Tag Archives: violence
Cannot Make Us
Remember, we cannot make you do anything Not anything, at least, you do not want to do But we can punch you, make your ears ring So do not listen to what Pollyanna fools spew
While Waiting for a Sweet Face
While club and maul and stick and mace May prove efficient when you smash a face They all require study, practice and intent Maim or murder is always what you meant While the spear and stone and the arblast Increased killing distance, but weren’t fast Designed to kill prey, as dangerous as you Seems to […]
Rust and Slime
Every once upon a time always starts at the end Stars swing through their arcs, while we pretend It appears we will not get it right again this time Let’s see what will grow from the rust and slime
Too Little, Too Late
Since up is down, down is up Although neither is the other Stand upon your head to sup Don’t know why you’d bother Life finds me dizzy some days Even when I don’t spin about Punched right between my eyes I feel so full of angst and doubt I think the world is turned over […]
No Matter Which You Name
I do not wish to create a new world I wish to create this, our world anew Contemplated re-creation takes time Happens in an instant to all, me, you Dark moods, aches, pains, show up It is wallow in tragedy, go out, smile When terra was incognito we shared We are thee, thee we, so […]
Hoping
Went out the other night, an academy of science, heard a talk Studying the cheetah in order to slow, stop their steady decline One woman grew a group to save cheetahs, when others balk Hoping to make us understand how losing one, may all resign Crowded, little parking, though I did not run fast as […]
Twixt Art and Eternity
What waits within us; what secrets might it seek Are we merely meat puppets, if bold or if meek We think we’re the best, after our upward climb Before we see artwork that is more than sublime We are staggered, stunned, stopped in our tracks In transcendent beauty, ugly, fair, nothing it lacks Inner truth […]
The World I Love
(To the tune of: The Man I Love – Gershwin) Now the yellow gloom cannot gleam Ev’ry night I dream an awful dream All the worse the harm has made me scream No he or she Although I despise, I tell you true It is almost sure my dream will come true To me it’s […]
Bet an Orangutan
My lips turn down, my shoulders slump Each time I hear news of Donald Trump Summer of the Donald my friend decried Honestly, I think I’d rather be circumcised He’s such a perfect candidate, you shout Spouting he will fix it all, no concrete plans Supporters don’t care, so won’t be found out His words […]
Spare Change
I say it and I say it and I say it again. I say it this way, I say it that way, I say it another way. No one listens. Perhaps I’m preaching to the converted, but I cannot tell. Give me an Amen. Somebody. Anybody. Please. I realize I write for me before others, […]
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