7 Devils' Advocates
7 Devils' Advocates
Embedded Files
Loose and lost
Uninterested in the pain of connection, and the pace at which it moves
Starved for touch that’s devoid of feeling
Trickster in the trade, grand-schemer in the game
Gossipy and gorging
Lust for a full life
Unconcerned and ill-acquainted with responsibility
Taking up so much time
Telling lies -even unspoken- it’s supposed to be this bad
Opposed to any change
Nose-deep in self-sold punishment
Yet firm in insisting all is fine
Getting hands on the last scrap of slim pickings
Reluctant to weigh in on any game of chance
Every cent saved
Even being asked for a little would mean too much
Don’t label it gluttony, life is just rough
Slow and unsteady
Lackadaisical and leering as others antagonize
Only greed for glory would be an incentive for interjection
The victims deserve blame
Hesitance is quite the cunning killer
Withered patience, wretched sloth
Reasons others pay the cost
Anger is the answer
Taking the easy way out
How else is there, to be heard?
Evening the score, adversaries incur the wrath
No sense in taking another path
Viridian violence, nearly all that’s left
Youth, beauty, possessions, money, time: what is yours, but should be mine
Peace left a chaotic mind
Reason followed right behind
I am the best there will ever be,
Don’t even try to challenge me
Envy me yet?
© Rebecca Kern
In My Own Absence
In My Own Absence
I'm fairly certain I woke up to rain
I'm fairly certain I woke up to rain
Don't know if it was falling
Don't know if it was falling
or fading from a dream
or fading from a dream
I turned myself over
I turned myself over
away from the door
away from the door
and waited to be summoned
and waited to be summoned
from my interrupted sleep.
from my interrupted sleep.
I made my way downstairs unnoticed
I made my way downstairs unnoticed
Not that I aimed for it
Not that I aimed for it
My tired eyes took to a few different screens,
My tired eyes took to a few different screens,
playing out other lives
playing out other lives
and listening to stories
and listening to stories
Trying to connect
Trying to connect
to something I don't have.
to something I don't have.
A bit before breakfast
A bit before breakfast
Light grabs my attention
Light grabs my attention
and I get a message
and I get a message
that makes my mostly-uneventful day.
that makes my mostly-uneventful day.
The 1975 is a good band
The 1975 is a good band
Not news to me, but nice to see
Not news to me, but nice to see
Afternoon is waited on
Afternoon is waited on
and when it arrives,
and when it arrives,
I tag along for an interview and shopping trip
I tag along for an interview and shopping trip
rolled into one.
rolled into one.
My phone lights up again,
My phone lights up again,
a phone call from a friend
a phone call from a friend
and she advises me
and she advises me
to write about my day
to write about my day
after it has worn on longer.
after it has worn on longer.
I revisit my old writing,
I revisit my old writing,
cleaning it up for new and/or old readers
cleaning it up for new and/or old readers
whoever stuck around
whoever stuck around
In the middle of it all, I stop-
In the middle of it all, I stop-
struck by an idea:
struck by an idea:
How bold the insignificant seems
How bold the insignificant seems
Upon a second viewing.
Upon a second viewing.
This always meant something to me,
This always meant something to me,
but it was who I wanted to be.
but it was who I wanted to be.
And now it's who I am.
And now it's who I am.
© Rebecca Kern
Flash Flood Warnings
© Rebecca Kern
Villain Starter Pack
Villain Starter Pack
A target
A motive
A tragedy (one that made you up, or one in the making)
A master plan
A monologue
A path to stray from
A reputation (real or not)
Sharp things - weapons, wit or words
Underlings, a following (cover or coverage)
And a name worth fearing
© Rebecca Kern
It's A Sign
© Rebecca Kern
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