The Absence of Wavelength

The Top\Down edited (MV)

Tango Quote Poem
Chuka-Chuka

"...politely reedy…”

Truly…bless(ed)…been pushing it —
envelope, push world and all inhabitants away,
push buttons to find boundaries,
having no clue or told where they lie,
where I've lived in your dark.

“…but ambitiously eclectic —
moving effortlessly…”

Now and then, push dirt out of this hole;
someone/thing/entity might envision
me
the way I need to be viewed.
(if I knew what that was.
Cryptic, I know.
Try living in my dark, find comfort
amid the strange, virtual walls
that tempt me…try).

*The parenthetical lawyer up?

“…from hen-picking and bottleneck slides…”

Best Poetry Collection 2X,
nominated three years. What does it mean…(?)
enjoying myself, head bagged…
happy…
Something messed with that.
(No) coward; not starting feuds or wars
…ideals and beliefs…pile of crap
packaged with dreams of pretty things
to sell the…boob that walks by. *Clown*

“…to a full deck of chucka-chucka rhythm figures."

…more than I could imagine…achievements…But,
You're sick of me…how I feel about myself…
dig deeper, (push)…Don’t care…(push)…my words
that aim for honesty…flinchingly flung,
inadvertently hit a target…(push)…
back off  shoulder shot…asking
your motivations to write…

10.7.23
Tango Quote Poem
created by BK Compton

Take a favorite quote that tangos with something you wrote.
Keep the quote in tact but divide as introductions to verses that stand alone…or don’t.
What gets broken, edited, is your own offered writing that tangoes, pairing your words to theme, seemingly
bring quote and your poem alive as one, sewn up like a Frankenstein monster. Cutting your words apart can include punctuation to show editing from parenthetically inserted words, other symbols, as ‘Push’ or ‘No’ ‘?’ above, italicize or bold words as I did with try, and use three dots where you slice. It’s simply editing anything down into a woven work that reads as poem with the caveat you intone theme highlighting your words with quote. Perhaps, a quote that inspires a write.

Maybe, more rules later. We love the safety of our rules, like cowards, don’t we?

Left out, but potential for ending:
There’s no prize to eye, not properly incentivized. So, does it mean when dealt the worst two cards before the flop, do the best with what you got? Yeah, rigged. Yeah, other tables — other ‘games’. But, something in my gut I’ll never be rid.

Other:
BANNED from Quills. No noms until 2024.
Unrelated: I have right to free speech. Not a guarantee people will listen, respond, or adjust accordingly.
I had a lover's quarrel with the world - Robert Frost
Me: I'm sorry you got caught in the middle.

*Neurodivergent poet.
*Don’t judge/hate. I love.
*Honesty without mincing words.
*Dump your prejudice outside my door. Hope you leave it on the way out.
*Nothing to fear but people who surround themselves with rules, can’t be touched.
*Real dialogue accepted.

My words collect, arrange on a kaleidoscope spectrum. The true experience/acknowledgment of my writing yet to come...long after I’ve left WDC, am dead, or both.
Foot free, I’m all over the place.

From the top half of this blog page introduction…as it currently stands.