Week 460 (June 11-June 15) Poems Topic: Last

[C.P., Windrunner]

You have until the 15th of June to post a poem and from the 16th to around the 22nd of June, we’ll vote for which one we thought was best!

Please post directly into the topic and not a link. Please don’t use a poem previously used in this group. Only one submission per person is allowed.

Your poem can be of any length!

This week’s topic is: Last

The rules are pretty loose. You could write a poem about anything that has to do with the subject/photo but it must relate to the topic somehow.

[R.V.]

Title: Last
Poet: R. V. Mitchell

“Nice guys finish last” -
That I’ve heard them say –
Not one to take advantage –
Or the nasty game to play.

“The Last shall be the First” –
Jesus His disciples did implore –
And look what happened to Judas –
When he wanted just that bit more.

Last may not make you feel good –
Last may leave you well behind –
But first at any cost –
Is not the type of friend I’d like to find.

So kindness and compassion –
These things too are ones that last –
Loved by most, despised of none –
For what more could one have asked?

[C.P., Windrunner]

I like this a lot, RV!

[Garrison]

POET: Garrison Kelly
TITLE: It's Not Porn
GENRE: Heavy Metal Song
RATING: R for language, rape references, and violence



CHORUS
It’s!
Not!
Porn!

VERSE 1
Lesbian ladies on a double-decker bus
Homophobic men spying on their love
“Give us a show and make the fuck out
While we snort with our big piggy snouts”
The answer was no because they said so
Barbaric men decked them in the nose
Punching, screaming, secretly creaming
Where are the police when you need them?

CHORUS
It’s!
Not!
Porn!

VERSE 2
Unconscious girl behind a dumpster
Rapist swimmer summons the thunder
He called it twenty minutes of action
As he grinned with sick satisfaction
Slap on the wrist for Mr. White Privilege
A new idiot for the concrete village
He blamed it all on the damn alcohol
But at least his career never had to fall

CHORUS
It’s!
Not!
Porn!

BRIDGE
The faces of hate in the Sunday paper
The violence never seems to taper
No abortions for the pregnant victims
The right-wing never wants to listen

VERSE 3
If they dress like “sluts” and you grab their butts
Don’t be surprised when they kick you in the nuts
A revealing cosplay doesn’t give you the right
To fill her head full of trauma every fucking night
The real world isn’t like the porn on your computer
This urban war zone isn’t a First Person Shooter
You weren’t the first and you’re not the last
To need to have your head pulled out of your ass

CHORUS X4
It’s!
Not!
Porn!