Black Poetry : Riddle Me This

nabraska

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Do you know why
the chained dog howls?
Why he growls and stomps the ground
till dust is found
& surronds him in a cloud
Ever wonder why he howls to the moon
waking your neighbors
thinking its monsoon season--
does this animal have a reason?
He's suppose to be there for breedin'
& best friendship
Yet all day he clips that
chain
& wanders free....only to return every eve
Is there a need for locks and keys,
or is this creature a being
w/some kind of heart....beating
& internal instinct; even if he stinks
w/ life
Bare *** in the brush
maybe we don't have it right
Turnin' cannabis pages every night
saying prayers to Christ to let us loose
from the strife
Even though we chain the dog
when the sun ain't bright
Rules render & hinder as limits make us stop
10 Commandments, Constitutional amendments,
& that hole to hell in which we drop....
Who's happier, that CEO, or that fool w/a mop
I'm in a box that's circular by nature
my mind's encased in a head
w/360 degrees of information
I'm at the top of the food chain
but dead last in this here nation
on all fours barkin' with no relation
cuzz God ain't neva been human....
So I'm fumin' and fussin'; kickin' and cussin'
wil-n' out and buggin'
cuzz 2+2=nothin'
maybe it's too much studying
cuzz I hate lookin' at
caged zoo creatures
They are our feature as we fork
over 20 bills for a ticket
to watch them pace, spit, mate, and lick.....each other
Then we say
"What a beautiful day we had baby!!!"
I hope God ain't that crazy
For if He is, I hope He's enjoyin'
my rant--and tell Eve that I'm still pissed
about these pants....
But free-will's a mother,
like no other virtue,
it's our brightest bright, and our bluest blue....
What should be said of Absolute Truth,
is existence suppose to be this cruel??
For we drool for money, thinkin'
that's the key, but after 8 hours a day,
20 years of workin', what is enjoyment
suppose to be???
Limited by time & caged by space
2000+ years of existence & we're classified
by race....or sex, or sexual preference...
One wall, Two walls, Three walls, Four;
what the hell are we fighting for?
Freedom??--when no one is free
Arguing over the P-L-A-N-E-T
I guess we forgot how to share
So the human experiment continues on earth
under God's petrie glass
My only question asks:
Do you know why the caged dog howls......?

(C)2000 Clarence Barbee/ Nabraska

I hope this didn't offend anyone, that's not the purpose. I just want people to think, so please, Riddle Me This
 
wow...consider me officially impressed...
I completely see your point in this piece
and you conveyed it with such stirring
emotion and introspection....
I too wonder why we live in such a box...
and for everything we must have
boundaries, definitions, time frames and
categories...

Consciousness...the one thing that
separates us from the animal...
being cognative of our fate, death,
existence and always searching for
that apex experience...of life

that's what makes us have thoughts
like the ones in this piece...

I feel you...this was an Awesome work!
so...why does the caged dog howl...
Good question... :wink:

Much love...pay it forward, Sage :sand:
 

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