Poemetry by T.A. Barnhart


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2020-8-13

my 42-inch monitor
sits directly across
from where i sit.
the power is off.
my face reflects clearly....
2020-8-12

as God was finally leaving
this universe behind,
He turned and look back
(as He had zapped
Lot’s wife for doing)....
2020-8-11

human life
is much too hard....
2020-8-9

my pain is real.
my anger is real.
the question is:
how does the one
flow from the other?
2020-8-3

i really wish
being tired
was an actual
and defensible excuse;
i’d be set for life....
2020-7-30

the audience grows smaller
and i try to convince myself
the audience was never
the point of the exercise.
i refuse to believe that crap....
2020-7-27

given that everybody
is going to die someday,
and i do mean everybody;
and given that everything
is going to end someday....
2020-7-24

you say you’re tired of it all
after, what?
four months?
five?
but what if....
2020-7-16

some mornings
i wake
and i remember –
i dreamed,
and i forgot....
2020-7-13

one of the most important
things i do each day,
mandatory for my happiness
and general well-being,
is to fool myself....
2020-7-12

wishing for magic
in a physical world
doesn’t just double down
on the impossible –
there goes another....
2020-7-10

running so fiercely
from that which i fear.
no hesitation,
no doubt;
just everything in my power....
2020-7-7

we are a complex thing,
we humans;
yet we demand,
to the point of being willing
to die to make the point....
2020-7-6

life is all about
the disappointment, right?
i’m not stupid enough
to believe in
satisfactory endings....
2020-7-1

“Sentence first!
Verdict after!”
the Queen of Hearts
understands
my mind....
2020-6-30

it sucks
to know
that i know
all i need
to know....
2020-6-29

the point,
said the Buddha,
is that you
are already free.
you just haven’t....
2020-6-26

this is where
disappointment shows
her pretty face
just to ensure
i hurt....
2020-6-24


summertime is not
without inconveniences:
endless sweatiness.
2020-6-23

nothing i can
do or say
can make up for
the things i
do and say....
2020-6-21

did i disappoint you?
sorry, but
if it makes you feel better,
please be assured
i am already....