judgment day

08 Apr 2014

judgment day

I opened up the text app
and swiftly texted with two thumbs

I just killed someone

while waiting for a reply
I checked the scores on my sports app

you didn’t
said the incoming text

I did
I texted back

I paused and lifted my eyes

first I thought and then I texted
you haven’t lived until you killed

smiling
I opened up the music app
and decided to listen to lennon sing
happiness is a warm gun

when the song ended I looked
around and noticed
I was no longer alone

soon to be judged by so many
I waited in silence for the
incoming wave of endless pings

april two thousand fourteen
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Posted in Poetry and tagged confession, death, judgment day, murder, poem, poetry, suicide

9 thoughts on “judgment day”

archiearchive FCD on April 8, 2014 at 8:30 pm said:

Each morning I look to my twitter
for my daily validation
Perhaps I should look to my Joe
and it morning percolation

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- j matthew waters on April 8, 2014 at 8:34 pm said:
  
  that is probably a reasonable alternative, archie
  
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The Course of Our Seasons on April 8, 2014 at 9:33 pm said:

OK – not crazy about the subject matter – but this is absolutely riveting from the first line to the last – well done, John – K

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- j matthew waters on April 9, 2014 at 6:39 am said:
  
  Thank you for commenting on this one, Kathleen. As you probably know I strongly oppose war and violence, but unfortunately they continue to plague this world with no end in sight. 😦
  
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stgreenie on April 9, 2014 at 6:55 am said:

Reblogged this on stgreenie.

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scottishmomus on April 17, 2014 at 2:20 am said:

I like the juxtaposition of Lennon and guns here. Elevates simplicity with complex subject matter. Nice reading too. Love to hear all the different accents.

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- j matthew waters on April 17, 2014 at 6:40 am said:
  
  Thanks so much visiting and commenting on this piece. Very glad you enjoyed this one.
  
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eusebiusclay on May 3, 2014 at 1:10 am said:

I have some criticisms of this one but I’m not going to put that in the comment section.

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- j matthew waters on May 3, 2014 at 1:18 pm said:
  
  Nothing wrong with constructive criticism here, but I did struggle with getting this one in the right context, so to speak.
  
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