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Oct 2020

july hearne

haman is losing
but always has solid plans to cheat
the saints he hates
are marching forth
they march in every color
they march in from the fray

i can hear them in the night
i can hear them in the day
one thousand two hundred and sixty days
of marching days

come on elijah
come on elisha
come with any plague as you desire
give it to them good
tell it to them good
from your mouths of fire

haman is kicking pregnant women in the stomach
haman is ****** children
and the self-righteous among nations weep to save him
they turn the day into yesterday
they demand all the say

i can hear them in the night
i can hear them in the day
one thousand two hundred and sixty days
of deaf and weeping days

come on elijah
come on elisha
shut up the sky
command it get real dry
in their sanctuary cities
where the self-righteous among nations
pick and lick at all their pities

come on man
come on street preacher
preach it at eleven from the speaker
the self-righteous among nations
make a lot of noise complaints
so preach it to the saints they hate

haman is a loser
haman is a waste of a kidney
a fat coworker named eric
who ogles child **** on his computer
eric is a loser
haman is a loser
an overconfident case of
dunning-kruger

For Dorre Love, Bevelyn Beatty and Edmee

haman is kicking pregnant women in the stomach
haman is changing his name to george floyd
haman is ****** children
haman is changing his name to jacob blake

Oct 2020

a m a n d a

the knowledge of an imagined loss

does anyone else
k n o w they lose
entire poems?

a whole world imagined,
words stream suddenly
come together
perfectly

s o m e h o w reading
your own mind story
almost as if
an observer.

a glimpse of understanding,
an ( ((awareness)) )

and it is only
together but for
the moment of
creation

immediately the structure frays
the words come a p a r t
| scramble back up |
and it is
gone.

i have imagined
and lost
entire lifetimes.

births and deaths.

ways to be
and ways to
unravel.

noticed and appreciated
and listened and described
and understood
in b r i e f
moments
of clarity.

alas,
there is nothing to be done,
except wait attentively
and with excitement
for the next loss.

#writing #poetry #memory #time

Oct 2020

Kurt Philip Behm

The Difference

Animals think,
and animals react

Animals sleep,
and animals attack

Animals eat,
and animals mate

Animals fly,
and animals wait

Animals feel,
and animals cry

Animals sicken,
and animals die

Animals come,
and animals go

Animals watch,
and animals know

Animals stalk,
and animals deceive

But animals lack faith
—and cannot believe

(Dreamsleep: October, 2020)

ConnectHook Oct 2020

Coplas y Cornetas

Que suenen las trompetas
un don para el presidente:
La salsa lo hará grande
y elevará su mente.

Escuchen el tumbao:
compártanlo libremente—
y que él gane en noviembre
sin tumulto ni incidente.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNMsw9oADgM

#tumbao #bacalao #salsa #cuba

ConnectHook Oct 2020

Knot Seize

⚡️⚡️

Nein, nein, das is nicht der Einsatzgruppen
(Nor the Schutzstaffel, sure as shootin' . . . )

We understand that it's all you've got, see?
Labeling your neighbors **** . . .

As dumb as what real Nazis do:
Calling everyone else a Jew.

That Orange Man is bad; and how.
Eclipsing ******, Stalin, Mao . . .

But you, on the other hand, are worse—
And quite as bad as this, my verse.

Just admit that you are a sinner
and ask the Lord Jesus Christ to forgive you
for your rebellion and error.

#dictators #nazis

Oct 2020

Ariana Solo

Wisdom 🧠

You don't become wiser with age

You become wiser with the more people you engage

🧠

ConnectHook Oct 2020

Limerick Vaccine

Grosskreutz chased him, intending to harm.
Kyle Rittenhouse sounded alarm;
Then surrounded by danger,
Engaged with that stranger
Who needed a shot in the arm.

Joey Rosenbaum handled it well,
Though he’s no longer present to tell;
And his threat: Shoot me ******
Elicits a snigger
From demons and devils in hell.

The third idiot, Huber by name
Used his skateboard to bludgeon. For shame!
Mr. Rittenhouse shot—
And that skater-dude got
A delicious hot slice of the same.

KENOSHA it’s great to be here tonight !
We love you all,
Such a wild audience...
Are you ready to ROCK ?

(Joseph Rosenbaum, Anthony Huber,
and Gage Grosskreutz were 🤡)