JENNY SANTELLANO - POEMS

Jenny Santellano is a poet from Chicago, Illinois. Some of her other poetry can be found in The Beatnik Cowboy, Section 8 Magazine, Random Poem Tree, and Dead Snakes. 

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                                    Happy Smiley People
 

Life hinders living,
and I don’t have
to die to prove it
I’ve got forty eight
years of evidence
 
People hate truth
They rather stay
silent or smother
their fellow man
 in comfy lies
They think that
makes them wise
and kind
 
Avoid confrontation
whenever possible
Don’t raise your voice
or lose control
God forbid anyone
should actually hear
what you’re thinking
They might label you
insane, lock you up,
or throw another
bottle of pills at you
 
Humanity is staying
calm, cautious, and
contrived
 
Meanwhile, children
are being sold as
sex slaves, heads are
being severed on live
tv, and cops are killing
kids for looking at them
the wrong way
 
I should keep my mouth
shut when I hear others
saying stupid shit
Perpetuate ignorance
“Turn the other cheek”
Mind my own business
Stay happy
 
 
 
                                          Hidden Dreams
 


Dreams are hidden in second chances,
uninvited circumstances
Runaway, no food or clothes
A drug dealer no-show
Singer with no band
Money, no hands
One bad trade
Dull blade
Love
 
 
                               The Canyon of My Heart
 

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The canyon of my heart is filled
with angst, joy, and pain
It is deep as it is vague in memories
of moments that have passed 
Sorted sorrows sift soulfully through
timeless truths that travel tellingly
 
At the bottom lies love, languishing,
hopeful, wishing for harmony
Rising to the top, lingering around
the edge, is you
 
You, who knows the secret path
to the door that leads to nowhere,
an empty, dark nothingness,
where the answer is what it is.