Scott Thomas Outlar- Three Poems

Such a Novel Concept

  

I’m not here

to compare

this writer to

that writer

or to consider

this literary genre

juxtaposed

at an abstract angle

against

such and such

a twentieth century

movement of art

that was born

from out the rumblings

of a disenfranchised

blah blah blah

bourgeoisie

I’m here

to wrench words

from out the depths

of my bloody

bowels

and spill my guts

like acidic

spitfire

up through

burning lungs

and off

toxic

jaded tongue

Adorned as an Angel/Betrayed with a Bite

  

Careful with wishes…

make them with wisdom

else the genie let loose

from the bottle

might start sucking the juice

from your veins

like a snake in the grass…

waiting to attack

fangs laced with venom

of betrayal

serve as a knife

with a craving for your side

Stabbed by the woman

who said she’d adore you forever

(till death do us part)

Little whispers in your ear

come the evening

herald the harbinger

for her bloodlust once scorned

Adorned with the lips of an angel

but hidden underneath

are the teeth

of a vampire eager to feast

Careful where you lay your head to rest…

there are weapons in every word that she hisses

Painting Ourselves into Corners

  

Nietzsche said

that the poets lie too much.

I’d elaborate on the subject

if I weren’t already in too deep.

Bio:

Scott Thomas Outlar spends the hours flowing and fluxing with the ever-changing currents of the Tao River while laughing at and/or weeping over life's existential nature. He hosts the site 17Numa.wordpress.com where links to his published poetry, fiction, essays, and interviews can be found. His most recent chapbook "Songs of a Dissident" was released in 2015 through Transcendent Zero Press and is available on Amazon.