Control Issues

marshmallows plugged in,
Jackie Blue and the Midnight Rider
are leaving their intangible yet
indelible marks on his already
his scarred intellect, because
this is his way of trying to
get past the purple bullshit
that just occurred,
that always seems to occur,

but the upside,
and there is an upside
by the way,
the miracle is still alive,
thriving and kicking within,

but the broken spirit
is trying to be happy,
but a broken spirit
is a broken spirit
after all,

silver dollars
and endless roads
and all that,

and in the
distance,
only feet away,
does the washing
machine jingle
and jangle with
the force to remove
the communism
from the bedsheet,

there is hope they say,
hope in prayer and belief
the outside observers say,
but who the f**k knows?

the ultimate end in their
minds is the soul should
overdose on metaphorical
Spray and Wash

but memories are the
bloodstains that never
came out, even with
the assistance of the
metaphorical
Spray and Wash

talk about the lack
of control issues

Reviews

[SkinlessFrank]

when i was a kid, my mother used to try to banish germs (and memories) by washing the floors and walls with ammonia, and baking our books in the oven...how's that for control issues?

[roarke]

control issues? Seems like there's more to it. Define that intangible and add it to the piece. Doing that will make this thing take off like a rocket. I'm guilty of talking all around my subject, I can draw analogies, create similes, craft metaphors... yet I haven't touched the core. On the rare occasions I do, all the "good stuff" magnifies and the piece hits home.
Spray and wash is good for laundry.... on poetry or writing, not so much. lol
Very nice stuff here.

[.]

we have Vanish here..same difference..some stains never come out..and shouldn't as a reminder..

[The Analog Kid]

Nice weaving of the songs into your laundry.

[Marie Harrison]

If only Spray and Wash would take all of our control issues away!