The Lion's Den

My Page contains Poetry, Spoken Word, Stream of Conscious, and Reggae Sunday. My name is Lawrence and I try write something creative everyday. Los Angeles and Long Beach are my home. Welcome to the Lion's Den.

Going Back To Bed

This is not
A poem
Just a general
Statement of
My being

I have a headache
And I’m horny

Neither of these
Can be solved
At the present time

Today Says No

The fail-safes
Have failed

I’m moving slow
Like a snail

Maybe a sloth

Immortal

My fingernails
Are lengthening
To vampiric levels
                                                                           The sunlight
                                                                           Taste horrible
                                                                           On my skin
                                  My coffin
                                  Is cold
                                  Its growing
                                  Dying mold

Combustion Molecular Formula

Brain damage
I can’t manage
To think
Or to do

Cupping my hands
Making shapes
Of two

Jackhammer thoughts
Chiseling away
At things I say

Who Knows

Riding a rollacoaster
Along the curves
Of your spiraling spine

I slapped you
On the ass
And proclaimed it
Mine

Mining for diamonds
In the coal of your heart
My lungs are struggling
From this fresh start

Da Fuq

My litmus test
For any civilization is

How many Walmarts
are in your city?

Window Dreams

I bet I could
Touch the corner
Of the clouds
With my
Outstretched
Tongue

Tasting the rain
On my palette
A clouded palace

Pleasantries

Are the all
The stars gone?

He ran outside
To check

But the night before
All the stars
Broke their necks

So there was only
Shadows in the sky

He ran back inside
Trying not to cry

Blurry Sun

I can’t find
The start
I can’t find
The end

Where does
This spiral begin?

It doesn’t begin
Or end

It just exists

Bumble Mumble

Hold on
To the seconds
Of a ticking clock

Go outside
Talk a walk

Pay no attention
To the constructs
Of time

Crimes of the world
Go unnoticed
While I’m trying
To stay focused

It All Seems Delicious

Blow up
A balloon
Watch it float
Away

Ask it
To back back
Real soon

If it does
POP
It

You can’t
Trust a balloon
That thinks it’s
A boomerang

Spare Parts

At the end
Of the river

I was ready
To deliver

The lost child
It smiled

When I cradled it
In my arms

Taking it away
From all the harms

Of this tiny creation
Into the light of salvation

Plague / Letting It In

There are no
Skyscrapers here
Man hasn’t decided
To fuck with God

Yet

There are bars
Next to every church

We Can Both Can Be Insane

Lose the number
Forget your nine digits
Stop counting minutes
Stop including limits

We are infinite
Like all of creation
I’m inside my shell
Like a crustacean

Stop all of time
Forget how to rhyme
Lose everything
Lose nothing

Pocketing Loose Change

I can’t find
The light switch
I can only read braille
With my eyes

My mouth is hungry
For walking
While my feet are ready
For talking

I smell only
What I can feel
I take only
What I can steal