Red Tape

Poetry can be such a deadly thing, maybe I should quit writing,

What is it leading to, I don’t know,

What sort of freedom, is this,

Am I allowed, to say it,

Maybe, this blasphemy,

Requires a sacrifice,

To get it out, maybe,

It will cost a life,

Can I continue,

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I don’t know,

Maybe, the world will stop me.

Fire Escape

Maybe the devil lives there, the mark of Cain,

A baron, he's knighted, an old vampire,

Would I risk, missing the bus,

Dropping the joke, its September,

Let’s settle, some ideas,

Are still bigger than me,

A werewolf bite, still hurts like a bitch,

I remember, the Southern Gentleman,

When we were young, old lessons,

We saw it there, a hint of heaven,

Knock, knock, knock, I keep digging,

Do I really, want to be let in,

What if, it was a bunch of bums humping,

How good, could it be,

Maybe, its worth, everything,

The next thing, a cloud, an escape,

A lost responsibility, how far, do you,

Dare risk it, maybe, it’s a sensitive thing,

It could be, open heart surgery, it could be,

Rocket science, hell’s gates, do I dare,

Go in, heaven, again and again,

The hospital, you’re finally awake,

Who, are you, Skyrim, a lazy poet,

Do you dare, end on a joke,

What if, it was a serious thing,

Let’s stand for the flag,

There are still, a lot of things,

That are important to us.