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Brooding Man Has Not One Friend
by Jerry P. Bolton → (All Poetry by Jerry P. Bolton)
Sunday, July 15, 2018    Rated "G" by the Author.
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put on a sad face
wring your hands in despair
shuffle walk through life
wear the sticky goo of failure
and shallowness
as your badge of honor

you're where you're at
you non-cool cat

each day
a woe-is-me gloom
before you get out of bed
the world sitting
on your chest
feeding self-centered fear

you will not fight
this stagnant blight

a smile never appears
because your lips
are pressed in a hard line together
whadda-you-have-to-smile-about
nothing gives you glee
whadda sad sack you

a smile would make
your face to ache

a brooding man
has not one friend
goes home alone
muses about what to do tonight
maybe turn the gas on
make love to the oven

easy way out
here is no doubt

a cripple
stripped of his pride
walking a sad treadmill
to nowheresville
with a perverse sense
of the absurd

merry-go-round
soul can't be found

only happy when he is sad
life to him
is just one wrong party
after another
even God has given up
nothing there to save

shell of a man
he has no plan

storm warnings
across his face
nothing makes him mad
there's no vein of venom
lashing out
sex can't even tempt this one

a man of woe
nothing there grows

©June 1, 2018 / Jerry Pat Bolton


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 Reviews of "Brooding Man Has Not One Friend"
Reviewed on July 21, 2018
So dark, so sad. This is why I like to read you, Jerry, your poetry is real and raw.

Reviewed on July 15, 2018
Some wild dark, weird, but entertaining metaphors up the ying yang!! I enjoyed this very much!

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on July 15, 2018
I immediately thought of the Beatles, Nowhere Man. If we can find any spark in our life, we are certainly doomed to this kind of depression. He thinks there may be millions out there. Perhaps the kind that will not only decide to end it all, but to go out in a big way by taking others with them. As others have written. This comes from a very dark place that no one would wish for, but some fall into.

Ron

Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on July 15, 2018
Darker than dark, and exceptionally written. This could be me, at those times when I get into one of my funks, and just want to be left alone.

Reviewed on July 15, 2018
You express so well, Jerry! You excel through your words. No one can suppress how a poet should or should not feel when he lifts up his pen to write. A poet must express himself, and allows the readers to connect with him through his words. You have always done this splendidly.

Sandie

Reviewed by William Bonilla
Reviewed on July 15, 2018
Jerry this is as close I’ve ever came to reading one of

Poe’s Most mysterious work excellent piece

Peace be with you



William

Reviewed by Lark Pogue
Reviewed on July 15, 2018
One word for this:
POIGNANT
Describes depression well; my bi-polar son has it this bad.

Reviewed by Ruan Mills
Reviewed on July 15, 2018
Well that explains the scepticism x
Powerful words as always ...but a very dark and isolated image from this one.
For myself during the course of a day, I prefer to seek out at least one event unrelated to me that I can glean some semblance of humour from, no matter how small. After all, I have to hope it will serve to feed light into my my mind when all else fails to.
But I have to thank you for this one from the bottom of my heart. A well timed wake-up call.
Rx

Reviewed by Ed Matlack
Reviewed on July 15, 2018
Sounds like when I feel more depressed than usual, how do you know how I feel? A sad story of one mans life...-e-


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