ALL HAIL-SPOKEN WORD POETRY: COMEDY OPENMIC ROUND 12
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Of steem and crypto dreams;
The super whales in lambos
Swaggering in ever present scent
Of huge SP perspiring from every pore,
Every follicle, every epidermal flake
That is scratched unto the face
Of small fishes flitting among sea weeds,
Dirty flags and bidding butts
Rubbing dust on the walkway,
Wiping ass on the red carpet,
Taking photos and memes,
Questionable cookbook recipes
And one liners.
Who whisper nothing to their acolytes,
Who answer no prayers
Or offer respite to the begging bowl
Of we, of poor repute;
Sick with unwashed skin
And grimy nails, cracked lips
And swollen tongues thirsting
For a vote of confidence.
I salute the originality of your labours,
Despite kings who do not see,
Who have forgotten beauty,
Who stir the dust of ashes
For the glory of their pedigree.
I salute you skilled forgers,
Who have dodged security,
Stolen under the cleaners nose,
Dared the watchful cat, his nine lives,
And placed the bust of a mammoth
On the plastic chest of Aphrodite.
Who crawl through the turgid debris
That spill into the platform's scarred face,
Seeking for gold, for hope, for truth.
Some will become kings,
Some will become gods
And some will live in the realm of dream
Where great heroes sleep,
Heroes mentioned only on feast days.
The sent delegations, the delayed curation.
What! The votes for the blind,
The witnessing of empty nests
And old birds with new wings
Stealing shiny stones from window sills.
The crooked teeth grinning with phish
Linked under old poetry and prose,
Payout lost underneath new war lords
Swaggering with brandy and new following.
And sprinkle saliva on the face
Of hungry lips seeking some modicum,
Some crumb forgotten with ants,
Some scrap from the heap of sleeping sp.
Dancing in the steem of saunas
And hot springs that assuage
Grumpy muscles and weakening eyesight;
Delegated support sleeping in wallets, unspent,
Fattening cheeks and hips,
Of both sheep and woolly wolves.
Of steem and crypto dreams.
Of parachutes, selling icons, white papers;
In team and community we trust.
All hail the justified powers that be;
Genuflect before their wallets,
Fart, write a post
And set your soul free.
Image source: Photo by Matthew Henry on Unsplash and edited by me on Paint 3D software.
I was nominated by @raj808 for this #comedyopenmic. I am not much of a comic, so I doubt if this post would generate laughs but do enjoy.
If you do enjoy the poetry, you can check out more of the same on my blog @warpedpoetic.
I nominate @uche-nna and @jesse12.
Hey folks, this is Oskilo's blog and he would love to read your suggestions on how to make this blog better serve you. He would like to know what you, his reader, think of the content so do not forget to leave a comment; you just might have something he needs.
Peace
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art and flair courtesy of @PegasusPhysics
Funny and outstanding, do you want your 100% now or wait till I'm 99% SP?
👍👍👍- talented and great at multi-tasking I wonder if you can fart in a rap rhythm
Please 100% would be pretty nice but in truth I won't mind whatever you give me, thank you 😂
I think someone must have achieved that goal. 😂
done!
want to see you keep developing your comedic skills, time to stretch your repertoire
Aye Cap'n. I will certainly be expanding my content and some comedy will be a lovely as a piece in the ensemble.
Manh that's comedy merged with spoken word at its finest!
I knew you had something. You no fit grow from Waffi con say you no sabi comedy! Who dem be?! Who wan stampede?!
PS: this is round 12. Kindly edit the "11" in your title
Keep being creative man
Ahahahahha
😂 Abi o? I gats reason something out for the ministry Na.
I no sure say e get comedy inside before o. Na early morning I run am.
Thank you for the kind comment. Please do come again.
You sha know say you no fit carry last na
So happy you did this entry bro.
please come join the COMmunity discord server https://discord.gg/uy8KTds
we will be glad to have you.
hey holy have you share this in post-promote in COM Discord? you're boy here got talentsz
I'll be back with my SP is 99% to upvote so he gets more from me
yeah it's shared already in the channel. thanks in advance for the love!
This is great poetry. I hate poetry, so when I like it, I know it's great.
Haha haha @profanereviews. I am glad you liked mine then and that means a lot.
Why do you dislike poetry?
Probably because I don't understand it. Every once in a while I see some that I like though, so I guess I can't say I hate it.
I'm happy to tell you that I've chosen you for automatic upvotes as part of my new initiative "Jon Magnusson's favourite Steemians support".
This because I personally has reviewed your content and found it to be something I want to support and encourage and/or the work you do for the Steemit community.
If you believe that someone deserves my attention, please leave a comment with a link to some of their work.
Thanks @jonmagnusson for the support.
Simply awesome warpedpoetic. Great to hear you read your work out too. I'm glad you joined the comedyopenmic comp buddy and really glad I changed my recommendation and tagged you in.
Your words really catch the almost tragic comic-like cavalcade of power facade and political squirming at the top of steemit. Sometimes I look at it and I think, 'what have these people really got in common with me?' People who don't write anything beyond articles about crypto or steemit politics (ok, not all dolphins + whales only write around these subjects but a lot of them are very focused in these ares). The trigi-comedy of it all is, just because of their massive SP balls and delegations, we, the artists on steemit, the people who create amazing things; stories, poems, comic dreams of absurdity, gems of the imagination that will change a life, enrich someones perceptions, even if for only a minute, should-
As you put it so eloquently. I'm not saying community isn't important but it is an overarching requirement on steemit. I have seen many talented people disappear from this platform simply because they don't know how, or even worse, don't have the mental fortitude, to put in hours of networking that is needed to succeed beyond the odd curie vote.
Ha ha, I have just realized that I am doing exactly what I was moaning about above 😆 writing a semi-political steemit comment, curses lol
😂 It's understandable @raj808. Power is a strange thing you know and it is the tragedy of steemit that support does not always come from merit but a lot of underground work which some persons are yet to master.
I am glad I joined the openmic doings. I thought I could only be dark, well there's still some laughter inside me, it would seem. Reading the poem was the most difficult part. I also to trying to get it right. ***
Thanks for the support.
hey @warpedpoetic, this entry won a Top 11 Prize in the just concluded Comedy Open Mic Round 12
Congrats mate!
Thanks bro. Just saw the announcement. Excited as can be. I will be back again. Definitely.
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