How does my mind work
What does my mind say
How does my mind work
How does my mind work
What does my mind say
How does my mind work
I’m demented
What a mental display of dementia
A deficiency brought on by
A hide and seek in absentia
A hiccup in the hypocrisy
I accuse you of my epiphany
I invented everything in my history
How does my mind work
What does my mind say
How does my mind work
How does my mind work
What does my mind say
How does my mind work
An example of a sample
Of the kind of thing
You’d expect from me
Without thinking or blinking
Or believing me
When I make the statement
With a type of freak of nature
You don’t often see
When you look in a book of epiphanies
Hot hot hot
Hot hot hot
How does it work for you
When you’re reading on
And you’re questioning what you believe
And you’re questioning my sanity
And you’re questioning just about everything from me
And you’re tasting and testing the best
You’ve been wasting a trace of humanity
By ignoring a portion of me
Incredibly
This is my mind
What do you think
Appearing in this film
How does my mind work
What does my mind say
How can you see anything
How does my mind work
What does my mind say
How can you see anything
Read the leaves
Read and leave
Rid yourself of the depth and the breath
And the death of me
Incessant discrepancies
Dressed and ready for the heavenly
With hellish embellishments of stress relief
This is it
You’re in it deep now
Play your part properly
How does my mind work
What does my mind say
How did that get from A to me
How does my mind work
When did my mind leave
I should follow
Edward Hotspur
Completely in love with this.
Really? I was stressed out.
Read the leaves
Read and leave
Rid yourself of the depth and the breath
And the death of me
Incessant discrepancies
Dressed and ready for the heavenly
With hellish embellishments of stress relief
FAVORITE
Thanks Nicole! And my stressed brain thanks you too. Needless to say, drinking tonight
Drink of choice?
Bloody mary. Warm.
Made great sense to me. I hope you use Grade A hot sauce in that warm Mary…
Yes, of course. No ice. Veggie or tomato juice plus vodka plus microwave. When it comes out, whatever. Hot sauce, pepper, spices, garlic, I’ve added all that and more. Plus, more vodka.
Are you saying this to yourself, or to someone else?
Annnnnnd, please have a bloody mary for me! Yummmmyyy.
I’m talking to everyone including myself. And you can have a virgin bloody mary, right?
Yeah, I guess so.
Bottoms up, Ginger. Happy Friday. Here’s to you.
Love the poem, but sorry to hear you’re stressed. This usually works to help me chill out:
“If you have fear of some pain or suffering, you should examine whether there is anything you can do about it. If you can, there is no need to worry about it; if you cannot do anything, then there is also no need to worry.” – Dalai Lama
Vodka used to help too, now I just go for rooibos tea and duct tape.
Some of the stress was self-inflicted. So I could have done something about it. Please note, I wrote this long before going out to my car and finding it would not start, then after getting a jump, discovering my fuel light was on.
I liked this whole poem, but I loved “I should follow.”
Was it a good closing line, or a subtle suggestion for the readers? I don’t know. I just type what my brain tells me to.
Thank you.