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Jun 2020 Elle

Ernest Hemingway

All armies are the same
Publicity is fame
Artillery makes the same old noise
Valor is an attribute of boys
Old soldiers all have tired eyes
All soldiers hear the same old lies
Dead bodies always have drawn flies

Jun 2020 Elle

I'm Off'n Wild Wimmen

Jun 2020 Elle

Ernest Hemingway

I'm Off'n Wild Wimmen

I'm off'n wild wimmen
An Cognac
An Sinnin'
For I'm in loOOOOOOOve.

Jun 2020 Elle

The Age Demanded

Jun 2020 Elle

Ernest Hemingway

The Age Demanded

The age demanded that we sing
And cut away our tongue.

The age demanded that we flow
And hammered in the ****.

The age demanded that we dance
And jammed us into iron pants.

And in the end the age was handed
The sort of **** that it demanded.

Jun 2020 Elle

I know why the caged bird sings

Jun 2020 Elle

Maya Angelou

I know why the caged bird sings

A free bird leaps on the back
Of the wind and floats downstream
Till the current ends and dips his wing
In the orange suns rays
And dares to claim the sky.

But a BIRD that stalks down his narrow cage
Can seldom see through his bars of rage
His wings are clipped and his feet are tied
So he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill
Of things unknown but longed for still
And his tune is heard on the distant hill for
The caged bird sings of freedom.

The free bird thinks of another breeze
And the trade winds soft through
The sighing trees
And the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright
Lawn and he names the sky his own.

But a caged BIRD stands on the grave of dreams
His shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
His wings are clipped and his feet are tied
So he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings with
A fearful trill of things unknown
But longed for still and his
Tune is heard on the distant hill
For the caged bird sings of freedom.

Jun 2020 Elle

The Music In My Head

Jun 2020 Elle

Riley Cartwright

The Music In My Head

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Sadly, I've forgotten the melody

#music #melody #memory #forget

Jun 2020 Elle

what are you made of?

Jun 2020 Elle

Meera

what are you made of?

you inhale tragedies
and exhale poetry

From where do you get your perseverance?

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