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Dark Sexy Funny

Dark Sexy Funny: Poetry from the Mind of Ero Zeno

Poetry from the Mind of Ero Zeno

 This 2016 release is an awakening of the human spirit through written word, and represents the foundation of the Poetry Nouveau movement. Please enjoy these selected excerpts from Dark Sexy Funny.

ero zeno dark sexy funny back cover

Foreword: Dark Sexy Funny (2016)

This book will not help you lose weight

It will not cure your erectile dysfunction

It does not increase the size of your breasts


It will not cure your halitosis

It will not increase your disposable income

It does not offer a money-back guarantee


It will not rid your home of unwanted pests

It will not be available in stores or through an incredible TV offer

It does not cure your embarrassing dandruff flakes


It will not cure Ebola

It will not kill ISIS

It does not endorse any political candidate for office


This book will not keep frozen food fresh

It will not increase the amount of your red blood cells

It does not require refrigeration 


It will not cut, slice, or dice

It will not cure your depression

It does not help you get a good night’s sleep


It will not cure your cold

It will not get rid of unwanted pet odors

It does not remove embarrassing acne and blemishes 


It will not increase the length of your penis

It will not help you find your soul mate

It does not accept major credit cards


This book has no benefits

It has no side effects

Please do not ask your doctor about this book


With no method, there is only madness!

Peace and love, always!


Ero Zeno

Planet of Texas,

USA

Ero Zeno's Commentary

I contracted a bad case of the flu in late 2014. I was bedridden for a couple of days to recover, and I had the misfortune of viewing 15 minutes of network television. 


I hope you enjoy Dark Sexy Funny. But let this Foreword be a warning...

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Prism of Shadows

The American Dream became a nightmare


I lost my soul to the darkness

I struggled to get it back


I had seen the Light, it had not seen me

 

40 days & 40 nights, I drove the back-roads

with Lightnin’ & the Wolf


True believers on a lost highway


200 miles per hour in the passing lane

one foot on the gas and one on the brake


We flew through gaps in the raindrops


A race from reality, a surge to the light

through the prism of shadows


The wrong decision for the right reason


The signs along the roadside read:


       Freedom Isn’t Free


       Obey Your Corporate Masters


       Who’s Watching Big Brother?


       There are Liars, Damn Liars, and Politicians


       Wal-Mart™ Died for Your sins


       Beware of Dogma


       The Meek Shall Inherit $hit


       Nothing to Hide = Everything to Lose


       The Protector Has Become the  Enemy


       It Takes a Village to Raze a Village


       There’s No Crime Like a War Crime


       The Revolution Will Be Televised


        …and Injustice for All!


South of Eden, I stopped for the Sorceress


An electric raven-haired enchantress 

with a heart of passion and apocalyptic fire in her veins


Her glistening eyes illuminated the twilight


Daughter of Eros, disciple of Sappho

She exerted dominion over the serpent 


She broke the protracted silence 

as she leaned to me and whispered in my ear:


To inherit the earth, one must pay the Devil his due


You evade the Devil’s herd

the dead-end trail knows no end


You flee the rivers which flow 

with the blood of the damned 


Where Satan’s noose tightens each day 

and everyone has a rendezvous with death


There is no turning back

there is no escape


Stay the course

seek first the shadows


Find the light through the prism of shadows 

Ero Zeno's Commentary

I have seen the light. Unfortunately, the light has not seen me.


I have a real Orwellian and Fitzgeraldian (this is a word, I swear) thing about signs and symbols. Equal parts subtle, hilarious, and ominous, they never fail to excite my imagination.


I originally intended to call this creation Lightnin' and the Wolf (as in Hopkins and Howlin').


I am intrigued by the possibility of flying through gaps in the raindrops.

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Poetess

She is the tenth muse

and a reincarnation of Calliope


She is the eternal star of creation

and shines brightly as a beacon of hope 


She quietly appears with the full moon

and delivers my restless soul to the light


She is the Poetess


Her words balance my delicate universe

and bring harmony to the chaos of my time


Her beautiful prose shines a light 

on the darkness of my world


Her oeuvre arouses my passion

and tames my internal demons 


She is the Poetess


She is a heavenly artist

and her canvas is a blank page 


She imparts generous visions of love

and her words nourish my heart, and soul


She fills me with consciousness 

and her creations exhilarate my being


She is the Poetess

Ero Zeno's Commentary

A tribute to my lovely muse.


As the sun dies each evening only to be resurrected each morning, so the Poetess resurrects my soul. 


A heavenly artist, she quietly appears with the full moon and delivers my restless soul to the light.

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Random Contemplation

It's 3:00 AM and I'm Not Sleepy

3:00 AM

We were naked, and not ashamed

Unfortunately, I was the only one awake


Give me immortality or give me death


The right of the people to keep and 

arm bears shall not be infringed


The Peacekeeping force shot the children in the back


3:15 AM

We were ashamed, and not naked

Unfortunately, I was not sleepy


A local agnostic was killed in a holy war


The Village Idiot is merely

a reflection of the idiot village


I found Jesus. He was in a jail cell next to mine


3:30 AM

We were ashamed because we were not naked

Fortunately, I was not sleepy


From out of creation came chaos


Between Good vs. Evil

can I pick none of the above?


In this mighty jungle, the lion had insomnia


3:45 AM

We were naked, and ashamed

Fortunately, I began to dream


Defense lawyers get you off


It was midnight in the Garden of Eden


I met Mother Nature on a mystic mountain

We did the Ghost Dance to a rock and roll beat


It’s hell to be God’s chosen people


The River of Life sometimes runs dry


Ask not what multinational corporations can do for you

Ask what you can do for multinational corporations


It takes a village to pillage a village


That’s not me. It’s merely my reflection in a mirror


Under normal circumstances

there is nothing normal about my circumstances


Lawyers don’t sue people. People sue people


Elegant criminals and beautiful psychopaths control the world


4:00 AM

We were still naked, and not ashamed (but very cold)

Unfortunately, sleep eluded me


Those who have nothing to hide have everything to lose


The 21st Century Hippocratic Oath: Kill ‘Em & Bill ‘Em


What motivated the quick brown fox to jump over the lazy dog?


The multinational corporations shall inherit the earth


Why do we make heroes of those who kill God’s children?


Assassins fell from the sky:


Booth?

            Princip?

                          Oswald?

                                         Ray?

                                                  Sirhan?

                                                               Hinkley? 


4:15 AM

Fast asleep

Ero Zeno's Commentary

I planned to create a masterpiece of all those crazy thoughts and ideas that flow through my mind during dreams and insomnia. Unfortunately, this is all I could do. 


Random Contemplation incorporates my favorite Old Testament verse, Genesis 2:25.


Assassins don't fall from the sky. Most of them were/are well-connected, well-trained, and well-financed.

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Stars

She saw right through me

She knew the one I was 

Not the one I professed to be


She read the stars


She could tell the difference 

Between damnation or salvation

Between heaven or hell


She spoke to the stars


She knew my friends and enemies

She knew who looked down upon me

Who looked over my shoulder


She saw it in the stars


She tamed the darkness of my soul

She showed me a way to the light

On her path to an everlasting sun


A clairvoyant mistress of the stars

Ero Zeno's Commentary

Stars is a tribute to writer Carolan Nathan, who passed away in 2019. 


Her An Epic of Cosmic Creation: A Book of Poetic Verse remains a personal favorite.


A clairvoyant mistress of the stars...

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