That Sick Soul
Posted by Theophillus Smith in Free Verse on November 29, 2012
I asked god I asked god to make the angels leave because being alone wasn’t enough Because I know they’re watching I can feel my grandma watching me Dead from breast cancer and nuke tests And she still makes me self-conscious I am Jonah Embarrassed and hiding From the angels I know are in […]
Blood, Death, Passion, Love, Emotion, Sex, and Fuck are Boring
Posted by Theophillus Smith in Postmodern on July 19, 2011
Some say you gotta talk about blood or death or passion or love or emotions or sex. Or fuck. That gets attention. Or teenage angst. Holden got that. But no rye. No rye. I want no emotion. Absolute. Drifting. Boring. Safe. There. All done.
Milton Lost
Posted by Theophillus Smith in Postmodern on July 16, 2011
Milton got nothin on me Cuz I don’t write Satan I be Satan Why read Satan? If I can be evil If I can be Satan I know evil But no Milton I know Milton knows Satan He lost paradise But Milton got nothin on me Cuz I found hell I am evil Milton isn’t […]
Downwind of Eden
Posted by Theophillus Smith in Postmodern on July 13, 2011
Downwind of Eden, I live, I breathe. I smell. Sniff sniff sniffff. God. I smell God. God and Adam. Eve and Eden. This is not east of Eden. This is downwind. Damn snakes. I eat forbidden fruit too. I have a story too. I once taught a snake to eat fruit. I threw it upwind. […]
U.S. Constitution Demands Congress Legalize Marijuana
Posted by Theophillus Smith in Argument on May 21, 2011
The legal role of government as set forth by the U.S. Constitution demands the legalization of marijuana in the United States. The status quo policy on personal marijuana use violates the core values and legal structures of freedom and liberalism as we know it. The federal government is fundamentally violating its role of protecting individuals’ unalienable […]
Legalize Piracy: A Sweeping Response
Posted by Theophillus Smith in Argument on May 21, 2011
Introduction The Internet, in accord with the exponentially expanding technology of the present, is massively transforming the world in which humanity inhabits. And a massive transformation means that the end product of the change will be vastly different from the original: in this case, society itself will be completely different. The need to understand such […]
I never knew how warm silence could be
Posted by Theophillus Smith in Free Verse on May 19, 2011
I never knew how warm silence could be. It’s like only the darkness can see us Everything else is just … existing. sleeping, oblivious Our fireworks and sparks and magic – nothing else can see them! One thing is for sure: we won’t forget this for a long time Maybe never I never want to […]
Checkmated by a Queen
Posted by Theophillus Smith in Free Verse on April 10, 2011
I approached the empty board with ease And began to place my pieces I frowned when you matched me one for one But continued, only now slightly slower I made the first move with confidence And swiftly took the playing field I always capture what I wish And your heart was no different […]
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