Flake

canola oil and water,
bubbles falling and
floating like turds
in a commode
refusing to flush,

and one has to
wonder why an
apple-polisher
would waste
the effort
unless he had a
secret addiction
to eating tinsel,

and the apple-polisher
calls him stupid and
not a progressive
because his work
ethic is like most
other people's,

he's not the problem
but guilt by association
creates a s**t-ton of
needless heartburn
on all sides,
with all agents,

she was searching for
an escape clause since
thirty-nine in October
sucks like a Dyson on meth,

or any other time of year
for that matter,

but the echo-locators that
call her campanile home
are searching for a change
of scenery,

her mental dandruff now has
the consistency of
newly-fallen snow,

and the newest offspring,
three generations below her,
may never know her name
or her being since she refuses
to make herself tangible,

the apple-polisher needs
a wake-up call,

she's a flake

Reviews

[Ken Simm.]

I will need to go through this almost line by line to understand what I can of the complexity that is so obviously here. What I can say at the moment is that such complexity in describing her makes for a full, honest and strangly compelling portrait. She is known.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thank you Ken.

[Ruth]

Not only social commentary but an internal flush of potency...a wonderous write, I am left reeling from so many lines, the imagery, perfect! All connected in what seems something that could be decoded for many aeons, now that is great poetry xoxo

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thank you so much, Poppy.

[Ruth]

Most welcome hon xoxo

[roarke]

the line: "...addiction to eating tinsel" did it for me. Like in a lot of your writing there's the "inside" references, ya gotta dig those. I remember in my college days, I met a lot of flakes I didn't' recognize then.... brilliant piece Ken.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thanks Roarke.

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

I have always wondered about those that won't flush. What exactly do they want? What is their purpose? Are they survivors that refuse to keep up? Excellent piece Kenneth.

[Kenneth The Poet]

Thanks Neva.

[kublakhan27]

An intensely colourful social commentary that begins enigmatically and grows increasingly potent (and poetic) as it progresses. Hope my interpretation isn't too far off the mark :P

[Kenneth The Poet]

Something like that. I am going to keep the true meaning of this one close to my vest. Thanks for the review.

[kublakhan27]

No problem