
Let go of the neighbor’s cat.
Walk with your feet pointed out
And hold your head to the sky.
Do as the rest of us do,
And will ‘til the day you die.
Conformist to nonconformities
by A.F. Sh
Witness the harsh realities of life I do,
Is it my own problem that I find them cruel?
Stairs up I go, meet Dissolute on every floor,
Does love not exist in my time no more?
Men and women indulge in all sorts of debaucheries,
Am I wrong for breaking this cycle of conformities?
Oh no, I find it hard to give in to all my needs,
Go corrupt and submit to what I call misdeeds;
......
Candle(man)
by R C
There once was a man
His skin was made of milk-white wax
Though his flesh was still made of tissue and
Blood
Now, being such a peculiar
Person
He was, understandably, shunned by
The people
So, to prove his worth
......
Appraisal
by Ben Quinn
O, joy! Easy prey.
Little Opal, little Opal
Untainted by grime and filth
A pure salt-glass pearl, plucked
Fresh from earthy womb, a
Cesarean, cerulean crystal.
Let us polish you, embolden you
Cut you down to size
What size?
Why, the size of the finger
......
Manderley
by Ben Quinn
Dreams of an ethereal estate, a caged aviary.
Ravens flutter among the rhododendrons
Blood red and weeping.
She ruled with iron-willed certainty.
A certainty that seems so alien to me.
The rhododendrons liquify outside my window.
They melt and coalesce, pooling
The Ravens lap hungrily at the brine.
......
Little Boy
by Ken Ripley
Get off the fence, little boy!
Don’t you know you can’t do that?
Do as the rest of us do;
Let go of the neighbor’s cat.
Walk with your feet pointed out
And hold your head to the sky.
Do as the rest of us do,
And will ‘til the day you die.
Candle(man)
by R C
There once was a man
His skin was made of milk-white wax
Though his flesh was still made of tissue and
Blood
Now, being such a peculiar
Person
He was, understandably, shunned by
The people
So, to prove his worth
......
Conformist to nonconformities
by A.F. Sh
Witness the harsh realities of life I do,
Is it my own problem that I find them cruel?
Stairs up I go, meet Dissolute on every floor,
Does love not exist in my time no more?
Men and women indulge in all sorts of debaucheries,
Am I wrong for breaking this cycle of conformities?
Oh no, I find it hard to give in to all my needs,
Go corrupt and submit to what I call misdeeds;
......
