MICHAEL MARROTTI

 MICHAEL MARROTTI

"PATHWAY TO BANALITY"

The cycle of life

keeps spinning

in the same direction

Redundancy

reigns supreme

in the society

I exist in

On the prowl

wearing

reading glasses

It's the same

old key

Opening

that ordinary door

Coming up short

These filthy fingers

are empty handed

All my hero's

are dead gone

Ashes to ashes

Covered in dust

No matter

where I turn

Can't find

entertainment

Fractured fingers

strumming

the same three chords

Cliche poetry

Bukowski is laughing

Movie scripts

written by those

who have no

imagination

Making a call

to my dealer

In the name

of the struggle

Normalcy is

detrimental

I snort

the solution

It's a mundane

existence

One day at time

Striving for more

in an intellectually

bankrupt world

It's the drought

of creative talent

Emulation only works

in socialist countries

Punk rock is dead

Banality happens

"PLEASE, BYPASS THIS POEM"

My hopes

for admiration

by a general public

inflicted with

common thoughts

and basic feelings

are gone

like flatulence

in the wind

This eccentric thinker

has no

commonplace

with the average person

We all claim

to be different

But here I am

in solitary confinement

No appreciation

Uncensored poetry

They'll never

understand

I'm writing for

the expulsion

of negative feelings

They're writing

to please an audience

Searching for

compassion

I consider it

to be a creative form

of pandering

Another kiss ass

cliche poet

May I be bold enough

to say

Fuck you I don't care

This could go

unnoticed

Bypass my entry

The world doesn't need

another boring

piece of poetry

Blog yourself to death

But at least

have the decency

if you're willing

and able

to do it with

good writing

Michael Marrotti