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"DREAMLAND: Poetry by JTK.CA"
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JONATHAN TAD KETCHEN
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"BLACK SMOKE"
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I could hear my brain
Squeaking against my skull
As a house within a house
Burned.

Orange flames
Gave way to black smoke.

One house remained.





"EVENING DREAM"
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You did it all
While I did nothing.
Together, we're a perfect team.

You killed with your knives
While I philosophized,
Pronouncing you "sinners" and me "clean."

Your power grew
And you overthrew
The opponent of your murderous cause.

You instilled in me
The fear of you,
And I became a slave to all of your laws.

A stunning statue
Was taken down
From her pedestal and brought to me.

Told to kiss her, I did.
And just as you'd said,
From bronze she fled to humanity.

She held close to me,
Her new master,
Loving me more than I loved her.

I wanted satisfaction.
She was my cure.
I lusted for no one but her.

And we, unaware of the transaction--
The cure became poison
In the middle of our passion.

This love was a diversion.
As you went on killing,
I worshipped an idol you'd made for my distraction.

You did it all
While I did nothing.
Together, we're a perfect team.

You killed with your knives
While I made love to lies,
Forgetting all the evil I had seen.





"MY SINS WERE COVERED ONCE FOR ALL TIME"
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It seems, within the past year or so,
That whenever I finally get my waking life in order,
Wicked dreams come to haunt me,
But I won't let Satan taunt me.
These immoral mental mirages
Only remind me of my need for Christ.
Sorry, Satan; you blew it again!





"PROPHECY (A Dream)"
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My heart fell prey to the gutter of Hell,
Hoping no witnesses, if any would tell.

Attempting to wash myself without the blood of Christ,
I went in search of a washroom that couldn't be found.
Forgetting that Jesus has paid my price,
I went searching for cleansing where confusion abounds.

Soon lost, I became trapped in a tube
But refused to be found.

Down through the chute of an unplanned fate,
I shot down through the sky around half past eight.
Falling with speed through the p.m. sky--
Immediate, sudden transformation!--
I became a policeman of the future,
Falling through the a.m. sky.
Wait, wasn't it p.m.?
No, it was both.
Dreams lie on a different plane of reality.

After landing in the city,
I began my patrol of the streets.

I became a person of brutality
When I saw your stupidity.
Grabbing your idol when you turned your back,
I decided to show you reality.

You turned around to an enemy.
I'm the one who beat you bloody, black & blue,
Soon forgetting about reality,
But consumed with the thought of killing you.

Caught in the act of a murderous rage,
I turned in my bloodied officer's badge
As I awoke from a dream all too true,
A dream about me and you.

Taking on the form of an authority,
I, the unwashed fool,
Got back at you
For my own stupidity.





"SKY SOCCER AND KILLER SQUIRRELS"
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Sometimes I wish I could record my dreams.
They often rival Hollywood's special effects.

I just woke up from a dream of Sky Soccer.
I was floating a thousand feet above the ground
Playing soccer with my fellow levitating athletes,
But I could never quite kick the ball
Because I was floating higher than the others.

This atmospheric game was a diversion
As I was on the run from a fiendish adversary.

A monkey who used to be my friend
Had fallen away to the dark side,
And set his sites on me
As his number one enemy.

Yes, I was on the run from a killer monkey,
Who, as the dream went on, became a killer squirrel.

Just as the killer squirrel was closing in on me,
I wished I wasn't a mile down the road from
The luxury condo I found along the way.
I just saw the squirrel attack a giant tortoise
In a puddle near the gas station;
So I knew I had to run again.

So much for that new job at the factory
Where I didn't have a clue what they made!

The squirrel's eyes saw me,
Glowed red,
And moved in for the kill!

Fortunately, I woke up, just in time,
And found myself in the wrong bed in the wrong house,
And it dawned on me,
"I've just woken into
Another dream."





"ANCIENT ATHENS STILL EXISTS"
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Racing to the FINISH
Of a race he never entered,
The naked fool runs naked down the track.

Dashing toward the end
Of an all-important race,
The naked athletes run clothed in flesh and bone.

The race is over.
An athlete won.
A naked fool runs naked into the rest of his naked life.





"DECEPTION FROM A DREAM"
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After tying for second in a running race,
We stood in our line of two to receive our prizes,
And I learned of your feminine lust
And the love it despises.

Not in ancient Athens,
We were fully clothed,
But in our short, little line,
With your back to me,
You pressed me up tight against the wall
And fondled my gender with your buttocks.

And after the line broke up
As I'm sure you intended
I noticed how inviting your voluptuous breasts were
And tried to keep my hands to myself.

Later, as you headed for home,
I caught up to you
And asked for your number and your name,
And without an ounce of shame
You said no and walked away.

We shared a moment of pleasure,
You and I.
But what did it mean
If I'm not still with you?
I don't even know your name.
I'm glad it was just a dream.





"CHARBROILED HAIKU"
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The fire in your eyes
Draws me in and burns my heart
When you say good-bye





"LIVING IN A DREAM WORLD"
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I hear someone calling,
But there's no one there.
I'm looking all around me,
But I'm going nowhere.
I'm seeking a woman
Whom I can't find.
I'm living in a dream world;
I'm living in my mind.

Living in a dream world --
It's a worthless endeavour.
Living in a dream world --
It's like a straight-falling feather.
Living in a dream world --
It's always worse, it's never better.

I'm looking for a shelter
In a fantasy land.
Looking for her this way,
I'll never hold her hand.
I'm seeking a love
That I can't find.
I'm living in a dream world;
I'm living in my mind.

Living in a dream world --
It's a worthless endeavour.
Living in a dream world --
It's like a straight-falling feather.
Living in a dream world --
It's always worse, it's never better.




"HOW WE CHANGE AS TIME GOES BY
(To my friends, two sisters)"
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Sitting here
By two gorgeous little icons of you

Two of my reasons for living
One is distant
One is missing
And both have been broken

I remember when you two were best friends
But sibling revelry
Turned to sibling rivalry
Turned to sibling warfare

I miss the love you shared with me
But most of all I miss
The love you shared with each other

Two of my reasons for living
One is distant
One is missing
And both have been broken

Now a different man than I was in the days we shared
I miss the love we shared as three
Sitting here alone
By two gorgeous little icons of who you used to be





"A DREAM"
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I can't give you names or numbers.
I'd rather play games with your mind.
I hope that you're willing to find her yourself
'Cause I'm supposed to be deaf and blind to her
Whereabouts.

I can't give your dreams foundations.
I'm here to stop you at every turn.
I hope that you're willing to learn
She's not the issue at all.

We were never meant to be.
I wish that you'd just leave.
But first I must make your frustration complete.
I expect she's forgotten you too.

We were never meant to be.
I wish you'd open your eyes and see
I'm standing here with you
But my heart is far away.

I can't give you names or numbers.
I'd rather play games with your mind.
I hope that you're willing to find her yourself
'Cause I'm supposed to be deaf and blind to her
Whereabouts.

I can't give your dreams foundations.
I'm here to stop you at every turn.
I hope that you're willing to learn
She's not the issue at all.