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laughter takes the misery from truth, truth puts the ink in the pen and he sits with no ink, not even a pen, and far from a truth. 

Riley Dyson

By 

Riley Dyson

Published 

Sep 28, 2023

Relationship with writing

see each other

in private

start thinking

about each

other during

the day

tell close friend

see each

other in

public

know you

are going

to be together

forever after

trying to leave

share each

other to

the world

no one gives

a shit

The stray cats are mine

The stray dogs make

me want to write

poetry

the men smile

but rarely

they are kind,

kinder than

we are to

them when the

roles are

reversed

hawks circle

the sky for

rodents,

the women

don’t look

at me,

they have the

same amount

of intrigue for

me as they

do the stray dogs

a man looked

at me from the

bus and licked

his lips,

I pointed

at him and

laughed,

he laughed

too

porn sites

are banned

here

the cats

are meowing

outside my window

in unison

I might have to

answer their calls

and fuck them

Walking home in Delhi

        The lights

from the buildings

selling jewellery

keep the men who

lay in the dirt

awake.

The absurdity

of humans

doesn’t

make me feel better

or worse

as I step over

and walk beside

them

feeling sad for myself.

I laugh at the moon

that used to

remind me of you,

I guess it still does.

If tears had words then

they’d be spoken.

Instead I just watch

silently

as they fall

down my face.



the seeker café

I sit in the comfort

of another mans dream,

borrow the current

of the forces behind

him.

The mountain

is a wall of

trees,

light gives their

brilliance depth

Poetry & prose,

the narcissist pose,

hungry die

before their

nails can grow,

searching for a

home,

somewhere to go

the pipe smokes

as if there is a new pope,

high on life and

drugs

The spirits are

here in green

and yellow

legs crossed

the energy

finds my

hip

that’s shouting

pleading

for forgiveness

and to surrender

to enlightenment

the lost children

kill themselves as

the dark energy

owns their owners

the lost children

are deserted by

the monk in the mountains

the loving mother

wears the punches

of their father

the lost father

lives his sacrifices

through the actions

of you

everyone must die

having lived or have not

they tell me what Shakespeare

meant with the words he made up

they tell me what my liver is doing,

the sugar in my blood,

the fat in my tongue

and the thirst of a drowning abdomen

they cant get the laugher so they

slaughter the serious,

the blood pours like juice

on the vegans eating chemicals

to save the cow they would never touch,

the jester gets killed by the

poison intended for the king.

they pity the weak through pity so weak

I sit in another mans dream, manifesting

my own, I ridicule my intellect

with my intellect, I kill false prophets

as a false prophet, I cry of acceptance and

they call it delusion, I snub the beggar

and they call it privilege, I smile at

life because death is coming, I smile

at death because death is coming.



the love triangle that’s a line,

the Argentinian playing

drums sit beside me,

my self worth sees it

as pity.

I think she likes me

but fools fall in

love with kindess

too easily.

the dutch lass

has eyes of

excitement,

brown filled

with tomorrow

She asked me

to come to her gig

where she plays a clapbox,

the way she plays makes me

so happy.

sitting on the box I

imagine her riding me.

She is lovely and polite

but to everybody

I'm a rabbit

in a bear trap

bragging to

my friends

about the sweets

that enticed me

the dutch

is fascinated by me

as if men before

were poor attempts

you can think

you can paint

you write

you are an old soul

you can have conversation

she says this

but I know time will

kill them all

a bug dies in my beer and reminds me of my pop

Sorry I didn’t get to say goodbye,

thanks for another great performance, I message like a weasel

you were kissing your friend as I left, she said

I know, but i fall in love with you

your mouth was wrong?

ahh, the wanted Australian who

sits in the corner like

a mushroom too scared

to speak and no talent to sing.  

the rabbit feels bad in the

trap for betraying the

illusion

my Dutchwoman tastes

like champagne to

the second best

As long as it gets me drunk


The lighter is out of gas

He sits in the middle

of no where and

somewhere at the

same place,

leaving every few breaths

to quicken them.

alone, lonely

but company

would only make

him lonelier

so what else?

reading,

writing,

watching,

thinking,

drinking,

smoking,

walking,

they’d all exhausted

themselves out

and an inspiration

was on the end

of something

that may never end

tired,

coming down from

being god yesterday…
No one to give it
all up to but a word. words…
looking as stupid as him
on the page

laughter takes the misery from truth

truth puts the ink in the pen

and he sits with no ink,

not even a pen,

and far from a truth.

He laughs,

fakes it,

almost feels real.

a good leader

and manic schizophrenic

alike;

assess all options

the illusion of time

panics the animal.

He sits in the middle

of no where,

far from home

and never closer.

 

Indian stranger

May I ask you a question?

just did…

Sure, so now that I have

your attention may

I ask something

that is a little

bit personal?

go on then…

Can I ask you if you have ever had sex?

Yeah…

Is it good?

Its pretty good, yeah…

Can I ask you another question?        sir?

Yes…

What condom company did you use?

As an anti-establishment figure I don’t

recall the brand, nor the packet,

and ill be honest I don’t wear

them…

You have babies?

no…

Where do babies go?

in her gob…

What's gob?

mouth…

You squirt into her mouth your babies?

If she is up for it…

Why do girls do this?

Why not?...

Western girls are crazy no?

They’re all crazy brother…

I want western girl with big round ass.

Same…

You like ass?

Yeah…

You like boy ass?

Nah...

I like any ass.

fair enough…

you not gay?

not in the way you mean…

you have big dick?

Gets me by…

Can I see?

no…

ok sir.


Dirk & Drew

This is gonna be

a bigger bust

than what

we first

thought!

the detective said to the other

as they sit in the corner of a

café in India

dirk voisenhousen

was the senior,

66 years of

age

and

drew smirkenshine

was the junior

at 57 years

they had been

partners

for 39 years!

next year they are

planning a family

holiday for celebration

and the office wont

chip in but they

didn’t mind

but the wives

did!

Theyre putting

the hash beneath the

speaker,

loads

of it,

blokes play cards

watching the

cricket on

their phones,

dark and dingy,

in colour

and spirit.

They stand up in a group and huddle

and shuffle and one grabs the chunk.

dirk and drew sit

in the corner

undercover

both smoking

hash to fit in

Dirk leans over

and kisses drew

drew says,

what are you doing?

I couldnt resist you

beneath the moon

light when this drug

is floating me

to Nirvana

well, quit it, said drew

its gay!

Dirk and Drew

got back to headquarters

and told them about

the drug cartel

and

no one cared

as they went

to their separate

homes,

parting ways

for the first

time in 6 weeks

dirk says,

well, that was a waste of time...

drew kissed him

on the lips and

said,

no it wasn’t

Dirk skipped to his car

and home to his boring

FEMALE

Drew had butterflies

in his stomach

which his FEMALE

quickly drowned

Dirk and Drew,

two closet fag

detectives

going on little

irrelevant trips

funded by the

tax payer

and that judge, is why I don’t pay it.

 

Culture of the modern man

drink 20 beers,

have enough courage

to win another drunk

over,

fall asleep before

sex,

wake up with sore stomach

full of the beers bubbles that

want to shout as they

leave your ass,

grab hers,

smell her skin and

cheap make up that

stains the white sheets,

hair coarse like a horses

tail from spray,

get her going with your fingers,

everything as dry as a

savages heel,

cock arrives,

she is on top now,

weight of her pushing

against your stomach,

scared you will fart…

gross to you mostly,

cock fucks off,

tell her sorry,

need water,

back sweat mixes with

her makeup on the white sheets,

take a piss and say you have to leave,

walk to the train station under

the sun that feels warmer

to you than anybody,

long hilarious fart that

brings almost no relief,

go home and try and

feel ok,

don’t,

until you do,

then you watch porn and wish you had

someone to fuck,

laugh at the fact you did,

laugh at reality,

laugh at yourself

and cum on your guts

until the humour is gone

or as pure as it ever will be.

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