Saturday, December 31, 2011

Life

On the shores of the Bay, a man stands, physically exhausted, emotionally dead.

His tired eyes squeeze out the holy water of sorrow, the ultimate damnation of depression, doping diving drowning

the rocky water beneath the cliff calls out to the man, as if preaching to the congregation in his mind, nearly ready to testify.

This man who lives by the book, cries by the book, sleeps by the book, and curses the institution’s name who issued the book

who falls to his knees waiting for a sign from the greater who inhabits the oblivion, living breathing, trying dying.

He listens to the devilled lecturer teaching the biological facts which take away from the psyche, from the being, from the soul,

the man who craves the burning, dry high taste of mother earth’s marijuana, the crisp, drip sip of her partner’s brutish beer.

The legality of youth and suppression of freedom, why have the right to speak if one cannot be heard?

His loving parents watch him leave, lose his faith, and lose his legitimate self, searching for his fathered religion that he is meant to follow.

His Friends, companions, society of peaceful observers, watch wait wish wisdom of the world would wash down the waves of worshipful silence.

Sh, listen, the pounding of the lover’s organ trying to escape, the jumping, and fighting, to escape the jail cell of his ribs

his love is not of her, tis the idea of the perfect companion, the always prepared mistress, a wife, a friend, yet his mid educational institution of immaturity lacks that which he wishes to obtain

for that he prepares his sign of retaliation:

Let the thumb rest a while, the pointer has no need, the pinkie’s just a hindrance, the inverted finger for which billions of vows have been written drawn toward the palm, while the middle gives a fuck you to all humanity.
Fuck you love, the almighty poison which drives men from heavenly ecstasy to hell like misery

fuck you god, the starter of wars, the puppet master of life, and the guiding force behind the world’s pain

fuck you world, the place of piss-drunk prodigies, center stage for the awful ensemble to ruin the only venue available

fuck you self, the pain in my brain, the fucked up person he is, the man’s fucking conscious, fighting to fuck off his thoughts.

There’s no need for the poor feeble man of the ocean to feel this unholy pain, why not the celebratory longing for pussy, rejection of cock, need to fuck, it’s the human experience so why waste it?

Give me some weed, give me some drink, give me some deaf self-righteous and miserable shrink, so I can finally tell my story, don’t judge me, don’t fucking judge me, so here you are.

Read this poem, bleed this poem, feed this poem, need this poem, this poem is not for me for her, for you for he, for his of hers, for dick for cunt, drunk or sober, living or dead, it is for everyone and anyone.

As the man breathes in he steps, breathes out he runs, holds his breath he jumps, a scream of delightful fear and he falls.

GK

Friday, December 30, 2011

What is a Poem?

What is a poem?

A poem is something that lets me be me, lets you be you, lets everything be everything.

A poem is the blush breeze and perfume steam of the earth’s blazing breath.

A poem is the naked magic of one’s imagination, anything that they are or that they think.

A poem is desiring to explore the embrace of her soft dark smile, sacred broken kisses, the throbbing heart of my poetry blazing across oceans, sailing on fire.

The ghost of myself staring into my eyes upon the fever red smoke of eternity.

A poem is a young child laughing through the windowless glass of the universe, angels who fall, demons that rise.

A poem can dance, a poem can sing, a poem can bleed, a poem can live.

It is the secret that every man knows, always surrounded with joy and sorrow,

A poem is the emotion of emotion.

A poem is tangible, not to touch, but to thought.

A poem is a prisoner, a poem is a jailer, a poem is rich, and a poem is poor,

The wild brilliant color of poetry is the call for revolution; it brings peace to those who have lost their belief in forgiveness, it forgives those who have lost belief in peace.

 A poem is a question, and it’s an answer.

The question is not what is, but what isn’t. What isn’t a poem?

GK

The Journey

Step after step after step, the continuous journey, starting anywhere, but going nowhere.

With every step, I get even closer to nothing, no knowledge of where I am or where I’m headed.

Every man I meet, blank face and staring with a neutral mask of nothingness sprawled across his features, like the mime of humanity.

He walks falls runs crawls, looking for reason but committing treason, against what his ambitions has lead him to pursue.

The result, the solution and purpose of his quest, the answer to man, not self yet him.

The body not the soul, the man not the being, what differentiates the human from a mineral is the concept of ideas, feelings, emotions, human beings must have these qualities, without our beliefs we are 
just that, a rock, cold and motionless.

Open your mind, my mind is free, without worry or fear just write, pen and paper, fingers to type, let your heart sing to the world, accepted or not, you will be heard.

The purpose of speech is expression, emotion, my poetry in motion, touches those souls that are ready to except real pain and joy in life.

So whatever your journey, wherever you are going, whoever  you meet, and whatever you do, keep pen in your hand and some paper by your side.

The end of my journey is near, my walk of struggle come to a close, and all I have to show for it is this, my writing, my thoughts, and my life.


GK

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

The Truth About Skinny White Kids (A Spoken Word Poem)

Hi, I’m white, and I am god...damn...skinny!
I know by the look of me, I’m supposed to be one of those losers who can,
Recite 150 digits of pi,
While playing dungeons and dragons,
And listening to Jared Diamond on books on tape for fun.
But no, I can however,
Recite every lyric from 10 different underground rap songs,
While doing flares,
Spinning on my head,
And beating Kobe, LeBron, and Dwyane Wade at NBA 2K12 with one eye tied behind my back!
I am sick and tired of sexy, muscular, tan surfers with sexy foreign accents,
Who don’t own shirts and get 20 women just by saying hi!
The Skinny White kids don’t get enough appreciation!
And so, it fall to me,
To stand up for the weak and pale population of this world and say,
We are the new Leonardo DiCaprios,
And we are taking over the world!
We’re those nerds creating websites,
We’re the pimply minimum wage freak who hands you your happy meal and asks “do you want some ketchup with your order?”
We’re the masterminds of Facebook,
The internet,
And Old Spice Deodorant!
We are everywhere and we want some respect!
Not only are we everywhere, but we are damn sexy!
Some of the hottest girls alive are married to skinny white guys!
Bill Walton! Hugh Fucking Hephner!
Hugh Hephner gets more girls then Brad Pit, 50 Cent, and Snoop Dogg put together!
We are the heart and soul of society,
So you better respect the skinny ass white kids of the world!
Sure we aint Gangster, we aint fly!
But we’ve got swagger for days!
We don’t waste our time wolfing down Double Whoppers like it’s our job!
We stay inside and drink apple juice,
Through curly straws,
And eating wonder bread sandwiches,
That have had the crusts cut off by our mommies, who also adds the special ingredient, love!
That’s stupid you say?
Childish?
Silly?
Well how the fuck you think we get names like McLovin huh?
Because we love so good!
So Usher, Hugh Jackman, Ray J, King Henry III, Rocky Balboa, Andre the Giant, and Arnold Schwarzenegger...
Y’all can get in line to take on the power of us,
But I promise you,
Our Asthma induced, pimple covered, near and far sighted asses,
Will kick all your butts to the moon!
And we will take over the world!
Then everyone will be smarter,
Funnier,
Sexier,
Whiter
And that...much...skinnier!

GK
May, 2011

Monday, November 7, 2011

To Allen Ginsberg (inspired by poems by Allen Ginsberg)


All the accomplishments in my world, and all my ambitions have been crushed because of you.

your beautiful prose, and disturbing imagery make me cry and weep because I know I will never meet your literary genius.

the metaphors, images, sentences, absence of punctuation, improper grammar, yakketayakking screaming vomiting, your beautiful emotions of disturbed evil.

the simple subtle serenade to your one deep love, creating romance out of harlequin speeches of suicide,

the disturbing beauty of demanding instantaneous lobotomy.

the sex, drugs, religion, death, boxcars boxcars boxcars, and the natural honesty of jazz or sex or soup.

Since when have potheads and junkies been called angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly connection?

since when has political commentary consisted of the narcotic tobacco haze of Capitalism?

and since when has someone been so fearless as to say what he means, and mean what he says?

none before would have the courage to create such social unrest, and refuse to conform to conformity.

semen, cocksman, whoring, hungover, red eyed in supernatural ecstasy, fucked in the ass by saintly motorcyclists, leaving the lava and ash of poetry scattered in fireplace Chicago.

what can I say?

No such beautiful horror can ever be achieved by someone so nobody as I am.

your Howl for perfection is met with a cry of admiration, where I say love, you say dear sweet rosy unattainable desire.

how do I change and become as perfect a proseman as you?

how do I change and formulate such a perfect political outcry as go fuck yourself with your atom bomb?

I cannot change to become the perfect poet, because the perfect poet has already spoken the holy words that will be forever echoed in heaven as the perfect Howl of all humanity.
-Santa Cruz, 2011

GK

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

I'm My Own Narrative

I don’t need you. You have let me dangle out on this cliff for too long and I am done. I thought that there was something wrong with me all along, but you’re the one who's fucked up. You will be sorry you ever let me go, and when you come running back to me, I’ll just say I told you so. I thought you were the one I need, but the one I really need is myself. I’d rather know who I am and not have you, then be with you and lose my identity. So thank you. Thank you for making me realize that I am my own person. I don’t need anyone to define me; I don’t want to be someone else’s piece of work. So you know what? I’m done plagiarizing baby, I’m a fucking original. So go find another heart to break, while I sit here, content with the solitude. Have a good life, without me.

GK

Monday, October 17, 2011

Why Not Me?

Why you? Why did I have to fall for you? You make me more mad, confused, and depressed than anyone else I have ever met! Yet through it all, I love you. There I said it. I fucking love you baby. Some don’t find this feeling for years, and I have to be the ignorant fool, who falls in love at the age of 16. Shit. You are so beautiful, sweet, and perfect. Why can’t you just take a leap of faith and trust that it will all be okay? I would never hurt you; I would never let anyone hurt you. You just have to give me a chance to do that! Why not? Why can’t you love again? You are the girl I want to curl up and watch movies with. You are the girl I want to call for no reason and just talk. You are the girl I want to be with when I need to get some shit off my chest. You are the fucking girl that I want to hold while she cries her eyes out for one reason or another! Why can’t I be that guy? You want a fairytale ending. But baby, there’s no princess without a prince charming, so why not me? Why not me?

GK

Sunday, October 16, 2011

The Pain of Perfection

You’re so perfect, pretty, precious.
I don’t know what to say, do, or feel when I see you.
I hurt whenever I see your face because I know I will never have you.
And yet my ignorant hopefulness over takes me, as if I have a chance.
I don’t know why you had to come into my life and threw a sense of confusion into the air.
The pain of perfection engulfs my body and I drown into oblivion.

GK

Jealousy

Jealousy is a mysterious woman. She is my love, and she is my enemy.
She makes me lust, she makes me yell, she makes me lie, she makes me not want to live anymore.
She makes me want to scream out to the dark and dreaded night,
Make it stop so I can love again!
But then again love is what got me to this place of unsure agony.
It rains and I think,
The rain drops flip and fall down upon my face,
Lingering on my cheek like a tear.
I cannot help my pain, and so I say goodnight.

GK

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

As Time Goes By

As time goes by, I see you grow and flourish as a beautiful being who will always love me.
As time goes by, I see you smile and frown, laugh and cry, love and lose.
As time goes by, I love you more and never want to let you go.
As time goes by, I see the pain that you are too proud to show.
As time goes by, I need you more, and see you less.
As time goes by you live apart from my world, as if a fictional character in my life’s narrative.
As time goes by, I miss you, I need you, and love you.
As time goes by, you disappear into the oblivion of time, and all I have is the memories.
As time goes by, as time goes by, as time goes by.

GK

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Time for Love

Time makes love shorter,
And love makes time longer.
The long and painful wait for love to arrive is the real pain of compassion,
Not love itself.
As love catches up with you, it clings to you,
And bit by bit sucks all the time out of life.
If love were time and time were love,
Then life would seem endless.

GK

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Untitled

Baby, beautiful, perfect, precious. Every word that describes you feels incomplete without you with me. I don’t know why you left and I don’t know why you can’t love again. I know you just want someone to love you the way you deserve to be loved. Well I do love you, so be brave babe, be brave and love me back. When I jump, I want to fly. When I fall, I want to float, and when I’m with you I feel like I can. I just need you here.

GK

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Ode to the Word Fuck

When a please be quiet doesn’t suffice,
A shut the fuck up can be real nice.
When can we please make love is not quite right,
You can say fuck me hard but please don’t bite.
No word can do it better, no word satisfies,
The way fuck does in every way, shape, and size.
Fuck you, fuck her, fuck this ugly shirt,
Fuck work, fuck school, it is a brilliant tool,
To express your emotions and just be free,
To use the word fuck is easy you’ll see.
Can I fuck you here or there?
Can I fuck you anywhere?
Dr. Seuss was a master yet he had one fatal flaw,
He wouldn’t say fuck cus’ it was against the law,
To teach little children these “inappropriate” words,
Yet he could teach them about Zinn-a-zoo birds.
Those aren’t even real and so may I say,
Fuck is just better in every single way.
Fuck day, fuck hay, fuck the whole month of May,
Fuck A, fuck K, and let’s just say,
That we’d all like to fuck Jessica Albay.
Yeah I said her name wrong but that’s okay,
Cuz’ I just say fuck that and it all goes away!
So next time your parents go and turn up their nose,
Just give a Fuck You and slam the door closed.

GK

Friday, October 7, 2011

The Garden of Life

I love you baby, and I know you don’t love as much as I love you
And that’s okay cuz at least you love a little
And a little is okay cuz at least it’s something right?
Fuck not, it isn’t! I put myself out there for you.
I want to hold you while you cry,
I want to be with you when the sun hits the earth,
I want to care for you, until my feeble hands can’t hold you any longer.
But I can’t, cuz you won’t let me.
You’re my beauty, you’re my flower, you’re my red rose,
And I’m just the stem, used to support you but nothing else.
And when someone comes along, they just cut me off, throw me to the ground, and admire your beauty.
I hurt people. I prick them with my thorns because of my jealousy,
And you don’t even acknowledge me, you just watch them bleed
While I just sit in the dirt, waiting for you to creep back to me.
You are my everything, and I am your anything,
I become what you want me to be, instead of blooming as my own flower,
So we can coexist peacefully.
Each and together, a beautiful part of the Garden of Life

GK