Spoken Word Poetry by Bakos

By Dominic Jones This is just me A piano Drum pads An audio interface And a microphone To make spoken word recordings So here I am My heart and soul bared Sell my soul to a publisher To have my dreams come true And my soul to Spotify And other platforms LMFAO Maybe it'll happen But probably not anytime soon

It's about politics. By Dominic Jones There is absolutely not use trying to push the envelope When it turns out it is futile The greedy assholes who run this laughingstock show - like insane brain-damaged greedy rabid crooked tooth reptiles Frustrated beyond all fathomable comprehension! The Statue of Liberty cries today No more keeping our feelings at bay It's time for a revolution Too much injustice for too long Stay fresh And stay on your toes! Educate yourselves For the l

My neighbor is nosy, but I still wouldn't wish someone's cat disappearing upon anyone! Sad face.

By Dominic Jones This is about a 4 year relationship gone bad, at least partially. Woke up around noon today No dreams that I can recall Maybe just for today I won’t drop the ball On everything I should be working on Drink a little coffee and light a cigarette Take this box and fill it with regrets Give them to big guy in the sky Who’s watching over me Reminding myself how lucky I am to be free Lucky to have people who care and share People who want me to do good Go back to c

By Dominic Jones Try my hand at something new And have a new point of view Flowers pushing up Out of the earth Forging forward Always With ever-renewing resolve And then I know I can evolve Masquerading as a secure connection Pop the firewall Don’t want to be pushed aside I know in you I can confide What’s on my mind Or bothering me Denial makes it harder For the stars to shine My mind may be numb But it’s not benign

By Dominic Jones What do you see When you look at me Do you see a failure Or do you see ambition Do you see the hurt And the guilt The shame and the sorrow Do you see a soul You wish you could borrow Do you see potential Or do you see a shell A simple existence who has secrets He won’t ever tell I look at the mirror And I see meI see a flicker of meaning A heart with terrible memories teeming I look through it And I see a future A past that can be mended With sobriety sutures

By Dominic Jones Just a thought Words that beg to glow on a screen My essence will live on in your red and whites Left and right audio Lyrics to a song or a drumbeat Echo inside my flawed dome

By Dominic Jones Look into my eyes Look into them deep Tell me what you see Tell me why you weep My eyes they view the world In a very different light In my eyes everything Is a remembered sight Do you see your reflection? Look deeper Past the insurrection Look past all the worldly woes Just pretend that nobody knows Pretend that nobody Knows about your problems Everybody seems to be Obsessed with something else Look into my eyes For the sake of your own health Eyes can tell

By Dominic Jones It’s how it makes me feel Some of the time Always chasing And sometimes finding Something that does not last Hopefully Replace it with something healthier Instead of this monkey on my back That I have yet to be rid of

I wrote this hoping it would be in a Hallmark card. By Dominic Jones Just wanted you to know How much I care And just how much I want to be there Sitting right by you Through heartache and happiness And how you’ll always know You’ll never be friendless You’ll always have me I’m your shoulder to cry on And when it seems near the end I’ll be by the bed you lie on I’ll be by your side A shadow watching over you An angel to guard you And keep you out of harm’s way too Just wanted

By Dominic Jones Disconnect from the intellect Make more than you would ever expect Embrace my flaws Because I’m not the cause Just here for awhile Until my exile My soul morphs into Something new And I see the sun Peaking through And so my journey continues Glad I’m shifting views My point is to frolic Gallivant, if you will Instead of float I make my own path So the past doesn’t catch up With a vicious wrath Threads of silk on a Spiderweb Every decision affecting All the ot

By Dominic Jones Tear-streaked cheeks and sorrowful eyes I want you to know you’ve made me realize The mistake I’ve made once again And how I’ve paid for it I moved too fast and it didn’t last Our future together is falling apart And I’m writing this straight from my heart I guess I’m just going through a trend And I’m asking you if you’ll still be my friend I hope we learn from my mistakes Because when I think of you, my whole body aches I guess I’m not ready to take it slow

By Dominic Jones burn the late night candle Nothing I can’t handle That’s when I get inspired Alive but not wired That’s when the magic takes place And I take a journey through time and space I ponder life And why I am here And the many good reasons that I No longer drink beer Up to me and only me To be successful Write some poetry And hope it’s not dull I don’t have to be famous In fact, I don’t think I would handle it Very well Blow my fans a kiss Maybe write some poetry s

Fumbling for release From the bonds of chemicals Looking for another way To feel good again Always in search Of the happy chemical Being released into my brain Food and cigarettes and coffee and TV Still don’t fill the void That I feel will only be filled When I have found complacency With my situation Put it in a special box The one that goes to God Call it good once again Big guy will take care of me

Written for English 205: Poetry Writing I cannot go on living in this repetition But I do not know how to change my behaviors The evolution of a person Making progress in his life Problem pebbles build up to form a mountain Which cannot easily be undone And sometimes I deny that I am unhappy Sometimes I wear a happy face even when I am dying inside When the problems tower over me It’s hard not to be overwhelmed I know that I am not living up to my full potential But I have no

By Dominic Jones I’ll make a change I’ll do it for you After all of the things That I’ve been through Through tragedy and triumph And a difference in view I’ll change the way I live And how ready I am to forgive I’ll change the way I look at life Like everything isn’t meant to bring strife I know that you probably Won’t believe me at all But you know that in the past When I’ve taken a fall I’ve gotten back up and I haven’t bawled I’ll try to get Through each new day I’ll try

Sometimes By Dominic Jones Sometimes I just don’t want to be here Take the edge off reality Bu then I take a deep breath And look around Sometimes I know my reality is not terrible I just want to be numb And not care Not that bad to be here and sober Better than stoned and not in tune with my breath work My cognitive self change My spiritual bankruptcy My gratitude that I practice constantly In tune with sobriety Sometimes I know life is great and I can share it with you

All of the spoken word recordings for Bad Day Squirrel are now live! I tried out soundcloud, but I am not getting the authentication email. So I'm down to Bandcamp. https://baddaysquirel.bandcamp.com

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