Calculated Entropy: A Random Access Dream

By Maniacal Mel

What is Calculated Entropy?

Perhaps it's the strange little story of a strange little guy's life. It might or might not slip in and out of a dream state. Perhaps he is being devoured by a great beast and this is a vision of his life flashing before him -or a vision of the life he might have had.

Could it all be the brainwashing of the Manchurian Candidate? Perhaps he survived his encounter with the first beast only to wind up trapped in the lair of another. Perhaps it's all just the daydream of a child and the character's untimely demise at the end is merely his mother calling to him, snapping him out of it. Maybe it's none of the above. You decide just what it's trying to say

It's a novella written in poems.

It's a concept album without the music.

It's a bird- it's a plane, it's-

Calculated Entropy

( A Random Access Dream )

A Novellem by Maniacal Mel

A book of poetry for people who can't afford a real book of poetry.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
• Release date: Jul 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9781646542642

Book preview

It’s All in Your Mind

Just pick a name

Any name will do

And I’ll write a poem about it for you

It isn’t that hard

If you know when to bend

And when to just let it stretch out to the end

It’s all in your mind

Or is it in mine?

They seem to have somehow become intertwined

I can’t take you there

I just point out the way

And you decide just what I’m trying to say

Five Again

Down in the sandbox the weather’s fine

And it’s recess all the time

Nothing to do

No homework’s due

And everyday’s a holiday

A vacant lot behind every house

With no authority about

Couldn’t care less

If you’re a mess

And all you have to do is play

Will the summer ever end?

If it does we’ll just pretend

We’re on an island in the sun

With Gilligan and all his friends

The day before kindergarten was fine

You didn’t have to be anywhere on time

The day before kindergarten was fun

But seemed to be over ’fore it had begun

A tire swing over every creek

Who cares if your canoe leaks

With no dismay

About yesterday

Tomorrow or much less next week

Up in the tree-stand where time stands still

Always pies on the window sill

No one to say

That you can’t just play

Till your time as a child slips away

Caravan

Life is change

Isn’t it strange

Only stays the same when it’s dead

Time is short

Or so we’re all taught

But somehow keeps moving ahead

Life is death

Beyond the last breath

Won’t know till the hammer drops

Time is long

When you got it wrong

But somehow it never stops

Time waits for no man

But is glad to give one a ride

On board a caravan

That is bound for the other side

Life is grand

According to plan

That’s tirelessly running it’s course

Time will cease

When you are released

Becoming one with the universe

Autumnal

I am the autumn leaves falling

I tumble

Roll

Drop to the ground

I am the harsh wind blowing

I gather

Blast

Knock houses down

I am lost in deepest waters

I sputter

Cough

Then I drown

Life’s cycle is not over

It’s just complete

Before the color’s faded

It’s at your feet

Time’s message not comprehended

Merely received

Before the clock stops ticking

We take our leave

I am the darkness falling

I threaten

Obscure

Then kill the sky

I am the black rain forming

I grumble

Scream

Proceed to cry

I am the old man fading

I stutter

Laugh

Then I die

Life’s cycle is not over

It’s just complete

Before the color’s faded

It’s at your feet

Time’s message not comprehended

Merely received

Before the clock stops ticking

We take our leave

Give and Take

I stepped into the night

Never knowing wrong from right

Sometimes you gotta live

Sometimes you gotta die

Sometimes you know the answers

Sometimes you wonder why

Sometimes you gotta leave

Sometimes you gotta stay

Sometimes you leave ’em wonderin’

Sometimes give it away

I leapt into the fray

Not knowing if I could stay

I see you

Lookin’ at me

Lookin’ at you

Seein’ me

I see you

Lookin’ at me

Lookin’ at you

Seein’ me

I came back from beyond

Never knowing where I’d gone

Sometimes you gotta give

Sometimes you gotta take

Sometimes get it precisely

Sometimes make a mistake

Sometimes you gotta rise

Sometimes you gotta fall

Sometimes get what you wanted

Sometimes nothing at all

I stepped into the light

Starting to see wrong from right

Anger

Driven on by hatred, fear and loathing

Escalating onward to the kill

Up through clouds of reason, doubt and wisdom

Cast it all aside for primal thrill

Laughs of pain are singing to the ocean

Raining down upon oblivion

Drowning all who answer for the madness

Pelted down on life’s forgotten son

Never reflecting

Never unsure

Always convinced it is so damn mature

Never expecting

Truth to be